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Canceled Too Soon #242 | Anonymous Rex (2004) Oct 19, 2023

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SCARYTOBER continues with a failed TV pilot from the director of KINKY BOOTS, the co-writer of one of the best STAR TREK episodes ever, and what the heck, let's throw Faye Dunaway in there too!

It's ANONYMOUS REX, and it's about a velociraptor private detective investigating a murder mystery in a world where dinosaurs didn't go extinct, but did go into hiding, and are impersonating humans using holograms!

Was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out!

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The Iron List #46 | The Best Sci-Fi Horror Movies Ever! Oct 17, 2023

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Because our patronsdemanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST SCI-FI HORROR MOVIES EVER MADE!

Monsters! Mad scientists! Math! Everything that could possibly scare you about science run amok awaits in the latest episode of THE IRON LIST!

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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Hedorah" (1971) Oct 13, 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, Godzilla fights a monster made out of human waste and toxic waste, in the very strange and very gross GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH, a.k.a. GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER!

We know we say this every week but this very well might be the weirdest movie we've reviewed on THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! Again! Really!

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Canceled Too Soon #241 | House of Wax, aka Chamber of Horrors (1966) Oct 10, 2023

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We found a failed pilot based on the blockbuster horror movie HOUSE OF WAX that was too intense for audiences in the 1960s, and got sent to theaters with a brand new gimmick, a brand new title (CHAMBER OF HORRORS) and - for some reason - a completely unnecessary cameo from Tony Curtis!

Was this surprisingly violent detective series... CANCELED TOO SOON?

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out, as SCARYTOBER continues!

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Critically Acclaimed #275 | The Exorcist: Believer, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, The Creator, Saw X, Foe, Totally Killer, When Evil Lurks, Dicks: The Musical, Wes Anderson's Roald Dahl Shorts Oct 09, 2023

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It's a veritable extravaganza of new movie reviews!

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review David Gordon Green's THE EXORCIST: THE BELIEVER, as well as the final film from the director of The Exorcist, THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL!

Plus, reviews of the sci-fi film THE CREATOR, the horror sequel SAW X, the sci-fi drama FOE, the horror time travel comedy TOTALLY KILLER, the brutally violent WHEN EVIL LURKS, the raunchy DICKS: THE MUSICAL, and all four of Wes Anderson's new Roald Dahl short films: THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR, POISON, THE SWAN and THE RAT CATCHER!

It's another epic episode of film reviews, and it's AD-FREE just for patrons!

The Exorcist: Believer - 2:43

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial - 35:24

The Creator - 48:26

Saw X - 1:01:50

Foe - 1:23:45

Totally Killer - 1:32:53

When Evil Lurks - 1:44:52

Dicks: The Musical - 1:53:48

Wes Anderson's Roald Dahl Shorts - 2:04:05

Review Round-Up - 2:28:00

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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Space Amoeba" (1970) Oct 06, 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, an amoeba from space transforms a cuttlefish, a crab and a turtle into giant monsters, in a film somewhat fittingly titled SPACE AMOEBA!

It's got some of the best visual effects we've seen so far on the THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY podcast... but is it also one of the worst films?

You're about to find out!

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Canceled Too Soon #240 | Ed Wood's Portraits of Terror, aka Final Curtain (1957) Oct 03, 2023

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We're bringing CANCELED TOO SOON back for the Halloween season, with a month-long event we call SCARYTOBER!

First up, a failed pilot for a horror anthology series written and directed by Ed Wood, about an actor looking at things in a theater after dark! It's an episode called FINAL CURTAIN, in what would have been a show entitled PORTRAITS OF TERROR!

Ed Wood has been called the worst director of all time, so why, dear listeners, do William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold spend so much time comparing his work to Alain Resnais and Ingmar Bergman? And was his failed pilot... CANCELED TOO SOON?

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THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "All Monsters Attack" (1969) Sep 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!

This week, it's a film most GODZILLA fans hate, but a film that GODZILLA creator Ishiro Honda loved. And we're going to have one heck of a time deciding if it's the worst film in the series, the most interesting film in the series, or both!

It's the anti-bullying coming of age drama ALL MONSTERS ATTACK, which happens to have monsters in it, in an all-new episode of THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY!

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The Iron List #45 | The Best Single Location Movies Ever! Sep 27, 2023

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Because our patrons demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST SINGLE LOCATION MOVIES EVER!

These are the movies that take place in a place that's so confining, it created a challenge for the filmmakers. And these are the films where the filmmakers overcame those challenges!

We've got thrillers, comedies, dramas, sci-fi and horror movie recommendations awaiting you in this month's episode of THE IRON LIST!

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Critically Acclaimed #274 | A Haunting in Venice, Expend4bles, No One WIll Save You, Cassandro, A Million Miles Away, Dumb Money, El Conde, Rotting in the Sun Sep 25, 2023

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It's must be Oscar season, because the biopics are descending!

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the murder mystery A HAUNTING IN VENICE, the macho actionfest EXPEND4BLES, the sci-fi horror film NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU, the biopics CASSANDRO and A MILLION MILES AWAY and DUMB MONEY and EL CONDE, and the quasi-biopic queer noir ROTTING IN THE SUN!

A Haunting in Venice - 3:14

Expend4bles - 29:28

No One Will Save You - 56:45

Cassandro - 1:09:00

A Million Miles Away - 1:20:10

Dumb Money - 1:28:15

El Conde - 1:43:35

Rotting in the Sun - 1:51:57

Review Round-Up - 2:00:35

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