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You may think that "Super Bowl Weekend" was a slow time for new movies but you'd be wrong! In addition to a new horror film from an exciting auteur, and an action-thriller starring Blake Lively, this was the week the Oscar-nominated short films finally arrived in theaters. And that's ALWAYS good news! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (where we do "Critically Acclaimed" things!), film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the creepy new fairy tale GRETEL AND HANSEL, the bafflingly bad new thriller THE RHYTHM SECTION, and all fifteen of the Oscar-nominated short films, including the live-action, animated and documentary nominees! Gretel and Hansel - 6:23  The Rhythm Section - 16:34  The Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts - 32:20  The Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts - 59:26  The Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts - 1:26:35  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks and

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 explore tons of our listeners' picks for the best movies of the decade, which include films they love, films they have issues with, and a handful of films neither of our critics have even heard of! (Plus, one of our listeners corrects our vocabulary, and we absolutely LOVE you for that!) Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! 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 www.criticallya

Guy Ritchie is back and he's doing Guy Ritchie things! David Lynch is back and he's doing David Lynch things! Richard Stanley is back and he's doing Richard Stanley things! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED (where we do "Critically Acclaimed" things!), film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new crime comedy THE GENTLEMEN, the unexpected David Lynch short film about a monkey interrogation WHAT DID JACK DO?, the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE, and the all-star military drama THE LAST FULL MEASURE! The Gentlemen - 4:49  The Last Full Measure - 35:30  What Did Jack Do? - 43:55  The Color Out of Space - 52:58  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 que

Sharon Stone becomes the Vice-President of the United States and discovers that there's a secret amendment to the Constitution that puts her in charge of a badass super spy who she controls from a secret Masonic dungeon! Now THAT's an elevator pitch. But can AGENT X possibly live up to that awesome-sounding premise? Was it really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore the possibilities and potential of this swiftly forgotten TNT television series in an all-new episode. 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 www.criticallyacclaimed.net for all their podcasts, reviews and more!  And don&

We're back and we're catching up with the best, the worst and the weirdest new releases in January! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Robert Downey Jr. disaster DOLITTLE, the death row drama JUST MERCY, Tyler Perry's death row drama A FALL FROM GRACE, the underwater monster movie UNDERWATER, the grudge movie THE GRUDGE, the animated kids flick SPIES IN DISGUISE, the buddy comedy LIKE A BOSS, the Oscar-nominated Polish drama CORPUS CHRISTI, and the Oscar-nominated French cop thriller LES MISERABLES! Dolittle - 5:33  Just Mercy - 30:53  A Fall from Grace - 40:32  Underwater - 55:17  The Grudge - 1:03:45  Spies in Disguise - 1:16:37  Like a Boss - 1:26:04  Corpus Christi - 1:32:57  Les Miserables - 1:40:11 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

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 take a look at YOUR picks for the best movies of the decade, as well as when we lost faith in the Oscars, whether Siskel & Ebert would make an impact today, and which old movies we'd like to remake! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! 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 www.criticallyacclaimed.net for all their podcasts, reviews and more! Support the show: https://www.p

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold look back at an astoundingly great decade for film, and present their individual picks for the best movies of the 2010s! It's a giant episode full of great recommendations and controversial picks! 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! 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 and more! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com//criticallyacclaimednetworkAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Everyone knows Siegfried and Roy were the biggest stage show in Las Vegas, combining magic tricks and white lions and tigers! But what you didn't know was that all those trained animals lived in a gated community and had sitcom adventures, and were played by folks like John Goodman, Cheryl Hines, Danielle Harris, Orlando Jones and Carl Reiner in the Dreamworks Animated series... FATHER OF THE PRIDE! And of course, Siegfried and Roy were there too, being absolute lovable goofballs. Was FATHER OF THE PRIDE... Canceled Too Soon? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold guide you through the history of this ambitious CG-animated primetime series and reveal whether all that magic made the transition to the small screen! 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 @CriticAcc

Every month on THE IRON LIST, the Patrons of the Critically Acclaimed Network get to pick a topic for a giant-sized episode! And this month, since it's December, they picked THE JANUARY MOVIES EVER! Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they highlight some of the weird genre films that Hollywood had no faith in whatsoever, which surprised the heck out of us by actually being really, really good!  In other words... finally, an excuse to talk about MONSTER TRUCKS! 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! Follow us on Twitter at @CriticAcclaim, join the official Fan Club on Facebook, follow Bibbs at @WilliamBibbiani and follow Witney at @WitneySeibold, and h

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 debate the right way to watch older, problematic movies in historical context without giving up your modern principles! They also select some of the best movies ever made that are over three hours long, figure out where you should start if you're just getting into Ingmar Bergman, and ponder the weird history of network TV stations making movies shorter and - sometimes - longer! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! 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

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold follow-up their list of THE BEST MOVIES OF 2019 with their list of THE WORST MOVIES OF 2019, full of films that deserve at least one last look from audiences, critics, studios and filmmakers, because we can all learn from their mistakes! 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! 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 and more! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com//criticallyacclaimednetworkAdvertising In

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 debate whether BATMAN, and especially BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM, is a film noir! They also talk about SHADOWHUNTERS for some reason, YA books that still need to be adapted, why some people "crowdpleaser" is a bad word, whether filmmakers have the right to dictate how you watch their work, and the folly of revenge! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! 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, a

It's been an unbelievably great year for movies, so picking the best of the best wasn't easy. But film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold did it anyway. On the latest CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED they present their lists of the BEST MOVIES OF 2019, and it's the only list you'll ever need! Maybe! 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! 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 and more! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com//criticallyacclaimednetworkAdvertising Inquiries:

It's a very special holiday presentation of THE TWO-SHOT, a podcast that's usually at the Schmoes Know Network! You've never seen a Christmas horror movie as bizarre as ELVES, a film about a homicidal elf with a motive so weird you probably won't believe it even if you see it! It's one of the worst Christmas movies ever made, and it's the perfect double feature with the modern holiday horror classic KRAMPUS, about a family of jerks who run afoul of the spirit of the holiday's creepy counterpart! Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the notorious movies YOU tell them to every week on THE TWO-SHOT, and use those infamous turkeys to introduce you to some of the greatest motion pictures ever made by making wild double features! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @SchmoesKnow to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER is such an enormous motion picture, for better or worse, that we have to save it for last! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the baffling new big budget musical CATS, the ambitious new World War I thriller 1917, Greta Gerwig's superlative new adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN, and - in a spoiler-free review, followed by a review full of spoilers - the ninth official chapter in the STAR WARS saga! Cats - 2:47  1917 - 32:31  Little Women - 50:24  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (No Spoilers) - 1:11:49  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Spoilers) - 1:42:23 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 episode

Just imagine you're watching TV in 1990, and suddenly, right in the middle of primetime, you find yourself watching a "wacky" sitcom about Adolf Hitler! It really happened, and the legend of HEIL HONEY I'M HOME!, which lasted only one episode, was born. But was HEIL HONEY I'M HOME really the most offensive television series in history, or was it a scathing political satire in the vein of THE GREAT DICTATOR, THE PRODUCERS and JOJO RABBIT? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dive into one of the most notorious CANCELED TOO SOON series ever in this very special 175th episode! 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

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 consider if John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN is overrated, debate time travel movie paradoxes, pick a side between Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, and reveal what a typical day for a film critic is like! Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes! 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 www.criticallyacclaimed.net for all their podcasts, reviews and more! Support the show: https://www.pat

There are SO MANY movies coming out in December, we had to do at least one mega-sized episode! (Maybe even two, but we'll get to that.)  This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new blockbuster JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL, Adam Sandler's best movie in over a decade UNCUT GEMS, Clint Eastwood's latest biopic RICHARD JEWELL, Terrence Malick's long-awaited return to form A HIDDEN LIFE, the all-star Fox News exposé BOMBSHELL, the controversial horror remake BLACK CHRISTMAS, Michael Bay's surprise Netflix action-thriller 6 UNDERGROUND, and a surprisingly classy Hallmark movie A CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY! Jumanji: The Next Level  3:58  Uncut Gems - 16:25  Richard Jewell - 26:26  A Hidden Life - 37:19  Bombshell - 56:27  Black Christmas - 1:09:15  6 Underground - 1:28:28  A Christmas Love Story - 1:37:59  Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork for exclusive content and exciting rewards, like bonus episodes, commentary tracks

Every month on THE IRON LIST, the Patrons of the Critically Acclaimed Network get to pick a topic for a giant-sized episode! And this month, since it's December, they picked THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER! Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they highlight some of the most beloved holiday movies ever made and a bunch of films that don't get nearly enough love every holiday season! 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! 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 an

Emma Stone is an Academy Award-winning superstar, but before she was world famous, she was a reality tv contestant who won her first acting gig on THE NEW PARTRIDGE FAMILY! It was a VH1 reboot of the beloved 1970s musical sitcom, and even though it had a huge build-up it only lasted one episode. Was THE NEW PARTRIDGE FAMILY... canceled too soon? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold cover this forgotten chapter of TV history in the latest episode of the podcast, and also endure the insufferable horrors of the reality television contest that jumpstarted Emma Stone's career! 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 www.cr