Critically Acclaimed Network
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!
Episodes
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!
It's a crisis where all of existence is at stake, and everyone's having an existential crisis! GODZILLA: THE PLANET EATER is the final film in the anime movie trilogy, and it's got a lot on its mind, and it's got a version of King Ghidorah that'll blow your mind.
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The Planet of the Apes is back, and this time it's full of apes!
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES on an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, as well as Chris Pine's directorial debut POOLMAN, the police corruption documentary POWER, and the indie crime thriller THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY!
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - 3:35
Poolman - 48:39
Power - 59:00
The Last St...
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!
Godzilla is 20,000 years old and the size of a mountain, and the handful of human and alien survivors have to team up with the Mothra twins and a city made of Mechagodzilla parts to destroy him once and for all! But what's standing in our hero's way this time, and why isn't Jet Jaguar in this one? He...
It's one of the best weekends for new movies in years! But also UNFROSTED came out!
This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Jerry Seinfeld's Netflix comedy, the Ryan Gosling/Emily Blunt action-comedy THE FALL GUY, Jane Schoenbrun's incredible new film I SAW THE TV GLOW, Ryusuke Hamaguchi's contemplative EVIL DOES NOT EXIST, the animated French sci-fi noir MARS EX...
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!
Godzilla conquers planet Earth and humanity flees into outer space! And when they come back 20,000 years later Godzilla is still there, and bigger and scarier than ever! It's GODZILLA: PLANET OF THE MONSTERS, the first film in a whole trilogy of anime Godzilla films!
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UPDATE: While discussing the film "Late Night with the Devil" in this episode, Witney Seibold and William Bibbiani had a debate about the film's (brief) use of A.I. art, in which Witney was sympathetic with the filmmakers since they were working on a budget. It has been less-than 12 hours since this episode was recorded and Witney wants everyone to know he's changed his mind, writing "Golly, I was very wrong las...
Because our patrons demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST 24-HOUR MOVIES EVER!
These are the films that take place entirely (or almost entirely) in a single day, and experience the humor, drama, horror, suspense, and more! It's nearly 2 1/2 hours of motion picture recommendations from Bibbs and Witney!
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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!
King Kong gets transformed into an extended metaphor for the Vietnam War and fights a buncha weird stuff in KONG: SKULL ISLAND, the second film in the Legendary Monsterverse!
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Bibbs and Witney are back and they're reviewing movies! MOVIES, WE TELL YOU!!!
This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, it's a smorgasbord of cinema, including Alex Garland;s CVIL WAR, the horror comedy ABIGAIL, the space opera REBEL MOON - PART 2: THE SCARGIVER, the sasquatch movie SASQUATCH SUNSET, the Guy Ritchie WIII caper THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE, the Nicolas Cage monster movie ARCADIAN, and the giant spider ...
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!
Godzilla has fought giant moths, three-headed dragons, robot doppelgangers, and even a clump of smog, but in SHIN GODZILLA he's finally met his match: bureaucracy!
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Bibbs and Witney are answering YOUR emails on an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL!
This time, they're debating what gives an action sequence its impact, reminiscing about naugahyde, learning about video game criticism, and looking back at "twin" movies like DEEP IMPACT and ARMAGEDDON to decide which highly similar film was better!
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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!
The Legendary Monsterverse begins with Gareth Edwards' GODZILLA, a film that took Godzilla so seriously that he barely shows up in it. But at least it's got Bryan Cranston and Juliette Binoche... for a few minutes...
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Monsters! Nuns! Monkeys! Clowns! Put them all together and you get,,, monunkeyowns!
But also, you get the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! This week, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE, THE FIRST OMEN, MONKEY MAN and THE PEOPLE'S JOKER!
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - 3:10
The First Omen - 26:08
Monkey Man - 41:55
The People's Joker - 57:30
Review Round-Up - 1:16:52
William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!
The Millennium Era comes to an epic end with GODZILLA: FINAL WARS, an X-Men movies crossed with The Matrix that gets bored of nu metal human fights after an hour and decides to become a Godzilla movie! Godzilla fights most of his greatest nemeses and even a few of his friends, in a film that would close out the ...
Bibbs and Witney used to do hour-long filmmaker interviews, and now we're bringing them back!
It's an in-depth conversation with VERA DREW, the director and star of THE PEOPLE'S JOKER, the independent, autobiographical, transgender satire of the Batman villain and mythos! Her film is a personal work of art told through superhero iconography, a rare and unusual cinematic experiment with a lot to talk about!
William...
Because 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!
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William 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 t...
We 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 Emp...
William 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?
We'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!
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