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Critically Acclaimed #281 | Wonka, The Zone of Interest, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, American Fiction, The Taste of Things Dec 18, 2023

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It's a big week for movies about delicious food AND upsetting themes!

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the Roald Dahl prequel WONKA, the harrowing World War II drama THE ZONE OF INTEREST, the whimsical Aardman Animation sequel CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET, the ambitious dramedy AMERICAN FICTION, and the delectable period piece THE TASTE OF THINGS!

Wonka - 4:42

The Zone of Interest - 39:50

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nuggest - 52:12

American Fiction - 1:06:55

The Taste of Things - 1:19:55

Review Round-Up - 1:26:43

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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah" (1991) Dec 15, 2023

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

What do you get if you combine Godzilla and time travel? You get GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH, and absolutely wild kaiju classic about a mission to prevent Godzilla from becoming an irradiated monster, which somehow leads to Godzilla fighting a cyborg King Ghidorah! And that's not even the weird part!

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We've Got Mail #163 | Classic Movies That Live Up to the Hype! Dec 14, 2023

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WE'VE GOT MAIL is back! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are catching up on their emails and answering YOUR questions about A.I. art, box office accounting, why Ensign Ro is one of the most influential STAR TREK characters, classic movies that actually live up to their enormous hype, and more!

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Critically Acclaimed #280 | The Boy and the Heron, Poor Things, Origin, Merry Little Batman, Skibidi Toilet Dec 12, 2023

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This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold explore the Hayao Miyazaki's new animated film THE BOY AND THE HERON, Yorgos Lanthimos's Frankenstein feminism dramedy POOR THINGS, Ava DuVernay's ambitious treatise on class and racism ORIGIN, the unexpected new animated superhero movie MERRY LITTLE BATMAN, and the motion picture sensation that's sweeping the world... SKIBIDI TOILET!

The Boy and the Heron - 2:41

Poor Things - 32:12

Origin - 45:19

Merry Little Batman - 1:06:08

Skibidi Toilet - 1:20:16

Review Round-Up - 1:35:23

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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Biollante" (1989) Dec 09, 2023

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

This week, there's Godzilla fights a giant rosebush that's spliced with his DNA and haunted by the ghost of a mad scientist's daughter! It's GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE and it's... folks, it's really a lot.

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Critically Acclaimed #279 | Godzilla Minus One, Candy Cane Lane, Silent Night, Eileen Dec 04, 2023

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Bibbs got his computer back from the shop, just in time for the first weekend in December, which is always one of the slowest weekends of the year!

But! This year we've got a pretty eclectic group of films, including the much ballyhooed GODZILLA MINUS ONE, the Eddie Murphy Christmas comedy CANDY CANE LANE, John Woo's silent action thriller SILENT NIGHT, and the new thriller starring Thomasin Mackenzie and Anne Hathaway, EILEEN!

Godzilla Minus One - 4:35

Candy Cane Lane - 31:33

Silent Night - 49:45

Eileen - 107:21

Review Round-Up - 1:15:34

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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla 1985" (1985) Dec 01, 2023

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

This week, there's only one thing Godzilla loves more than smashing stuff, and it's a delicious Dr. Pepper! Godzilla returns once again in GODZILLA 1985, the American version of GODZILLA RETURNS with more comic relief, more product placement, and more Raymond Burr!

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Critically Acclaimed #278 | Wish, Napoleon, Saltburn, Maestro, American Symphony, May December, Leo, Do Not Disturb, Good Burger 2 Nov 28, 2023

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We're back from Thanksgiving break and Bibbs's computer is broken again but we're making it work somehow!

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold exhume Disney's WISH, go historical on Ridley Scott's NAPOLEON, get a little... um... salty-burned on Emerald Fennell's SALTBURN, conduct an investigation into Bradley Cooper's MAESTRO, take a seat for the documentary AMERICAN SYMPHONY, go month-to-month for Todd Haynes's MAY DECEMBER, do lizard things for the Adam Sandler animated comedy LEO, get disturbed by DO NOT DISTURB and decide if GOOD BURGER 2 is good, burgery, and/or 2!

Wish - 9:54

Napoleon - 34:20

Saltburn - 48:06

Maestro - 57:50

American Symphony = 1:10:00

May December = 1:15:10

Leo - 1:22:51

Do Not Disturb - 1:33:29

Good Burger 2 - 1:41:53

Review Round-Up - 2:00:14

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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "The Return of Godzilla" (1984) Nov 24, 2023

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

Godzilla took most of a decade off and almost fought the devil, but instead he's back in a reboot that ignores every movie in the series except the original! That's right, David Gordon Green didn't invent that! Godzilla returns in THE RETURN OF GODZILLA!

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The Iron List #47 | The Best Non-Traditional Christmas Movies Ever! Nov 20, 2023

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Because YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST NON-TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER!

It's a cavalcade of Christmas-themed movies that either defy Christmas movie conventions, or are languishing in obscurity while more famous films dominate all the "other" top ten lists!

Find out what Bibbs and Witney picked on this brand-new episode of THE IRON LIST!

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