Critically Acclaimed Network
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold host a series of ongoing shows, featuring CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (new movie reviews), THANK GODZILLA IT'S FRIDAY, CANCELED TOO SOON, WE'VE GOT MAIL, THE IRON LIST, and more!
Episodes
Bibbs and Witney review the new DC supervillain horror movie CLAYFACE, Laika's stop-motion fantasy epic WILDWOOD, Stephen Chow's SHAOLIN SOCCER sequel KUNG FU SOCCER, Taika Waititi's sci-fi drama KLARA AND THE SUN, and the new rom-com LOVE LANGUAGE, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Anthony Ramos and Manny Jacinto.
Clayface - 3:53
Wildwood - 44:10
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Witney Seibold is back with [checks notes] NINE movie reviews?! Dear god, and that's AFTER we split the episode in half?!
Bibbs and Witney talk about the documentary everyone's talking about (and try not to spoil it), YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, as well as the killer spider comedy CRAWLERS, Ben Affleck's suspiciously familiar Netflix kidnapping "thriller" ANIMALS, the low-ambition ensemble action comedy MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE, the cannibal...
On the first new episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critic Katie Walsh joins William Bibbiani review the kaleidoscopic video game adaptation STREET FIGHTER, the stomach-churning aquatic thriller WHALEFALL, the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's romance SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, Aaron Sorkin's long-awaited second Mark Zuckerberg drama THE SOCIAL RECKONING, and the sumptuous biopic TENZING!
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Our new interview podcast is back with an all-new episode, with our special guest: award-winning director Georgia Oakley!
Georgia Oakley directed the acclaimed 2022 drama BLUE JEAN, the winner of four British Independent Film Awards. Her latest movie, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, is in theaters this weekend.
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's beloved 1811 romance, previously adapted by Ang Lee and Emma Thompson...
Bibbs and Witney are reading YOUR emails in an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL!
This time we've got a marathon of movies that almost got made, but didn't! Plus, how the movie studios are selling nostalgia to children who shouldn't have any yet, which movies famous directors should remake, and much, much more!
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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise's box office disaster DIGGER, a Colleen Hoover adaptation starring Anne Hathaway, Josh Hartnett and Josh Hartnett called VERITY, and the killer snake movie BEWARE BOIúNA!
Yup! Only three movies this time. We'll try harder next week!
Digger - 2:48
Verity - 51:20
Beware Boiúna - 1:05:53
Review Round-Up - 1:19:15
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Bibbs and Witney review Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL, the Robert Pattinson reality TV movie PRIMETIME, the Japanese ghost story NEVER AFTER DARK, Brad Pitt takes his doggy walkies in HEART OF THE BEAST, the animated and already overlooked FORGOTTEN ISLAND, the Reylo romance THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS, the Aardman sequel SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM, and the Netflix true crime thriller UNABOMBER!
Resident Evil - 3:30
Primetime ...
Because our patronsdemanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best films starring principle and recurring cast members from every STAR TREK television series!
Yes, it's THE BEST STAR TREK ALUMNI MOVIES EVER! Will STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION dominate the top ten lists thanks to cinema luminaries like Patrick Stewart and Wil Wheaton, or will an unexpected series like VOYAGER or DISCOVERY swoop in and blow your minds?
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Bibbs and Witney talk about the best summertime movies ever made, the one-person cult of ONLY GOD FORGIVES, the movies they've seen the most times in theaters, the logistics of pre-gaming a new movie (studying-wise), whether critics should avoid watching movies while inebriated, and more!
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Bibbs and Witney review the new legacy sequel PRACTICAL MAGIC 2, the correct sci-fi/action epic HOPE, Paul Greengrass's medieval rebellion film THE UPRISING, the illuminating documentary BLACK ZOMBIE, the Alan Ritchson/Owen Wilson action-comedy RUNNER, and the problematic Zachary Levi/Liam Neeson thriller THE FIX!
Practical Magic 2 - 5:10
Hope - 25:15
The Uprising - 42:45
Black Zombie - 57:20
Runner - 1:12:00
The Fix - 1:21:15
Review Roun...
Our new interview podcast is here!
Every episode of FIVE MOVIES WITH will feature an interview with an artist, talking about five films that specifically influenced their work!
In the debut episode we interview Kate Stayman-London, the author of the best-selling romance novels ONE TO WATCH and FANG FICTION. Her new novel SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY is an enemies-to-lovers love story set against the backdrop of democratic political campaigns...
Bibbs and Witney review Adam Wingard's new low-budget, violent genre mash-up ONSLAUGHT, the Gal Gadot jogging thriller THE RUNNER, the acrophobic sequel FALL 2: DEADPOINT, and the high-concept historical drama thriller BY ANY MEANS!
Onslaught - 1:54
The Runner - 29:25
Fall 2: Deadpoint - 57:20
By Any Means - 1:13:58
Review Round-Up - 1:30:30
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It's finally here! A new bi-weekly Patreon-exclusive podcast for $5/month members, but the first episode is for everyone!
Our new series is EPISODE P, where William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the pilot episodes for long-running TV shows they've never seen before. We don't know what's coming, we only know what the pilot episode promises, and you can either join us in our speculation or shout at us if you've seen the show and ...
We've got reviews of the long-awaited comedy COYOTE VS. ACME, Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic THE DOG STARS, the Netflix serial killer thriller THE WHISPER MAN, the Netflix amnesia thriller THE SECRET WOMAN, the Jason Statham actioner MUTINY, the Exorcist II documentary BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL, the horror sequel INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER, the low-budget existentialist horror IT ENDS, the kids tv-themed horror movie BUDDY, the rau...
Bibbs and Witney are back and answering YOUR letters in an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL!
Are influencers and critics doing the same job? What are the best movie soundtracks of the 1990s? And are the Looney Tunes secretly bleak as hell? We're about to find out!
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Because our patrons asked for it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST MOVIE VILLAINS EVER!
It's over THREE HOURS of in-depth podcasting, with our host's individual picks for the worst a-holes to ever (dis)grace the silver screen!
Comic book supervillains, epic monsters, animated goofballs and some of the most disturbing individuals ever conceived by the human mind await you in this month's episode of THE IRON LIST.
Bibbs and Witney review the new dinosaurs in suburbia thriller THE END OF OAK STREET, the kids movie about privatizing public works (and dinosaurs) PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE, the Kristen Stewrat/Alia Shawkat stoner comedy THE WRONG GIRLS, the Green Day-inspired road trip movie NIMRODS, the Matthew McConaughey bluegrass musical neo-western revenge crime beekeeping drama THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING, the Will Poulter addiction drama UN...
William Bibbiani and WItney Seibold review Jane Schoenbrun's meta-slasher love story TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, the dystopian rom-com ONE NIGHT ONLY, Greg Araki's kinky I WANT YOUR SEX, the Anthony Bourdain biopic TONY, Eli Roth's horror attempt ICE CREAM MAN, the Broken Lizard sequel SUPER TROOPERS 3, and the Netflix paranormal thriller THE LAST HOUSE!
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - 2:05
One Night Only - 38:15
I ...
It's an all-new ALL-NIGHTER podcast, where we come up with twelve-hour movie marathons around a single topic!
Bibbs and Witney take a special challenge from A and B. Eleanor Grey, to come up with all-nigh movie marathons full of queer movies, but none of them can be tragedies! It's our HAPPY PRIDE episode, and as an extra treat, A and B. Eleanor Grey join us to talk about queer films and schedule their own all-nighter! It's three mo...
Bibbs and Witney review SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY on the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!
You're reading that right! We're only reviewing one new movie this episode! That's why it's such a short one! (We're kidding, it's nearly two hours long.)
Spoilers begin at the one hour mark (1:00:00) and we're sorry, but they don't let up at the end, even during the review round-up.
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