Canceled Too Soon

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold say goodbye to the late, great JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO, and review the new Marvel superhero film SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS, Amazon's "hip" new fairy tale musical CINDERELLA, the serious 9/11 Netflix drama WORTH, and the latest Shudder thriller SUPERHOST! Jean-Paul Belmondo - 5:11  Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - 12:50  Cinderella - 32:10  Worth - 58:47  Superhost - 1:16:03  Review Round-Up - 1:24:29  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at @Criti

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED - formerly THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB - where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners! This week on CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney give you RAISE THE TITANIC, the first attempt to turn Clive Cussler's hero Dirk Pitt into a motion picture franchise! And just like the second attempt, SAHARA, it was a gigantic box office dud that Clive Cussler hated. Want to vote for future episodes of CRITICALLY RECLAIMED? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork! You also get exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspon

It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters! This week, Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about all the great sports documentaries they've missed, the best movies set in Los Angeles, urban legends and some of the biggest stuff they were wrong about recently! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and head on over to

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Nia DaCosta's legacy horror sequel CANDYMAN, Mark Waters's SHE'S ALL THAT remake HE'S ALL THAT, the Hulu comedy VACATION FRIENDS, and the Ted Bundy drama NO MAN OF GOD! Candyman - 3:16  He's All That - 22:07  Vacation Friends - 47:36  No Man of God - 54:03  Review Round-Up - 1:00:21  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and hea

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED - formerly THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB - where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners! This week on CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney give you Robert Altman's THE LONG GOODBYE, a Raymond Chandler adaptation unlike any other, starring Elliott Gould as the iconic private eye in 1970s Hollywood, who's more worried about his cat than he is about the murder! Critics balked when THE LONG GOODBYE came out, but does the film deserve its current classic status? Want to vote for future episodes of CRITICALLY RECLAIMED? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork! You also get exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Sil

It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters! This week, Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about the sexy sci-fi farce FLESH GORDON, the history of British television stations, TV shows that changed their theme music, how big "Big Bird" could possibly get, which Muppet should fight Godzilla, movies Bibbs and Witney have seen that will never be available to the public, and why so many movies have so-called "daddy issues!" Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting mercha

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the animated kid flick PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE, the assassin action film THE PROTEGE, the sci-fi film noir REMINISCENCE, the similar supernatural thrillers THE NIGHT HOUSE and DEMONIC, and the animated indie CRYPTOZOO! Paw Patrol: The Movie - 4:33  The Protege - 30:45  Reminiscence - 39:54  The Night House - 56:10  Demonic - 1:05:57  Cryptozoo - 1:20:42  Review Round-Up - 1:28:39  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook,

Garth Marenghi may not have really existed, but he was a prolific horror author who produced, wrote, directed, starred in and whistled the theme song for an ahead-of-its-time tv series back in the 1980s called GARTH MARENGHI'S DARKPLACE! It's a comedy about a horror drama that takes the form of a DVD special edition, and it's one of the most high concept TV shows we've ever reviewed! But was GARTH MARENGHI'S DARKPLACE also... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, a

Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED - formerly THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB - where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners! This week on CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney revisit Spike Lee's celebrated biopic MALCOLM X, starring Denzel Washington as the inspirational Civil Rights leader who reinvented himself repeatedly throughout his too short life. Is this really one of the best films of the 1990s? Is it one of the best biopics ever made? Want to vote for future episodes of CRITICALLY RECLAIMED? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork! You also get exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Email us at letters

It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters! This week, Bibbs and Witney read emails and ACTUAL LETTERS from listeners who have averaged out all their movie reviews to see if "C" really is average! They also answer questions about why so many old shows are coming back, comic book recommendations for people sick of superheroes, why old movies have strange scene transitions, why IRMA VEP is the way it is, why Mrs. Danvers from REBECCA isn't considered one of the great movie villains, and why fans are so danged overprotective of their favorite stuff! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tra

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Shawn Levy's sci-fi/comedy hit FREE GUY, the hardboiled horror sequel DON'T BREATHE 2, the Sundance smash CODA, Benny Chan's final action epic RAGING FIRE, and Ming-liang Tsai's DAYS! Free Guy - 3:35  Don't Breathe 2 - 23:52  CODA - 40:04  Raging Fire - 47:50  Days - 1:00:48  Review Round-Up - 1:09:10  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @Wit

The year was 1982 and everyone in the world was wondering... what if James Bond had a gadget expert who was a little kid, and also his nephew?  That's the premise of MASSARATI AND THE KID, starring Peter Billingsley from A CHRISTMAS STORY, Daniel Pilon from DALLAS, Christopher Hewett from MR. BELVEDERE, Markie Post from NIGHT COURT and Christopher Lee!  Was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and head on over to www.criticallyacclaimed.net for all their podcasts, reviews a

After over decade at the top of the toy pile, G.I. JOE needed to revitalize its brand for the hip, new 1990s. And the only way to do that was basically to do the CAPTAIN AMERICA story but, like, angrier and stupider. Was SGT. SAVAGE AND HIS SCREAMING EAGLES, a failed pilot and a failed toy line... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by LAZOR COMB podcast host Christopher Siege to help explore this weird chapter in pop culture history! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and head on over to www.criticallyacclaimed.net for all thei

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review James Gunn's R-rated superhero movie THE SUICIDE SQUAD, Leos Carax's Sparks musical ANNETTE, Lin-Manuel Miranda's animated musical VIVO, and the hard-hitting wildfire documentary BRING YOUR OWN BRIGADE! The Suicide Squad - 1:56  Annette - 30:06  Vivo - 40:00  Bring Your Own Brigade - 51:59  Review Round-Up. - 1:04:59  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney

Welcome to THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners! This week on THE STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney have themselves a TURKEY SHOOT! This cult classic Australian exploitation film stars Steve Railsback and Olivia Hussey as prisoners of in a dystopian future, who are hunted for sport by their wicked wardens. Is this one of the best exploitation films ever made? Want to vote for future episodes of THE STREAMING CLUB? All you gotta do is subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork! You also get exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your corresp

It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters! This week, Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who ask if blockbuster movies are all too long, wonder who's got the best beard and/or mustache in movie history, have details to share about GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET, share a basketball fan's perspective on SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY, and argue in favor of well-intentioned message movies! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Disney's latest theme park ride adaptation JUNGLE CRUISE, the A24 Arthurian epic THE GREEN KNIGHT, the controversial Tom McCarthy drama STILLWATER, the ambitious Nigerian drama EYIMOFE (THIS IS MY DESIRE), and the Netflix rom-com RESORT TO LOVE! Jungle Cruise - 4:25  The Green Knight - 26:45  Stillwater - 44:17  Eyimofe (This is My Desire) - 56:49  Resort to Love - 1:03:05  Review Round-Up - 1:14:15  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the offic

Every month on THE IRON LIST, the Patrons of the Critically Acclaimed Network get to pick a topic for a giant-sized episode! This month it's THE BEST MOVIES THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER D! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold continue their adventure through the cinematic alphabet with classic sci-fi movies, horror movies, comedies and surrealist masterpieces! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and head on over to www.criticallyaccla

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review M. Night Shyamalan's newest high-concept thriller OLD, the latest attempt to jumpstart a Hasbro franchise SNAKE EYES: G.I. JOE ORIGINS, the Kate Beckinsale action comedy JOLT, Netflix's "Die Hard on a Plane But with a Vampire" thriller BLOOD RED SKY, the giant-sized fly comedy MANDIBLES and the Shudder horror film KANDISHA! Old - 3:32  Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins - 21:25  Jolt - 43:27  Blood Red Sky - 51:33  Mandibles - 58:36  Kandisha - 1:04:24  Review Round-Up - 1:11:07  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silv

In case you missed it, Witney Seibold and William Bibbiani are reviewing every episode of STAR TREK ever made on their Patreon-exclusive podcast, ALL OUR YESTERDAYS! They've already reviewed every episode of STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES and STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED SERIES, and the first four STAR TREK movies, and this week they begin their trek through every single episode of THE NEXT GENERATION, and we're giving that episode away for free! Enjoy our episode about the two-hour pilot, ENCOUNTER AT FARPOINT, and sign up on Patreon to enjoy over our over 100-episode backlog, and to follow along with our TNG podcast every single week! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for all our exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more! And visit our TeePublic page to buy shirts, mugs and other exciting merchandise!  And if you want soap, be sure to check out M. Lopes da Silva's Etsy store: SaltCatSoap! Follow us on Twitter at