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Canceled Too Soon #212 | Disney's Fluppy Dogs (1986) May 26, 2021

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One of Disney's first foray into modern TV animation was a failed pilot called FLUPPY DOGS, based on an adorable toy line for children about puppies that are fluffy!

But when the time came to turn FLUPPY DOGS into a show, something happened... something wonderful, but something that also doomed the show completely.

Was DISNEY'S FLUPPY DOGS really... CANCELED TOO SOON? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by author and soap artist M. Lopes da Silva from SaltCatSoap as they uncover the answer!

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Critically Acclaimed #173 | Army of the Dead, Seance, Final Account, Drunk Bus, The Battle of Algiers May 24, 2021

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This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new Zack Snyder epic ARMY OF THE DEAD, the slasher SEANCE, World War II documentary FINAL ACCOUNT, and the coming of age film DRUNK BUS!

Also on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore Gillo Pontecorvo's THE BATTLE FOR ALGIERS, one of the most influential movies ever made, and arguably one of the best!

Army of the Dead - 3:15 Seance - 38:05 Final Account - 46:15 Drunk Bus - 53:45 Review Round-Up - 58:46 The Battle for Algiers - 1:01:32

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Rocky Horror: Episode Zero - The Night of the Hunter May 21, 2021

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Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, and in Season 2, they're using THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW as the starting point!

This week, Bibbs and Witney present THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, the only film ever directed by celebrated actor Charles Laughton, starring Robert Mitchum as a serial killer preacher who's hunting two children in the American south. And it's one of the best movies EVER MADE.

How did THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER influence THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out!

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We've Got Mail #79 | Is Xanadu Underrated?! May 19, 2021

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It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters!

This week, Bibbs and Witney talk about representation in film and television, the original HAIRSPRAY vs. the musical HAIRSPRAY, the film series JOSH KIRBY... THE TIME WARRIOR (for some reason), their favorite TV mini-series, movies that work better when viewed through unexpected angles, a pitch for THE CANCELED TOO SOON MYSTERIES, the cult film DROP DEAD GORGEOUS, why so many films are completely forgotten, and whether the notorious musical dud XANADU is actually underrated!

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Critically Acclaimed #172 | Spiral, Fried Barry, The Woman in the Window, Mainstream, Those Who Wish Me Dead, The Killing of Two Lovers, 13 Assassins May 18, 2021

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This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new releases SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW, FRIED BARRY, THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, MAINSTREAM, THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD and THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS!

And on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore Takashi Miike's gigantic samurai action epic 13 ASSASSINS!

Spiral: From the Book of Saw - 3:32 Fried Barry - 21:38 The Woman in the Window - 28:10 Mainstream - 44:42 Those Who Wish Me Dead - 55:05 The Killing of Two Lovers - 1:05:33 Review Round-Up - 1:10:57 13 Assassins - 1:14:04

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Canceled Too Soon #211 - Drive (2007) May 14, 2021

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From the co-creator of FIREFLY and the co-writer of Pixar's CARS movie came DRIVE, a high-octane action series about an illegal cross-country road race, starring Nathan Fillion, Emma Stone, Dylan Baker, Melanie Lynskey and many, many more!

Fox canceled DRIVE after only four episodes, but was it... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out!

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We've Got Mail #78 | Is Darth Vader the Greatest Original Movie Villain? May 12, 2021

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It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters!

This week, Bibbs and Witney discuss how to find long lost TV shows, which James Bond movie was almost a killer crab movie, what movies they'd show to aliens to introduce the human race, what their film criticism pet peeves are, the difference between raccoons and tanookis, more queer film recommendations, who the greatest original movie villains are, and why one scene in the movie BAD TRIP ruined the whole trip.

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Rocky Horror: Episode Zero - The Karnstein Trilogy (1970-1971) May 11, 2021

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Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, and in Season 2, they're using THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW as the starting point!

This week, Bibbs and Witney present a triple feature: Hammer Horror's THE KARNSTEIN TRILOGY, a trio of queer-themed vampire movies that pushed the boundaries in the early 1970s! There's the celebrated THE VAMPIRE LOVERS, the salacious LUST FOR A VAMPIRE, and the pulpy TWINS OF EVIL!

How did THE KARNSTEIN TRILOGY influence THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out!

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Canceled Too Soon #210 | The Black Donnellys (2007) May 06, 2021

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From the creator of CRASH and MILLION DOLLAR BABY came THE BLACK DONNELLYS, an ambitious tv series about Irish-Amerian brothers punching their way into the world of organized crime!

Was THE BLACK DONNELLYS... Canceled Too Soon? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out!

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We've Got Mail #77 | Is Spielberg a CYNICAL Filmmaker? May 05, 2021

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It's an all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer YOUR letters!

This week, Bibbs and Witney discuss the way American film critics approach international cinema, listen to a serious defense of STAR TREK's Harry Mudd, talk about the way ratings systems injure film criticism, and reconsider the whole career of Steven Spielberg and come to surprising conclusions!

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