Canceled Too Soon

From the creator of PERRY MASON and the director of CAT PEOPLE and NIGHT OF THE DEMON! If that doesn't grab your attention, what possibly could...?This week on CANCELED TOO SOON, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold unearth a failed pilot for COOL AND LAM, a comedy private detective series based on books by Erle Stanley Gardner and directed by the legendary Jacques Tourneur!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We've got the musical WICKED, the Ridley Scott sequel GLADIATOR II, the $250 million Christmas action comedy RED ONE, the horny Netflix holiday rom-com HOT FROSTY, the August Wilson adaptation THE PIANO LESSON, the apocalyptic animated Latvian animal movie FLOW, and the music documentary THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ALLEE WILLIS.Wicked - 5:56Gladiator II - 44:33Red One - 1:04:17Hot Frosty - 1:14:00The Piano Lesson - 1:24:03Flow - 1:34:25The World According to Allee Willis - 1:43:34Review Round-Up - 1:48:20Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST RAZZIE MOVIES EVER!William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold have scoured the history of The Golden Raspberry Awards, and now they're presenting their findings! They're each selecting the best movies ever nominated for Worst Picture at the Razzies!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this special episode of CANCELED TOO SOON, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold exhume a horror anthology series that was nearly lost forever: LATE NIGHT HORROR (1968), a full-color BBC2 series featuring tales of terror that were allegedly too gory for television!Only one episode of LATE NIGHT HORROR still exists! Does it prove that the show was... canceled too soon?!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's time for another letters episode, complete with fun games, Marvel minutiae, the perils of streaming service censorship and something called The Bike-del Test!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Hugh Grant horror movie HERETIC, Cillian Murphy's historical drama SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, Shudder's new exclusive BLACK CAB, Anthony Mackie's A Quiet Place knockoff ELEVATION, the family-friendly THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, the experimental CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER'S POINT, Netflix's Pentatonix rom-com MEET ME NEXT CHRISTMAS, and a comedy we should have reviewed months ago called HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS!Heretic - 4:44Small Things Like These - 20:21Black Cab - 37:40Elevation - 46:45The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - 1:00:23Christmas Eve in Miller's Point - 1:11:55Meet Me Next Christmas - 1:32:38Hundreds of Beavers - 1:32:38Review Round-Up - 1:47:25Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episod

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney review the new Robert Zemeckis tech demo HERE, Clint Eastwood's legal thriller JUROR NO. 2, Steve McQueen's World War II epic BLITZ, Liam Neeson's new Liam Neeson movie ABSOLUTION, the Netflix sci-fi slasher TIME CUT, and the devastating documentary NO OTHER LAND!Here - 6:05 Juror No. 2 - 32:00 Blitz - 46:00 Absolution - 56:20 Time Cut - 1:07:07 No Other Land - 1:26:50 Review Round-Up - 1:26:50 Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We're back with another WE'VE GOT MAIL! This time Bibbs and WItney talk about the ongoing - always ongoing - debate over whether there's too much sex in movies or not nearly enough! Plus, who are the great character actors working today, and is Riker the worst Starfleet Captain in all of STAR TREK?(Sorry about the delays in Canceled Too Soon this month! We're going to extend our plans for a very special SCARY-VEMBER!)Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bibbs and Witney review VENOM: THE LAST DANCE, the papal mystery thriller CONCLAVE, the Netflix serial killer thriller DON'T MOVE, and the Kate Beckinsale spy movie CANARY BLACK!Witney Seibold's GWAR-xclent Adventure - 0:57 Venom: The Last Dance - 11:53 Conclave - 37:48 Don't Move - 52:00 Canary Black - 1:02:40 Review Round-Up - 1:23:26Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We've got reviews of the horror sequel SMILE 2, the acclaimed Sean Baker romance/comedy/drama ANORA, Anna Kendrick's directorial debut serial killer movie WOMAN OF THE HOUR, the Peter Dinklage/Josh Brolin/Brendan Fraser road trip buddy crime comedy BROTHERS, and Cameron Crowe's music documentary TOM PETTY: HEARTBREAKERS BEACH PARTY!Smile 2 - 3:59 Anora - 27:53 Woman of the Hour - 43:43 Brothers - 53:07 Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party - 1:03:57 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST HORROR REMAKES EVER!Yup, these movies were so nice they scared us twice! Some of the best horror movies ever made were remakes, and also so some weird and sloppy movies that deserve a shout-out too!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Ten movies! Two killer clown films! Two romances! One superhero movie they forgot to tell you about! And so much horror!Bibbs and Witney review the bizarre JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX, the ultraviolent TERRIFIER 3, the low budget HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN, the sci-fi horror sequel THE PLATFORM 2, the LEGO-animated Pharrell documentary PIECE BY PIECE, the Florence Pugh/Andrew Garfield romance WE LIVE IN TIME, the horny Laura Dern/Liam Hemsworth romance LONELY PLANET, the Stephen King remake SALEM'S LOT, the body-swapping thriller IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE, and the mysterious CADDO LAKE!Joker: Folie a Deux - 4:57Terrifier 3 - 33:45Hellboy: The Crooked Man - 51:35The Platform 2 - 1:03:45Piece By Piece - 1:13:40We Live in Time - 1:21:52Lonely Planet - 1:32:32Salem's Lot - 1:40:45It's What's Inside - 1:47:40Caddo Lake - 1:53:10Review Round-Up - 1:59:33 Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks,

Bibbs and Witney are buckling down and catching up on some Patreon podcasts, so this week's CANCELED TOO SOON has been delayed, but we do have enough scintillating letters to present a long-awaited new installment of WE'VE GOT MAIL!They're answering questions about acclaimed movie performances they don't think are very good, the ins and outs of STAR TREK conventions, whether SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is still good or not, and much more!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best car chase movies in history!These cars go vroom vroom! Also some trucks and motorcycles. BUT NO TRAINS. THAT'S THE RULE.Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Three years before FOREVER KNIGHT became a hit TV series about a cop who's also a vampire, NICK KNIGHT was a failed TV series about a cop who's also a vampire!Rick Springfield stars in the original TV movie, which tells the same story as the pilot for FOREVER KNIGHT except with a bigger budget, better music, and also it's much, much, much less popular.But could it be that NICK KNIGHT was CANCELED TOO SOON? And could it even have been better than FOREVER KNIGHT...?[NOTE: We had to record this episode remotely, which led to some audio issues which we have fixed to the best of our ability, which is to say, not entirely. Some of the audio may be quieter than usual as a result.]SCARYTOBER begins!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inqu

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the possibly great and possibly crap MEGALOPOLIS, the animated sci-fi parable THE WILD ROBOT, Jason Reitman's behind the scenes movie about the first episode of SATURDAY NIGHT (live), and a silent post-apocalyptic horror thriller starring Samara Weaving called AZRAEL!Megalopolis - 4:02 The Wild Robot - 32:05Saturday Night - 48:45 Azrael - 1:11:28 Review Round-Up - 1:20:38Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

One week after THE DUCK FACTORY joked about all of Tim Conway's failed TV shows, we've got one of Tim Conway's failed TV shows! Conway stars as ACE CRAWFORD: PRIVATE EYE, a private detective who bumbles his way through various crimes, and only occasionally dresses up in offensive disguises!It's a spoof comedy in the tradition of POLICE SQUAD, but maybe a little too much in that tradition, because it was also canceled after only a few episodes. But was it CANCELED TOO SOON?Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's about to get weird! And Transformer-y! And... weird!This week, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the award-winning gross out art house horror comedy drama satire THE SUBSTANCE, the animated franchise prequel TRANSFORMERS ONE, the George Clooney/Brad Pitt crime comedy WOLFS, the Alexandre Aja/Halle Berry horror movie NEVER LET GO, the bleak Canadian thriller RED ROOMS, and the ensemble drama HIS THREE DAUGHTERS!The Substance - 6:08 Transformers One - 30:38 Wolfs - 51:00 Never Let Go - 1:00:40 Red Rooms - 1:12:33 His Three Daughters - 1:38:17 Review Round-Up - 1:23:39Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

10 Years before Jim Carrey became the biggest star in Hollywood, he was almost the biggest star in television! Jim Carrey starred in a sitcom called THE DUCK FACTORY back in 1984, about a team of wacky animators working at a struggling studio.If THE DUCK FACTORY had been a hit, Carrey's career might have gone in a very different direction. Could it be that Carrey's biggest early failure was... CANCELED TOO SOON?Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We've got reviews of new (and new-ish) films like Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, the horror remake SPEAK NO EVIL, the Netflix thriller REBEL RIDGE, the Netflix YA film UGLIES, Kevin Smith's nostalgic THE 4:30 MOVIE, the indie cat transformation movie BOOGER, the horror comedy THE FRONT ROOM, the grim western THE THICKET, and the buzzy indie horror hit STRANGE DARLING!Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - 4:02Speak No Evil - 33:20Rebel Ridge - 46:06 Uglies - 59:38 The 4:30 Movie - 1:16:39Booger - 1:29:21The Front Room - 1:39:44The Thicket - 1:50:42Strange Darling - 1:59:13Review Round-Up - 2:08:25Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy