Canceled Too Soon

Ben Stiller returned to Fox - the network that canceled his Emmy Award-winning BEN STILLER SHOW - after becoming a box office superstar! The project: HEAT VISION AND JACK, a comedy starring Jack Black as a fugitive astronaut with mind powers, Owen Wilson as a talking motorcycle, and Ron Silver as Ron Silver, a superpowered NASA mercenary who also acts in movies in his spare time.HEAT VISION AND JACK is one of the most beloved failed TV pilots in history, but was it really CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out!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

Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney are presenting their picks for THE BEST MEDIEVAL MOVIES EVER!Comedies, horror movies, art house classics and action films, the only thing they all have in common is that they take place between A.D. 500 and A.D. 1500.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

David Lynch created one of the most important television shows of all-time: TWIN PEAKS! But he didn't stop there. He also co-created an ambitious anthology series set in the same hotel room on different days and years, starring Harry Dean Stanton, Glenne Headly, Deborah Kara Unger, Mariska Hargitay, Griffin Dunne, Crispin Glover and Alicia Witt!It's HOTEL ROOM, and it may or may not have been CANCELED TOO SOON!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

They're fish. They're police. And they're horny?This week on CANCELED TOO SOON, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold swim back to the 1990s to visit one of the first primetime animated series to emerge after the unexpected success of THE SIMPSONS! John Ritter, Megan Mullally, Hector Elizondo, JoBeth Williams, Robert Guillaume and Ed Asner star in FISH POLICE, a cop comedy about fish who solve crimes and really, really, really want to have sex with each other.FISH POLICE was canceled after only three episodes, but was it... CANCELED TOO SOON?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

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take a stab at the R-rated Marvel blockbuster DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, the breezy storm chaser sequel TWISTERS, the acclaimed coming of age drama DIDI, the scary-as-hell horror movie ODDITY, and the all-star hangout movie THE FABULOUS FOUR!Deadpool & Wolverine - 3:12Twisters - 48:59 Didi - 1:07:15 Oddity - 1:16:40 The Fabulous Four - 1:26:50 REview Round-Up - 1:39:35 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

When THE IDOL got canceled, everyone made sure we knew about it. And we swore at that time that we would, someday, cover the most notorious TV dud in years on CANCELED TOO SOON.Today, dear listeners, is that day. Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd lead a staggeringly impressive cast in Sam Levinson's prurient, cynical, baffling erotic (?) thriller (?) drama (?) about a young music star who falls in with a creepy abuser, whose humiliations and tortures bring out the best in her music.Was it CANCELED TOO SOON? By god, we are about to find out. 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 answering YOUR emails in an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL!This time, they learn about the diehard fanbase for JANET PLANET, get taken to task about 1990s rom-coms, dig into the history and influence of the LONE WOLF AND CUB series, and give their thoughts about the STAR WARS series THE ACOLYTE!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

We're kicking off a new season of CANCELED TOO SOON with one of our most requested episodes ever: CAVEMEN (2007), a very short-lived sitcom based on the popular commercials from GEICO, in which cavemen still walk among us but have to contend with racism and stereotypes.Co-starring Nick Kroll, Sam Huntington, Jeff Daniel Phillips and Julie White, it's one of the most notorious misfires in television history. But was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? You're about to find out!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

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold critique the new horror hit LONGLEGS, the Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum rom-com FLY ME TO THE MOON, the Colman Domingo prison drama SING SING, the tender international romance TOUCH, and the "Me Too" documentary SORRY, NOT SORRY!Longlegs - 2:30Fly Me to the Moon - 26:35Sing Sing - 43:18Touch - 50:22Sorry, Not Sorry - 58:12Review Round-Up - 1:11:00Subscribe 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

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the animated film DESPICABLE ME 4, the latest nostalgia sequel BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F., and the conclusion of Ti West's horror trilogy, MAXXXINE!Despicable Me 4 - 1:45Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. - 24:08MaXXXine - 56:41Review Round-Up - 1:14:38 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

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the horror prequel A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, the start of Kevin Costner's western epic HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA - CHAPTER 1, the Netflix rom-com A FAMILY AFFAIR, the A24 indie drama JANET PLANET, and the confessional taxi cab movie DADDIO!A Quiet Place: Day One - 1:42 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 - 26:16 A Family Affair - 52:32 Janet Planet - 1:04:09 Daddio - 1:09:05 Review Round-Up - 1:15:08 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

Who likes movie reviews?!?!This week, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Pixar sequel INSIDE OUT 2, the meta-horror drama THE EXORCISM, the latest Yorgos Lanthimos film KINDS OF KINDNESS, the Korean supernatural thriller EXHUMA, and the Broadway documentary SLAVE PLAY. NOT A MOVIE. A PLAY.Inside Out 2 - 1:20 The Exorcism - 31:17 Kinds of Kindness - 45:07 Exhuma - 57:05 Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play. - 1:04:18 Review Round-Up - 1:15:12 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

Because our patrons demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST MOVIES THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER J!Any movie that starts with the letter "J" qualifies, and since there are relatively few movies that actually do begin with the letter "J," it's going to be an eclectic episode.So strap in, and hey, this podcast is over 2 1/2 hours!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 on a bit of a break after completing THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY but that doesn't mean they've stopped making podcasts! In an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL, they're answering questions about where giant monsters come from, their favorite horror musicals, what it means when a movie is a "cash grab," and the reasons why so many filmmakers think it's wrong to speak openly about what they don't like about other films!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

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold reviewed every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they did it on Fridays!We're finally here! It's the last episode of THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! Bibbs and Witney take an in-depth look at the blockbuster nonsense-fest that is GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE and look back over their favorite films, monsters and fights from the history of the franchise!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

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE, the Richard Linklater crime film HIT MAN, the Oscar-nominated animated film ROBOT DREAMS, the saga of death that is TUESDAY, the saga of undeath that is HANDLING THE UNDEAD, the sad dead son movie LONGING, the magic human terrarium movie THE WATCHERS, and the movie about sharks attacking France called UNDER PARIS!Bad Boys: Ride or Die - 2:54Hit Man - 20:35Robot Dreams - 38:40Tuesday - 57:27Handling the Undead - 1:08:00Longing - 1:17:08The Watchers - 1:23:27Under Paris - 1:30:27Review Round-Up - 1:37:38Subscribe 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

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!It's the most acclaimed GODZILLA movie ever made! Does GODZILLA MINUS ONE really deserve all this unqualified praise? Is it an unbridled triumph of the human spirit? Or does Witney somehow manage to have another opinion?NEXT TIME: Godzilla and King Kong team up in the last episode of the podcast, Bibbs and Witney look back over their favorite films in the franchise, and they finally which new podcasts will replace THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY!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

Because YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST 1990s ROMANTIC COMEDIES EVER!It's a nearly 2 1/2 hour podcast about the best, funniest, weirdest and most romantic comedy films released in the 1990s, the decade when rom-coms ruled the Earth!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

On the latest CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new slasher movie IN A VIOLENT NATURE, the latest Disney biopic YOUNG WOMAN AND THE SEA, the Disney documentary JIM HENSON: IDEA MAN, the sci-fi marriage drama THE YOUNG WIFE, the queer cheerleader drama BACKSPOT, and the ensemble comedy SUMMER CAMP!In a Violent Nature - 4:49Young Woman and the Sea - 23:00Jim Henson: Idea Man - 35:32The Young Wife - 57:25Backspot - 1:05:26Summer Camp - 1:12:17Review Round-Up - 1:24:39Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!It's the rematch of the millennium! Godzilla and King Kong finally duke it out in the modern era, with CGI spectacle galore! It's GODZILLA VS. KONG, and it's very, very silly. But that's not a bad 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