We've Got Mail #3 - Is Darth Vader Redeemable and Horror Movies for Adults

You took the time to write us, so we're taking the time to listen! 

This week on the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK's weekly podcast WE'VE GOT MAIL, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer questions about how Darth Vader could ever be redeemed, why mature horror films don't get written about, why film critics get abusive comments, ambitious films that didn't quite hit the mark and more!

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Critically Acclaimed #100: Dolemite is My Name, Countdown, Girl on the Third Floor, The Gallows Act II and Making Waves!

Eddie Murphy is back and in top form with DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, a brand new biopic about comedy trailblazer Rudy Ray Moore and the production of his blaxploitation classic! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review that new biopic and MAKING WAVES: THE ART OF CINEMATIC SOUND, a new documentary about motion picture sound design! 

And if that's not enough for all you movie lovers, Bibbs and Witney also a review a bunch of new horror movies, just in time for Halloween. Get ready for reviews of COUNTDOWN, GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR and THE GALLOWS ACT II!

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Canceled Too Soon #168 - Tremors: The Series (2003)

The cult monster movie classic TREMORS spawned five straight-to-video sequels and, over a decade later, its own SYFY tv series! But how the heck do you turn a movie about folks stranded in the desert with underground sonar monster worms into an episodic TV show?

The answer... may surprise you. But what we really want to know is, was TREMORS: THE SERIES canceled too soon?! 

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dig into the mythology of the underground hit and reveal why they love this franchise, and whether TREMORS: THE SERIES is worth exhuming.

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Critically Acclaimed #99 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Zombieland: Double Tap, Jojo Rabbit, The Lighthouse and Eli!

Disney made a sequel to "Maleficent," for some reason, and it's called MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL! And it's really dumb! Bibbs and Witney review this blockbuster dud on an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, as well as the all-star horror sequel ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP and the new Netflix haunted hospital movie ELI!

Plus, Bibbs and Witney review two of the most anticipated arthouse movies of the season: Taika Waititi's Nazi comedy JOJO RABBIT, and Robert Eggers' sanity-jangling THE LIGHTHOUSE! Are they really two of the best movies of the year?

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Canceled Too Soon #167 | Jekyll (2007)

Before Stephen Moffat updated Sherlock Holmes for the 21st century, in the megahit BBC series "Sherlock," he went back in time and brought back a monster. JEKYLL stars James Nesbitt ("The Hobbit") as Dr. Tom Jackman, a mild-mannered scientist who keeps transforming into an amoral, violent and uncontrollable new personality. But there's more to the story than meets the eye, and more than you'd ever find in the book!

JEKYLL lasted only one season, six short episodes, but although Moffat claims to have written a second season that never came to fruition. Was the series... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold will find out in an all-new episode of the podcast, as our GHASTLYTOBER continues!

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The Two-Shot | The Candyman Trilogy!

CANDYMAN isn't just a song from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," it's one of the most acclaimed horror movies of the 1990s, and it led to two mostly forgotten sequels which... yikes, those two sequels. 

But we'll get to that. Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dissect the whole CANDYMAN movie trilogy on this week's THE TWO-SHOT!

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We've Got Mail #2 | Why Aren't Film Critics Objective? Can High Frame Rates Work? Is Joker Brilliant?

You have burning questions and we've got burning answers! 

In this week's episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold tackle the misunderstood concept of objectivity in film criticism, come up with new ways for filmmakers to use high frame rates, reflect on their favorite movies that became musicals that became movies again, and consider the very real possibility that they were completely wrong about JOKER!

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