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Critically Acclaimed #138 | Project Power, Sputnik, The Bay of Silence, Endless, Cool Runnings Aug 17, 2020

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CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED is chock full of movies this week!

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Netflix's new Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Jamie Foxx superhero movie PROJECT POWER, the Russian sci-fi/monster movie SPUTNIK, the thriller THE BAY OF SILENCE, and the supernatural teen romance ENDLESS!

Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs revisits the Disney classic COOL RUNNINGS and Witney watches it for the very first time!

Project Power - 3:52 Sputnik - 28:00 The Bay of Silence - 40:11 Endless - 47:28 Cool Runnings - 1:09:38

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Canceled Too Soon #196 | High School of the Dead (2010) Aug 16, 2020

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ANIME MONTH continues with a series about teenagers fighting off the zombie apocalypse using all the ultra-violence at their disposal, and a heck of a lot of fan service!

Was HIGH SCHOOL OF THE DEAD nothing but mindless sex and violence, or is it a clever meta-commentary about western storytelling? And was it... CANCELED TOO SOON?

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are joined by author/illustrator M. Lopes da Silva for a scintillating conversation about the anime medium, the zombie apocalypse genre and more!

Follow M. Lopes da Silva on Twitter at @_MLopesdaSilva and on Instagram at @Au thorMLopesdaSilva, and be sure to check out her upcoming queer, feminist, pro-sex work, vigilante vs. slasher novel HOOKER when it comes out in October!

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My Dinner With My Dinner With Andre (With First Cut!) Aug 13, 2020

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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 Robert Butler III, Sabrina Ramirez, and Andres Cabrera from FIRST CUT and THE MEANING OF podcast! Subscribe to their YouTube Channel and follow them on Twitter at @FirstCutTMO, @DirectorRB3, @SabrinaxMonica and @SquadLeaderAce!

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We've Got Mail #41 | What Are Our Favorite Bands...? Aug 12, 2020

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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 the best horror anthologies on television, the legacy of HEAVEN'S GATE, directors whose films got worse over time, what happens when you find out your favorite part of a movie was an accident or a placeholder, our favorite bands, and why it's important to step aside from the zeitgeist and find out what you REALLY like!

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Critically Acclaimed #137 | Paramount, An American Pickle, The Secret Garden, Work It, Out Stealing Horses, She Dies Tomorrow, The Burnt Orange Heresy, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Aug 10, 2020

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CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED is overflowing with movies this week!

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold ponder the ramifications of undoing the Paramount decision - potentially opening the door to studios buying movie theaters and developing monopolies - and review the new Seth Rogen comedy AN AMERICAN PICKLE, the latest adaptation of THE SECRET GARDEN, the Netflix dance film WORK IT, the Norwegian drama OUT STEALING HORSES, Amy Seimetz's psychological horror film SHE DIES TOMORROW, and the art heist film THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY.

Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore William Greaves' experimental documentary SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM, about the making of the making of a movie, and it's decades-later experimental sequel!

Paramount Decision - 2:13 An American Pickle - 22:41 The Secret Garden - 39:07 Work It - 45:28 Out Stealing Horses - 55:26 She Dies Tomorrow - 1:01:44 The Burnt Orange Heresy - 1:12:35 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm - 1:26:22

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Canceled Too Soon #195 | The Devil is a Part-Timer! (2013) Aug 09, 2020

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Satan has conquered worlds and vanquished armies, but can he sell more fries than anyone else at McDonalds?

That's the plot of the anime series THE DEVIL IS A PART-TIMER, the first installment of our long-awaited ANIME MONTH! Was this wacky series, which combines elements of the situational comedy and episodic fantasy... CANCELED TOO SOON? William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are about to find out!

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Star Wars: Episode Zero - Metropolis! Aug 06, 2020

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Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are working backwards through film history, using STAR WARS as the starting point!

This week on EPISODE ZERO they move into Fritz Lang's silent masterpiece METROPOLIS, which envisioned an unthinkable future full of class warfare, income disparity, unchecked industrialism, and corrupt capitalists running the government. In addition to its influential imagery of gigantic supercities, METROPOLIS also laid the foundation for every movie about robots - or, yes, even droids - that followed!

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We've Got Mail #40 | Do You Need Context to Watch Classic Movies? Aug 04, 2020

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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 the DVD boxed sets that got away from them, movies that have been ruined by bad editing, our worst movie theater experiences, whether classic movies need context to play today, our favorite movie scenes, and the difference (if there is one) between shocks and scares in horror movies!

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Critically Acclaimed #136 | Wilford Brimley, Host, Black is King, The Fight, Summerland, The Secret: Dare to Dream, I Married a Witch Aug 03, 2020

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CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED is bursting with cinema this week!

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold say goodbye to the late, great Wilford Brimley and review Shudder's new supernatural/found footage/COVID-19 horror film HOST, Beyonce's Disney Plus visual concept album BLACK IS KING, the ACLU documentary THE FIGHT, Jessica Swale's World War II drama SUMMERLAND, and Katie Holmes learning the secret to life and love in THE SECRET: DARE TO DREAM!

Also this week on THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED STREAMING CLUB, Bibbs and Witney explore René Clair's witty, stylish, romantic and weird I MARRIED A WITCH, starring Veronica Lake as a witch who accidentally falls in love with a man she's cursed!

Wilford Brimley - 3:19 Host - 16:39 Black is King - 33:04 The Fight - 45:40 Summerland - 53:34 The Secret: Dare to Dream - 59:50 I Married a Witch - 1:17:21

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Your Critically Acclaimed | The Best and Worst of Our Physical Media Collections Aug 01, 2020

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[Note: This episode was reposted due to a missing audio track, which has been fixed. Also, due to tech issues, the audio quality in this episode is lower than usual.]

Our Patrons have the power to sponsor an episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED of their choice, and we're calling it YOUR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

In this episode, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold have been asked to present the physical media releases that they are extremely proud to own, and also the ones that they cannot believe are part of their collections... in the bad way.

PLUS: This episode is co-hosted by our Patreon sponsor!

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