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!
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Agents Assemble! This is Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.C.A.S.T., Film Geek Radio’s weekly podcast all about the new ABC television series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Join Andrew Johnson, Gwen Reyes, William Bibbiani, Rod Morrow and special guests every week for an episode-by-episode analysis of the new show from Marvel and Joss Whedon. Together, they’re the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, Critical Analysis Strike Team -- yeah, we really wanted the name to spe ...
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A subverted pop culture elimination game where guests take turns sending items from a list of 16 into the incinerator, never to be seen again. Only one item will survive the incinerator, complicated by a special secret guest known as “The Engineer”, who bends the game to their will by wielding special powers and tossing ‘landmines’ at the players throughout the game. You’ll never know what or whom is going to survive the incinerator and be preserved for future generations! Support this podca ...
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Critically Acclaimed #332 | Karate Kid: Legends, The Phoenician Scheme, Bring Her Back
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Bibbs and Witney get crane kicked in the face! Or they review movies! Either one is fine really. This week, we've got reviews of KARATE KID: LEGENDS, the new Wes Andersony Wes Anderson movie THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, and the bleak new horror movie BRING HER BACK, from the directors of TALK TO ME! Karate Kid: Legends - 5:00 The Phoenician Scheme - 36:0…
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We've Got Mail #182 | When is Jarnathan Getting Here?
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Bibbs and Witney read YOUR letters and answer YOUR questions about boutique Blu-ray labels, movies that hate movies, and when the heck Jarnathan is getting here! 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 lett…
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Critically Acclaimed #331 | Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, Hurry Up Tomorrow, Lilo & Stitch, Fountain of Youth, Final Destination: Bloodlines, Fear Street: Prom Queen
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Bibbs and Witney review (the allegedly final) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING, the Weeknd's self-fascinated HURRY UP TOMORROW, the live-action Disney remake of LILO & STITCH, Guy Ritchie's Apple TV+ Original FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH, the supernatural slasher blockbuster FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES, and the retro Netflix slasher FEAR STREET: PR…
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We've Got Mail #181 | Noir vs. Neo-Noir
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NOTE: We had some audio problems with this podcast, so you may need to boost your volume a bit more than usual. Apologies! Bibbs and Witney read more of YOUR letters on an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL podcast! This time, we're looking at more of your "Best of the Century" lists, describing the difference between "noir" and "neo-noir," revealing our favor…
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The Iron List #65 | The Best Movies That Begin with the Letter "L"
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Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present the best movies that have only one thing in common: They all begin with the letter "L!" It's an all-new episode of THE IRON LIST, where our hosts make top ten lists based on topics our patrons get to choose! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive …
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Critically Acclaimed #330 | Clown in a Cornfield, Fight or Flight, Absolute Dominion, Summer of 69, Juliet & Romeo
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Bibbs and Witney review the new slasher CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, the Josh Hartnett action-comedy FIGHT OR FLIGHT, the atheist fighting tournament thriller ABSOLUTE DOMINION, the Jillian Bell teen sex comedy SUMMER OF 69, and the new William Shakespeare musical JULIET & ROMEO! Clown in a Cornfield - 3:30 Fight or Flight - 28:35 Absolute Dominion - 39:0…
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The Iron List #64 | The Best Ragtag Team of Misfits Movies
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These scrappy mismatched underdogs could never pull of this incredible heist! Or make an incredible movie! Or win this incredible sports thing! Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST RAGTAG TEAM OF MISFITS MOVIES, in an all-new episode of THE IRON LIST! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyac…
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Critically Acclaimed #329 | Thunderbolts*, Another Simple Favor, Rust, Fréwaka, Lavender Men
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Bibbs and Witney review Marvel's THUNDERBOLTS*, Paul Feig's sequel ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR, the tragic western RUST, the Shudder horror film FRÉWAKA, and the queer Abraham Lincoln fantasia LAVENDER MEN! Thunderbolts* - 1:55 Another Simple Favor - 40:17 Rust - 55:09 Fréwaka - 1:12:15 Lavender Men - 1:23:15 Review Round-Up - 1:34:19 Advertising Inquirie…
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Critically Acclaimed #328 | Sinners, Until Dawn, Havoc, On Swift Horses, Dead Mail, Sneaks
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Bibbs and Witney review the astounding new 1930s gangster blues musical vampire movie SINNERS, the horror video game adaptation (sort of) UNTIL DAWN, Gareth Evans' new Tom Hardy cop action movie HAVOC, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi's queer sexy gambling drama ON SWIFT HORSES, the Shudder original thriller DEAD MAIL, and also SNEAKS, the film w…
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We've Got Mail #180 | The P.O. Box Awakens! The Crimson Dynamo, Zines and More!
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Witney opened our P.O. Box and a ton of mail fell out, so here's an extra episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL dedicated to everyone who took the time to send us snail mail! We've got the Crimson Dynamo, positive movies about middle-aged people, awesome zines, rare action figures, a new take on Disney's WISH and a letter that made Bibbs and Witney cry! Subscr…
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We've Got Mail #179 | Can the Halloween Franchise Be Saved?
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Is it better for a filmmaker to make a million movies or just a handful of great ones? Whatever happens to festival movies that don't get distribution? Is JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS is officially a classic yet? And how we can possibly fix the HALLOWEEN the franchise? Plus, a voice from the past, as the earlier versions of Bibbs and Witney from THE B-M…
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Critically Acclaimed #327 | The Amateur, Drop, G20, Warfare, The King of Kings, One to One: John and Yoko
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Bibbs and Witney review the spy thingy THE AMATEUR, Christopher Landon's Hitchcockian thriller DROP, Viola Davis doing Die Hard at G20, Alex Garland co-directing a war movie about WARFARE, the CG-animated Christian Jesus Dickens movie THE KING OF KINGS, and the music documentary ONE TO ONE: JOHN AND YOKO! The Amateur - 4:03 Drop - 20:18 G20 - 33:12…
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Critically Acclaimed #326 | A Minecraft Movie, Screamboat, The Luckiest Man in America, Hell of a Summer
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This week, Bibbs and Witney review the blockbuster video game movie A MINECRAFT MOVIE, the public domain comedy slasher SCREAMBOAT, the game show biopic THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA, and co-director Finn Wolfhard's comedy slasher (hey, another one!) HELL OF A SUMMER. A Minecraft Movie - 7:07 Screamboat - 44:41 The Luckiest Man in America - 1:01:10 H…
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Critically Acclaimed #325 | Snow White, The Woman in the Yard, The Alto Knights, O'Dessa, The Penguin Lessons, Popeye the Slayer Man, Ash
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How bad could SNOW WHITE possibly be? Could it really be worse than THE ALTO KNIGHTS? Bibbs and Witney review those big epic flops, and also the horror movie THE WOMAN IN THE YARD, the post-apocalyptic musical O'DESSA, the feel-good antifascist penguin flick THE PENGUIN LESSONS, the public domain slasher POPEYE THE SLAYER MAN, and the sci-fi monste…
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The Iron List #63 | The Best Knockoff Movies Ever!
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Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best films that flagrantly knocked off a pre-existing work! You can probably think of plenty of so-called "mockbusters" but movie history is littered with great films, many of them classics in their own right, that wouldn't have been made - at least at the same time, in t…
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We've Got Mail #178 | What Are Our Favorite Pokemon?!
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Also on WE'VE GOT MAIL, Bibbs and Witney talk about movies famous for one shot or cinematic technique, why they've been too hard on Bones in the original STAR TREK, who should direct and star in one of the most exciting sci-fi movie ideas of all time, the difference (if there is one) between fiction and fan fiction, great Jesus and stoner movies, a…
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Critically Acclaimed #324 | The Electric State, The Day the Earth Blew Up, The Rule of Jenny Pen, Black Bag, Mickey 17, Novocaine, Night of the Zoopocalypse, Opus, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Queen of the ...
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Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Russo Brothers' THE ELECTRIC STATE, the Looney Tunes movie THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP, the Shudder horror film THE RULE OF JENNY PEN, Steven Sodebergh's spy thriller BLACK BAG, Bong Joon Ho's sci-fi satire MICKEY 17, the ultraviolent action comedy NOVOCAINE, the animated Clive Barker-inspir…
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Canceled Too Soon #264 | Spicy City (1997) w/ M. Lopes Da Silva!
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The year was 1997, and American networks were racing to release their first animated primetime series just for adults! SOUTH PARK may be the one we all remember now, but Ralph Bakshi's forgotten HBO series SPICY CITY - a sexy cyberpunk noir anthology - hit the airwaves first! M. Lopes Da Silva, the author of INFINITY MATHING AT THE SHORE & OTHER DI…
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The Iron List #62 | The Worst Movies of the 21st Century (So Far)!
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Because our patrons demanded it, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present a companion piece to their BEST MOVIES OF THE 21st CENTURY (SO FAR) list! It's their picks for THE WORST MOVIES OF THE 21st CENTURY (SO FAR)! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, lik…
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Critically Acclaimed #323 | Oscar Shorts and Predictions 2025!
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We're down to the wire but we made it, right on time! Bibbs and Witney review all 15 of this year's Oscar-nominated shorts and present they think will win - and SHOULD win - in every category! It's 2 1/2 hours of Oscar goodness! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like e…
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Critically Acclaimed #322 | Captain America: Brave New World, The Monkey, The Gorge, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, The Dead Thing, Cleaner
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There's nothing brave about CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD (or new, for the matter), but Bibbs and Witney review it anyway! Plus: Osgood Perkins' horror comedy THE MONKEY, Scott Derrickson's monster-fightin' romance THE GORGE, the long-awaited return of BRIDGET JONES (she's MAD ABOUT THE BOY), the indie horror film THE DEAD THING, and Daisy Ridle…
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Canceled Too Soon #263 | The Oblongs (2001-2002) w/ Chelsea Spirito!
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The dubba-dubba-WB won a bidding war for a cartoon sitcom about a mutated family who live in the landfill of an affluent suburb. Then they canceled it after only eight episodes! Will Ferrell and Jean Smart co-star in THE OBLONGS, a relic of early 2000s boundary-pushing comedies that didn't always age well. Was this the big exception? Filmmaker CHEL…
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We've Got Mail #177 | Should We Make MORE Star Trek Podcasts?
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Someone told us we don't make enough STAR TREK podcasts and we can't think of a good counterargument! This time on WE'VE GOT MAIL, Bibbs and Witney debate the complexities of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND canon, recast GILLIGAN'S ISLAND with minor STAR TREK characters, name some of the greatest vinyl soundtracks and more! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.co…
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Critically Acclaimed #321 | Heart Eyes, Love Hurts, Kinda Pregnant
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Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review a weird trio of rom-coms, including the slasher rom-com HEART EYES, the action rom-com LOVE HURTS, and the Amy Schumer rom-com KINDA PREGNANT! Heart Eyes - 8:20 Love Hurts - 41:02 Kinda Pregnant - 1:01:31 Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podca…
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Critically Acclaimed: The Best Movies of the 21st Century (So Far)!
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We're a quarter of the way through a new century (if you disagree with that description, we cover it in the podcast) and it's time to take stock. What are THE BEST MOVIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY SO FAR? And stick around, because later this month we have an IRON LIST episode dedicated to (because you demanded it)... THE WORST MOVIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY …
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