Canceled Too Soon

Oh my god this podcast wound up over three hours long. We are SO TIRED, and Witney may never be able to speak again. But it was worth it to give you CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED's picks for the Best, Worst, and even the Averagest Movies of 2024! 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 year's final new releases, including the Bob Dylan biopic A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the Robbie Williams biopic BETTER MAN, Barry Jenkins's CG-animated Disney prequel MUFASA: THE LION KING, the Barry Jenkins-scripted/Rachel Morrison directed women's boxing biopic THE FIRE INSIDE, the epic architecture drama THE BRUTALIST, Robert Eggers' vampire remake NOSFERATU, the sexually awakening Nicole Kidman drama BABYGIRL, the Christian apocalyptic drama HOMESTEAD!A Complete Unknown - 4:54Better Man - 34:45Mufasa: The Lion King - 45:00The Fire Inside - 1:08:15The Brutalist - 1:13:55Nosferatu - 1:33:00Babygirl - 1:18:18Homestead - 1:58:12Review Round-Up - 2:11:15Subscribe 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 episode

Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST MOVIES THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER K!It's the latest entry in our ongoing alphabet series, with two competing top ten lists dedicated to any film, in any genre, from any era, from anywhere in the world, that just happens to begin with the same letter!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 review THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM, KRAVEN THE HUNTER, the Netflix thriller CARRY-ON, the Richard Curtis animated holiday movie THAT CHRISTMAS, the Amy Adams dog transformation drama NIGHTBITCH, the hard-hitting period piece NICKEL BOYS, the post-apocalyptic music THE END and, because Witney wanted to circle back to it, SEPTEMBER 5!The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim - 5:35 Kraven the Hunter - 37:30 Carry-On - 1:00:10 That Christmas - 1:09:55 Nightbitch - 1:18:40 Nickey Boys - 1:30:07 The End - 1:39:20 September 5 - 1:50:52 Review Round-Up - 2:01:47Subscribe 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

When he wasn't going on excellent adventures and bogus journeys, years before he became a celebrated documentarian, Alex Winter was pushing the boundaries of comedy with THE IDIOT BOX!On an all-new episode of CANCELED TOO SOON, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take their own time machine back to the early 1990s, when MTV was on the cutting edge and Alex Winter died on camera almost every week! Is THE IDIOT BOX a forgotten sketch comedy classic? How many parts of it have aged very, very badly? Did you know future Oscar-nominee John Hawkes was in this series?And 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

Because YOU wrote in, Bibbs and Witney answer your questions, recommend tons of movies, and learn all about Sum 41!This time on WE'VE GOT MAIL, Bibbs and Witney talk about the best films set in Oregon! Their favorite STAR TREK uniforms! MOANA 2's protagonist syndrome! And why you should never walk out of a movie and review it anyway!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

Our podcast ALL OUR YESTERDAYS is usually a Patreon-exclusive, but we're sharing this very special episode with everyone! Witney Seibold and William Bibbiani are reviewing every episode of STAR TREK ever produced, in order, and in their 238th episode they're finally reached the pilot episode of STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE!In this epic look back at the origin of one of the most celebrated and important sci-fi shows ever made, Witney and Bibbs hit you up with tons of history and extremely opinionated opinions about why DS9 is legendary!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get to listen to every other episode of ALL OUR YESTERDAYS, and to keep up with Witney and Bibbs as they continue to review every episode of DEEP SPACE NINE!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 review the blockbuster Disney sequel MOANA 2, Luca Guadagnino's adaptation of William S. Burroughs' QUEER, the secretly-film Iranian political thriller THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, and the historical journalism drama SEPTEMBER 5!Moana 2 - 4:24 Queer - 43:08 The Seed of the Sacred Fig - 1:02:25 September 5 - 1:10:55 Review Round-Up - 1:21:35 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

From the creator of PERRY MASON and the director of CAT PEOPLE and NIGHT OF THE DEMON! If that doesn't grab your attention, what possibly could...?This week on CANCELED TOO SOON, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold unearth a failed pilot for COOL AND LAM, a comedy private detective series based on books by Erle Stanley Gardner and directed by the legendary Jacques Tourneur!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've got the musical WICKED, the Ridley Scott sequel GLADIATOR II, the $250 million Christmas action comedy RED ONE, the horny Netflix holiday rom-com HOT FROSTY, the August Wilson adaptation THE PIANO LESSON, the apocalyptic animated Latvian animal movie FLOW, and the music documentary THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ALLEE WILLIS.Wicked - 5:56Gladiator II - 44:33Red One - 1:04:17Hot Frosty - 1:14:00The Piano Lesson - 1:24:03Flow - 1:34:25The World According to Allee Willis - 1:43:34Review Round-Up - 1:48:20Subscribe 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 present their picks for THE BEST RAZZIE MOVIES EVER!William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold have scoured the history of The Golden Raspberry Awards, and now they're presenting their findings! They're each selecting the best movies ever nominated for Worst Picture at the Razzies!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

In this special episode of CANCELED TOO SOON, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold exhume a horror anthology series that was nearly lost forever: LATE NIGHT HORROR (1968), a full-color BBC2 series featuring tales of terror that were allegedly too gory for television!Only one episode of LATE NIGHT HORROR still exists! Does it prove that the show was... 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

It's time for another letters episode, complete with fun games, Marvel minutiae, the perils of streaming service censorship and something called The Bike-del Test!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 the new Hugh Grant horror movie HERETIC, Cillian Murphy's historical drama SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, Shudder's new exclusive BLACK CAB, Anthony Mackie's A Quiet Place knockoff ELEVATION, the family-friendly THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER, the experimental CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER'S POINT, Netflix's Pentatonix rom-com MEET ME NEXT CHRISTMAS, and a comedy we should have reviewed months ago called HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS!Heretic - 4:44Small Things Like These - 20:21Black Cab - 37:40Elevation - 46:45The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - 1:00:23Christmas Eve in Miller's Point - 1:11:55Meet Me Next Christmas - 1:32:38Hundreds of Beavers - 1:32:38Review Round-Up - 1:47:25Subscribe 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 episod

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney review the new Robert Zemeckis tech demo HERE, Clint Eastwood's legal thriller JUROR NO. 2, Steve McQueen's World War II epic BLITZ, Liam Neeson's new Liam Neeson movie ABSOLUTION, the Netflix sci-fi slasher TIME CUT, and the devastating documentary NO OTHER LAND!Here - 6:05 Juror No. 2 - 32:00 Blitz - 46:00 Absolution - 56:20 Time Cut - 1:07:07 No Other Land - 1:26:50 Review Round-Up - 1:26:50 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 back with another WE'VE GOT MAIL! This time Bibbs and WItney talk about the ongoing - always ongoing - debate over whether there's too much sex in movies or not nearly enough! Plus, who are the great character actors working today, and is Riker the worst Starfleet Captain in all of STAR TREK?(Sorry about the delays in Canceled Too Soon this month! We're going to extend our plans for a very special SCARY-VEMBER!)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 review VENOM: THE LAST DANCE, the papal mystery thriller CONCLAVE, the Netflix serial killer thriller DON'T MOVE, and the Kate Beckinsale spy movie CANARY BLACK!Witney Seibold's GWAR-xclent Adventure - 0:57 Venom: The Last Dance - 11:53 Conclave - 37:48 Don't Move - 52:00 Canary Black - 1:02:40 Review Round-Up - 1:23:26Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We've got reviews of the horror sequel SMILE 2, the acclaimed Sean Baker romance/comedy/drama ANORA, Anna Kendrick's directorial debut serial killer movie WOMAN OF THE HOUR, the Peter Dinklage/Josh Brolin/Brendan Fraser road trip buddy crime comedy BROTHERS, and Cameron Crowe's music documentary TOM PETTY: HEARTBREAKERS BEACH PARTY!Smile 2 - 3:59 Anora - 27:53 Woman of the Hour - 43:43 Brothers - 53:07 Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party - 1:03:57 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Because YOU demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST HORROR REMAKES EVER!Yup, these movies were so nice they scared us twice! Some of the best horror movies ever made were remakes, and also so some weird and sloppy movies that deserve a shout-out too!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

Ten movies! Two killer clown films! Two romances! One superhero movie they forgot to tell you about! And so much horror!Bibbs and Witney review the bizarre JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX, the ultraviolent TERRIFIER 3, the low budget HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN, the sci-fi horror sequel THE PLATFORM 2, the LEGO-animated Pharrell documentary PIECE BY PIECE, the Florence Pugh/Andrew Garfield romance WE LIVE IN TIME, the horny Laura Dern/Liam Hemsworth romance LONELY PLANET, the Stephen King remake SALEM'S LOT, the body-swapping thriller IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE, and the mysterious CADDO LAKE!Joker: Folie a Deux - 4:57Terrifier 3 - 33:45Hellboy: The Crooked Man - 51:35The Platform 2 - 1:03:45Piece By Piece - 1:13:40We Live in Time - 1:21:52Lonely Planet - 1:32:32Salem's Lot - 1:40:45It's What's Inside - 1:47:40Caddo Lake - 1:53:10Review Round-Up - 1:59:33 Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks,