Critically Acclaimed #176 | Ned Beatty, In the Heights, The Amusement Park, Infinite, Awake, Holler, Censor, Wish Dragon

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by special guest, YouTube film critic LADY KNIGHT THE BRAVE!

They're saying goodbye to the late, great Ned Beatty and reviewing the new Jon M. Chu musical IN THE HEIGHTS, the long lost George A. Romero horror movie THE AMUSEMENT PARK, Antoine Fuqua's sci-fi actioner INFINITE, the sci-fi thriller AWAKE, the indie drama HOLLER, the psychological horror film CENSOR, and the Sony Animated movie WISH DRAGON!  

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Canceled Too Soon #213 | Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp (1970-1971)

The year was 1970, and one of the most expensive television shows in the world was LANCELOT LINK: SECRET CHIMP, a spy spoof for children, starring real chimpanzees as secret agents and their offensively stereotyped roster of villains!  

Who the heck was this show made for? Why the heck is it so bad? Is it really the worst live-action tv series we've ever reviewed? And was it... CANCELED TOO SOON?  

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to answer all these questions and more!

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The Streaming Club #2 | The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

Welcome to THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, 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 THE STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore one of the most notorious duds of the 1990s, based on one of the most popular novels of the 1980s! THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES stars Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith and Morgan Freeman, and completely fails to dramatize, satirize, or suggest it knows anything at all about social tensions in New York City.  

Is THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES the worst Tom Hanks movie ever made? Let's find out!

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We've Got Mail #82 | The Best Movies About Computer Science!

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 read emails from listeners looking for great movies about computer science and concert movies that'll blow your mind! 

Plus, Bibbs and Witney talk about films based on Mark Millar's comics, comic book movie fatigue, and have a healthy debate about the superhero genre!

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Critically Acclaimed #175 | Bo Burnham: Inside, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Caveat, Limbo, The Perfect Candidate

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by special guest B PETERSON from THE SCREEN'S MARGINS!  

They're reviewing the new Netflix feature BO BURNHAM: INSIDE, the horror sequel THE CONJURING: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, the Shudder thriller CAVEAT, and the independent films LIMBO and THE PERFECT CANDIDATE!  

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We've Got Mail #81 | Why Are ALL Pulp Adventure Films Compared to Indiana Jones?

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 read emails from listeners wondering why all pulp adventure movies are compared to INDIANA JONES even though that's just a very small part of the genre, the best films to help introduce students to cinematic literacy, the cinematic legacy and future of GHOSTBUSTERS and more! 

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The Streaming Club #1 | Troop Beverly Hills and A Gnome Named Gnorm

Welcome to THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, 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!  

In the first standalone episode of THE STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore two cult films from the late 1980s/early 1990s: TROOP BEVERLY HILLS, a family comedy starring Shelley Long as an out of touch socialite who takes over a scout troop, and A GNOME NAMED GNORM, a buddy cop comedy about a cop who teams up with - yup - a gnome. They're both on TubiTV!

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