Canceled Too Soon

Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about why critics screeners are sometimes a serious problem, the trouble with watching movies and wondering what other people think, the definition of "schlock," the definition of "mumblecore," the best baseball movies and more! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and head on over to www.criticallyacclaimed.net for all their podcasts, reviews and more! Support

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review James Campion's new western THE POWER OF THE DOG, Paul Verhoeven's controversial queer nun story BENEDETTA, Paolo Sorrentino's latest THE HAND OF GOD, the mountain climbing documentary TORN, the animated kids film DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, the animated documentary FLEE, and the Irish/Polish drama WOLF! The Power of the Dog - 4:15  Benedetta - 18:48  The Hand of God - 36:54  Torn - 47:04  Diary of a Wimpy Kid - 53:50  Flee - 1:00:08  Wolf - 1:08:12  Review Round-Up - 1:13:22     Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva

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 explore the last of four classic films that starred legendary screen icons Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart! John Huston's KEY LARGO tells the story of a group of hostages trapped in a hurricane by a deadly mobster, played by the equally legendary Edward G. Robinson! Want to vote for future episodes of CRITICALLY RECLAIMED? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon!Support the show: https://www.patreon.com//criticallyacclaimednetworkAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 it's THE BEST FILMS OF 1971, an over two-hour podcast dedicated to William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold's favorite films that came out fifty years ago, complete with beloved classics, weird cult films and more! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and head on over to www.criticallyacclaimed.net f

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold say goodbye to the late film critic James Rocchi, and review the new releases RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY, the Jonathan Larson biographical musical TICK TICK... BOOM!, the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie LICORICE PIZZA, Halle Berry's directorial debut BRUISED, Ridley Scott's all-star drama HOUSE OF GUCCI, and the Netflix rom-com A CASTLE FOR CHRISTMAS! Remembering James Rocchi - 2:00  Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City - 13:26  Tick Tick... Boom! - 48:05  Licorice Pizza - 1:13:23  Bruised - 1:23:14  House of Gucci - 1:30:56  A Castle for Christmas - 1:39:37  Review Round-Up - 1:56:10   Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your corresp

Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about whether horror movies have to actually be scary in order to be good, how GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE and HALLOWEEN KILLS pander to their fanbases, a defense of STAR TREK PRODIGY, and why critics scores and audience scores are so different on Rotten Tomatoes! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and head on over to www.criticallyacclaimed.net for all their podcasts, reviews a

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Jason Reitman's nostalgia fest GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE, Will Smith in the sports biopic KING RICHARD, the Welsh horror thriller THE FEAST, the Romanian satire BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN, and the Netflix heist rom-com THE PRINCESS SWITCH 3: ROMANCING THE STAR! Ghostbusters: Afterlife - 3:07 King Richard - 40:43 The Feast - 55:14 Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn - 1:04:04 The Princess Switch 3: Romancing the Star - 1:11:47 Review Round-Up - 1:24:12  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap!

Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about why STAR TREK: PRODIGY plays so much like STAR WARS, whether there's any truth to the idea that filmmakers end their careers with their worst movies, schlock horror classics you can find on streaming, why kids media talks down to kids so much, and more! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and head on over to www.criticallyacclaimed.net for all their podcasts, review

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 explore the last movie from iconic filmmaker Sidney Lumet, who also directed the classics 12 ANGRY MEN, SERPICO, NETWORK and DOG DAY AFTERNOON. Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Marisa Tomei and Albert Finney star in BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD, and it may very well be one of the best neo-noirs ever! Want to vote for future episodes of CRITICALLY RECLAIMED? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon!Support the show: https://www.patreon.com//criticallyacclaimednetworkAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Dwayne Johnson/Gal Gadot/Ryan Reynolds crime caper RED NOTICE, Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical BELFAST, Rebecca Hall's directorial debut PASSING, the giant CGI puppy movie CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG, and Disney's first crack at a beloved Fox IP... HOME SWEET HOME ALONE. Red Notice - 7:07  Belfast - 31:33  Passing - 40:44  Clifford the Big Red Dog - 49:08  Home Sweet Home Alone - 1:04:27  Review Round-Up - 1:27:10  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter a

Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about whether the STAR TREK movies have too much action in them, which biopics left out super important information, whether film critics are stuck in a "bubble," and why you shouldn't worry about "catching up" on all the best movies ever made! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and head on over to www.criticallyacclaimed.net for all their podcasts, revie

Two decades after they tried to turn THE OMEN into an X-FILES knockoff, Lifetime and A&E tried to make it something else. Something vague. Something canceled. But was DAMIEN, starring Barbara Hershey (and others) CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold uncover the secret story of how the antichrist was awkwardly stalked for a little while as SCARYTOBER - or rather, SCARYVEMBER - concludes! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and head on over to www.criticallyacclaimed.net for all their podcasts, reviews and more!  And don't forget to em

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Marvel's ETERNALS (Chloe Zhao's follow-up to the Best Picture winner NOMADLAND), the Pablo Larrain's Princess Diana biopic SPENCER (starring Kristen Stewart), the Tom Hanks post-apocalyptic dog story with a robot in it FINCH, the all-star badass western action spectacular THE HARDER THEY FALL, and the Benedict Cumberbatch cat painter biopic THE ELECTRIC LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN! Eternals - 1:47  Spencer - 33:28. Finch - 45:49  The Harder They Fall - 54:56  The Electrical Life of Louis Wain - 1:10:40  Review Round-Up - 1:18:29 Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want

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 revisit a film that's often called one of the best action movies ever made: Jackie Chan's POLICE STORY, starring Jackie Chan and Maggie Cheung, and featuring some of the most incredible and death-defying stunts in movie history! Want to vote for future episodes of CRITICALLY RECLAIMED? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon!Support the show: https://www.patreon.com//criticallyacclaimednetworkAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 who want to talk about STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (hurray!), whether there are any great films that faithfully adapt a novel, if you need to know a lot about Shakespeare to enjoy a Shakespeare movie, and much, much more! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at 

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Edgar Wright's time-tripping horror thriller LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, the final film from HAUSU director Nobuhiku Obayashi LABYRINTH OF CINEMA, the horror reboot PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: NEXT OF KIN, the horror heist movie prequel ARMY OF THIEVES, and the surprisingly coyote-free Christmas rom-com COYOTE CREEK CHRISTMAS! Last Night in Soho - 5:16  Labyrinth of CInema - 29:22  Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin - 43:43. Army of Thieves - 1:03:16  Coyote Creek Christmas - 1:19:22  Review Round-Up - 1:29:34  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lope

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 put the sad in gladiator when they look back at Disney's 1997 animated hit HERCULES, which has a large following but miiiiiight not be as good as its reputation suggests! Want to vote for future episodes of CRITICALLY RECLAIMED? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon!Support the show: https://www.patreon.com//criticallyacclaimednetworkAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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 who want to talk about movies they loved as kids which had small roles from future stars! They're also talking about Lovecraftian gods, their favorite moviegoing experiences, two AMAZING sequels to PROM NIGHT, how to recommend movies to your friends, and why plot isn't nearly as important as people think it is! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Denis Villeneuve's long-awaited sci-fi epic DUNE, the slasher sequel HALLOWEEN KILLS, Wes Anderson's ode to old-fashioned magazines THE FRENCH DISPATCH, Ridley Scott's medieval Rashomon riff THE LAST DUEL, Mia Hansen-Løve's indie relationship drama BERGMAN ISLAND, and Hallmark's supernatural rom-com BOYFRIENDS OF CHRISTMAS PAST! Dune - 2:50 Halloween Kills - 39:04 The French Dispatch - 56:15 The Last Duel - 1:12:29 Bergman Island - 1:20:58 Boyfriends of Christmas Past - 1:31:51 Round-Up - 1:49:18 Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to

If you loved THE OMEN, you probably won't like THE OMEN! The Oscar-winning horror movie about the antichrist got transformed into a failed TV pilot about a demon that jumps from body to body and tries to ruin a St. Patrick's Day parade by unleashing a flesh-eating virus! It's got a great cast - including William Sadler, Brett Cullen and Norman Lloyd - and a cult hit director (Jack Sholder, THE HIDDEN) - so maybe THE OMEN really was... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out, as SCARYTOBER continues! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow W