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Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson are brides, and they’re at war! They’re on a mission to sabotage each other’s weddings in the critically reviled comedy BRIDE WARS, a film that - for all its many, many, MANY flaws - is the perfect double feature for Robert Zemeckis’s Oscar-winning DEATH BECOMES HER, in which Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn become homicidally superficial zombies? At least, that’s what WE think. Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they show you the place where good taste and bad taste collide, every week on THE TWO-SHOT! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/criticacclaim to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content!

This year marks the 20th anniversary of THE MATRIX, THE PHANTOM MENACE, THE SIXTH SENSE, FIGHT CLUB, and literally dozens of other classic, important films. So the question we have to ask is: was 1999 the best year for movies ever? In this week’s CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take a trip back through time to explore the greatest movies of the greatest year, and stick up for even more fantastic movies that were overlooked in favor of the classics everybody knows. Also this week, Bibbs and Witney review the new releases JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3, PHOTOGRAPH, TRIAL BY FIRE and THE SOUVENIR! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/criticacclaim to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! 0:01 - Introd

Wanna watch RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK with film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold? You can, in this free sample of their CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED commentary tracks! Just cue up the film and press play, and Bibbs and Witney will share all their insights and theories and knowledge about one of the best action movies ever made... or just play it right now and listen along like an ordinary podcast! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/criticacclaim to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content, including commentary tracks just like this one!! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim!

Everyone loves the Beatles album SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND, but the world has tried desperately hard to forget that the movie ever existed. It’s an all-star cavalcade of confusing and pointless Beatles covers, by artists like The Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, Earth Wind and Fire, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Steve Martin and George Burns, tied together with a terrible storyline that makes no sense. And yet, somehow, this blotch on pop culture’s permanent record might be the perfect double feature with Brian De Palma’s exhilaratingly camp 1970s horror musical PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, featuring music by the iconic Paul Williams! Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they show you the place where good taste and bad taste collide, every week on THE TWO-SHOT! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out

Have you ever been told to “Let people enjoy things?” You might have, if you’ve ever criticized blockbuster franchises like STAR WARS, GAME OF THRONES or the MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE. But this expression may be less about politeness, and more about silencing dissent! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold a fantastic article about “Let People Enjoy Things” by Esther Rosenfield on this week’s CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED. They also review the new releases POKEMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU, THE WANDERING EARTH, THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN and TOLKIEN! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/criticacclaim to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! 0:20 - Introduction 4:15 - John Singleton and Peter Mayhew 18:50 - Pokémon Detective Pika

They threw money at a reboot of PETER PAN, just to make it badass! And what they got was a catastrophe, money-hemmoraging mess that nobody liked. This week on THE TWO-SHOT, we’re taking a look at Joe Wright’s notorious disaster PAN, and pairing it with one of the most incredible animated features mainstream audiences have never seen: Jan Švankmajer’s ALICE, a disturbing adaptation of ALICE IN WONDERLAND that’s a surrealist masterpiece. Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they show you the place where good taste and bad taste collide, every week on THE TWO-SHOT! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/criticacclaim to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content!

Fans complained that SONIC THE HEDGEHOG didn’t look like SONIC THE HEDGEHOG in the SONIC THE HEDGEHOG movie trailers, so the filmmakers are redesigning him. Are they giving too much power to fans before they see the movie, or are they just listening to their target demographic? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold debate this, the most pressing issue of the day, and also review the new releases LONG SHOT, MEETING GORBACHEV and EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE on this week’s CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/criticacclaim to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! 1:03 - Introduction 8:57 - More Cowbell: How Bibbs Broke the Internet 15:52 - Long Shot 29:01 - Meeting Gorbachev 41:2

If you love CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED and THE TWO-SHOT, we’ve got a treat for you! It’s the first episode of ALL OUR YESTERDAYS, a brand new show where co-hosts William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review every single episode of every single STAR TREK series! The rest of the series is a Patreon exclusive, but we thought you’d enjoy the pilot, which is all about the first STAR TREK pilot, which didn’t have Kirk, didn’t have Bones, and didn’t really work! Let’s take a deep dive into one of the most popular TV shows in history, with the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED crew! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/criticacclaim to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content, including bonus podcasts, commentary tracks and more!

They’re three of the most celebrated movies in history, and most people have never heard of them! Take a dive into Satyajit Ray’s APU TRILOGY, about a young boy who becomes a man in India in the first half of the 20th century, and which feature some of the most stunning imagery, unforgettable characters and heartbreaking scenes of all time! Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they show you the place where good taste and bad taste collide, every week on THE TWO-SHOT! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content!

Spoiler culture has long since taken over the media, with audiences voraciously consuming all the speculation they can find about upcoming movies, but getting angry when they find out what actually happens in them! In the new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explain the nature of spoilers, their pros and cons, and come to a surprising realization. Also this week, Bibbs and Witney review the new releases BODY AT BRIGHTON ROCK, JT LEROY, and AVENGERS ENDGAME! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! 0:15 - Introduction 3:23 - Body at Brighton Rock 13:58 - JT Leroy 27:55 - What Are Spoilers, Anyway? 104:56 - Avengers: Endgame (Spoiler-Free) 1:22:53 - Avengers: Endgame (Spoilers

Superhero movies are the most powerful force in the entertainment industry, and they have been for decades. But nothing lasts forever! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore how superhero movies got so big, what it would take to dethrone them, and the next logical step for popular culture. Or at least, the next logical step for superhero movie fans who start searching for more. Also this week, Bibbs and Witney review the new releases THE CURSE OF LA LLORONA, FAST COLOR, RED JOAN, DISNEY’S PENGUINS and HAGAZUSSA! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! 0:00 - Introduction 4:50 - The Curse of La Llorona 25:31 - Fast Color 33:10 - Red Joan 40:38 - Disney’s Penguins

Billy Wilder’s THE APARTMENT is often called one of the best motion pictures ever produced, and with good cause! It’s a brilliantly funny and emotional motion picture, with important things to say about living with moral compromise in a complex modern world. So why, oh why is it the perfect double feature with the legendarily gross and awful singing cockroach MTV comedy JOE’S APARTMENT…? Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they show you the place where good taste and bad taste collide, every week on THE TWO-SHOT! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content!

Film critics talk a lot about “cult movies,” but what the heck is a cult movie? How do obscure and unpopular films find an audience, what are the classics of the genre (if you can call it that) and where can you find them, anyway? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explain the phenomenon and recommend ten films that don’t have a cult following, but might finally have by the time we’re done with this week’s CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! And hey, we’ve also got reviews of the new releases HELLBOY, MISSING LINK, MASTER Z: THE IP MAN LEGACY and MARY MAGDALENE! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! 0:21 - Introductions/Apologies 4:29 - The Best Movies Ever Made Redux 17:33 - Hellboy 38:03 - Missing Link 44:13 - Master Z: I

What are the best movies ever made? Not the best in one genre, or of the decade, but ever produced in the history of the medium? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks on a very special episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! (It’s their audition tape to get invited to participate in the SIGHT & SOUND poll in 2022, and so if you know anyone who works there, let them know!) Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! 0:21 - Introductions 4:41 - Shazam! 44:33 - Pet Sematary 1:00:40 - High Life 1:08:25 - The Haunting of Sharon Tate 1:19:27 - Unicorn Store 1:29:18 - The Best Movies Ever Made!

Robert Bresson’s PICKPOCKET is one of the greatest and most influential crime movies ever made, and it’s a masterpiece of minimalism! On this week’s TWO-SHOT, you’ll learn all about the power of minimalist filmmaking, how it can be more powerful than Hollywood bells and whistles, and why Brett Ratner’s milquetoast caper comedy TOWER HEIST pales in comparison. Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they show you the place where good taste and bad taste collide, every week on THE TWO-SHOT! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content!

New generations have to be introduced to old movies, and as critics, it’s OUR responsibility to help guide them! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold offer some helpful advice about where to find classic movies (because many streaming services don’t offer them), which films from the silent era through the 1970s might be effective gateways for young fans, and what stylistic hurdles they might have to overcome! Plus, we’ve got new reviews of Tim Burton’s DUMBO and Harmony Korine’s THE BEACH BUM, and a rundown of the epic MOVIE TRIVIA SCHMOEDOWN FREE FOR ALL 3!!! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! 0:18 - Introductions 5:21 - Schmoedown Free For All 18:03 - Dumbo 42:31 - The Beach

The cheerleader sensation BRING IT ON wasn't just a surprise hit, it also spawned a six-film franchise that most people don't even know about! In this special episode of THE TWO-SHOT, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore every film in this oft-neglected series to figure out what's cheertacular, what's cheeresponsible, and what's cheergrettable! Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they show you the place where good taste and bad taste collide, every week on THE TWO-SHOT! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content!

This week on The Top 10 show, John Rocha and Matt Knost revisit the movies of one of their favorite actors: the incomparable Michael Keaton. In honor of the release of Dumbo, the boys count down their personal Top 10 lists and create the show's list at the end. Remember that we have two LIVE shows in Chicago on April 11. Go to www.reggieslive.com and buy your tickets there! DON'T FORGET that we are moving to our new feed starting next week! Look up The Top 10 wherever you find your favorite podcasts and Subscribe to our feed. Thanks to everyone who has come along with us on this journey. Follow us back onto our own feed and enjoy all our new content starting next Tuesday!

Jordan Peele is back with a new, ambitious, blockbuster horror thriller and it is US! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the exciting new film and let’s just say these film critics have critiques. They also talk about the new murder mystery OUT OF BLUE and the 20th anniversary re-release of CRUEL INTENTIONS! Plus, our tribute to the late, great, legendary cult filmmaker Larry Cohen, and an in-depth talk about the merger between Disney and 20th Century Fox, which many fans are celebrating because of its impact on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but which has widespread, and in many cases negative ramifications for the entertainment industry and its consumers. Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! 0:22 - Introd

Halle Berry followed-up her Academy Award-winning performance in MONSTER’S BALL with one of the worst superhero movies ever made! Join us as we take a deep dive into the wild, embarrassing but utterly fascinating world of CATWOMAN, and also explore the brilliant humor and insight of the Oscar-winning Mike Nichols workplace dramedy WORKING GIRL, starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and Sigourney Weaver. (Trust us, the double feature makes sense!) Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold, and their special guest Rachel Cushing from The Movie Trivia Schmoedown, as they show you the place where good taste and bad taste collide, every week on THE TWO-SHOT! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to