Canceled Too Soon

In case you missed it, Witney Seibold and William Bibbiani are reviewing every episode of STAR TREK ever made on their Patreon-exclusive podcast, ALL OUR YESTERDAYS! They've already reviewed every episode of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES and STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED SERIES, and the first four STAR TREK movies, and this week they begin their trek through every single episode of THE NEXT GENERATION, and we're giving that episode away for free! Enjoy our episode about the two-hour pilot, ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT, and sign up on Patreon to enjoy over our over 100-episode backlog, and to follow along with our TNG podcast every single week! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for all our 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

Decades before Leigh Janiak directed the acclaimed FEAR STREET movie trilogy, director Ken Kwapis introduced audiences to GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET! Sure, nobody cared and the show never made it past the pilot, but could it be that GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET, the first adaptation of R.L. Stine's hit book series, was... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore the secret TV past of FEAR STREET, over two decades before Netflix got a hold of it, in a brand new episode! 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.criticallyacclaim

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 have a holly jolly environmental disaster with CHRISTMAS TWISTER! It's a made-for-tv disaster epic starring Casper Van Dien, Richard Burgi and Haley Lu Richardson, about a whole bunch of tornados that decide to attack during the yuletide season for a change. Want to vote for future episodes of THE STREAMING CLUB? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork! You also get 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 corres

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 know their favorite Irish films, why SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY really stinks, how to get bigots to watch queer movies and television, the pros and cons of predicting a movie's ending, the right and wrong way to do product placement, and whether we should add a podcast about COLUMBO to our line-up! 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 t

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the LeBron James family sequel SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY, the ambitious slasher finale FEAR STREET: 1666, the scary amusement park ride that is ESCAPE ROOM: TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS, and the action extravaganza GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE! Space Jam: A New Legacy - 1:40  Fear Street: 1666 - 37:44  Escape Room: Tournament of Champions - 53:52  Gunpowder Milkshake - 1:04:56  Review Round-Up - 1:15:55  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 at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on 

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 book a reservation at MYSTIC PIZZA, a cult classic romantic drama starring Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, Annabeth Gish, Vincent D'Onofrio and Conchata Ferrell! This story of love, messy emotions and secret pizza toppings helped elevate many of the cast members to stardom, but it's not talked about very often anymore. Does it still deserve its classic status? Want to vote for future episodes of THE STREAMING CLUB? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork! You also get 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 Silv

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 know their favorite British films, recommend new streaming services, celebrate art that begins with the letter "A," wonder when is the right time to give up on following a beloved franchise, and whether Disney has ever done "spectacle" right! 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 B

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the long-delayed Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) blockbuster BLACK WIDOW, the ambitious Netflix slasher sequel FEAR STREET: 1978, the Shudder horror film SON, Carlos Lopez Estrada's poetic SUMMERTIME, and Lav Diaz's bleak drama GENUS, PAN! Black Widow - 1:25  Fear Street: 1978 - 37:00  Son - 50:22  Summertime - 56:34  Genus, Pan - 1:07:04  Review Round-Up - 1:15:55  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 at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follo

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 travel back to the swinging 1960s with THE ITALIAN JOB, one of the most iconic heist movies ever made! Does the film's strange sense of humor and overwhelming sense of style elevate it above the rest of the genre? And how does it hold up to the remake? Want to vote for future episodes of THE STREAMING CLUB? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork! You also get 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 corresponden

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 add more context to the conversation about SYLVIA SCARLETT, discuss actors whose careers were cut tragically short, debate whether LORD OF THE RINGS really has a big plot hole, campaign to let people enjoy the FAST & FURIOUS movies without inviting snark, and discuss movies we only love because of our family! 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 @CriticA

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold say goodbye to the late, great filmmaker Richard Donner, and review the horror sequel THE FOREVER PURGE, the Netflix slasher FEAR STREET: 1994, the Amazon sci-fi adventure THE TOMORROW WAR, the HBO Max/Steven Soderbergh crime thriller NO SUDDEN MOVE, the Netflix animated satire AMERICA: THE MOTION PICTURE, and the Macedonian drama GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA. Richard Donner - 1:17  The Forever Purge - 26:58  Fear Street: 1994 - 43:15  The Tomorrow War - 1:01:12  No Sudden Move - 1:20:35  America: The Motion Picture - 1:30:16  God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya - 1:42:00  Review Round-Up - 1:46:46  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

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 introduce you to George Cukor's SYLVIA SCARLETT, a notorious box office disaster from 1935 that - decades later - is now held up as a pioneering attempt to discuss queer identity in mainstream cinema! Starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Edmund Gwenn! Want to vote for future episodes of THE STREAMING CLUB? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork! You also get 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 corresp

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 CLASSIC LITERATURE MOVIES! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are picking out the very best movies based on greatest books, stories and plays of all time, from iconic romances to terrifying horror, to mind-boggling sci-fi and dashing adventure! 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

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the post-physics blockbuster F9, the horror comedy WEREWOLVES WITHIN, the mafia biopic LANSKY, the true-love story I CARRY YOU WITH ME, the haunted house thriller THE EVIL NEXT DOOR, the low-budget supernatural thriller AN UNQUIET GRAVE, the pregnancy paranoia thriller FALSE POSITIVE, and the Edgar Wright music documentary THE SPARKS BROTHERS! F9 - 3:36  Werewolves Within - 21:07  Lansky - 31:41  I Carry You With Me - 44:11  The Evil Next Door - 49:43  An Unquiet Grave - 55:04  False Positive - 1:03:29  The Sparks Brothers - 1:10:29  Review Round-Up - 1:24:49  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 futu

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 templates used by integration tests only, everything we got wrong about the cult musical THE APPLE, which 1970s movies new film fans should start with, fan backlash to negative and positive reviews, and the deeper meaning of our physical media collections! 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,

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 dive into THE BLACK HOLE, Disney's epic response to STAR WARS, with an all-star cast orbiting an unthinkable void in space! It's a big budget sci-fi horror movie starring Anthony Perkins, Maximilian Schell, Rob Forster, Ernest Borgnine, Roddy McDowall, Slim Pickens and more! THE BLACK HOLE was a gigantic box office disaster, but does it really suck, or is it an underappreciated cinematic spectacle? Want to vote for future episodes of THE STREAMING CLUB? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork! You also get 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

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Pixar animated family film LUCA, the new Russian underwater monster movie THE SUPERDEEP, the Kevin Hart family comedy FATHERHOOD, and the new drama MISS JUNETEENTH! Luca - 1:13  The Superdeep - 48:44  Fatherhood - 48:44  Miss Juneteenth - 59:57  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 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 th

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 what our hosts dream vacations would be, whether a film's box office take really matters in the long run (or only under certain conditions), songs Bibbs and Witney want to hear in more movies, the intricate plot of a STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED series episode, and an invaluable perspective on autism representation in film and cinema! 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

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 pluck out THE APPLE, a cult classic movie musical from 1980, about a pair of idealistic musicians who get sucked into a hellish disco/new wave nightmare hellscape of sex, drugs and rock and roll! THE APPLE premiered to boos and vandalized movie theaters, but now it's got a reputation as a charmingly weird relic of a bygone era. But how good is it, REALLY? Want to vote for future episodes of THE STREAMING CLUB? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork! You also get 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'

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by a special guest, YouTube 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! Ned Beatty - 11:15  In the Heights - 24:06  The Amusement Park - 53:53  Infinite - 1:10:43  Awake - 1:24:45  Holler - 1:33:55  Censor - 1:40:03  Wish Dragon - 1:47:21  Review Round-Up - 1:56:27  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 corr