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Critically Acclaimed #349 | Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Hamnet, Zootopia 2, Jingle Bell Heist Dec 01, 2025

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Bibbs and Witney review Rian Johnson's latest all-star whodunnit WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, Chloé Zhao's historical weepy HAMNET, Disney's animated sequel ZOOTOPIA 2, and the Netflix holiday rom-com/crime caper hybrid JINGLE BELL HEIST!

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The Iron List #71 | The Coziest Movies Ever Made! Nov 28, 2025

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Because our patronsdemanded it, Bibbs and Witney are back with their picks for THE COZIEST MOVIES EVER MADE!

But what, pray tell, makes a movie "cozy?" It's not a well-defined genre, and as much as warm hearths and fuzzy sweaters seem to define the vibe, there's more to coziness than creature comforts.

Bibbs and Witney (and especially Witney) push the boundaries of what "cozy" really means, as they come up with their own Top Ten lists on... THE IRON LIST!

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Critically Acclaimed #348 | Wicked: For Good, Rental Family, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Sisu: Road to Revenge, Champagne Problems Nov 25, 2025

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Bibbs and Witney review WICKED: FOR GOOD, the Brendan Fraser drama RENTAL FAMILY, the Eurospy throwback REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, the action sequel SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE and the Netflix rom-com CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS!

(UPDATE: It has come to our attention that we accidentally misgendered filmmaker Hikari in this episode. We apologize for this extreme oversight and we will not make this mistake in the future.)

Wicked: For Good - 2:00

Rental Family - 32:00

Reflection in a Dead Diamond - 43:15

Sisu: Road to Revenge - 55:55

Champagne Problems - 1:06:20

Review Round-Up - 1:14:55

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Critically Acclaimed #347 | The Running Man, Now You See Me: Now You Don't, Nouvelle Vague, Arco, Lesbian Space Princess, Keeper, The Carpenter's Son, A Very Jonas Christmas Movie, A Merry Little Ex-Mas Nov 18, 2025

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Bibbs and Witney review a great big pile o' new releases, including Edgar Wright's Stephen King adaptation THE RUNNING MAN, the magic heist threequel NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T, Richard Linklater's ode to Jean-Luc Godard (and Godard's ego) NOUVELLE VAGUE, the French animated time travel story ARCO, the Australian animated lesbian space princess story LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS, Osgood Perkins' cabin in the woods thriller KEEPER, the biblical Nicolas Cage horror movie THE CARPENTER'S SON, the Jonas Brothers Christmas movie A VERY JONAS CHRISTMAS MOVIE, and the Alicia Silverstone Christmas movie A MERRY LITTLE EX-MAS!

The Running Man - 9:55

Now You See Me: Now You Don't - 36:30

Nouvelle Vague - 47:18

Arco - 1:00:48

Lesbian Space Princess - 1:14:26

Keeper - 1:24:50

The Carpenter's Son - 1:39:10

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie - 1:48:48

A Merry Little Ex-Mas - 1:57:13

Review Round-Up - 2:05:33

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Critically Acclaimed #346 | Predator: Badlands, Sentimental Value, Bugonia, Nuremberg, Die My Love, Ballad of a Small Player, In Your Dreams, Christy Nov 10, 2025

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Bibbs and Witney review the new sci-fi sequel PREDATOR: BADLANDS, the new international ensemble drama SENTIMENTAL VALUE, Yorgos Lanthimos' kidnapping thriller BUGONIA, the historical legal drama NUREMBERG, Lynne Ramsay's latest DIE MY LOVE, Colin Farrell's gambling woes in BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER, the Netflix animated kids flick IN YOUR DREAMS, and the Sydney Sweeney boxing biopic CHRISTY!

Predator: Badlands - 5:55 Sentimental Value - 33:53 Bugonia - 47:35 Nuremberg - 58:18 Die, My Love - 1:08:10 Ballad of a Small Player - 1:22:23 In Your Dreams - 1:35:07 Christy - 1:41:41 Review Round-Up - 1:55:45

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We've Got Mail #187 | OMG, Heathcliff Knows Who We Are! Nov 01, 2025

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Bibbs and Witney are back and answering YOUR letters and emails about Siskel and Ebert, UCLA Film School, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, and yes, even Heathcliff! The cat! Really It's a whole, cool thing!

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The All-Nighter | Halloween 2025 Movie Marathons! Oct 29, 2025

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Bibbs and Witney love movie marathons, and they've each programmed an awesome all-nighter for Halloween 2025!

Welcome to THE ALL-NIGHTER, a new thing we're trying! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold each concoct their own perfect all-night movie marathon, with movies and shorts and TV episodes designed to give you the ultimate holiday experience, starting with a scary movie creeptacular for Halloween!

Who came up with the best all-night Halloween movie night? You'll have to let us know!

If you like this podcast, let us know! It won't be a regular weekly or bi-weekly staple at the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK, but we might do more episodes for special holidays and other popular observances and anniversaries.

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Critically Acclaimed #345 | Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Black Phone 2, Shelby Oaks, A House of Dynamite, The Twits, Chainsaw Man - THe Movie: Reze Arc, Hedda, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Queens of the Dead Oct 27, 2025

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Bibbs and Witney review Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN, Scott Derrickson’s supernatural sequel BLACK PHONE 2, film critic Chris Stuckmann’s directorial debut SHELBY OAKS, Kathryn Bigelow's nuclear thriller A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE, Netflix’s animated Roald Dahl adaptation THE TWITS, the hit anime film CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE: REZE ARC, Nia DaCosta’s updated Henrik Ibsen adaptation HEDDA, Michelle Garza Cervera’s remake of THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, and Tina Romero’s queer zombie comedy QUEENS OF THE DEAD!

Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein - 6:45

Black Phone 2 - 34:20

Shelby Oaks - 48:28

A House of Dynamite - 1:04:35

The Twits - 1:21:20

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc - 1:38:13

Hedda - 1:50:10

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle - 1:59:55

Queens of the Dead - 2:10:18

Review Round-Up - 2:18:16

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This Ain't No Game #2 | Star Trek: The Golden Trivia Game (1985) Oct 23, 2025

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The podcast where Bibbs and Witney track down and play retro movie and television tabletop games on the air is back! We got a lot of positive feedback about THIS AIN'T NO GAME, so we're keeping it around a while.

This time they go head to head in STAR TREK: THE GOLDEN TRIVIA GAME, released in 1985, covering the entire original series and the first three movies! And we gotta warn you, these questions are HARD.

Listen up as Bibbs and Witney suffer one ignominious failure after another, and find out if Witney can continue his winning streak, after he obliterated Bibbs last episode, in TRIVIAL PURSUIT: SILVER SCREEN EDITION!

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The Iron List #70 | The Best Vampire Movies Ever! Oct 20, 2025

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Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST VAMPIRE MOVIES! Like, EVER!

Friends, there are SO MANY vampire movies, it's ridiculous. But between them, Bibbs and Witney manage to take a hefty bite out of the genre, by presenting the very best of the on THE IRON LIST!

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