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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Rebirth of Mothra" (1995) Jan 19, 2024

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!

GODZILLA DIED! And since the Americans are developing their own big budget Godzilla movie (we'll get to that soon), Toho doubled down on their second most popular kaiju in a kid-friendly film that's so 1990s that it 1990s the 1990s! But dang it, we want some of these toys!

It's REBIRTH OF MOTHRA!

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Critically Acclaimed #283 | The Holdovers, Night Swim, Destroy All Neighbors, The Beekeeper, The Book of Clarence, Good Grief, Occupied City Jan 14, 2024

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Bibbs and Witney review the first new releases of 2024, and what the heck, let's throw in some movies from 2023 while we're at it!

This week they're taking an in-depth look at the acclaimed dramedy THE HOLDOVERS, the haunted swimming pool movie NIGHT SWIM, the Shudder horror-comedy DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS, the Jason Statham thriller THE BEEKEEPER, Jeymes Samuel's biblical satire THE BOOK OF CLARENCE, Dan Levy's directorial debut GOOD GRIEF, and Steve McQueen's epic documentary OCCUPIED CITY!

It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

The Holdovers - 3:40

Night Swim - 23:42

Destroy All Neighbors - 38:00

The Beekeeper - 50:51

The Book of Clarence - 1:01:57

Good Grief - 1:11:43

Occupied City - 1:18:18

Review Round-Up - 1:24:02

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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah" (1995) Jan 12, 2024

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!

GODZILLA DIES! It's the end of Godzilla's Heisei era and the big green guy is melting down, and when he goes critical he could take the world out with him! The only creature that can stop him is a giant crustacean mutated by the Oxygen Destroyer that killed the original monster! But who can stop that monster if it wins?!

It's GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH!

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Critically Acclaimed #282 | The Best Movies of 2023! Jan 08, 2024

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What were the best movies of 2023? WHAT WERE THEY?!

Don't worry, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are here to solve the mystery! They're presenting the films that wowed them, that scared them, that challenged them, and made them bust a gut laughing in the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla" (1994) Jan 05, 2024

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!

A surprising amount of Godzilla's DNA has been shot into space lately, and it's evolved into SpaceGodzilla! So SpaceGodzilla comes to Earth and kidnaps Little Godzilla and actual Godzilla is like, "Oh, HELL no" and also there's like an Ahab guy and a giant mole robot and a plot to psychically control Godzilla and also the Yakuza gets involved!

It's GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA!

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Critically Acclaimed #281 | Rebel Moon - Part 1: A Child of Fire, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, All of Us Strangers, Ferrari, The Iron Claw, The Color Purple Jan 03, 2024

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Happy New Year! We're celebrating by reviewing films from the old one!

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold look back at the big holiday releases REBEL MOON: PART 1 - A CHILD OF FIRE, AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM, ALL OF US STRANGERS, FERRARI, THE IRON CLAW and THE COLOR PURPLE!

Rebel Moon - Part 1: A Child of Fire - 7:07

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom - 43:36

All of Us Strangers - 1:02:08

Ferrari - 1:14:38

The Iron Claw - 1:28:28

The Color Purple - 1:35:57

Review Round-Up - 1:44:17

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The Iron List #48 | The Best Movies That Begin with the Letter "I" Dec 31, 2023

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Because YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST MOVIES THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTER "I"!

It's the latest installment in our series about amazing movies connected only by one common element... the first letter in their title!

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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II" (1993) Dec 29, 2023

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!

Humanity reverse engineers Mecha-King Ghidorah and creates Mechagodzilla, a mech piloted by human heroes called G-Force who are determined to save Japan from Godzilla! But wait, there's more! Rodan is back and his half-brother is Baby Godzilla, who's pretty nice once you get to know him, but those dang psychic children and their musical numbers unleash hell!

It's GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II!

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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Mothra" (1992) Dec 22, 2023

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!

Mothra is back, but this time Mothra has a moth god frenemy named Battra! And they're really going to ruin Indiana Jones's day in GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA! And Godzilla shows up sometimes, when he can be bothered.

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We've Got Mail #164 | More Great Non-Traditional Christmas Movies! Dec 20, 2023

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Bibbs and Witney are reading YOUR correspondence and this week it's very Christmas-y! We've got a whole bunch of non-traditional Christmas movies we missed on our latest IRON LIST episode, a couple of presents from our too-generous listeners, and lots of other stuff too, like the best movies about Nashville!

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