Critically Acclaimed #108 | The Best Movies of 2019!

It's not exaggeration to say that 2019 has been one of the most exciting years for movies in a long, long time. So what films managed to stand above the rest, and make CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED's lists of THE BEST MOVIES OF 2019...?

Listen to the latest episode to find out what film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold selected, from blockbuster genre films to acclaimed dramas to obscure films that hardly anybody else is talking about!

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The Two-Shot | Elves and Krampus!

It's a very special holiday presentation of THE TWO-SHOT, a podcast that's usually at the Schmoes Know Network but is airing on the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK this week!

You've never seen a Christmas horror movie as bizarre as ELVES, a film about a homicidal elf with a motive so weird you probably won't believe it even if you see it! It's one of the worst Christmas movies ever made, and it's the perfect double feature with the modern holiday horror classic KRAMPUS, about a family of jerks who run afoul of the spirit of the holiday's creepy counterpart!

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the notorious movies YOU tell them to every week on THE TWO-SHOT, and use those infamous turkeys to introduce you to some of the greatest motion pictures ever made by making wild double features!

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Critically Acclaimed #107 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Cats, 1917 and Little Women!

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER is such an enormous motion picture, for better or worse, that we have to save it for last!  

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the baffling new big budget musical CATS, the ambitious new World War I thriller 1917, Greta Gerwig's superlative new adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN, and - in a spoiler-free review, followed by a review full of spoilers - the ninth official chapter in the STAR WARS saga! 

Cats - 2:47 
1917 - 32:31
Little Women - 50:24
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (No Spoilers) - 1:11:49
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Spoilers) - 1:42:23

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Canceled Too Soon #175 | Heil Honey I'm Home! (1990)

Just imagine you're watching TV in 1990, and suddenly, right in the middle of primetime, you find yourself watching a "wacky" sitcom about Adolf Hitler! It really happened, and the legend of HEIL HONEY I'M HOME!, which lasted only one episode, was born.  

But was HEIL HONEY I'M HOME really the most offensive television series in history, or was it a scathing political satire in the vein of THE GREAT DICTATOR, THE PRODUCERS and JOJO RABBIT? 

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dive into one of the most notorious CANCELED TOO SOON series ever in this very special 175th episode!

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The Two-Shot | Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny and Dead of Night!

You may THINK you've seen the worst Christmas movie ever made, but you probably haven't seen SANTA AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY. 

This week on THE TWO-SHOT, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold watch this unbelievably cheap and off-putting family film about Santa Claus sweltering in the Florida sun and pushing around farm animals, while he tells little kids the story of Jack and the Beanstalk for no reason. It's a nightmare we tell you. A NIGHTMARE. 

But it's the perfect double feature with one of the best horror movies ever! DEAD OF NIGHT is a classic anthology film about a series of ghost stories which connect in a truly terrifying way, including a Christmas installment and the scary ventriloquist doll to end all scary ventriloquist doll!

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We've Got Mail #10 | Buster Keaton vs. Charlie Chaplin!

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 consider if John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN is overrated, debate time travel movie paradoxes, pick a side between Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, and reveal what a typical day for a film critic is like!

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Critically Acclaimed #106 | Jumanji: The Next Level, Uncut Gems, Richard Jewell, A Hidden Life, Bombshell, Black Christmas, 6 Underground and A Christmas Love Story

There are so many movies coming out in December, we had to do at least one mega-sized episode! (Maybe even two, but we'll get to that.)  

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new blockbuster JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, Adam Sandler's best movie in over a decade UNCUT GEMS, Clint Eastwood's latest biopic RICHARD JEWELL, Terrence Malick's long-awaited return to form A HIDDEN LIFE, the all-star Fox News exposé BOMBSHELL, the controversial horror remake BLACK CHRISTMAS, Michael Bay's surprise Netflix action-thriller 6 UNDERGROUND, and a surprisingly classy Hallmark movie A CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY!  

Jumanji: The Next Level - 3:58  
Uncut Gems - 16:25  
Richard Jewell - 26:26  
A Hidden Life - 37:19  
Bombshell - 56:27  
Black Christmas - 1:09:15  
6 Underground - 1:28:28  
A Christmas Love Story - 1:37:59 

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The Iron List | The Best Christmas Movies Ever!

Every month on THE IRON LIST, the Patrons of the Critically Acclaimed Network get to pick a topic for a giant-sized episode! And this month, since it's December, they picked THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER!  

Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they highlight some of the most beloved holiday movies ever made and a bunch of films that don't get nearly enough love every holiday season! 

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Canceled Too Soon #174 | The New Partridge Family (2005)

Emma Stone is an Academy Award-winning superstar, but before she was world famous, she was a reality tv contestant who won her first acting gig on THE NEW PARTRIDGE FAMILY! It was a VH1 reboot of the beloved 1970s musical sitcom, and even though it had a huge build-up it only lasted one episode.

Was THE NEW PARTRIDGE FAMILY... canceled too soon? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold cover this forgotten chapter of TV history in the latest episode of the podcast, and also endure the insufferable horrors of the reality television contest that jumpstarted Emma Stone's career!

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The Two-Shot | Red Sonja and Yes, Madam!

The first theatrically-released live-action Marvel feature film wasn't HOWARD THE DUCK! If you wanna get technical, it was RED SONJA, an adaptation of a character created for the CONAN THE BARBARIAN comic books, and unfortunately it's not considered very good. At all. 

This week on THE TWO-SHOT, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold revisit this cult sword-and-sandal film starring Brigitte Nielsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger, and pair it with one of the most important action movies that many American audiences never saw: YES, MADAM!, the motion picture debut of action superstar Cynthia Rothrock and the first starring role for motion picture legend Michelle Yeoh!

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We've Got Mail #9 | A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010), Revisited!

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 whether the remake of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET is actually as bad as its reputation, their favorite and least favorite romantic movie tropes, the difference between dubbing and subtitles, and a heck of a lot more!   

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Critically Acclaimed #105 | The Aeronauts, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, In Fabric, Little Joe, and A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby!

It's the first week of December and that means a bunch of eccentric movies are coming out! 

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new releases THE AERONAUTS, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, IN FABRIC, LITTLE JOE and A CHRISTMAS PRINCE: THE ROYAL BABY!  

One of those films is one of the best movies of the decade! The others... less so.   

Plus, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold say goodbye to the legendary character actor Rene Auberjonois! 

R.I.P. Rene Auberjonois - 4:23 
The Aeronauts - 14:32 
Portrait of a Lady on Fire - 31:31 
In Fabric - 45:31 
Little Joe - 55:32 
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby - 1:13:32

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The Two-Shot | All the 'Harry Potter' Movies!

The plucky adventures of a boy named HARRY POTTER took the whole world by storm, and not just because he could - if he wanted - conjure up a tempest! 

This week on THE TWO-SHOT, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review all ten of the HARRY POTTER movies so far, including the eight original movies and the first two films in the FANTASTIC BEASTS series!

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Canceled Too Soon #173 | Deadly Class (2018-2019)

And you thought your high school was bad? You're lucky you didn't have DEADLY CLASS, a school for assassins run by Benedict Wong ("Doctor Strange"), populated by adolescent murderers and future criminal overlords! 

This ultraviolent series aired on SyFy and was based on a comic book by Rick Remender and Wesley Craig, and even though it was produced by Joe and Anthony Russo (the directors of "Avengers: Endgame") it got canceled after only one season.

Was DEADLY CLASS... canceled too soon? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold enroll in this strange series and praise the kick-butt soundtrack, but hand out demerits for not being nearly as punk rock as it thinks it is.

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We've Got Mail #8 | The Best Teen Movie of the 2000s!

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 why THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA should be a movie, the best teen movies of the 2000s, the best movie beards and why streaming isn't such a bad thing after all. And more, more, MORE!  

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Critically Acclaimed #104 | Knives Out, I Lost My Body, The Two Popes, Atlantics and More!

Our knives are out, but we're not complaining! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new releases KNIVES OUT, I LOST MY BODY, ATLANTICS and THE TWO POPES! 

Also this week, Bibbs and Witney catch up on some big movies one or both of them missed earlier in 2019, including BOOKSMART, ROCKETMAN, MARRIAGE STORY, THE REPORT and DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD!

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We've Got Mail #7 | The Movies of the Digital Age!

It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters!

And this week it's a doozy. You asked us to talk about big criticism concepts like style vs. substance, the perilous future of physical media, how to be a good film snob, and how cinematic storytelling has changed as we enter a hitherto unimaginable digital age!

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Canceled Too Soon #172 | Whiskey Cavalier (2019)

Two sexy spies struggle with international acts of terrorism - and their feelings! - in the sensitive espionage thriller series WHISKEY CAVALIER! It had one of the biggest marketing pushes of 2019, and even debuted right after the Academy Awards, but this slick and action-packed comedy series couldn't make it past one season.

Was "Whiskey Cavalier"... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold go undercover to explore the TV spy genre, the importance of keeping sexual chemistry at a low simmer and a heck of a lot more in the latest episode of our SUDDENLY LAST SEASON month-long event!

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Critically Acclaimed #103 | Frozen 2, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Ford v Ferrari, The Knight Before Christmas and MORE!

It's a double-sized episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!  

This week, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review two weeks worth of movies, including FROZEN 2, KLAUS, A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, DARK WATERS, WAVES, FORD V FERRARI, SCANDALOUS: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER, CITIZEN K and THE KNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.  

Holy heck, that's a lot of movies!  

Frozen 2 Review - 6:01
Klaus - 19:31 
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - 34:32 
Dark Waters - 48:00 
Waves - 1:03:24 
Ford v Ferrari - 1:14:54 
Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer - 1:21:03 
Citizen K - 1:27:35 
The Knight Before Christmas - 1:36:26

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We've Got Mail #6 | Are 1980s Movies Overrated?

Get ready for a huge episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters!

This week, Bibbs and Witney take requests to review all the FRIDAY THE 13TH movies, debate Alan Moore's controversial statements about the superhero genre, and consider the very real possibility that all the 1980s movies you love... are overrated.

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The Two-Shot | Kazaam and The Man Who Fell to Earth!

The 90s were a hell of a decade for Shaquille O'Neal, who ruled the basketball courts, had his own rap career, invented a new kind of martial arts and played a magical genie in the embarrassing kids flick KAZAAM! 

On the latest episode of THE TWO-SHOT, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold release "Kazaam" from its magical boombox and reveal why, in a bizarre twist of fate, it's the perfect double feature for Nicolas Roeg's experimental sci-fi classic THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH, starring the late David Bowie!

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Canceled Too Soon #171 | Swamp Thing (2019)

What do you get when you combine DC superheroes, disgusting body horror, and swamps? You get SWAMP THING, an expensive and ambitious TV series starring Andy Bean, Crystal Reed, Kevin Durand, Will Patton, Ian Ziering, Jennifer Beals and Virginia Madsen!

SWAMP THING is about a swampy thing in a swamp, and it only lasted one season on the new DC Universe streaming service! Was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? 

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore the whole hulking series, the state of streaming services and more in a massive, mossy episode, as our SUDDENLY LAST SEASON month continues!

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The Iron List #1 | The Best Film Noirs Ever!

Happy #Noirvember! We're celebrating by introducing a whole new podcast to THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK, in which every month film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for the best movies ever, in genres selected by our Patreon subscribers!

And fittingly enough, in #Noirvember, our Patrons chose "Film Noirs" to be the first subject of... THE IRON LIST! Find out which films Bibbs and Witney selected and sign up for our Patreon to pick next month's giant-sized podcast topic!

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The Two-Shot | Samurai Cop and Hard-Boiled!

It's been called one of the worst movies ever made, but not by us! This week on THE TWO-SHOT, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold unleash the wild and weird 1991 thriller SAMURAI COP, complete with a lion made of yarn and a car chase that defies the laws of time and space! 

And they're following that up with an early classic from action movie luminary John Woo, HARD-BOILED, which is like if The Departed had John Wick's action sequences and suddenly turned into Die Hard halfway through... and it's even cooler than that sounds! 

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We've Got Mail #5 | What is 'The Movie of the Year?'

You wrote us emails, and we're answering them on the air in WE'VE GOT MAIL!

This week, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED co-hosts William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold talk about what should qualify as the "Movie of the Year," what "auteur theory" really means, how the MPAA works and more!

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Critically Acclaimed #102 | Midway, Doctor Sleep, Marriage Story, Honey Boy, The Mistletoe Secret

Surprise! Despite a ton of early buzz and a giant marketing push, DOCTOR SLEEP wasn't the #1 motion picture of the weekend. This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold debate whether DOCTOR SLEEP is a misunderstood classic or just a weird, contrived movie.

Plus, reviews of that unexpected hit MIDWAY, the art house releases MARRIAGE STORY and HONEY BOY, and the new Hallmark Christmas movie THE MISTLETOE SECRET.

Midway Review - 3:36
Doctor Sleep Review - 16:41
Marriage Story Review - 47:47
Honey Boy Review - 57:41
The Mistletoe Secret Review - 1:08:00

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The Two-Shot | All Six(-ish) Critters Movies!

The CRITTERS movies are kinda like the "Gremlins," movies except they’ve got badass shape-changing bounty hunters! So, it could be argued, they’re even better.

In the latest episode of THE TWO-SHOT, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore the five weird feature films in this series - featuring early performances by Leonardo DiCaprio and Angela Bassett! - and also the web series, which doubles as a feature length film in its own right!

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Canceled Too Soon #170 | Tuca and Bertie (2019)

It's that time of year again! CANCELED TOO SOON is back with SUDDENLY LAST SEASON, a whole month where we review nothing but TV shows that failed within the last year, and we're starting with one of the most acclaimed Netflix shows ever made... TUCA AND BERTIE!

From the producer of "Bojack Horseman" came an animated sitcom about two mismatched birds growing up, and apart, in a surreal world filled with unimaginable sight gags and heartbreaking emotional sincerity. Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore the incredible world of TUCA AND BERTIE and decide, for the sake of posterity, whether this animated series was... CANCELED TOO SOON!

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We've Got Mail #4 | Steven Spielberg's War Movies, Ridley Scott vs. Tony Scott, and International Cinema!

You wrote us emails, and we're answering them on the air in WE'VE GOT MAIL!

This week, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED co-hosts William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold talk about Steven Spielberg's war movies, the competing cinematic oeuvres of Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, how the Oscars handle international cinema and much, much more!

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Canceled Too Soon #169 | Night Stalker (2005)

"Kolchak: The Night Stalker" is one of the most important and influential "Canceled Too Soon" shows in TV history. But what about the reboot, NIGHT STALKER, from "X-Files" producer Frank Spotnitz, starring Stuart Townsend and Gabrielle Union? Was it a worthy follow-up to a cult TV classic, or a generic early-2000s supernatural detective series with a catastrophically miscast star?

You'll have to listen to CANCELED TOO SOON to find out! Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dig up NIGHT STALKER to see how it stacks up to the original, how it stacks up to "The X-Files," and why all the show's problems probably could have been solved with a $20 trip to an outlet store.

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Critically Acclaimed Episode 101 | Terminator: Dark Fate, The Irishman, American Dharma, Arctic Dogs, Earthquake Bird, Christmas Scavenger Hunt

It's a HUGE week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! We've got an overview of the TERMINATOR franchise, leading up to a review of TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, and an in-depth review of Martin Scorsese's ambitious gangster epic THE IRISHMAN! 

Plus, we've got reviews of the Netflix murder mystery EARTHQUAKE BIRD, the family-friendly talking animal animated movie ARCTIC DOGS, and - because YOU demanded it - the return of our HALLMARK CHRISTMAS reviews, starting with the aptly titled CHRISTMAS SCAVENGER HUNT!

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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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Canceled Too Soon #166 | Mockingbird Lane (2012)

Everyone's second-favorite 1960s sitcom about a family of monsters living in suburbia got an all-star reboot with 2012's MOCKINGBIRD LANE! This reimagining of THE MUNSTERS stems from HANNIBAL producer Bryan Fuller, and stars Jerry O'Connell, Portia De Rossi, Charity Wakefield and Eddie Izzard as creepy creatures trying to live inconspicuously in polite society, while also occasionally killing some people. 

It's creepy, it's kooky, but it's ain't THE ADDAMS FAMILY. It's the Munsters all over again, and it may very well have been CANCELED TOO SOON!

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold exhume this notorious failed pilot to determine if MOCKINGBIRD LANE deserved to buried alive in foul earth of pop culture history, or whether it's worthy of resurrection.

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Critically Acclaimed #98 | The Addams Family, Parasite, Gemini Man and Robert Forster

They're creepy and they're kooky, but are they altogether ooky? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold visit the brand new animated version of The Addams Family in the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, and also review the new releases "Parasite," "Mary," "Gemini Man" and High Strung Free Dance!

Plus, Bibbs and Witney bid a fond farewell to one of the great character actors, Oscar nominee Robert Forster.

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We've Got Mail #1 | Joker, Mental Health and Bad Movie Subtitles!

It's a brand new podcast on the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK, and this one is all yours! 

WE'VE GOT MAIL is the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer your emails, and in this debut episode they tackle everything from mental health in movies, to bad movie subtitles, to how they'd recast "Casablanca," to whether "Joker" is the worst movie of the year!

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The Two-Shot | All the Prom Night Movies!

Everyone knows the most famous slasher movie franchises, but do you recall the most prom nighty slashers of all? 

This week on THE TWO-SHOT, film critics William Bibbiani explore all six entries in the PROM NIGHT franchise, from the original proto-slasher to the lousy remake, to all the utterly bizarre and forgotten sequels in between! 

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Canceled Too Soon #165: Mistress of Suspense, a.k.a. Chillers (1990)

Anthony Perkins hosts a series of sinister stories in MISTRESS OF SUSPENSE, an anthology based entirely on the works of Patricia Highsmith, the author of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY. With an all-star cast that includes Ian Holm, Ian Richardson, Ian McShane and Niccol Williamson, MISTRESS OF SUSPENSE - or, as it was called in America, CHILLERS - is an unusual entry in the horror anthology genre, in which the supernatural doesn't seem to exist... except maybe in a rooster.

Did MISTRESS OF SUSPENSE deserve to fade into obscurity, or was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore its extremely British tales of murder and madness in an all-new episode of the podcast, which kicks off GHASTLYTOBER... our Halloween celebration of short-lived horror shows!

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Critically Acclaimed #97: Joker, Pain and Glory, In the Tall Grass and More!

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold have moved their movie review show to THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK! 

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, they tackle the controversial blockbuster JOKER, Pedro Almodovar's celebrated PAIN AND GLORY, the latest Stephen King adaptation IN THE TALL GRASS, the video game movie sequel/remake DOOM: ANNIHILATION, the Natalie Portman astronaut drama LUCY IN THE SKY, the gritty young adventure LOW TIDE, and the Marine Corps. prison break drama SEMPER FI!

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The Two-Shot | All the 'Fright Night' Movies!

It’s GHASTLYTOBER here at THE TWO-SHOT, and all month we’re reviewing the horror movie franchises that YOU voted for! 

First up: FRIGHT NIGHT, a series of four films about horror movie fans who run afoul of real life vampires. The first film is a classic, but what about the big budget remake? And what about the two sequels that nobody ever talks about?! Is this one of the best horror movie series, or does FRIGHT NIGHT… bite?

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Critically Acclaimed #96: The Best Movies of the 2000s!

It’s the last episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED at the Schmoes Know network! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are picking up stakes and moving to THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK (the soon-to-be-renamed CANCELED TOO SOON podcast feed), but before they go they want to say goodbye to all you lovely listeners, and take one long, last look at the best motion pictures of 2000-2009, now that we’ve had a decade to think them over!

Which films are standing the test of time? Which films that once seemed important don’t make much an impression anymore? Bibbs and Witney answer these questions and give you a great long list of great movies to watch, many of which you’ve probably never heard of!

Don’t weep for CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! We’ll be back next week in our new podcast feed, and our other podcast THE TWO SHOT will stay at Schmoes Know!

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The Two-Shot | All of the Pink Panther Movies!

It’s most celebrated comedy movie franchise in history… so why does so much of it suck? 

This week on THE TWO-SHOT, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore all eleven feature films in the PINK PANTHER series, from brilliant Peter Sellers installments, to the bizarre Alan Arkin one-off, to the embarrassing attempts to keep the franchise alive after Sellers’ death, to the weird one with Roberto Benigni, to the often underrated reboot with Steve Martin!

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