Critically Acclaimed #152 | David Prowse, Hillbilly Elegy, Happiest Season, Lovers Rock, Zappa, Porno, The Christmas House, The Watermelon Woman

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED has more movie reviews than you can shake a movie review at! 

This week, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Ron Howard's new biopic HILLBILLY ELEGY, Clea DuVall's genre-defying queer rom-com HAPPIEST SEASON, Steve McQueen's partygoing LOVERS ROCK, Alex Winter's new documentary ZAPPA, the horror comedy PORNO, and the landmark Hallmark Christmas movie THE CHRISTMAS HOUSE! 

Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore Cheryl Dunye's indie classic THE WATERMELON WOMAN, and say goodbye to the late DAVID PROWSE!  

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The Iron List #13 | The Best Movie Remakes 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 MOVIE REMAKES, with monster movies, musicals and mind-blowing international films galore!

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Canceled Too Soon #201 | Quibi (2020)

We've reviewed a lot of failed TV shows in the past, but we've never reviewed a whole network before!   

This week, join us for a very special super-sized episode of CANCELED TOO SOON, featuring Witney Seibold and special guest host B Peterson, entirely dedicated to the failed streaming service QUIBI, a unique platform designed to be watched while people were out socializing... which debuted in the middle of a global pandemic that forced everybody to stay indoors.  

It's already a pop culture punchline, but did the shows on QUIBI really fall flat, or do they deserve another chance to be discovered? 

Let's find out if nearly 20 tv shows, and a whole network, were... CANCELED TOO SOON! 

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We've Got Mail #56 | Are Americans Really Like They Are Portrayed in Movies?

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 talk about what's wrong with so many coming of age movies, exploring the history and relevance of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000, give Bibbs a chance to review some shows on QUIBI, and reveal which movie tropes about Americans are actually 100% true!

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Critically Acclaimed #151 | Wolfwalkers, Small Axe: Mangrove, Run, Collective, The Last Vermeer, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED has returned from the grave and we've brought a bunch of new movie reviews with us!

This week, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new animated fantasy WOLFWALKERS, Steve McQueen's Amazon film SMALL AXE: MANGROVE, the Hitchcockian Hulu thriller RUN, the hard-hitting documentary COLLECTIVE and the World War II drama THE LAST VERMEER!

Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney are forced to sit through the cult horror-western hybrid JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER, which is... quite a thing.

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Rocky Horror: Episode Zero - Forbidden Planet (1956)

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, and in Season 2, they're using THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW as the starting point!  

This week on EPISODE ZERO they travel to the influential 1956 sci-fi classic FORBIDDEN PLANET, which blazed new trails in sound design, special effects, out of this world ideas and repressed sexuality! 

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We've Got Mail #55 | Which OTHER Movies Deserved a D+ Rating?

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 find out why snow sucks, recommend how to introduce movies to your kids (and pick out their first movie ever), explain why the credits are important, ponder the big questions about their fandom of STAR TREK and reveal which older movies would have received their lowest rating... which has only ever been given to CATS!

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