Critically Acclaimed Network
848 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 279 ratingsFilm critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold host a series of ongoing shows, featuring CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (new movie reviews), CANCELED TOO SOON (retrospectives of short-lived TV shows), WE'VE GOT MAIL, CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, THE IRON LIST, and more!
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The Iron List #51 | The Best Frankenstein Movies Ever!
March 31, 2024 15:57 - 2 hours - 132 MBBecause YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST FRANKENSTEIN MOVIES EVER! These are the films that are about and/or prominently feature the Devil, and not necessarily in the classical sense! Tons of movie recommendations and digressions ahead! 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@criticallya...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S." (2003)
March 29, 2024 14:30 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! We're almost done with the Millennium Era, but before the big blow-out finale, we have to check back in with our old buddy Mechagodzilla! How you doing there, pal? Do you wanna do one last epic fight with Godzilla, and would you mind if Mothra showed up to make it interesting? And to die, of course, because that's what Mothra does? It's GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S. on the latest THA...
Critically Acclaimed #290 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Roadhouse, Immaculate, The Animal Kingdom, Little Wing, One Life, Irish Wish
March 26, 2024 16:10 - 2 hours - 111 MBWe came, we saw, we reviewed some movies! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and WItney Seibold review GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE, the remake of ROADHOUSE, the nunsploitation horror movie IMMACULATE, the French animal mutation drama THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, the pigeon racing heist movie LITTLE WING, the based-on-a-true World War II story ONE LIFE, and the Lindsay Lohan rom-com IRISH WISH! Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire- 9:11 Roadhouse - 56:28 Immaculate - 1:11:50 The Animal Ki...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla" (2002)
March 22, 2024 15:44 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! The director of GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS is back with GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA, a film that kinda remakes GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS! Can a stoic soldier and an eccentric scientist team up to stop Godzilla with a fantastic new superweapon? And can you believe how awesome the final fight is? Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive p...
We've Got Mail #167 | Scripts vs. Screenplays?
March 18, 2024 23:59 - 1 hour - 79.3 MBWe're back with a new WE'VE GOT MAIL, where we answer your correspondence, and talk about whatever you want us to talk about! This time, Bibbs and Witney explain the difference between scripts and screenplays, which version of a script gets judged by the Oscars, slow movies, plot holes, sequels that outclass the original, and more! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and ...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack” (2001)
March 15, 2024 21:43 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! Godzilla is evil again, and this time he's haunted by ghosts! To defeat him it will take the combined strength of heroic good guy kaiju like Mothra, Baragon and [checks notes]... King Ghidorah?! Bibbs and Witney venture into one of the stranger corners of the Godzilla multiverse in GODZILLA, MOTHRA AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK! Subscribe on Patreon at www....
Critically Acclaimed #289 | Oscars 2024, Kung Fu Panda 4, Love Lies Bleeding, Ricky Stanicky, American Dreamer
March 12, 2024 17:20 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBThe Oscars are finally over! We don't have to talk about them anymore! Except for this week, when we talk about them a little bit. Plus, new reviews of KUNG FU PANDA 4, the fourth film about a kung fu panda, the queer crime film LOVE LIES BLEEDING, the raunchy comedy RICKY STANICKY, and what the heck, let's throw AMERICAN DREAMER in there too! Oscars 2024 - 4:24 Kung Fu Panda 4 - 36:02 Love Lies Bleeding - 51:38 Ricky Stanicky - 57:35 American Dreamer - 1:06:21 Review Round-Up - 1:14:...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Megaguirus" (2000)
March 08, 2024 16:11 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! Hey, do you remember those bug monsters from RODAN? They're back, and they're bigger than ever! Can Godzilla fight a giant dragonfly, destroy all of Japan's power companies, reboot his continuity (again), and survive a weaponized black hole? We'll find out in GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts ...
Critically Acclaimed #288 | Dune: Part Two, Drive-Away Dolls, 2024 Oscar Predictions!
March 04, 2024 09:48 - 2 hours - 120 MBHey, DUNE: CHAPTER TWO is out! Does anybody out there like DUNE? Well, this week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED our critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing that DUNE, and also DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS because that came out too! Plus, Bibbs and Witney reveal their picks for what will win at the Oscars this year, and what should. DUNE: CHAPTER TWO - 5:28 DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS - 43:32 REVIEW ROUND-UP - 55:53 OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2024 - 58:05 Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/critically...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla 2000: Millennium" (1999)
March 01, 2024 09:19 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! The Millennium Era begins with a film about a new version of Godzilla fighting Roland Emmerich's UFOs from INDEPENDENCE DAY and a monster that looks kinda like Roland Emmerich's GODZILLA! Hmm... I wonder why they have such a beef with Roland Emmerich? We'll find out in GODZILLA 2000: MILLENNIUM! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclus...
Critically Acclaimed #287 | The 2024 Oscar-Nominated Short Films!
February 28, 2024 09:05 - 1 hour - 102 MBBibbs and Witney don't make short podcasts, but this one is about short films! On the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review all 15 of the Oscar-nominated short films at the 96th annual Academy Awards, including the nominees for BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM, and BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive ser...
The Iron List #50 | The Best Devil Movies Ever!
February 26, 2024 17:31 - 2 hours - 148 MBBecause YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST DEVIL MOVIES EVER! These are the films that are about and/or prominently feature the Devil, and not necessarily in the classical sense! Tons of movie recommendations and digressions ahead! 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@criticallyacclaim...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Matango" (1963)
February 23, 2024 17:09 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! A group of selfish, sexist a-holes wash up on the shore of a mysterious island, where there's no food except giant mushrooms which, well... you'll see! It's MATANGO, aka ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE, and it's an unusually Lovecraftian monster movie that eventually ties into the GODZILLA mythos! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusiv...
Critically Acclaimed #286 | Madame Web, Bob Marley: One Love, Suncoast, Lisa Frankenstein, Skeletons in the Closet
February 20, 2024 17:01 - 1 hour - 82 MBBibbs and Witney are back and reviewing a movie EVERYBODY LIKES, or possibly the opposite! We've got reviews of the superhero movie MADAME WEB, the music biopic BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE, the coming of age drama SUNCOAST, the horror comedy LISA FRANKENSTEIN, and the horror (?) movie SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET! Madame Web - 2:37 Bob Marley: One Love - 39:09 Suncoast - 51:50 Lisa Frankenstein - 58:56 Skeletons in the Closet - 1:12:51 Review Round-Up - 1:24:45 Subscribe on Patreon at www.p...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Gorath" (1962)
February 16, 2024 17:45 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! Decades before ARMAGEDDON and DEEP IMPACT, Ishirō Honda directed a sci-fi epic about a rogue planetoid on a collision course with Earth, and the scientists and astronauts who solve impossible problems to save the Earth! Except in GORATH, there's also a completely unrelated walrus monster! We're catching up with a film we accidentally missed in an all-new THANK GODZILLA, IT'S F...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Rebirth of Mothra III" (1998)
February 09, 2024 19:27 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! The REBIRTH OF MOTHRA trilogy concludes when King Ghidorah returns to kidnap hundreds of children, hypnotize one of the Elias into turning evil, and force Mothra to travel back in time! It's REBIRTH OF MOTHRA III, and by god, Mothra does actually get reborn again! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards,...
We've Got Mail #166 | How Do Films Fail 'The Test of Time'?
February 07, 2024 23:55 - 1 hour - 65 MBBibbs and Witney answer YOUR emails about how to write film reviews, why so many movies cast romantic leads with distracting age gaps, and what it means we say a movie withstands, or fails, the "Test of Time!" It's an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL! 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 [email protected], so we can read your correspondence...
Critically Acclaimed #285 | Argylle, Orion and the Dark, How to Have Sex, Scrambled, Dario Argento: Panico
February 05, 2024 18:33 - 1 hour - 86 MBIt's February! So why does it still kinda feel like January? This week, Bibbs and Witney review the $200 million spy comedy ARGYLLE, an animated movie written by Charlie Kaufman called ORION AND THE DARK, the coming of age drama HOW TO HAVE SEX, the coming-of-middle-age comedy SCRAMBLED, and the Shudder horror documentary DARIO ARGENTO: PANICO! It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, and it's AD-FREE because you're patrons! Argylle - 10:51 Orion and the Dark - 39:30 How to Have Sex - 53:1...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla" (1998)
February 02, 2024 17:09 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! Hey... did you know Roland Emmerich made a Godzilla movie in America in the 1990s? It was a really expensive film with more commercial tie-ins than you can probably imagine, and even though it was a pretty big hit it was declared a pretty big flop that killed a potential franchise, and is now considered one of the worst blockbusters ever! The time has come for Bibbs and Witney...
The Iron List #49 | The Best Directorial Debuts Ever!
January 29, 2024 18:15 - 2 hours - 161 MBBecause our patrons demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUTS EVER! These are the films that introduced us to some of the best filmmakers in history. These are the films that knocked the world's socks off right away and/or set the stage for future greatness! It's a nearly three-hour episode of THE IRON LIST! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like excl...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Rebirth of Mothra II" (1997)
January 26, 2024 11:41 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! A Pokemon with magic urine knows the secret to an underwater pyramid with a treasure that grants wishes and Mothra Leo also flies through a monster's colon in REBIRTH OF MOTHRA II! Buckle up, folks, because this may be our weirdest episode yet. Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive ser...
We've Got Mail #165 | The Lost Episode
January 26, 2024 11:40 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBWe recorded this episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL a couple weeks ago, just before Witney left town and Bibbs got super sick for a while, so it's a little out of date when we talk about what's going on with BARBIE and stuff, and we weren't sure when was a good time to post it. So we're doing it now! 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@criticall...
Critically Acclaimed #284 | I.S.S., Founder's Day, The Kitchen, The End We Start From
January 23, 2024 18:42 - 1 hour - 76.4 MBRun! Run for your lives! It's JANUARY MOVIES! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new apocalyptic outer space thriller I.S.S., the cynical political slasher FOUNDERS DAY, the dystopian drama THE KITCHEN, and the apocalyptic drama THE END WE START FROM! And if that sounds like a kinda depressing crop of movies... yeah, like we said. "January movies." But the episode is AD-FREE because you're patrons! I.S.S. - 3:01 Founders Day - 26:40 The Kit...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Rebirth of Mothra" (1995)
January 19, 2024 20:55 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! GODZILLA DIED! And since the Americans are developing their own big budget Godzilla movie (we'll get to that soon), Toho doubled down on their second most popular kaiju in a kid-friendly film that's so 1990s that it 1990s the 1990s! But dang it, we want some of these toys! It's REBIRTH OF MOTHRA! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclus...
Critically Acclaimed #283 | The Holdovers, Night Swim, Destroy All Neighbors, The Beekeeper, The Book of Clarence, Good Grief, Occupied City
January 14, 2024 23:19 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBBibbs and Witney review the first new releases of 2024, and what the heck, let's throw in some movies from 2023 while we're at it! This week they're taking an in-depth look at the acclaimed dramedy THE HOLDOVERS, the haunted swimming pool movie NIGHT SWIM, the Shudder horror-comedy DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS, the Jason Statham thriller THE BEEKEEPER, Jeymes Samuel's biblical satire THE BOOK OF CLARENCE, Dan Levy's directorial debut GOOD GRIEF, and Steve McQueen's epic documentary OCCUPIED CITY! ...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah" (1995)
January 12, 2024 18:57 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! GODZILLA DIES! It's the end of Godzilla's Heisei era and the big green guy is melting down, and when he goes critical he could take the world out with him! The only creature that can stop him is a giant crustacean mutated by the Oxygen Destroyer that killed the original monster! But who can stop that monster if it wins?! It's GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH! Subscribe on Patreon at w...
Critically Acclaimed #282 | The Best Movies of 2023!
January 08, 2024 19:21 - 2 hours - 132 MBWhat were the best movies of 2023? WHAT WERE THEY?! Don't worry, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are here to solve the mystery! They're presenting the films that wowed them, that scared them, that challenged them, and made them bust a gut laughing in the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! 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 ...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla" (1994)
January 05, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! A surprising amount of Godzilla's DNA has been shot into space lately, and it's evolved into SpaceGodzilla! So SpaceGodzilla comes to Earth and kidnaps Little Godzilla and actual Godzilla is like, "Oh, HELL no" and also there's like an Ahab guy and a giant mole robot and a plot to psychically control Godzilla and also the Yakuza gets involved! It's GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA! ...
Critically Acclaimed #281 | Rebel Moon - Part 1: A Child of Fire, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, All of Us Strangers, Ferrari, The Iron Claw, The Color Purple
January 03, 2024 19:10 - 1 hour - 102 MBHappy New Year! We're celebrating by reviewing films from the old one! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold look back at the big holiday releases REBEL MOON: PART 1 - A CHILD OF FIRE, AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM, ALL OF US STRANGERS, FERRARI, THE IRON CLAW and THE COLOR PURPLE! Rebel Moon - Part 1: A Child of Fire - 7:07 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - 43:36 All of Us Strangers - 1:02:08 Ferrari - 1:14:38 The Iron Claw - 1:28:28 The Color...
The Iron List #48 | The Best Movies That Begin with the Letter "I"
December 31, 2023 23:11 - 2 hours - 130 MBBecause YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST MOVIES THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "I"! It's the latest installment in our series about amazing movies connected only by one common element... the first letter in their title! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II" (1993)
December 29, 2023 18:43 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! Humanity reverse engineers Mecha-King Ghidorah and creates Mechagodzilla, a mech piloted by human heroes called G-Force who are determined to save Japan from Godzilla! But wait, there's more! Rodan is back and his half-brother is Baby Godzilla, who's pretty nice once you get to know him, but those dang psychic children and their musical numbers unleash hell! It's GODZILLA VS....
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Mothra" (1992)
December 22, 2023 08:36 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! Mothra is back, but this time Mothra has a moth god frenemy named Battra! And they're really going to ruin Indiana Jones's day in GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA! And Godzilla shows up sometimes, when he can be bothered. Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more...
We've Got Mail #164 | More Great Non-Traditional Christmas Movies!
December 20, 2023 17:36 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBBibbs and Witney are reading YOUR correspondence and this week it's very Christmas-y! We've got a whole bunch of non-traditional Christmas movies we missed on our latest IRON LIST episode, a couple of presents from our too-generous listeners, and lots of other stuff too, like the best movies about Nashville! 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 ...
Critically Acclaimed #281 | Wonka, The Zone of Interest, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, American Fiction, The Taste of Things
December 18, 2023 20:44 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBIt's a big week for movies about delicious food AND upsetting themes! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Roald Dahl prequel WONKA, the harrowing World War II drama THE ZONE OF INTEREST, the whimsical Aardman Animation sequel CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET, the ambitious dramedy AMERICAN FICTION, and the delectable period piece THE TASTE OF THINGS! Wonka - 4:42 The Zone of Interest - 39:50 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nuggest - 52:12 American F...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah" (1991)
December 15, 2023 10:03 - 59 minutes - 54 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! What do you get if you combine Godzilla and time travel? You get GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH, and absolutely wild kaiju classic about a mission to prevent Godzilla from becoming an irradiated monster, which somehow leads to Godzilla fighting a cyborg King Ghidorah! And that's not even the weird part! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get excl...
We've Got Mail #163 | Classic Movies That Live Up to the Hype!
December 14, 2023 18:48 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBWE'VE GOT MAIL is back! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are catching up on their emails and answering YOUR questions about A.I. art, box office accounting, why Ensign Ro is one of the most influential STAR TREK characters, classic movies that actually live up to their enormous hype, and 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@crit...
Critically Acclaimed #280 | The Boy and the Heron, Poor Things, Origin, Merry Little Batman, Skibidi Toilet
December 12, 2023 19:11 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBThis week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore the Hayao Miyazaki's new animated film THE BOY AND THE HERON, Yorgos Lanthimos's Frankenstein feminism dramedy POOR THINGS, Ava DuVernay's ambitious treatise on class and racism ORIGIN, the unexpected new animated superhero movie MERRY LITTLE BATMAN, and the motion picture sensation that's sweeping the world... SKIBIDI TOILET! The Boy and the Heron - 2:41 Poor Things - 32:12 Origin - 45:19 Merry L...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Biollante" (1989)
December 09, 2023 01:52 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! This week, there's Godzilla fights a giant rosebush that's spliced with his DNA and haunted by the ghost of a mad scientist's daughter! It's GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE and it's... folks, it's really a lot. Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more! Emai...
Critically Acclaimed #279 | Godzilla Minus One, Candy Cane Lane, Silent Night, Eileen
December 04, 2023 10:08 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBBibbs got his computer back from the shop, just in time for the first weekend in December, which is always one of the slowest weekends of the year! But! This year we've got a pretty eclectic group of films, including the much ballyhooed GODZILLA MINUS ONE, the Eddie Murphy Christmas comedy CANDY CANE LANE, John Woo's silent action thriller SILENT NIGHT, and the new thriller starring Thomasin Mackenzie and Anne Hathaway, EILEEN! Godzilla Minus One - 4:35 Candy Cane Lane - 31:33 Silent Nig...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla 1985" (1985)
December 01, 2023 09:05 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! This week, there's only one thing Godzilla loves more than smashing stuff, and it's a delicious Dr. Pepper! Godzilla returns once again in GODZILLA 1985, the American version of GODZILLA RETURNS with more comic relief, more product placement, and more Raymond Burr! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards...
Critically Acclaimed #278 | Wish, Napoleon, Saltburn, Maestro, American Symphony, May December, Leo, Do Not Disturb, Good Burger 2
November 28, 2023 10:32 - 2 hours - 121 MBWe're back from Thanksgiving break and Bibbs's computer is broken again but we're making it work somehow! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold exhume Disney's WISH, go historical on Ridley Scott's NAPOLEON, get a little... um... salty-burned on Emerald Fennell's SALTBURN, conduct an investigation into Bradley Cooper's MAESTRO, take a seat for the documentary AMERICAN SYMPHONY, go month-to-month for Todd Haynes's MAY DECEMBER, do lizard things for the Adam S...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "The Return of Godzilla" (1984)
November 24, 2023 15:53 - 59 minutes - 54 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! Godzilla took most of a decade off and almost fought the devil, but instead he's back in a reboot that ignores every movie in the series except the original! That's right, David Gordon Green didn't invent that! Godzilla returns in THE RETURN OF GODZILLA! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus ep...
The Iron List #47 | The Best Non-Traditional Christmas Movies Ever!
November 20, 2023 09:18 - 2 hours - 135 MBBecause YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST NON-TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER! It's a cavalcade of Christmas-themed movies that either defy Christmas movie conventions, or are languishing in obscurity while more famous films dominate all the "other" top ten lists! Find out what Bibbs and Witney picked on this brand-new episode of THE IRON LIST! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Half Human" (1955)
November 17, 2023 08:01 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! And we do mean every movie, because this week we're playing catch-up with another Ishiro Honda-directed monster movie, which would cross over into the GODZILLA franchise in a single panel of a single comic book as a throwaway Easter Egg! It's the killer yeti movie HALF HUMAN! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and excitin...
Critically Acclaimed #277 | The Marvels, The Killer, Dream Scenario, Priscilla, It's a Wonderful Knife, Nyad, A Holiday I Do
November 13, 2023 17:29 - 1 hour - 95.8 MBWilliam Bibbiani is back and we're reviewing some gosh-darned MOVIES, dang it! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney Seibold review the new MCU movie THE MARVELS, the David Fincher thriller THE KILLER, the Nicolas Cage fantasy drama DREAM SCENARIO, the Sofia Coppola biopic PRISCILLA, the holiday slasher IT'S A WONDERFUL KNIFE, the Netflix biopic NYAD, and the queer holiday rom-com A HOLIDAY I DO! The Marvels - 5:52 The Killer - 34:25 Dream Scenario - 47:30 Priscilla - 55:0...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Terror of Mechagodzilla" (1975)
November 10, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! This week, a mad scientist rebuilds Mechagodzilla and puts his secret cyborg daughter in charge of controlling both the giant robot and the new kaiju Titanosaurus! TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA isn't just Ishiro Honda's final Godzilla movie, it's the last movie he ever directed, and the final Godzilla movie until the 1980s! Plus: Archaeology, super tobacco pipes, the introduction of...
Canceled Too Soon #244 | Quark (1977-1978)
November 06, 2023 08:21 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBWe said we'd be back with more CANCELED TOO SOON sooner than you think, and we meant it! What started out as a gag on this week's episode of our STAR TREK podcast ALL OUR YESTERDAYS is now a long-awaited episode of CANCELED TOO SOON. It's QUARK, the short-lived sci-fi comedy sitcom from GET SMART co-creator Buck Henry, starring Richard Benjamin as the captain of an interstellar garbage scow getting in wacky adventures a la STAR TREK and STAR WARS. It only lasted eight episodes, but could ...
THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla" (1974)
November 03, 2023 08:20 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBWilliam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays! This week, Godzilla meets his evil twin, a giant metal robot with rainbow laser eyes and rocket fingers, controlled by aliens from a black hole planet, in GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA! Plus: Archaeology, super tobacco pipes, the introduction of King Caesar, and the final appearance for decades of Godzilla's canonical best friend... Anguirus! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon...
Canceled Too Soon #243 | Frankenstein (2004)
October 31, 2023 13:17 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBWe started SCARYTOBER with a failed horror pilot from one of the worst filmmakers in history, and we end with a failed horror pilot from one of the best! Martin Scorsese teamed up with author Dean Koonz and TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE remake director Marcus Nispel to bring you FRANKENSTEIN, a modern update of the classic novel, starring Parker Posey as a New Orleans cop who teams up with the man-made monster to fight crime! Was it CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are going...
Critically Acclaimed #276 | Five Nights at Freddy's, Killers of the Flower Moon, Divinity, More Than Ever, The Persian Version, Shaky Shivers
October 30, 2023 14:55 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBWitney Seibold flies solo and proves for the umpteenth time that he's absolutely fantastic! While William Bibbiani endures a chaotic and exhausting move, Witney reviews the new and new-ish releases FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, DIVINITY, MORE THAN EVER, THE PERSIAN VERSION and SHAKY SHIVERS! It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, and don't worry, because even though Witney absolutely rocked this, Bibbs won't be gone for much longer! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon...