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Critically Acclaimed Network
by William Bibbiani
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold host a series of ongoing shows, featuring CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (new movie reviews), THANK GODZILLA IT'S FRIDAY, CANCELED TOO SOON, WE'VE GOT MAIL, THE IRON LIST, and more!
Episodes
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Five Movies With: Georgia Oakley, Director of 'Sense and Sensibility'
Our new interview podcast is back with an all-new episode, with our special guest: award-winning director Georgia Oakley! Georgia Oakley directed the acclaimed 2022 drama BLUE JEAN, the winner of four British Independent Film Awards. Her latest movie, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, is in theaters this...
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We've Got Mail #197 | Shut Your Mouth!
Bibbs and Witney are reading YOUR emails in an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL! This time we've got a marathon of movies that almost got made, but didn't! Plus, how the movie studios are selling nostalgia to children who shouldn't have any yet, which movies famous directors should remake, and much, much...
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Critically Acclaimed #401 | Digger, Verity, Beware Boiúna
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise's box office disaster DIGGER, a Colleen Hoover adaptation starring Anne Hathaway, Josh Hartnett and Josh Hartnett called VERITY, and the killer snake movie BEWARE BOIúNA! Yup! Only three movies this time. We'll...
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Critically Acclaimed #400 | Resident Evil, Primetime, Never After Dark, Heart of the Beast, Forgotten Island, Best of the Best, The Love Hypothesis, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, Unabomber
Bibbs and Witney review Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL, the Robert Pattinson reality TV movie PRIMETIME, the Japanese ghost story NEVER AFTER DARK, Brad Pitt takes his doggy walkies in HEART OF THE BEAST, the animated and already overlooked FORGOTTEN ISLAND, the Reylo romance THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS…
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The Iron List #81 | The Best Star Trek Alumni Movies Ever
Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best films starring principle and recurring cast members from every STAR TREK television series! Yes, it's THE BEST STAR TREK ALUMNI MOVIES EVER! Will STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION dominate the top ten lists thanks to...
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We've Got Mail #196 | Should Critics Always Watch Movies Sober?
Bibbs and Witney talk about the best summertime movies ever made, the one-person cult of ONLY GOD FORGIVES, the movies they've seen the most times in theaters, the logistics of pre-gaming a new movie (studying-wise), whether critics should avoid watching movies while inebriated, and more!…
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Critically Acclaimed #399 | Practical Magic 2, Hope, The Uprising, Black Zombie, Runner, The Fix
Bibbs and Witney review the new legacy sequel PRACTICAL MAGIC 2, the correct sci-fi/action epic HOPE, Paul Greengrass's medieval rebellion film THE UPRISING, the illuminating documentary BLACK ZOMBIE, the Alan Ritchson/Owen Wilson action-comedy RUNNER, and the problematic Zachary Levi/Liam Neeson...
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Five Movies With: Kate Stayman-London, Author of 'See You Next Tuesday'
Our new interview podcast is here! Every episode of FIVE MOVIES WITH will feature an interview with an artist, talking about five films that specifically influenced their work! In the debut episode we interview Kate Stayman-London, the author of the best-selling romance novels ONE TO WATCH and…
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Critically Acclaimed #398 | Onslaught, The Runner, Fall 2: Deadpoint, By Any Means
Bibbs and Witney review Adam Wingard's new low-budget, violent genre mash-up ONSLAUGHT, the Gal Gadot jogging thriller THE RUNNER, the acrophobic sequel FALL 2: DEADPOINT, and the high-concept historical drama thriller BY ANY MEANS! Onslaught - 1:54 The Runner - 29:25 Fall 2: Deadpoint - 57:20 By...
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Episode P #1 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
It's finally here! A new bi-weekly Patreon-exclusive podcast for $5/month members, but the first episode is for everyone! Our new series is EPISODE P, where William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the pilot episodes for long-running TV shows they've never seen before. We don't know what's...
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Critically Acclaimed #397 | Coyote vs. Acme, The Dog Stars, The Whisper Man, The Secret Woman, Mutiny, Boorman and the Devil, Insidious: Out of the Further, It Ends, Buddy, Spa Weekend, The Sun Never Sets
We've got reviews of the long-awaited comedy COYOTE VS. ACME, Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic THE DOG STARS, the Netflix serial killer thriller THE WHISPER MAN, the Netflix amnesia thriller THE SECRET WOMAN, the Jason Statham actioner MUTINY, the Exorcist II documentary BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL, the...
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We've Got Mail #195 | Are Critics Influencers? Are Influencers Critics?
Bibbs and Witney are back and answering YOUR letters in an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL! Are influencers and critics doing the same job? What are the best movie soundtracks of the 1990s? And are the Looney Tunes secretly bleak as hell? We're about to find out! Subscribe on Patreon at...
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The Iron List #80 | The Best Movie Villains Ever!
Because our patrons asked for it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST MOVIE VILLAINS EVER! It's over THREE HOURS of in-depth podcasting, with our host's individual picks for the worst a-holes to ever (dis)grace the silver screen! Comic book supervillains, epic monsters, animated...
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Critically Acclaimed #396 | The End of Oak Street, Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie, The Wrong Girls, Nimrods, The Rivals of Amziah King, Union County, Don't Say Good Luck
Bibbs and Witney review the new dinosaurs in suburbia thriller THE END OF OAK STREET, the kids movie about privatizing public works (and dinosaurs) PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE, the Kristen Stewrat/Alia Shawkat stoner comedy THE WRONG GIRLS, the Green Day-inspired road trip movie NIMRODS, the…
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Critically Acclaimed #395 | Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, One Night Only, I Want Your Sex, Tony, Ice Cream Man, Super Troopers 3, The Last House
William Bibbiani and WItney Seibold review Jane Schoenbrun's meta-slasher love story TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, the dystopian rom-com ONE NIGHT ONLY, Greg Araki's kinky I WANT YOUR SEX, the Anthony Bourdain biopic TONY, Eli Roth's horror attempt ICE CREAM MAN, the Broken Lizard sequel...
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The All-Nighter | Happy Pride Marathons w/ A and B. Eleanor Grey!
It's an all-new ALL-NIGHTER podcast, where we come up with twelve-hour movie marathons around a single topic! Bibbs and Witney take a special challenge from A and B. Eleanor Grey, to come up with all-nigh movie marathons full of queer movies, but none of them can be tragedies! It's our HAPPY…
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Critically Acclaimed #394 | Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Bibbs and Witney review SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY on the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! You're reading that right! We're only reviewing one new movie this episode! That's why it's such a short one! (We're kidding, it's nearly two hours long.) Spoilers begin at the one hour mark (1:00:00)...
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Critically Acclaimed #393 | The Odyssey, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender, Motor City, Horsegirls, Her Private Hell, 72 Hours, The Dink
We've got reviews of Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY, the animated interquel AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER the silent Alan Ritchson action movie MOTOR CITY, the coming of age drama HORSEGIRLS, Nicolas Winding Refn's arthouse horror film HER PRIVATE HELL, and the streaming comedies 72 HOURS and, by...
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The Iron List #79 | The Best Movies That Begin with the Letter "M"
Because our patrons demanded it, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for the best films that just happen to begin with the letter "M!" It's a mighty miasma of movie magnificence, with animated classics, iconic action movies, overlooked comedies and more! Subscribe...
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Critically Acclaimed #372 | Moana, Minions & Monsters, Evil Dead Burn, Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass, Enola Holmes 3, Night Nurse, Young Washington
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new live-action Disney remake MOANA, the latest chaos gremlin comedy MINIONS & MONSTERS, the vicious and gory EVIL DEAD BURN, the wacky high-concept comedy GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS, the Netflix threequel ENOLA HOLMES 3, the erotic...
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The Iron List #78 | The Best Movie Title Sequences Ever!
Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best opening credits sequences in movie history! Lots of movies just kinda begin, but some movies use the title cards so many filmmakers take for granted to start telling the story in a unique and interesting way!...
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We've Got Mail #194 | Paraprosdokian?!
Bibbs and Witney are back with an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where YOU control the conversation! This time we're talking about a ton of random stuff, including H.P. Lovecraft movies, another exciting new idea for a movie-centric card game, reader-submitted Bleak Week all-nighters, Faith…
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Critically Acclaimed #371 | Supergirl, Toy Story 5, Camp, Leviticus, Girls Like Girls, The Death of Robin Hood, Lucky Strike, Couture, Voicemails for Isabelle
Bibbs and Witney review the superhero spin-off SUPERGIRL, the Pixar sequel TOY STORY 5, Avalon Fast's queer lesbian summer camp horror movie CAMP, the conversion camp horror movie LEVITICUS, the summer lesbian coming of age story GIRLS LIKE GIRLS, Hugh Jackman doing his aging superhero thing agin...
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CA Interviews | Louise Weard, Director of CASTRATION MOVIE!
LOUISE WEARD, the writer/director/co-star of CASTRATION MOVIE is here to talk about what makes her series of anthology films so god damned cool. William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold pick her brain about long-form filmmaking in the internet era, the state of modern independent cinema, her renegade...
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Critically Acclaimed #370 | Disclosure Day, The Furious, Stop! That! Train!
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Steven Spielberg's sci-fi chase thriller DISCLOSURE DAY, the wall-to-wall fight movie THE FURIOUS, and Adam Shankman's DRAG RACE-apalooza disaster comedy STOP! THAT! TRAIN! Disclosure Day - 2:40 The Furious - 41:50 Stop! That! Train! - 57:34 Review...
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This Ain't No Game | Movie Night!
We've got the best of both worlds on an all-new THIS AIN'T NO GAME, the podcast where Wiliiam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold play card and tabletop games for your audio amusement! It's called MOVIE NIGHT, and it's a collaborative card game where you get a set of random, very specific criteria, come…
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Critically Acclaimed #369 | Backrooms, Scary Movie, Masters of the Universe, The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act, The Breadwinner, Pressure, Castration Movie Anthology III: Junior Ghosts-Premorphic Drift; A Fragmentary Passage
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the horror sensation BACKROOMS, the crass parody SCARY MOVIE, the nostalgic sci-fi/fantasy MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, the animated phenomenon THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS: THE LAST ACT, the regressive dad comedy THE BREADWINNER, the World War II dad drama...
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The All-Nighter | Bleak Week Spectacular!
Bibbs and Witney are back with an all-new episode of THE ALL-NIGHTER, the podcast where they program all-night movie marathons for every occasion! One of our listeners suggested we record an ALL-NIGHTER for BLEAK WEEK, the annual celebration of the most miserable movies ever made, and we thought...
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The Iron List #77 | The Best "Eat the Rich" Movies Ever!
Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST "EAT THE RICH" MOVIES EVER on an all-new IRON LIST podcast! Lots of movies are about wealthy villains, but the "Eat the Rich" genre is nastier than that, and focuses on rich monsters who get what's coming to them…
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Critically Acclaimed #368 | The Mandalorian and Grogu, I Love Boosters, Is God Is, Obsession, Decorado, The Wizard of the Kremlin, Passenger, Marty Life is Short, Ladies First, In the Grey
Bibbs and Witney review the new STAR WARS spinoff THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, the Boots Riley sci-fi comedy I LOVE BOOSTERS, Aleshea Harris's directorial debut IS GOD IS, the supernatural horror movie OBSESSION, the bleak Spanish animated movie DECORADO, Olivier Assayas' modern Russian history…
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We've Got Mail #193 | Critically Acclaimed: The Home Game?!
We've got questions about very different movies that take place at exactly the same time, the history of the first time travel stories, the best movies we've ever seen for the first time on an airplane, more rants about the STAR TREK holodeck, forgotten blockbusters of yore, and a fan's brilliant...
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Critically Acclaimed #367 | The Devil Wears Prada 2, Mortal Kombat II, The Sheep Detectives, Animal Farm, Hokum, One Spoon of Chocolate, Deep Water, Swapped, Labyrinth
Bibbs and Witney review the legacy sequel THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2, the video game movie sequel MORTAL KOMBAT II, the cozy talking animal mystery THE SHEEP DETECTIVES, Andy Serkis's bizarre adaptation of ANIMAL FARM, Damian Mc Carthy's new supernatural horror movie HOKUM, The RZA's revenge…
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The Iron List #76 | The Best Spoof Movies Ever!
Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney are doing THE BEST SPOOF MOVIES EVER! Yes, the best and silliest motion pictures that ever spoofed a specific movie, genre or topic! A lot of people think these films are insipid but it takes a lot of intelligence to make an inane movie good! Oh,...
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Critically Acclaimed #366 | Michael, Apex, I Swear
Bibbs and Witney dive into the many, many problems with the new Michael Jackson biopic MICHAEL (content warning: we don't go into many specifics but we will be talking about some rough stuff), followed by the Charlize Theron/Taron Egerton serial killer survival thriller APEX, and the new British...
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Critically Acclaimed #365 | Lee Cronin's The Mummy, Mother Mary, Roommates, Erpucja, Lorne
Bibbs and Witney review the new, legally distinct horror movie LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY, David Lowery's pretentious art house costume design pop music ghost thriller drama MOTHER MARY, the new Happy Madison comedy ROOMMATES, the Charlie XCX hangout volcano movie ERUPCJA, and Morgan Neville's…
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Critically Acclaimed #364 | Faces of Death, Hamlet (2026), Exit 8, ChaO, Outcome, Chime
This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED: Death, more death, MERMAIDS IN MECHAS?!, Keanu Reeves, death... Yes, Bibbs and Witney are reviewing Daniel Goldhaber's new interpretation of the cult horror classic FACES OF DEATH, Riz Ahmed in an all-new HAMLET, the Japanese horror video game adaptation EXIT 8,...
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SNACKFAM! | The Depositer (Chile Lime Mango Peeps)
The SNACKFAM is back, and they're eating more snacks, fam! Our very special bonus podcast returns! Angie and Henry Seibold continue their journey to review the latest and strangest limited edition snacks with CHILE LIME MANGO PEEPS! Yes, that's a real thing! NOTE: This episode was supposed to go...
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Critically Acclaimed #363 | The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, The Serpent's Skin, Forbidden Fruits, The Drama
Bibbs and Witney review the new releases THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE (and probably lose friends in the process), the supernatural indies THE SERPENT'S SKIN and FORBIDDEN FRUITS, and the mysterious dark comedy THE DRAMA, starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya! But be warned, we're saving THE DRAMA...
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The Iron List #75 | Every John Carpenter Movie Ever!
Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney are trying something new this month! Usually our hosts each present their own top ten "best of" list, but for our 75th episode we thought we'd mix it up a bit. This time they're each presenting a ranked list of every movie from a filmmaker chosen…
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Critically Acclaimed #362 | Project Hail Mary, Undertone, Ready or Not: Here I Come, Reminders of Him, The Gates
Bibbs and Witney review the new sci-fi epic PROJECT HAIL MARY, the podcasting horror story UNDERTONE, the horror-comedy sequel READY OR NOT: HERE I COME, the Colleen Hoover romance REMINDERS OF HIM, and the social thriller THE GATES, which features James Van Der Beek's final movie performance!...
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We've Got Mail #192 | You Know What You Did!
Bibbs and Witney are back and answering YOU'RE letters in an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, and this one is a doozy! We've got awesome zines from Portland, we've got a massive box of cool stuff (someone out there knows what they did), and we're casting the A STAR TREK CHRISTMAS CAROL…
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Critically Acclaimed #361 | The 98th Annual Oscars Autopsy
Awards season is over! NOW LET US NEVER SPEAK OF IT AGAIN. Well, okay, one last time. Bibbs and Witney couldn't record their usual Oscars prediction episode but they are going to dissect every choice the Academy made, whether it made history and brought us all to our feet as we wept our geeky...
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Critically Acclaimed #360 | Hoppers, The Bride!, Dolly, Heel, War Machine, Gunfighter Paradise
Bibbs and Witney review Pixar's sci-fi comedy HOPPERS on this week's podcast, followed by Maggie Gyllenhaal's zombie gangster film THE BRIDE!, the scuzzy horror nightmare DOLLY, the new thriller HEEL, the Netflix "what if PREDATOR was a giant robot" movie WAR MACHINE, and the strange indie...
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Critically Acclaimed #359 | Scream 7, The Bluff, Psycho Killer, The Dreadful
Do you like scary movies? Have we got a podcast for you! If you like GOOD scary movies, however, this ain't your week. William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review SCREAM 7, the pirate action thriller THE BLUFF, the Andrew Kevin Walker-scripted murder thing PSYCHO KILLER, and the latest take on the...
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The Iron List #74 | The Best Movies of 1999!
Because YOU asked for it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST MOVIES OF 1999! Yes, it's been declared one of the best years in motion picture history, with a stunningly large number of classic, cult and just plain influential movies released in a short span of…
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SNACKFAM! Do You Like Crunchies? (Lay's Salted Caramel Chips)
You like snacks, and you like fams, so we think you're going to like SNACKFAM! In this very special bonus podcast, Angie and Henry Seibold unveil their new project, a podcast dedicated to everything snacky! Listen up as Angie and Henry dive into the history and flavor of limited edition snacks…
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Critically Acclaimed #358 | The 98th Annual Oscar-Nominated Short Films!
They run, they jump, they swim and play! They row and go on trips! But the thing that lasts forever... are our dear 98TH ANNUAL OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS! Yes, Bibbs and Witney are back with their yearly look at all 15 of this year's Academy Awards nominees, for BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT, BEST...
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Critically Acclaimed #357 | Wuthering Heights, Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die, Goat, Crime 101, Nirvanna The Band The Show, The Movie, By Design, Cold Storage
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Emerald Fennell's weird new take on WUTHERING HEIGHTS, Gore Verbinski's anti-A.I. sci-fi comedy GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE, the animated basketball movie GOAT, the all-star Los Angeles crime drama CRIME 101, the cult phenomenon NIRVANNA THE BAND THE...
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We've Got Mail #191 | What Should YOU Watch on Criterion Channel?
You're stuck in bed and the only streaming service you've got is the Criterion Channel! What do you do? What do you do? Bibbs and Witney are answering YOUR questions on an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL, and in addition to that particular puzzler they're also talking about Danish cinema, Psychotronic...
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Critically Acclaimed #356 | Send Help, Melania, Iron Lung, The Strangers - Chapter 3, Whistle, The Wrecking Crew, Relationship Goals, Solo Mio, Pillion, Shelter
Bibbs and/or Witney review Sam Raimi's new horror-thriller SEND HELP, the execrable new "documentary" MELANIA, the indie horror video game adaptation IRON LUNG, the long-dreaded trilogy-capper THE STRANGERS - CHAPTER 3, the supernatural horror movie WHISTLE, the Amazon buddy action flick THE...
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What is Critically Acclaimed Network about?
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold host a series of ongoing shows, featuring CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (new movie reviews), THANK GODZILLA IT'S FRIDAY, CANCELED TOO SOON, WE'VE GOT MAIL, THE IRON LIST, and more!
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Critically Acclaimed Network is created and hosted by William Bibbiani.
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