Monday, August 29, 2022

The Iron List #32 | The Best Heist 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!  

This month, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST HEIST MOVIES EVER, with tons of recommendations for classic and cult classic crime movies about pulling off the ultimate caper!

Friday, August 26, 2022

Canceled Too Soon #233 | Lawless (1997)

Brian Bosworth, that guy from the Speed movies and Aunt Vivian from Fresh Prince solve crimes in Miami with their helicopter in LAWLESS, an action-packed TV series from Fox that was canceled after just one episode! 

Was LAWLESS really devoid of laws? And was it CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out!

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Critically Acclaimed #231 | Orphan: First Kill, Beast, Glorious

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dig into the horror prequel ORPHAN: FIRST KILL, the third Idris Elba "Bad Cat" movie BEAST, and the Lovecraftian bathroom movie GLORIOUS

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Friday, August 19, 2022

Critically Reclaimed #38 | Klute (1971)

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, 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!  

Because our Patrons demanded it, this week William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold investigate Alan Pakula's Oscar-winning thriller KLUTE, starring Jane Fonda as a sex worker who's stalked by a serial killer, and Donald Sutherland as a private detective on the hunt for the madman!

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

We've Got Mail #130 | Which Movies Hurt Us the Most?


William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR emails and talk about STAR TREK spin-off novels, a whole bunch of DUNE stuff, and great movies about breakups! 

It's a brand new WE'VE GOT MAIL podcast!

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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Critically Acclaimed #230 | Day Shift, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Fall, Laal Singh Chaddha, Summering, Inu-Oh, Emily the Criminal

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dig up the new vampire action movie DAY SHIFT, the A24 murder mystery BODIES BODIES BODIES, the acrophobic thriller FALL, the Forrest Gump remake LAAL SINGH CHADDHA, James Ponsoldt's neo-nostalgic drama SUMMERING, Masaaki Yuasa's anime rock opera INU-OH, and the Aubrey Plaza drama EMILY THE CRIMINAL

It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED podcast!

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Friday, August 12, 2022

Canceled Too Soon #232 | Dead at 21 (1994)

The first live-action scripted TV series was everything you could possibly want from the 1990s: youthful rebellion, political paranoia, and what very well could be the most amazing soundtrack in television history. 

It's called DEAD AT 21, it's what happens when you put THE FUGITIVE and THE X-FILES and Tower Records into a blender, and it's an all-new episode of CANCELED TOO SOON with special guest Angie Seibold!

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

We've Got Mail #129 | Breakup Movies!


William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR emails and talk aboutabout STAR TREK spin-off novels, a whole bunch of DUNE stuff, and great movies about breakups! 

It's a brand new WE'VE GOT MAIL podcast!

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Monday, August 8, 2022

Critically Acclaimed #229 | Prey, They/Them, I Love My Dad

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore the new PREDATOR prequel, PREY, the queer slasher film THEY/THEM and the Patton Oswalt discomfort comedy I LOVE MY DAD

It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED podcast!

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Sunday, August 7, 2022

Critically Reclaimed #37 | Stunt Rock (1978)

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, 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 CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney Because crash through Brian Trenchard-Smith's bizarre 1970s stunt spectacular/metal concert/chill vibes cult classic STUNT ROCK!

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Thursday, August 4, 2022

We've Got Mail #128 | Fan Edits Are Film Criticism!

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR emails and talk about fan edits of movies like THE BATMAN and why they qualify as film criticism, great movies where everything goes cosmically wrong for the hero, the questions we want to ask Ronald McDonald, and what the creator of STARHYKE thought about our podcast about STARHYKE!

It's a brand new WE'VE GOT MAIL podcast!

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Critically Acclaimed #228 | Thirteen Lives, Not Okay, Resurrection, Allegoria, This is Gwar

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are still sick, but that's not going to stop them from reviewing Ron Howard's new drama THIRTEEN LIVES, the Hulu comedy NOT OKAY, the psychological thriller RESURRECTION, the Shudder horror anthology ALLEGORIA and the heavy metal documentary THIS IS GWAR!

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