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We've Got Mail #141 | Who Are the Santa Avengers?! Dec 28, 2022

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are answering YOUR emails and responding to even more of your SIGHT AND SOUND polls, as well as debating whether critics are unfairly biased towards certain franchises, and assembling the ultimate team of cinematic Santas!

It's WE'VE GOT MAIL!

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Critically Acclaimed #245 | Babylon, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Glass Onion, Living, The Pale Blue Eye, Women Talking, Wildcat, Matilda the Musical Dec 26, 2022

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We've got reviews of all the big movies releasing at the end of December, including Damien Chazelle's Hollywood epic BABYLON, the animated sequel PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, the all-star murder mystery GLASS ONION, the Aklra Kurosawa remake LIVING, the Edgar Allan Poe mystery THE PALE BLUE EYE, Sarah Polley's dramatic WOMEN TALKING, the documentary WILDCAT, and Netlfix's ROALD DAHL'S MATILDA THE MUSICAL!

It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

Babylon - 3:39

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - 30:19

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - 50:18

Living - 1:04:16

The Pale Blue Eye - 1:16:54

Women Talking - 1:32:08

Wildcat - 1:47:31

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical - 1:59:52

Review Round-Up - 2:15:52

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Critically Acclaimed #244 | Bardo, Avatar: The Way of Water Dec 20, 2022

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Oscar-winning directors with three-hour epics about their cinematic obsessions? We'll take two, please!

This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Alejandro González Iñárritu's BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS and James Cameron's AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER!

Bardo - 2:44

Avatar: The Way of Water - 30:08

Review Round-Up - 1:42:17

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We've Got Mail #140 | Can True Stories Really Be Spoiled? Dec 17, 2022

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Bibbs and Witney answer more of your letters, and talk about what spoilers used to be, what they've become, and whether it's even possible to spoil a true story, since the events are public knowledge.

Plus, a lot more of your SIGHT AND SOUND polls! Keep sending them in!

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Critically Acclaimed #243 | White Noise, The Whale, A Wound Fawn, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Dec 14, 2022

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They still don't have a laptop but nothing can stop William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold from podcasting for long! This week they're reviewing the allegedly unfilmable WHITE NOISE from director Noah Baumbach, Darren Aronofsky's polarizing drama THE WHALE, the Shudder horror movie A WOUNDED FAWN, and the stop-motion animated GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO!

White Noise - 7:15

The Whale - 24:17

A Wounded Fawn - 58:00

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio - 1:14:07

Review Round-Up- 1:43:49

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We've Got Mail #139 | YOUR Sight and Sound Polls! Dec 10, 2022

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The trouble with Disney documentaries, their favorite TALES FROM THE CRYPT episodes, and the first wave of our listeners' picks for THE GREATEST MOVIES EVER MADE!

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR emails in an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL! (If there are any audio issues on this episode we apologize, our primary machine is in the shop and our backup laptop has iffy sound.)

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Critically Acclaimed BONUS: The 2022 Sight and Sound Poll! Dec 03, 2022

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It's finally here! Critics from around the world have chosen the greatest films of all time, and now William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold break down the list, and present what they would have picked if they'd been invited!

It's over three hours of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

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Critically Acclaimed #142 | Strange World, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Devotion, Nanny Nov 29, 2022

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The box office bomb STRANGE WORLD, the MCU standalone THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL, the Korean War epic DEVOTION, and the Sundance horror hit NANNY all need to be reviewed!

Who will review them?! Why, it's William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold, of course! On an all-new episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

Strange World - 2:47

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special - 30:18

Devotion - 56:00

Nanny - 1:05:41

Review Round-Up - 1:13:00

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Critically Acclaimed #141 | The Fabelmans, The Menu, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, My Father's Dragon, Slumberland, Disenchanted, She Said, The Inspection, Bones and All, Falling for Christmas Nov 22, 2022

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Steven Spielberg's THE FABELMANS, the culinary horror comedy THE MENU, the MCU sequel BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, the Netflix animated film MY FATHER'S DRAGON, the Netflix fantasy SLUMBERLAND, the DIsney Plus sequel DISENCHANTED, the investigative journalism drama SHE SAID, the gay military drama THE INSPECTION, the cannibalism romance BONES AND ALL, and Lindsay Lohan's holiday rom-com FALLING FOR CHRISTMAS!

Those are all films William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing on this week's CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED podcast!

The Fabelmans - 4:03

The Menu - 32:04

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - 46:24

My Father's Dragon - 1:06:12

Slumberland - 1:16:26

Disenchanted - 1:35:44

She Said - 1:49:42

The Inspection - 2:00:35

Bones and All - 2:06:42

Falling for Christmas - 2:13:28

Review Round-Up - 2:26:19

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We've Got Mail #138 | Let's Talk About the Letterboxd Top 250! Nov 19, 2022

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Is the list of the best reviewed films on Letterboxd the best "best of" list on the internet? Where would Bibbs and Witney go if they could afford a movie adventure? And what time travel movies did they egregiously miss on the latest Iron List?

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

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