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Canceled Too Soon #264 | Spicy City (1997) w/ M. Lopes Da Silva! Mar 15, 2025

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The year was 1997, and American networks were racing to release their first animated primetime series just for adults! SOUTH PARK may be the one we all remember now, but Ralph Bakshi's forgotten HBO series SPICY CITY - a sexy cyberpunk noir anthology - hit the airwaves first!

M. Lopes Da Silva, the author ofINFINITY MATHING AT THE SHORE & OTHER DISRUPTIONS, joins film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold to explore this ambitious series, its animation influences, and exciting visions of the future. Buy it here! And follow M. Lopes Da Silva on BlueSky!

But mostly they just want to know, was it CANCELED TOO SOON?

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The Iron List #62 | The Worst Movies of the 21st Century (So Far)! Mar 07, 2025

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Because our patrons demanded it, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present a companion piece to their BEST MOVIES OF THE 21st CENTURY (SO FAR) list! It's their picks for THE WORST MOVIES OF THE 21st CENTURY (SO FAR)!

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Critically Acclaimed #323 | Oscar Shorts and Predictions 2025! Feb 28, 2025

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We're down to the wire but we made it, right on time! Bibbs and Witney review all 15 of this year's Oscar-nominated shorts and present they think will win - and SHOULD win - in every category! It's 2 1/2 hours of Oscar goodness!

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Critically Acclaimed #322 | Captain America: Brave New World, The Monkey, The Gorge, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, The Dead Thing, Cleaner Feb 24, 2025

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There's nothing brave about CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD (or new, for the matter), but Bibbs and Witney review it anyway!

Plus: Osgood Perkins' horror comedy THE MONKEY, Scott Derrickson's monster-fightin' romance THE GORGE, the long-awaited return of BRIDGET JONES (she's MAD ABOUT THE BOY), the indie horror film THE DEAD THING, and Daisy Ridley tackles terrorists in CLEANER!

Captain America: Brave New World - 2:05

The Monkey - 40:24

The Gorge - 53:57

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy - 1:04:41

The Dead Thing - 1:15:20

Cleaner - 1:24:40

Review Round-Up - 1:36:17

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Canceled Too Soon #263 | The Oblongs (2001-2002) w/ Chelsea Spirito! Feb 17, 2025

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The dubba-dubba-WB won a bidding war for a cartoon sitcom about a mutated family who live in the landfill of an affluent suburb. Then they canceled it after only eight episodes!

Will Ferrell and Jean Smart co-star in THE OBLONGS, a relic of early 2000s boundary-pushing comedies that didn't always age well. Was this the big exception?

Filmmaker CHELSEA SPIRITO joins William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold to decide if THE OBLONGS was... CANCELED TOO SOON!

Click here to support her new short film BRAIN SPOTTING!

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We've Got Mail #177 | Should We Make MORE Star Trek Podcasts? Feb 14, 2025

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Someone told us we don't make enough STAR TREK podcasts and we can't think of a good counterargument!

This time on WE'VE GOT MAIL, Bibbs and Witney debate the complexities of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND canon, recast GILLIGAN'S ISLAND with minor STAR TREK characters, name some of the greatest vinyl soundtracks and more!

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Critically Acclaimed #321 | Heart Eyes, Love Hurts, Kinda Pregnant Feb 10, 2025

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Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review a weird trio of rom-coms, including the slasher rom-com HEART EYES, the action rom-com LOVE HURTS, and the Amy Schumer rom-com KINDA PREGNANT!

Heart Eyes - 8:20

Love Hurts - 41:02

Kinda Pregnant - 1:01:31

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Critically Acclaimed: The Best Movies of the 21st Century (So Far)! Feb 06, 2025

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We're a quarter of the way through a new century (if you disagree with that description, we cover it in the podcast) and it's time to take stock. What are THE BEST MOVIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY SO FAR?

And stick around, because later this month we have an IRON LIST episode dedicated to (because you demanded it)... THE WORST MOVIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY SO FAR!

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Critically Acclaimed #320 | Star Trek: Section 31, Dog Man, Companion, Presence, Love Me Feb 03, 2025

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Star trekkin', across the universe! Film critics William Bibbiani review the 14th(-ish) film in the STAR TREK series, STAR TREK: SECTION 31, and the new animated comedy DOG MAN, the new horror comedy COMPANION, Steven Soderbergh's new haunted house movie PRESENCE and the film where Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun play a flotation buoy and a satellite who fall in love after the apocalypse, LOVE ME!

Star Trek: Section 31 - 1:45

Dog Man - 54:23

Companion - 1:07:14

Presence - 1:16:51

Love Me - 1:26:43

Review Round-Up - 1:34:14

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We've Got Mail #176 | The Tom Cruise Mummy Remake: Will History Be Kind? Jan 27, 2025

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Bibbs and Witney are back with a bunch of emails and letters from our awesome listeners!

On this episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, they discuss the ongoing controversy of watching every movie with the subtitles on, look back at the history of pop culture hoaxes, try their best to be dishonest, recommend some amazing Japanese movies, and question their own judgment about the Tom Cruise MUMMY reboot!

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