Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Critically Acclaimed #214 | The 94th Oscars, The Lost City, You Are Not My Mother, Everything Everywhere All at Once

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the absolute travesty that was the 94th annual ACADEMY AWARDS, and the new Sandra Bullock/Channing Tatum/Brad Pitt adventure comedy THE LOST CITY, the Irish psychological horror/thriller YOU ARE NOT MY MOTHER, and the ambitious and imaginative new sci-fi film EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE starring Michelle Yeoh! 

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Sunday, March 27, 2022

Canceled Too Soon #225 | Terriers (2010)

It's one of our most requested episodes EVER

In a very special episode of CANCELED TOO SOON, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the beloved 2010 private detective series TERRIERS, starring Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James as blue collar private detectives on the trail of a vast multimillion dollar conspiracy! 

TERRIERS has a legion of adoring fans, but was it really... CANCELED TOO SOON? 

Let's find out!

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Friday, March 25, 2022

We've Got Mail #114 | What Does It Mean When a Movie is "Horny?"

Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about how to discuss films critically without hurting the conversation, nostalgia for MovieFone and the days before online movie ticketing, droid sentience in the STAR WARS movies and what the heck it means when people call a movie "horny!"

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Critically Acclaimed Predicts the Oscars 2022!

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold walk you through all of this year's Oscar categories, comparing and critiquing the nominees, and picking which films they'd vote for... and which films are gonna win!

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Monday, March 21, 2022

Critically Acclaimed #213 | Deep Water, X, Umma, Master, Alice, Rescued By Ruby, Love and Leashes

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Adrian Lyne erotic thriller DEEP WATER, Ti West's A24 slasher X, the supernatural thriller UMMA starring Sandra Oh, the horror drama MASTER starring Regina Hall, Krystin Ver Linden's challenging ALICE, Katt Shea's family film RESCUED BY RUBY starring Grant Gustin, and the new Korean BDSM romantic comedy LOVE AND LEASHES!

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Friday, March 18, 2022

Critically Reclaimed #30 | Cliffhanger (1993)

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners!  

This week on CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney get a little rocky with Renny Harlin's CLIFFHANGER, starring Sylvester Stallone and Michael Rooker as mountaineers forced to help a villainous John Lithgow retrieve stolen money from the top of dangerous peaks! Is it really the action movie classic everyone thinks it is?!

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Monday, March 14, 2022

Critically Acclaimed #212 | Turning Red, The Adam Project, The Seed, Diana: The Musical

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Pixar film TURNING RED, the Ryan Reynolds sci-fi thriller THE ADAM PROJECT, the Shudder Original horror movie THE SEED, and the overlooked Netflix musical DIANA: THE MUSICAL

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

We've Got Mail #112 | What's Wrong With 'The Batman's' Character Arc?

Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about whether STAR WARS is moving away from its central ideas, Data's memory vs. Data's processing power on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, the whole can of worms that got opened by that awful TURNING RED review, why Batman's character arc in THE BATMAN arguably doesn't work, and the cultural and historical nuances Bibbs and Witney missed in TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN!

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Monday, March 7, 2022

Critically Acclaimed #211 | The Batman, Fresh, After Yang, Asking For It

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dive into the dark underbelly of Gotham City with an in-depth review of THE BATMAN, and review indie new releases like the sci-fi drama AFTER YANG, the vigilante thriller ASKING FOR IT, and the gross-out Hulu horror-comedy FRESH

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Sunday, March 6, 2022

Critically Acclaimed Bonus | The 15 Oscar-Nominated Short Films!

Every year on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold make a point to review all 15 of the Oscar-nominated short films, and this year - since even the Academy Awards think they're disposable - it's more important than ever! So buckle up, because it's a deep dive into this year's Oscar nominees for BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT, BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM and BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

Critically Reclaimed #29 | Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1989)

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners!  

This week on CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney get roped into Pedro Almodovar's TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN!, a film that stars Antonio Banderas as a man trying to get the woman he kidnapped to fall in love with him. Is it a hilarious horror film? Is it a terrifying romantic comedy? Why not both!

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

The Iron List #26 | The Best Murder Mystery Movies Ever!

Every month on THE IRON LIST, the Patrons of the Critically Acclaimed Network get to pick a topic for a giant-sized episode!  

This month it's THE BEST MURDER MYSTERY MOVIES, a 2-hour podcast dedicated to William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold's favorite films about solving a deadly crime! From classic detective movies to wacky comedies and beyond, get ready for a deluge of dastardly whodunnits, courtesy of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

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