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Critically Acclaimed #220 | Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Firestarter, Men ,The Sadness, Pleasure, Mondo Cane, The Survivor, George Carlin's American Dream May 23, 2022

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This week on Critically Acclaimed, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Disney comedy CHIP AND DALE: RESCUE RANGERS, the Stephen King remake FIRESTARTER, Alex Garland's horror film MEN, the Shudder exclusive THE SADNESS, the adult entertainment drama PLEASURE, the Italy sci-fi crime drama MONDOCANE, the Barry Levinson WWII boxing drama THE SURVIVOR, and the documentary GEORGE CARLIN'S AMERICAN DREAM!

Top Gunner/The Landmark - 2:23 Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers - 20:53 Firestarter - 37:08 Men - 52:10 The Sadness - 1:03:53 Pleasure - 1:11:13 Mondocane - 1:18:32 The Survivor - 1:26:34 George Carlin's American Dream - 1:38:09 Round-Up - 1:49:20

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Critically Reclaimed #32 | Chungking Express (1994) May 20, 2022

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Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners!

This week on CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney explore the dreamy, romantic, crime-infused world of Wong Kar-wai with his hip 1990s classic CHUNGKING EXPRESS, starring Tony Leung and Takeshi Kineshiro as love-lorn cops who unwittingly have intimate connections with criminals.

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We've Got Mail #121 | How Can We Fix the Ratings System? May 18, 2022

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Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about how we could realistically fix the MPA's motion picture rating system, what equipment we use to record our podcasts, how costume designs evolve over time within long-running franchises, and more!

It's a brand new WE'VE GOT MAIL podcast!

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Canceled Too Soon #227 | TimeCop (1997-1998) May 16, 2022

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The hit sci-fi action thriller starring Jean-Claude Van Damme became an unsuccessful, short-lived primetime TV series! He's a cop and he travels through time... he is TIMECOP!

Was TIMECOP actually... CANCELED TOO SOON? The possibilities were limitless and the cameos are aplenty, so join William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they find out!

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We've Got Mail #120 | Old Fanpersons vs. New Fanpersons May 13, 2022

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Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about the ongoing conflict between old fanpersons and new fan persons, everything we got wrong about cartoons in a previous episode, great films by Billy Wilder and the best stuff that happens to begin with the letter "E!"

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Critically Acclaimed #219 | Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Happening, The Twin, We're All Going to the World's Fair, Marmaduke May 10, 2022

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This week on Critically Acclaimed, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS, the Netflix animated film MARMADUKE, the independent horror movie WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR, the Shudder supernatural thriller THE TWIN, and the incredibly timely French drama HAPPENING!

Marmaduke - 1:22 We're All Going to the World's Fair - 22:40 The Twin - 30:42 - Happening - 37:30 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 50:01 Review Round-Up - 1:39:20

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Canceled Too Soon #226 | The New Adventures of Batman (1977-1978) May 08, 2022

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It's a crossover episode of CANCELED TOO SOON! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review a failed animated series about Batman, Robin, Batgirl and... unfortunately... Bat-Mite!

It's THE NEW ADVENTURES, the latest episode of CANCELED TOO SOON and WHOLLY BATMAN!, our Patreon-exclusive podcast dedicated to all the 1960s live-action Batman episodes and its spin-offs!

How does it tie into the classic satirical series? Was it canceled too soon? And is Bat-Mite really more annoying than Scrappy Doo?

Let's find out!

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Critically Reclaimed #31 | Inkheart (2009) and The Lost City of Z (2016) May 06, 2022

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Welcome to CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold catch up on older movies one or both of them have never seen before, as chosen by YOU, our listeners!

This week on CRITICALLY RECLAIMED, Bibbs and Witney get stuck with a baffling double feature of the failed YA franchise starter INKHEART, starring Brendan Fraser as a dad who can bring books to life, and James Grey's acclaimed colonial exploration biopic THE LOST CITY OF Z! Do they have anything in common?

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We've Got Mail #119 | Our Favorite Hanna-Barbera Cartoons! May 04, 2022

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Bibbs and Witney read emails from listeners who want to talk about Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's classic FANTASTIC FOUR run, our favorite Hanna-Barbera cartoons, the complexities involved in making good movies about bad people, the modern state of "channel surfing," and more classic films that begin with the letter "E"!

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Critically Acclaimed #218 | The Northman, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Pompo the Cinephile, Hatching May 02, 2022

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This week on Critically Acclaimed, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Viking epic THE NORSEMAN, the Nicolas Cage/Pedro Pascal comedy THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT, the anime film POMPO THE CINEPHILE and the new horror movie HATCHING!

The Northman - 6:58 The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - 31:24 Pompo the Cinephile - 48:58 Hatching - 56:45 Review Round-Up - 1:04:12

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