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Bibbs and Witney review WICKED: FOR GOOD, the Brendan Fraser drama RENTAL FAMILY, the Eurospy throwback REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, the action sequel SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE and the Netflix rom-com CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS!Wicked: For Good - 2:00Rental Family - 32:00Reflection in a Dead Diamond - 43:15Sisu: Road to Revenge - 55:55Champagne Problems - 1:06:20Review Round-Up - 1:14:55Subscribe 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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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

Bibbs and Witney review a great big pile o' new releases, including Edgar Wright's Stephen King adaptation THE RUNNING MAN, the magic heist threequel NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T, Richard Linklater's ode to Jean-Luc Godard (and Godard's ego) NOUVELLE VAGUE, the French animated time travel story ARCO, the Australian animated lesbian space princess story LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS, Osgood Perkins' cabin in the woods thriller KEEPER, the biblical Nicolas Cage horror movie THE CARPENTER'S SON, the Jonas Brothers Christmas movie A VERY JONAS CHRISTMAS MOVIE, and the Alicia Silverstone Christmas movie A MERRY LITTLE EX-MAS!The Running Man - 9:55 Now You See Me: Now You Don't - 36:30Nouvelle Vague - 47:18Arco - 1:00:48Lesbian Space Princess - 1:14:26Keeper - 1:24:50The Carpenter's Son - 1:39:10A Very Jonas Christmas Movie - 1:48:48A Merry Little Ex-Mas - 1:57:13Review Round-Up - 2:05:33Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and ex

Bibbs and Witney review the new sci-fi sequel PREDATOR: BADLANDS, the new international ensemble drama SENTIMENTAL VALUE, Yorgos Lanthimos' kidnapping thriller BUGONIA, the historical legal drama NUREMBERG, Lynne Ramsay's latest DIE MY LOVE, Colin Farrell's gambling woes in BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER, the Netflix animated kids flick IN YOUR DREAMS, and the Sydney Sweeney boxing biopic CHRISTY!Predator: Badlands - 5:55 Sentimental Value - 33:53 Bugonia - 47:35 Nuremberg - 58:18 Die, My Love - 1:08:10 Ballad of a Small Player - 1:22:23 In Your Dreams - 1:35:07 Christy - 1:41:41 Review Round-Up - 1:55:45Subscribe 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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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

Bibbs and Witney are back and answering YOUR letters and emails about Siskel and Ebert, UCLA Film School, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, and yes, even Heathcliff! The cat! Really It's a whole, cool thing!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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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

Bibbs and Witney love movie marathons, and they've each programmed an awesome all-nighter for Halloween 2025!Welcome to THE ALL-NIGHTER, a new thing we're trying! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold each concoct their own perfect all-night movie marathon, with movies and shorts and TV episodes designed to give you the ultimate holiday experience, starting with a scary movie creeptacular for Halloween!Who came up with the best all-night Halloween movie night? You'll have to let us know!If you like this podcast, let us know! It won't be a regular weekly or bi-weekly staple at the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK, but we might do more episodes for special holidays and other popular observances and anniversaries.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@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episode

Bibbs and Witney review Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN, Scott Derrickson’s supernatural sequel BLACK PHONE 2, film critic Chris Stuckmann’s directorial debut SHELBY OAKS, Kathryn Bigelow's nuclear thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, Netflix’s animated Roald Dahl adaptation THE TWITS, the hit anime film CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE: REZE ARC, Nia DaCosta’s updated Henrik Ibsen adaptation HEDDA, Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, and Tina Romero’s queer zombie comedy QUEENS OF THE DEAD!Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein - 6:45 Black Phone 2 - 34:20 Shelby Oaks - 48:28 A House of Dynamite - 1:04:35 The Twits - 1:21:20 Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc - 1:38:13 Hedda - 1:50:10 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - 1:59:55 Queens of the Dead - 2:10:18 Review Round-Up - 2:18:16 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 letter

The podcast where Bibbs and Witney track down and play retro movie and television tabletop games on the air is back! We got a lot of positive feedback about THIS AIN'T NO GAME, so we're keeping it around a while.This time they go head to head in STAR TREK: THE GOLDEN TRIVIA GAME, released in 1985, covering the entire original series and the first three movies! And we gotta warn you, these questions are HARD.Listen up as Bibbs and Witney suffer one ignominious failure after another, and find out if Witney can continue his winning streak, after he obliterated Bibbs last episode, in TRIVIAL PURSUIT: SILVER SCREEN EDITION!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@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.co

Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST VAMPIRE MOVIES! Like, EVER!Friends, there are SO MANY vampire movies, it's ridiculous. But between them, Bibbs and Witney manage to take a hefty bite out of the genre, by presenting the very best of the on THE IRON LIST!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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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

Bibbs and Witney review Disney's latest attempt to make TRON happen, TRON: ARES! Plus, the sword-and-sorcery reboot DEATHSTALKER, the dog-in-a-haunted-house movie GOOD BOY, the Dwayne Johnson Oscar-hopeful THE SMASHING MACHINE, Shane Black's Amazon crime caper PLAY DIRTY, Luca Guadagnino's topical all-star drama AFTER THE HUNT, Daniel Day-Lewis's first film in eight years ANEMONE, Bryan Bertino's evil box movie VICIOUS, the Orwellian documentary ORWELL: 2+2=5, and the anime track-and-field drama 100 METERS!Tron: Ares - 2:40 Deathstalker - 29:28 Good Boy - 50:12 The Smashing Machine - 59:22 Play Dirty - 1:08:55 After the Hunt - 1:23:12 Anemone - 1:32:15Orwell: 2+2=5 - 1:45:00 Vicious - 1:58:15 100 Meters - 2:06:48 Review Round-Up - 2:13:30 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@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and

The idea for THIS AIN'T NO GAME (named after the classic SUPER MARIO BROS: THE MOVIE tagline) is simple: We track down and play retro table top games, but only the ones related to movies! It could be movie trivia, official tie-ins, card games, even role-playing games if we find a fun one!For our pilot episode, Bibbs and Witney scrounge up the beloved TRIVIAL PURSUIT: SILVER SCREEN EDITION, which was released in 1983. Which means there are no trivia questions about movies after 1983, so some of the questions could be very tricky, and some of the answers might not be accurate anymore!If you like this episode and want us to make more, YOU HAVE TO LET US KNOW. Otherwise we'll think you hated it and we'll stop! So tell us in the Patreon comments, find us on social media, add a review on Apple Podcasts, write us an email or a postcard, whatever works for you.And if you have any suggestions for old movie-themed board games or card games or RPGs we should play, let us know that too!Subscribe on Patreon at

Bibbs and Witney review Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, the football horror movie HIM, the Colin Farrell/Margot Robbie fantasy romance A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY, the birdwatching documentary LISTERS: A GLIMPSE INTO EXTREME BIRDWATCHING, Paul Greengrass's wildfire disaster movie THE LOST BUS, the Emma Thompson/Judy Greer crime thriller DEAD OF WINTER, and Renny Harlin's THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2!One Battle After Another - 3:00 Him - 38:20 A Big Bold Beautiful Journey - 54:12 Listers: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching - 1:09:53 The Lost Bus - 1:25:20 Dead of Winter - 1:36:14 The Strangers: Chapter 2 - 1:42:45 Review Round-Up - 1:58:25Subscribe 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@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPriv

Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST MOVIE SCORES EVER!Classics! Cult favorites! Oddball entries you'd never have thought of! This episode of THE IRON LISZT (get it?) has it all!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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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

Bibbs and Witney are back and answering YOUR emails, about how to defend SINNERS against accusations that it's not a horror movie, the moral obligations of feature film adaptations, the best meta casting in history, and more! Plus, more of your favorite trans characters in film and television! 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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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

Our beloved fellow film critic Alonso Duralde is here to talk HAVE YOURSELF A MOVIE LITTLE CHRISTMAS, the newly revised version of his classic ode to Christmas films! Alonso Duralde, who also wrote HOLLYWOOD PRIDE: A CELEBRATION OF LGBTQ+ REPRESENTATION AND PERSEVERANCE IN FILM, wrote the original and indispensable guide to Christmas movies, and now 15 years later he's back with an updated edition that includes the decade-and-a-half of holiday flicks that followed! Bibbs interviews Alonso about his classic book, the Christmas movies that did and didn't make the cut, and a heck of a lot more. Make sure you BUY ALONSO'S BOOK and check out his podcast LINOLEUM KNIFE, which helped inspire our very own podcasts!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@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!

Bibbs and Witney review the blockbuster horror sequel THE CONJURING: LAST RITES, the Stephen King adaptation THE LONG WALK, the comedy legacy sequel SPINAL TAP II, the dark comedy TWINLESS, and folk music queer romance THE HISTORY OF SOUND! Plus, we talk a bit about why we haven't reviewed DEMON SLAYER yet!Demon Slayer (whoopsie!) - 1:42The Conjuring: Last Rites - 6:53The Long Walk - 33:57Spinal Tap II - 47:37Twinless - 1:02:55The History of Sound - 1:11:44Review Round-Up - 1:23:54Subscribe 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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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

We're talking about what EDDINGTON really has to say about the COVID lockdown, why F1: THE MOVIE is different from Akira Kurosawa's SANJURO, the many fictional trans characters we love and care deeply about, the best songs by (sigh) Dev2.0, what would happen if Gizmo ate after midnight in GREMLINS, and the importance difference between Bakersfield and Barstow!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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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

Bibbs and Witney review the Troma remake THE TOXIC AVENGER, Darren Aronofsky's crime comedy CAUGHT STEALING, Jay Roach's dark comedy THE ROSES, and the all-star cosy mystery THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB!Because it's the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED podcast, that's why! The Toxic Avenger - 2:05Caught Stealing - 35:08The Roses - 54:50The Thursday Murder Club - 1:06:42Review Round-Up - 1:20:47Subscribe 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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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

Because our patrons demanded it, Witney Seibold got to pick the topic for this month's episode of THE IRON LIST!Join him - and yes, even William Bibbiani - for a look back at the many great horror movies from one of the most underappreciated eras in the genre, including some of the scariest and silliest films ever made! It's THE BEST HORROR MOVIES OF 1990!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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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

Bibbs and Witney review the David Mackenzie's new paranoid thriller RELAY, Ethan Coen's queer crime comedy HONEY DON'T!, the Hulu Original car chase caper EENIE MEANIE, the music documentary DEVO and the Amazon Original romance THE MAP THAT LEADS TO YOU!Relay - 2:00Honey Don't! - 22:31Eenie Meanie - 40:10Devo - 48:10The Map That Leads to You - 1:10:20Review Round-Up - 1:25:53Subscribe 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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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

If there's one thing we love here at CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, it's you! Our listeners! And this podcast is yours to control!Bibbs and Witney answer YOUR emails about why Disney doesn't make great villains anymore, the ZATHURA/JUMANJI head canon rabbit hole, their favorite STAR TREK novels and favorite episodes of HOUSE and SUPERNATURAL, the classic stories we can't stop retelling, and the best works of criticism they've ever seen or read!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@criticallyacclaimed.net, 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