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Run! Run for your lives! It's JANUARY MOVIES!This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new apocalyptic outer space thriller I.S.S., the cynical political slasher FOUNDERS DAY, the dystopian drama THE KITCHEN, and the apocalyptic drama THE END WE START FROM!And if that sounds like a kinda depressing crop of movies... yeah, like we said. "January movies." But the episode is AD-FREE because you're patrons!I.S.S. - 3:01Founders Day - 26:40The Kitchen - 48:48The End We Start From - 1:05:20Review Round-Up - 1:14:30Subscribe 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!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.c

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!GODZILLA DIED! And since the Americans are developing their own big budget Godzilla movie (we'll get to that soon), Toho doubled down on their second most popular kaiju in a kid-friendly film that's so 1990s that it 1990s the 1990s! But dang it, we want some of these toys!It's REBIRTH OF MOTHRA!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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bibbs and Witney review the first new releases of 2024, and what the heck, let's throw in some movies from 2023 while we're at it!This week they're taking an in-depth look at the acclaimed dramedy THE HOLDOVERS, the haunted swimming pool movie NIGHT SWIM, the Shudder horror-comedy DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS, the Jason Statham thriller THE BEEKEEPER, Jeymes Samuel's biblical satire THE BOOK OF CLARENCE, Dan Levy's directorial debut GOOD GRIEF, and Steve McQueen's epic documentary OCCUPIED CITY!It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!The Holdovers - 3:40Night Swim - 23:42Destroy All Neighbors - 38:00The Beekeeper - 50:51The Book of Clarence - 1:01:57Good Grief - 1:11:43Occupied City - 1:18:18Review Round-Up - 1:24:02Subscribe 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

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!GODZILLA DIES! It's the end of Godzilla's Heisei era and the big green guy is melting down, and when he goes critical he could take the world out with him! The only creature that can stop him is a giant crustacean mutated by the Oxygen Destroyer that killed the original monster! But who can stop that monster if it wins?!It's GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH!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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redc

What were the best movies of 2023? WHAT WERE THEY?!Don't worry, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are here to solve the mystery! They're presenting the films that wowed them, that scared them, that challenged them, and made them bust a gut laughing in the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/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!A surprising amount of Godzilla's DNA has been shot into space lately, and it's evolved into SpaceGodzilla! So SpaceGodzilla comes to Earth and kidnaps Little Godzilla and actual Godzilla is like, "Oh, HELL no" and also there's like an Ahab guy and a giant mole robot and a plot to psychically control Godzilla and also the Yakuza gets involved!It's GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA! 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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/br

Happy New Year! We're celebrating by reviewing films from the old one!This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold look back at the big holiday releases REBEL MOON: PART 1 - A CHILD OF FIRE, AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM, ALL OF US STRANGERS, FERRARI, THE IRON CLAW and THE COLOR PURPLE!Rebel Moon - Part 1: A Child of Fire - 7:07Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - 43:36All of Us Strangers - 1:02:08Ferrari - 1:14:38The Iron Claw - 1:28:28The Color Purple - 1:35:57Review Round-Up - 1:44:17Subscribe 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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircl

Because YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST MOVIES THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "I"!It's the latest installment in our series about amazing movies connected only by one common element... the first letter in their title!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/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!Humanity reverse engineers Mecha-King Ghidorah and creates Mechagodzilla, a mech piloted by human heroes called G-Force who are determined to save Japan from Godzilla! But wait, there's more! Rodan is back and his half-brother is Baby Godzilla, who's pretty nice once you get to know him, but those dang psychic children and their musical numbers unleash hell! It's GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II! 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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!Mothra is back, but this time Mothra has a moth god frenemy named Battra! And they're really going to ruin Indiana Jones's day in GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA! And Godzilla shows up sometimes, when he can be bothered.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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bibbs and Witney are reading YOUR correspondence and this week it's very Christmas-y! We've got a whole bunch of non-traditional Christmas movies we missed on our latest IRON LIST episode, a couple of presents from our too-generous listeners, and lots of other stuff too, like the best movies about Nashville!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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's a big week for movies about delicious food AND upsetting themes!This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Roald Dahl prequel WONKA, the harrowing World War II drama THE ZONE OF INTEREST, the whimsical Aardman Animation sequel CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET, the ambitious dramedy AMERICAN FICTION, and the delectable period piece THE TASTE OF THINGS!Wonka - 4:42The Zone of Interest - 39:50Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nuggest - 52:12American Fiction - 1:06:55The Taste of Things - 1:19:55Review Round-Up - 1:26:43 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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advert

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!What do you get if you combine Godzilla and time travel? You get GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH, and absolutely wild kaiju classic about a mission to prevent Godzilla from becoming an irradiated monster, which somehow leads to Godzilla fighting a cyborg King Ghidorah! And that's not even the weird part!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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

WE'VE GOT MAIL is back! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are catching up on their emails and answering YOUR questions about A.I. art, box office accounting, why Ensign Ro is one of the most influential STAR TREK characters, classic movies that actually live up to their enormous hype, and more!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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore the Hayao Miyazaki's new animated film THE BOY AND THE HERON, Yorgos Lanthimos's Frankenstein feminism dramedy POOR THINGS, Ava DuVernay's ambitious treatise on class and racism ORIGIN, the unexpected new animated superhero movie MERRY LITTLE BATMAN, and the motion picture sensation that's sweeping the world... SKIBIDI TOILET!The Boy and the Heron - 2:41Poor Things - 32:12Origin - 45:19Merry Little Batman - 1:06:08Skibidi Toilet - 1:20:16Review Round-Up - 1:35:23Subscribe 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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.facto

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!This week, there's Godzilla fights a giant rosebush that's spliced with his DNA and haunted by the ghost of a mad scientist's daughter! It's GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE and it's... folks, it's really a lot.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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bibbs got his computer back from the shop, just in time for the first weekend in December, which is always one of the slowest weekends of the year!But! This year we've got a pretty eclectic group of films, including the much ballyhooed GODZILLA MINUS ONE, the Eddie Murphy Christmas comedy CANDY CANE LANE, John Woo's silent action thriller SILENT NIGHT, and the new thriller starring Thomasin Mackenzie and Anne Hathaway, EILEEN!Godzilla Minus One - 4:35Candy Cane Lane - 31:33Silent Night - 49:45Eileen - 107:21Review Round-Up - 1:15:34Subscribe 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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!This week, there's only one thing Godzilla loves more than smashing stuff, and it's a delicious Dr. Pepper! Godzilla returns once again in GODZILLA 1985, the American version of GODZILLA RETURNS with more comic relief, more product placement, and more Raymond Burr!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!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We're back from Thanksgiving break and Bibbs's computer is broken again but we're making it work somehow!This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold exhume Disney's WISH, go historical on Ridley Scott's NAPOLEON, get a little... um... salty-burned on Emerald Fennell's SALTBURN, conduct an investigation into Bradley Cooper's MAESTRO, take a seat for the documentary AMERICAN SYMPHONY, go month-to-month for Todd Haynes's MAY DECEMBER, do lizard things for the Adam Sandler animated comedy LEO, get disturbed by DO NOT DISTURB and decide if GOOD BURGER 2 is good, burgery, and/or 2!Wish - 9:54Napoleon - 34:20Saltburn - 48:06Maestro - 57:50American Symphony = 1:10:00May December = 1:15:10Leo - 1:22:51Do Not Disturb - 1:33:29Good Burger 2 - 1:41:53Review Round-Up - 2:00:14Subscribe on Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more!Email us

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!Godzilla took most of a decade off and almost fought the devil, but instead he's back in a reboot that ignores every movie in the series except the original! That's right, David Gordon Green didn't invent that! Godzilla returns in THE RETURN OF GODZILLA!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and much, much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Our Sponsors:* Check out Factor 75 and use my code criticallyacclaimed50 for a great deal: https://www.factor75.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy