It's not exaggeration to say that 2019 has been one of the most exciting years for movies in a long, long time. So what films managed to stand above the rest, and make CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED's lists of THE BEST MOVIES OF 2019...?
Listen to the latest episode to find out what film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold selected, from blockbuster genre films to acclaimed dramas to obscure films that hardly anybody else is talking about!
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It's a very special holiday presentation of THE TWO-SHOT, a podcast that's usually at the Schmoes Know Network but is airing on the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK this week!
You've never seen a Christmas horror movie as bizarre as ELVES, a film about a homicidal elf with a motive so weird you probably won't believe it even if you see it! It's one of the worst Christmas movies ever made, and it's the perfect double feature with the modern holiday horror classic KRAMPUS, about a family of jerks who run afoul of the spirit of the holiday's creepy counterpart!
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the notorious movies YOU tell them to every week on THE TWO-SHOT, and use those infamous turkeys to introduce you to some of the greatest motion pictures ever made by making wild double features!
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STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER is such an enormous motion picture, for better or worse, that we have to save it for last!
This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the baffling new big budget musical CATS, the ambitious new World War I thriller 1917, Greta Gerwig's superlative new adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN, and - in a spoiler-free review, followed by a review full of spoilers - the ninth official chapter in the STAR WARS saga!
Cats - 2:47
1917 - 32:31
Little Women - 50:24
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (No Spoilers) - 1:11:49
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Spoilers) - 1:42:23
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Just imagine you're watching TV in 1990, and suddenly, right in the middle of primetime, you find yourself watching a "wacky" sitcom about Adolf Hitler! It really happened, and the legend of HEIL HONEY I'M HOME!, which lasted only one episode, was born.
But was HEIL HONEY I'M HOME really the most offensive television series in history, or was it a scathing political satire in the vein of THE GREAT DICTATOR, THE PRODUCERS and JOJO RABBIT?
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dive into one of the most notorious CANCELED TOO SOON series ever in this very special 175th episode!
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You may THINK you've seen the worst Christmas movie ever made, but you probably haven't seen SANTA AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY.
This week on THE TWO-SHOT, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold watch this unbelievably cheap and off-putting family film about Santa Claus sweltering in the Florida sun and pushing around farm animals, while he tells little kids the story of Jack and the Beanstalk for no reason. It's a nightmare we tell you. A NIGHTMARE.
But it's the perfect double feature with one of the best horror movies ever! DEAD OF NIGHT is a classic anthology film about a series of ghost stories which connect in a truly terrifying way, including a Christmas installment and the scary ventriloquist doll to end all scary ventriloquist doll!
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It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters!
This week, Bibbs and Witney consider if John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN is overrated, debate time travel movie paradoxes, pick a side between Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, and reveal what a typical day for a film critic is like!
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There are so many movies coming out in December, we had to do at least one mega-sized episode! (Maybe even two, but we'll get to that.)
This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new blockbuster JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, Adam Sandler's best movie in over a decade UNCUT GEMS, Clint Eastwood's latest biopic RICHARD JEWELL, Terrence Malick's long-awaited return to form A HIDDEN LIFE, the all-star Fox News exposé BOMBSHELL, the controversial horror remake BLACK CHRISTMAS, Michael Bay's surprise Netflix action-thriller 6 UNDERGROUND, and a surprisingly classy Hallmark movie A CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY!
Jumanji: The Next Level - 3:58
Uncut Gems - 16:25
Richard Jewell - 26:26
A Hidden Life - 37:19
Bombshell - 56:27
Black Christmas - 1:09:15
6 Underground - 1:28:28
A Christmas Love Story - 1:37:59
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