Critically Acclaimed Network
Critically Acclaimed Network
William Bibbiani
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!
We've Got Mail #198 | Movies That Defy Their Reputations!
Bibbs and Witney confront their ignorance about the SyFy Network's most recent hit TV shows, explore the increasingly common trend of auteur-driven blockbusters, ponder the greatness of TALES OF HALLOWEEN, dig into what makes CLAYFACE really tick (and what makes it tick less than it should be), movies with pop culture reputations that got way out of hand, 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 [email protected], 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
Nov 6
1 hr 12 min
The Iron List #82 | The Best Horror Movies of the 1970s!
Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST HORROR MOVIES OF THE 1970s!It's an over THREE HOUR episode of THE IRON LIST, dedicated to the scariest and most fascinating scary movies released between 1970 and 1979! A lot of classic films came out in that particular decade, and we're doing a deep dive on our favorites, which may or may be the ones most people have already heard of!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 and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 29
3 hr 10 min
Critically Acclaimed #404 | Clayface, Wildwood, Kung Fu Soccer, Klara and the Sun, Love Language
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 Kung Fu Soccer - 1:16:42 Klara and the Sun - 1:32:27 Love Language - 1:48:27 Review Round-Up - 1:57:52 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 and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 27
2 hr 4 min
Critically Acclaimed #403 | You Can See Everything, Crawlers, Animals, Matchbox: The Movie, Bloody Tennis, Sacrifice, Fjord, Trust Me I'm a Doctor, Infirmary
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 racket-based sports movie BLOODY TENNIS, the Netflix arthouse volcano cult fame comedy SACRFICE, Christian Mungiu's award-winning drama FJORD, the biopic of Anna Nicole Smith's physician TRUST ME, I'M A DOCTOR, and the mannequin-themed found footage hospital horror film INFIRMARY!You Can See Everything - 3:55 Crawl - 31:00 Animals - 42:56 Matchbox: The Movie - 1:04:30 Bloody Tennis - 1:17:40 Sacrifice - 1:26:27 Fjord - 1:34:38 Trust Me, I'm a Doctor - 1:53:47 Infirmary - 2:02:40 Review Round-Up - 2:15:27 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 and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 22
2 hr 22 min
Critically Acclaimed #402 | Street Fighter, Whalefall, Sense and Sensibility, The Social Reckoning, Tenzing
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!Follow Katie Walsh on BlueSky and Letterboxd and Rotten Tomatoes, and come back later this week for reviews of YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, WILDWOOD, ANIMALS, MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE and more when Witney Seibold returns to the show!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 and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Street Fighter - 5:58Whalefall - 35:50Sense and Sensiblity - 50:05The Social Reckoning - 1:06:00Tenzing - 1:33:40Review Round-Up - 1:45:33 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 19
1 hr 51 min
Five Movies With: Georgia Oakley, Director of 'Sense and Sensibility'
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 in 1995. Oakley's film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, two sisters with different temperaments navigating a repressive, sexist culture in their search of love and happiness.It's a great adaptation, and in this installment of FIVE MOVIES WITH, Georgia Oakley reveals five incredible films that influenced her artwork and career!Find out which films she chose in this all-new FIVE MOVIES WITH!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 and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 15
50 min
We've Got Mail #197 | Shut Your Mouth!
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!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 and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 12
1 hr 11 min
Critically Acclaimed #401 | Digger, Verity, Beware Boiúna
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 - 2:48Verity - 51:20Beware Boiúna - 1:05:53Review Round-Up - 1:19:15Subscribe 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 and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Oct 5
1 hr 26 min
Critically Acclaimed #400 | Resident Evil, Primetime, Never After Dark, Heart of the Beast, Forgotten Island, Best of the Best, The Love Hypothesis, Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, Unabomber
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 - 3:30Primetime - 28:40Never After Dark - 43:44Heart of the Beast - 57:27Forgotten Island - 1:13:20Best of the Best - 1:29:18The Love Hypothesis - 1:38:00Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom - 1:52:20Unabomber - 2:04:23Review Round-Up - 2:14:17Subscribe 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 and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sep 30
2 hr 21 min
The Iron List #81 | The Best Star Trek Alumni Movies Ever
Because our patrons demanded 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?Find out in an all-new, nearly three hour IRON LIST podcast!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 and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sep 22
2 hr 48 min
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