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My Dinner With My Dinner With Andre (with The Movie Guys!) Feb 14, 2021

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are inviting fascinating people to watch MY DINNER WITH ANDRE, a film about fascinating people having a conversation, and have their own conversation about it!

This week's guests are Paul Preston and Adam Witt from THE MOVIE GUYS, two of the funniest movie commentators in the business, whose video STAR WARS: A PLAY-BY-PLAY COMMENTARY is one of Bibbs's favorites. Follow them on Twitter at @TheMovieGuys, @PPrestonLA and @Adam_Witt!

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Your Critically Acclaimed | Black Lightning & Sunshine on Leith Feb 13, 2021

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This week it's a special double feature of films that aren't well known in America: the Russian superhero blockbuster BLACK LIGHTNING, and the Scottish jukebox musical SUNSHINE ON LEITH, featuring songs by The Proclaimers!

Do these films deserve a bigger overseas audience? Bibbs and Witney are about to find out!

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We've Got Mail #66 | Do We ACTUALLY Miss Blockbuster Video? Feb 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 talk about why we need to rethink the way talk about art for older demographics, which Muppets they'd like to puppeteer, the difference (if there is one) between "film criticism" and "film reviews," and why maybe we shouldn't get too nostalgic over Blockbuster Video!

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Canceled Too Soon #204 | Utopia (2020) Feb 10, 2021

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Our annual SUDDENLY LAST SEASON event continues! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are exploring some of the biggest shows that lasted only one season (or less) within the last year on CANCELED TOO SOON!

This week, it's UTOPIA! This Amazon Prime series, based on a cult British TV show, tells the story of conspiracy fanatics who track down a rare comic book that predicts the future of viral outbreaks, on the eve of a global pandemic! The timing... may have been bad on this one.

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out if UTOPIA was... CANCELED TOO SOON!

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Critically Acclaimed #161 | Hal Holbrook, Christopher Plummer, Malcolm and Marie, Earwig and the Witch, A Glitch in the Matrix, Searching for Bobby Fischer Feb 08, 2021

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We're saying goodbye to MORE legends and saying hello to some REALLY mixed bag films on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

This week, William Bibbiani and Witney review the new releases MALCOLM AND MARIE, EARWIG AND THE WITCH and A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX!

Also this week, on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney review Bibbs's favorite movie... SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER!

But first, they must say goodbye to two more dearly departed acting titans: HAL HOLBROOK and CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER!

Hal Holbrook - 3:10 Christopher Plummer - 12:36 Malcolm and Marie - 27:31 Earwig and the Witch - 45:25 A Glitch in the Matrix - 1:02:29 Review Rundown - 1:16:07 Searching for Bobby Fischer - 1:19:05

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Rocky Horror: Episode Zero - Rope (1948) Feb 07, 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 get tied up with Alfred Hitchcock's ROPE! The innovative suspense thriller about two young, queer-coded men who decide to commit the perfect murder was filmed to look like one, long, continuous take, and tackles difficult philosophical concepts while also just being a heck of a lot of fun! And wouldn't you know it, it plays suspiciously like a certain ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW dinner scene...

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We've Got Mail #65 | What Hitchcock Film Should You Start With? Feb 04, 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 what film you should watch first if you're just starting out with Alfred Hitchcock, advice for the mid-20s, older movies our listeners discovered for the first time in 2020, the anxiety that comes with realizing you can't see every film, and the impact of SCORPIO RISING on the heavy metal music scene!

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Critically Acclaimed #160 | Cloris Leachman, Cicely Tyson, The Little Things, The Queen of Black Magic, Palmer, The Stunt Man Feb 01, 2021

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We're saying goodbye to legends and saying hello to some mixed bag films on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

William Bibbiani and Witney are back and reviewing the new releases THE LITTLE THINGS, THE QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC and PALMER!

And this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney get meta in the Oscar-nominated cult classic THE STUNT MAN!

But first, they must say goodbye to some dearly departed acting titans: CICELY TYSON and CLORIS LEACHMAN!

Cloris Leachman - 4:45 Cicely Tyson - 13:41 The Little Things - 18:47 The Queen of Black Magic - 42:44 Palmer - 53:15 Review Rundown - 1:02:02 The Stunt Man - 1:04:35

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Rocky Horror: Episode Zero - It Came From Outer Space (1953) Jan 30, 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 find out if IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE! Jack Arnold's sci-fi classic tells the story of an alien spacecraft that crashelands outside a small town in the desert, but are they here to take over the planet, or do they not give darn about humanity whatsoever? Big ideas, amazing visual effects!

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We've Got Mail #64 | Weird Things We Believed as Kids! Jan 29, 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 how important it is for Americans to watch international TV, the WEIRD things they believed as kids, strange head canons for CATS, how Hollywood tackled the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how natural it is to grow out of a subculture!

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