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William Bibbiani is out of commission, so Witney Seibold is free to do whatever the hell he wants! And he wants to do more STAR TREK, because of course he does!

Join Witney for a feature-length commentary track about the most recent film in the sci-fi franchise, STAR TREK: SECTION 31, starring Michelle Yeoh as a (somewhat) recovering genocidal maniac who saves the day with a ragtag team of misfits! You can also listen in like a ...

Bibbs and Witney review the new Pixar sci-fi movie ELIO, the live-action remake of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, the horror threequel 28 YEARS LATER, the action-comedy BRIDE HARD, Celine Song's sophomore feature MATERIALISTS, the comedy of age theater dramedy EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GREAT, the Samuel L. Jackson western THE UNHOLY TRINITY, and Joseph Kosinski's racing drama F1 THE MOVIE!

Elio - 4:00

How to Train Your Drag...

Because our patrons demanded it, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST ROAD TRIP MOVIES EVER!

These movies traverse the world, as characters grow over the course of their journey and sometimes play rock music or eat people!

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This week, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new action spin-off FROM THE WORLD OF JOHN WICK: BALLERINA, the animated Predator sequel PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS, Mike Flanagan's new Stephen King adaptation THE LIFE OF CHUCK, the serial killer shark movie DANGEROUS ANIMALS, and the Apple TV+ Original crime drama ECHO VALLEY, starring Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney!

And hey, it's a little echo...

Bibbs and Witney get crane kicked in the face! Or they review movies! Either one is fine really.

This week, we've got reviews of KARATE KID: LEGENDS, the new Wes Andersony Wes Anderson movie THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, and the bleak new horror movie BRING HER BACK, from the directors of TALK TO ME!

Karate Kid: Legends - 5:00

The Phoenician Scheme - 36:05

Bring Her Back - 53:00

Review Round-Up - 1:09:00

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Bibbs and Witney read YOUR letters and answer YOUR questions about boutique Blu-ray labels, movies that hate movies, and when the heck Jarnathan is getting here!

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Bibbs and Witney review (the allegedly final) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING, the Weeknd's self-fascinated HURRY UP TOMORROW, the live-action Disney remake of LILO & STITCH, Guy Ritchie's Apple TV+ Original FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, the supernatural slasher blockbuster FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES, and the retro Netflix slasher FEAR STREE...

NOTE: We had some audio problems with this podcast, so you may need to boost your volume a bit more than usual. Apologies!

Bibbs and Witney read more of YOUR letters on an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL podcast!

This time, we're looking at more of your "Best of the Century" lists, describing the difference between "noir" and "neo-noir," revealing our favorite TV theme songs and explaining why A MINECRA...

Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present the best movies that have only one thing in common: They all begin with the letter "L!"

It's an all-new episode of THE IRON LIST, where our hosts make top ten lists based on topics our patrons get to choose!

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Bibbs and Witney review the new slasher CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, the Josh Hartnett action-comedy FIGHT OR FLIGHT, the atheist fighting tournament thriller ABSOLUTE DOMINION, the Jillian Bell teen sex comedy SUMMER OF 69, and the new William Shakespeare musical JULIET & ROMEO!

Clown in a Cornfield - 3:30

Fight or Flight - 28:35

Absolute Dominion - 39:06

Summer of 69 - 1:06:00

Juliet & Romeo - 1:22:20

Review Round-Up - 1:38:43

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These scrappy mismatched underdogs could never pull of this incredible heist! Or make an incredible movie! Or win this incredible sports thing!

Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST RAGTAG TEAM OF MISFITS MOVIES, in an all-new episode of THE IRON LIST!

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Bibbs and Witney review Marvel's THUNDERBOLTS*, Paul Feig's sequel ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR, the tragic western RUST, the Shudder horror film FRÉWAKA, and the queer Abraham Lincoln fantasia LAVENDER MEN!

Thunderbolts* - 1:55

Another Simple Favor - 40:17

Rust - 55:09

Fréwaka - 1:12:15

Lavender Men - 1:23:15

Review Round-Up - 1:34:19

Bibbs and Witney review the astounding new 1930s gangster blues musical vampire movie SINNERS, the horror video game adaptation (sort of) UNTIL DAWN, Gareth Evans' new Tom Hardy cop action movie HAVOC, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi's queer sexy gambling drama ON SWIFT HORSES, the Shudder original thriller DEAD MAIL, and also SNEAKS, the film where Anthony Mackie and Martin Lawrence play anthropomorphic shoes!

Sinner...

Witney opened our P.O. Box and a ton of mail fell out, so here's an extra episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL dedicated to everyone who took the time to send us snail mail! We've got the Crimson Dynamo, positive movies about middle-aged people, awesome zines, rare action figures, a new take on Disney's WISH and a letter that made Bibbs and Witney cry!

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Is it better for a filmmaker to make a million movies or just a handful of great ones? Whatever happens to festival movies that don't get distribution? Is JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS is officially a classic yet? And how we can possibly fix the HALLOWEEN the franchise?

Plus, a voice from the past, as the earlier versions of Bibbs and Witney from THE B-MOVIES PODCAST rear their heads once more! It's an all-new WE'VE GOT M...

Bibbs and Witney review the spy thingy THE AMATEUR, Christopher Landon's Hitchcockian thriller DROP, Viola Davis doing Die Hard at G20, Alex Garland co-directing a war movie about WARFARE, the CG-animated Christian Jesus Dickens movie THE KING OF KINGS, and the music documentary ONE TO ONE: JOHN AND YOKO!

The Amateur - 4:03

Drop - 20:18

G20 - 33:12

Warfare - 44:53

The King of Kings - 55:56

One to One: John and Yoko - 1:18:23

Revie...

This week, Bibbs and Witney review the blockbuster video game movie A MINECRAFT MOVIE, the public domain comedy slasher SCREAMBOAT, the game show biopic THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA, and co-director Finn Wolfhard's comedy slasher (hey, another one!) HELL OF A SUMMER.

A Minecraft Movie - 7:07

Screamboat - 44:41

The Luckiest Man in America - 1:01:10

Hell of a Summer - 1:13:12

Review Round-Up - 1:24:07

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How bad could SNOW WHITE possibly be? Could it really be worse than THE ALTO KNIGHTS?

Bibbs and Witney review those big epic flops, and also the horror movie THE WOMAN IN THE YARD, the post-apocalyptic musical O'DESSA, the feel-good antifascist penguin flick THE PENGUIN LESSONS, the public domain slasher POPEYE THE SLAYER MAN, and the sci-fi monster movie ASH!

Snow White - 2:32

The Woman in the Yard - 35:45

The Alto Knights...

Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best films that flagrantly knocked off a pre-existing work!

You can probably think of plenty of so-called "mockbusters" but movie history is littered with great films, many of them classics in their own right, that wouldn't have been made - at least at the same time, in the same way - if it weren't for the success or notoriety of anothe...