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Thank Godzilla, It's Friday! | King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) Jun 30, 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 one of the biggest motion picture match-ups of all time! KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1962), a film that began as a FRANKENSTEIN movie and wound up redefining the GODZILLA series for decades to come. Does this epic throwdown live up to the hype?

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The Iron List #42 | The Best Movie Soundtracks Ever! Jun 27, 2023

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Because YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS EVER!

These aren't the best musical scores or the best musicals, these are the soundtracks consisting of new or pre-existing songs that amplify the film in question, and/or stand on their own as a fantastic album!

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Thank Godzilla, It's Friday! | Mothra (1961) Jun 23, 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, one of Godzilla's greatest enemies and bestest buddies makes her cinematic debut, in a lavish and colorful and musical (!) spectacular! It's MOTHRA, and it's an important milestone in the kaiju canon!

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We've Got Mail #156 | Awesome Action Sequences! Jun 22, 2023

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Bibbs and Witney are answering YOUR emails and talking about their favorite action sequences in interesting locales, the best movie theaters in Los Angeles (and maybe the world), movies with whole scenes they think should've been cut, how STAR TREK cleverly filled a plot hole they previously complained about, and much more!

It's an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL!

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Critically Acclaimed #263 | The Flash, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Extraction 2, Elemental, Asteroid City, Flamin' Hot, Brooklyn 45 Jun 20, 2023

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We're back with reviews of the DCEU swan song THE FLASH, the transforming robot animal saga TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS, the Chris Hemsworth stunt spectacular EXTRACTION 2, the Pixar rom-com ELEMENTAL, the latest Wes Anderson film ASTEROID CITY, Eva Longoria's corporate biopic FLAMIN' HOT, and the Shudder horror drama BROOKLYN 45!

It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

The Flash - 2:52

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts - 36:22

Extraction 2 - 53:16

Elemental - 1:08:33

Asteroid City - 1:24:39

Flamin' Hot - 1:38:17

Brooklyn 45 - 1:51:19

Review Round-Up - 1:58:45

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Thank Godzilla, It's Friday! | Varan, The Unbelievable (1958 & 1962) Jun 16, 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, a TV-movie that got lost along the way, and wound up in theaters! It's VARAN, THE UNBELIEVABLE, about a giant monster that was minding its own business until scientists bothered it, and now those scientists have to kill it dead!

Plus, Bibbs and Witney unpack the very different American version of the film, which adds new characters and new plot points, and only includes about 15 minutes of the original movie!

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We've Got Mail #155 | What Were Our Favorite Comics as Kids? Jun 15, 2023

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Bibbs and Witney are answering YOUR emails and going on rants about their favorite comic books when they were kids, who they'd cast in a Muppet version of the classic dramedy LOCAL HERO, which movies should be remade over and over again for future generations, and the pros and cons of watching a filmography in chronological order!

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Thank Godzilla, It's Friday! | The Mysterians (1957) Jun 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, Ishiro Honda is back with an ambitious sci-fi epic about invading aliens (and their giant robot mole kaiju, Moguera), who wear fancy capes and colorful motorcycle helments, and wield deadly science and threaten to colonize the planet!

It's THE MYSTERIANS!

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We've Got Mail #154 | Great Movies That Disappeared from Streaming Jun 07, 2023

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Bibbs and Witney answer YOUR emails about the difference between great actors who only make great movies and great actors who also make lots of crap, awesome teen queer romances, and cool movies and shows that are no longer streaming for bullcrap reasons!

It's an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL!

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Critically Acclaimed #262 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Boogeyman, Follow Her, Shooting Stars Jun 05, 2023

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Is it true? Is SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE really a masterpiece? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold debate the biggest new animated blockbuster, and also review the new Stephen King adaptation THE BOOGEYMAN, the new thriller FOLLOW HER, and the LeBron James biopic SHOOTING STARS!

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - 2:14

The Boogeyman - 51:39

Follow Her - 1:06:29

Shooting Stars - 1:13:55

Review Round-Up - 1:23:06

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