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Canceled Too Soon #254 | The Duck Factory (1984) Sep 20, 2024

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10 Years before Jim Carrey became the biggest star in Hollywood, he was almost the biggest star in television! Jim Carrey starred in a sitcom called THE DUCK FACTORY back in 1984, about a team of wacky animators working at a struggling studio.

If THE DUCK FACTORY had been a hit, Carrey's career might have gone in a very different direction. Could it be that Carrey's biggest early failure was... CANCELED TOO SOON?

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Critically Acclaimed #306 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Speak No Evil, Rebel Ridge Sep 17, 2024

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We've got reviews of new (and new-ish) films like Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE, the horror remake SPEAK NO EVIL, the Netflix thriller REBEL RIDGE, the Netflix YA film UGLIES, Kevin Smith's nostalgic THE 4:30 MOVIE, the indie cat transformation movie BOOGER, the horror comedy THE FRONT ROOM, the grim western THE THICKET, and the buzzy indie horror hit STRANGE DARLING!

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - 4:02

Speak No Evil - 33:20

Rebel Ridge - 46:06

Uglies - 59:38

The 4:30 Movie - 1:16:39

Booger - 1:29:21

The Front Room - 1:39:44

The Thicket - 1:50:42

Strange Darling - 1:59:13

Review Round-Up - 2:08:25

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Canceled Too Soon #253 | Higher Ground (1988) Sep 13, 2024

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You loved his Muppet Christmas special. You loved him when he met God. And you sure as heck loved his mellow country jams. But will you love John Denver when he's KICKING ASS IN ALASKA?

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold ascend to HIGHER GROUND, a failed TV pilot starring relaxing music legend John Denver as a tough FBI agent fighting bootleggers in Alaska!

Can John Denver save Alaska from [checks notes] booze?! And was his show... CANCELED TOO SOON?

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Canceled Too Soon #253 | Star Wars: The Acolyte (2024) Sep 06, 2024

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You knew this was coming, and if you didn't, well, now you do. The staggeringly expensive TV series STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE - which was about an acolyte, in Star Wars - was just canceled after one season. It was ambitious, and it pissed people off for mostly weird reasons, but some people loved it.

Now the only question is... was it CANCELED TOO SOON?

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Critically Acclaimed #305 | The Crow, The Killer, 1992, Reagan, The Deliverance, AfrAId, You Gotta Believe Sep 02, 2024

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What do you get when you cross a supernatural bird with the president of the united states? And also A.I.?

You get this week's CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the remake of THE CROW, the John Woo's remake of John Woo's THE KILLER, Ray Liotta's final film 1992, the HFS presidential biopic REAGAN, Lee Daniels' exorcism movie THE DELIVERANCE, the Blumhouse A.I. scare flick AFRAID, and the little league drama YOU GOTTA BELIEVE!

The Crow - 3:27

The Killer - 34:16

1992 - 52:09

Reagan - 1:03:58

The Deliverance - 1:27:52

AfrAId - 1:39:02

You Gotta Believe - 1:50:20

Review Round-Up - 1:56:20

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Canceled Too Soon #251 | Supertrain (1979) Aug 30, 2024

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NBC made a knockoff of THE LOVE BOAT that was so expensive - and such a huge failure - that it almost bankrupted the network!

Folks, this is SUPERTRAIN, a series about a nuclear-powered train with celebrity guests who for some reason are always committing crimes! Huge names! Weird stories! Could it be that one of the most notorious TV shows ever was... CANCELED TOO SOON?

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The Iron List #56 | The Best Movies of the 1970s! Aug 26, 2024

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Because YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present THE BEST MOVIES OF THE 1970s!

The 1970s were one of the best decades for movies - ever - the lists may surprise you. There's a really good chance you haven't even heard of a lot of them!

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Canceled Too Soon #250 | N.Y.P.D. Mounted (1991) Aug 23, 2024

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Years before Dennis Franz joined N.Y.P.D. BLUE he sat astride a horse and chased a tiger through Central Park in N.Y.P.D. MOUNTED! And also he kinda had sex with a car for some reason!

With early roles for John Leguizamo, Kristin Davis and Roxann Dawson, N.Y.P.D. MOUNTED is the wacky horse cop TV show you didn't know you might have always wanted, maybe. It only lasted one episode, but was it CANCELED TOO SOON?

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Critically Acclaimed #304 | Alien: Romulus, Rebel Moon: The Director's Cuts, Watchmen: Chapter 1, Trap, Cuckoo, Borderlands, Dr. Jekyll, The Union, Kneecap, The Abandon, The Instigators, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Skincare Aug 20, 2024

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new and new-ish releases ALIEN: ROMULUS, the animated WATCHMEN: CHAPTER 1, M. Night Shyamalan's TRAP, the horror film CUCKOO, the video game adaptation BORDERLANDS, the Hammer horror film DR. JEKYLL, the Netflix action comedy THE UNION, the Irish rap biopic KNEECAP, the indie sci-fi thriller THE ABANDON, the Matt Damon/Doug Liman reunion THE INSTIGATORS, the family film HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, and the thriller SKINCARE!

It's over 2 1/2 hours of movie reviews!

Alien: Romulus - 4:08

Rebel Moon: Director's Cuts - 42:30

Watchmen: Chapter 1 - 1:04:30

Trap - 1:13:50

Cuckoo - 1:24:44

Borderlands - 1:32:38

Dr. Jekyll - 1:40:38

The Union - 1:52:35

Kneecap - 2:00:15

The Abandon - 2:05:00

The Instigators - 2:09:25

Harold and the Purple Crayon - 2:17:46

Skincare - 2:27:13

Review Round-Up - 2:32:42

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Canceled Too Soon #249 | Heat Vision and Jack (1999) Aug 16, 2024

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Ben Stiller returned to Fox - the network that canceled his Emmy Award-winning BEN STILLER SHOW - after becoming a box office superstar! The project: HEAT VISION AND JACK, a comedy starring Jack Black as a fugitive astronaut with mind powers, Owen Wilson as a talking motorcycle, and Ron Silver as Ron Silver, a superpowered NASA mercenary who also acts in movies in his spare time.

HEAT VISION AND JACK is one of the most beloved failed TV pilots in history, but was it really CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out!

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