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Critically Acclaimed #329 | Thunderbolts*, Another Simple Favor, Rust, Fréwaka, Lavender Men May 07, 2025

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Bibbs and Witney review Marvel's THUNDERBOLTS*, Paul Feig's sequel ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR, the tragic western RUST, the Shudder horror film FRÉWAKA, and the queer Abraham Lincoln fantasia LAVENDER MEN!

Thunderbolts* - 1:55

Another Simple Favor - 40:17

Rust - 55:09

Fréwaka - 1:12:15

Lavender Men - 1:23:15

Review Round-Up - 1:34:19

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Critically Acclaimed #328 | Sinners, Until Dawn, Havoc, On Swift Horses, Dead Mail, Sneaks Apr 28, 2025

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Bibbs and Witney review the astounding new 1930s gangster blues musical vampire movie SINNERS, the horror video game adaptation (sort of) UNTIL DAWN, Gareth Evans' new Tom Hardy cop action movie HAVOC, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi's queer sexy gambling drama ON SWIFT HORSES, the Shudder original thriller DEAD MAIL, and also SNEAKS, the film where Anthony Mackie and Martin Lawrence play anthropomorphic shoes!

Sinners - 4:35

Until Dawn - 38:52

Havoc - 1:02:00

On Swift Horses - 1:11:50

Dead Mail - 1:20:00

Sneaks - 1:29:22

Review Round-Up - 1:40:26

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We've Got Mail #180 | The P.O. Box Awakens! The Crimson Dynamo, Zines and More! Apr 21, 2025

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Witney opened our P.O. Box and a ton of mail fell out, so here's an extra episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL dedicated to everyone who took the time to send us snail mail! We've got the Crimson Dynamo, positive movies about middle-aged people, awesome zines, rare action figures, a new take on Disney's WISH and a letter that made Bibbs and Witney cry!

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We've Got Mail #179 | Can the Halloween Franchise Be Saved? Apr 18, 2025

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Is it better for a filmmaker to make a million movies or just a handful of great ones? Whatever happens to festival movies that don't get distribution? Is JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS is officially a classic yet? And how we can possibly fix the HALLOWEEN the franchise?

Plus, a voice from the past, as the earlier versions of Bibbs and Witney from THE B-MOVIES PODCAST rear their heads once more! It's an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL!

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Critically Acclaimed #327 | The Amateur, Drop, G20, Warfare, The King of Kings, One to One: John and Yoko Apr 14, 2025

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Bibbs and Witney review the spy thingy THE AMATEUR, Christopher Landon's Hitchcockian thriller DROP, Viola Davis doing Die Hard at G20, Alex Garland co-directing a war movie about WARFARE, the CG-animated Christian Jesus Dickens movie THE KING OF KINGS, and the music documentary ONE TO ONE: JOHN AND YOKO!

The Amateur - 4:03

Drop - 20:18

G20 - 33:12

Warfare - 44:53

The King of Kings - 55:56

One to One: John and Yoko - 1:18:23

Review Round-Up - 1:29:04

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Critically Acclaimed #326 | A Minecraft Movie, Screamboat, The Luckiest Man in America, Hell of a Summer Apr 07, 2025

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This week, Bibbs and Witney review the blockbuster video game movie A MINECRAFT MOVIE, the public domain comedy slasher SCREAMBOAT, the game show biopic THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA, and co-director Finn Wolfhard's comedy slasher (hey, another one!) HELL OF A SUMMER.

A Minecraft Movie - 7:07

Screamboat - 44:41

The Luckiest Man in America - 1:01:10

Hell of a Summer - 1:13:12

Review Round-Up - 1:24:07

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Critically Acclaimed #325 | Snow White, The Woman in the Yard, The Alto Knights, O'Dessa, The Penguin Lessons, Popeye the Slayer Man, Ash Apr 01, 2025

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How bad could SNOW WHITE possibly be? Could it really be worse than THE ALTO KNIGHTS?

Bibbs and Witney review those big epic flops, and also the horror movie THE WOMAN IN THE YARD, the post-apocalyptic musical O'DESSA, the feel-good antifascist penguin flick THE PENGUIN LESSONS, the public domain slasher POPEYE THE SLAYER MAN, and the sci-fi monster movie ASH!

Snow White - 2:32

The Woman in the Yard - 35:45

The Alto Knights - 48:45

O'Dessa - 1:02:53

The Penguin Lessons - 1:15:52

Popeye the Slayer Man - 1:23:31

Ash - 1:35:14

Review Round-Up - 1:42:30

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The Iron List #63 | The Best Knockoff Movies Ever! Mar 27, 2025

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Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best films that flagrantly knocked off a pre-existing work!

You can probably think of plenty of so-called "mockbusters" but movie history is littered with great films, many of them classics in their own right, that wouldn't have been made - at least at the same time, in the same way - if it weren't for the success or notoriety of another release.

UPDATE: There were some phantom sound effects in the last few minutes of the podcast as originally uploaded, A new version has been uploaded with the audio fixed. Editing a podcast while you have COVID is tricky. Our apologies.

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We've Got Mail #178 | What Are Our Favorite Pokemon?! Mar 24, 2025

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Also on WE'VE GOT MAIL, Bibbs and Witney talk about movies famous for one shot or cinematic technique, why they've been too hard on Bones in the original STAR TREK, who should direct and star in one of the most exciting sci-fi movie ideas of all time, the difference (if there is one) between fiction and fan fiction, great Jesus and stoner movies, and a controversial element of CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD they forgot to mention in their review!

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Critically Acclaimed #324 | The Electric State, The Day the Earth Blew Up, The Rule of Jenny Pen, Black Bag, Mickey 17, Novocaine, Night of the Zoopocalypse, Opus, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, Queen of the Ring, My Dead Friend Zoe, The Parenting Mar 17, 2025

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Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Russo Brothers' THE ELECTRIC STATE, the Looney Tunes movie THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP, the Shudder horror film THE RULE OF JENNY PEN, Steven Sodebergh's spy thriller BLACK BAG, Bong Joon Ho's sci-fi satire MICKEY 17, the ultraviolent action comedy NOVOCAINE, the animated Clive Barker-inspired family film NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE, the cult horror movie OPUS, the Zambian dark comedy ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL, the wrestling biopic QUEEN OF THE RING, the PTSD drama MY DEAD FRIEND ZOE and the all-star horror comedy THE PARENTING!

(Please note: We forgot to talk about the Oscars. Also, Bibbs accidentally gave said "C-Minus" instead of "C-Plus" for one of the films in the review round-up, but it should be clear that he's praising it.)

The Electric State - 2:50

The Day the Earth Blew Up - 30:19

The Rule of Jenny Pen - 47:25

Black Bag - 57:50

Mickey 17 - 1:06:34

Novocaine - 1:16:19

Night of the Zoopocalypse - 1:30:44

Opus - 1:39:45

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl - 1:46:33

Queen of the Ring - 1:53:15

My Dead Friend Zoe - 2:00:44

The Parenting - 2:06:29

Review Round-Up - 2:14:22

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