Thursday, February 13, 2020

We've Got Mail #16 | Ingmar Bergman vs. The Dinosaucers!


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 explore the inner workings of the Oscars, offer their opinions on STAR TREK: PICARD, reveal so-called "great" movies that they don't actually like, explain what "lampshading" is and why it's so important to movies you love, and more!  

Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!

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Monday, February 10, 2020

Oscars Wrap-Up | Parasite Makes History and More!


Surprise! Bong Joon-ho's PARASITE has won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and that's a historic first! 

In this bonus episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold break the Oscars down award by award, moment by moment, drop fascinating Academy Awards trivia and debate the best and worst parts of the movie industry!

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Sunday, February 9, 2020

Critically Acclaimed #114 | Birds of Prey, The Lodge, Come to Daddy, And Then We Danced and Redoubt!


The first big superhero movie of the decade is here, but is BIRDS OF PREY AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN one of the best superhero movies of all time, or a missed opportunity to go even weirder?

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold debate the new DC superhero film and also review the new releases THE LODGE, COME TO DADDY, AND THEN WE DANCED and REDOUBT on this week's CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED podcast! They also say goodbye to the filmmakers we have lost recently, including Terry Jones, Orson Bean and Kirk Douglas.


Kirk Douglas, Terry Jones and Orson Bean - 2:06
Birds of Prey - 16:12
The Lodge - 43:05
Come to Daddy - 58:41
And Then We Danced - 1:06:23
Redoubt - 1:12:58 


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Saturday, February 8, 2020

Canceled Too Soon #178 | Masquerade (1983-1984)


A spy series where the spies are all amateurs, and get swapped out every week?! MASQUERADE starred Rod Taylor, Kirstie Alley and Greg Evigan as espionage agents who recruit everyday Americans to do freelance spy jobs for the U.S. government, and it's the perfect excuse to get dazzling guest stars like Cybill Shepherd, Ernest Borgnine, Susan George, John Saxon, Eve Arden, Richard Roundtree, Robert Morse, Ruth Buzzi and more!

It sure is a neat idea, but was MASQUERADE really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold unearth this forgotten action series in an all-new episode!

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Thursday, February 6, 2020

We've Got Mail #15 | Did Mystery Science Theater 3000 Do More Harm Than Good?


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 explore the complex legacy of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000, and consider whether MST3K may have actually done more harm than good! 

They also consider the potentially apocalyptic future of Pixar's MONSTERS INC., ask why so many modern comedies are raunchy, find out about exciting Brazilian films, pick the best movie montages ever and pitch some exciting new ideas for classic literature movie adaptations!

Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!

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Monday, February 3, 2020

The Critically Acclaimed Oscars Preview Special 2020!


The Academy Awards are almost here, and film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are here with their picks for who should win, and who actually will!  

Will Joker prevail over Parasite? Does Once Upon a Time in Hollywood stand a chance against 1917? And what about all those finicky technical awards and short subjects that lots of people in the audience (and maybe even some of the voters) know next to nothing about? 

You'll find out in THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED OSCARS PREVIEW SPECIAL 2020!

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Critically Acclaimed #113 | Gretel and Hansel, The Rhythm Section and The Oscar-Nominated Short Films


You may think that "Super Bowl Weekend" was a slow time for new movies but you'd be wrong! In addition to a new horror film from an exciting auteur, and an action-thriller starring Blake Lively, this was the week the Oscar-nominated short films finally arrived in theaters. And that's ALWAYS good news!

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (where we do "Critically Acclaimed" things!), film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the creepy new fairy tale GRETEL AND HANSEL, the bafflingly bad new thriller THE RHYTHM SECTION, and all fifteen of the Oscar-nominated short films, including the live-action, animated and documentary nominees!

Gretel and Hansel - 6:23
The Rhythm Section - 16:34
The Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts - 32:20
The Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts - 59:26
The Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts - 1:26:35 


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