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Critically Acclaimed #101 - Terminator: Dark Fate, The Irishman, Earthquake Bird, Arctic Dogs, American Dharma and Christmas Scavenger Hunt! Nov 04, 2019

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It's a HUGE week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! We've got an overview of the TERMINATOR franchise, leading up to a review of TERMINATOR: DARK FATE, and an in-depth review of Martin Scorsese's ambitious gangster epic THE IRISHMAN!

Plus, we've got reviews of the Netflix murder mystery EARTHQUAKE BIRD, the family-friendly talking animal animated movie ARCTIC DOGS, and - because YOU demanded it - the return of our HALLMARK CHRISTMAS reviews, starting with the aptly titled CHRISTMAS SCAVENGER HUNT!

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We've Got Mail #3 - Is Darth Vader Redeemable and Horror Movies for Adults Oct 30, 2019

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You took the time to write us, so we're taking the time to listen!

This week on the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NETWORK's weekly podcast WE'VE GOT MAIL, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer questions about how Darth Vader could ever be redeemed, why mature horror films don't get written about, why film critics get abusive comments, ambitious films that didn't quite hit the mark and more!

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Critically Acclaimed #100 - Dolemite is My Name, Countdown, Girl on the Third Floor, The Gallows Act II and Making Waves Oct 29, 2019

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Eddie Murphy is back and in top form with DOLEMITE IS MY NAME, a brand new biopic about comedy trailblazer Rudy Ray Moore and the production of his blaxploitation classic! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review that new biopic and MAKING WAVES: THE ART OF CINEMATIC SOUND, a new documentary about motion picture sound design!

And if that's not enough for all you movie lovers, Bibbs and Witney also a review a bunch of new horror movies, just in time for Halloween. Get ready for reviews of COUNTDOWN, GIRL ON THE THIRD FLOOR and THE GALLOWS ACT II!

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Canceled Too Soon #168 - Tremors: The Series (2003) Oct 26, 2019

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The cult monster movie classic TREMORS spawned five straight-to-video sequels and, over a decade later, its own SYFY tv series! But how the heck do you turn a movie about folks stranded in the desert with underground sonar monster worms into an episodic TV show?

The answer... may surprise you. But what we really want to know is, was TREMORS: THE SERIES canceled too soon?! Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold dig into the mythology of the underground hit and reveal why they love this franchise, and whether TREMORS: THE SERIES is worth exhuming.

GHASTLYTOBER continues!

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Critically Acclaimed #99 - Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Zombieland: Double Tap, Jojo Rabbit, The Lighthouse and Eli! Oct 21, 2019

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Disney made a sequel to MALEFICENT... for some reason... and it's called MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL! And it's really dumb! Bibbs and Witney review this blockbuster dud on an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, as well as the all-star horror sequel ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP and the new Netflix haunted hospital movie ELI!

Plus, Bibbs and Witney review two of the most anticipated arthouse movies of the season: Taika Waititi's Nazi comedy JOJO RABBIT, and Robert Eggers' sanity-jangling THE LIGHTHOUSE! Are they really two of the best movies of the year?

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Canceled Too Soon #167 - Jekyll (2007) Oct 19, 2019

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Before Stephen Moffat updated Sherlock Holmes for the 21st century, in the megahit BBC series SHERLOCK, he went back in time and brought back a monster. JEKYLL stars James Nesbitt (THE HOBBIT) as Dr. Tom Jackman, a mild-mannered scientist who keeps transforming into an amoral, violent and uncontrollable new personality.

But there's more to the story than meets the eye, and more than you'd ever find in the book!

JEKYLL lasted only one season, six short episodes, but although Moffat claims to have written a second season that never came to fruition. Was the series... CANCELED TOO SOON?

Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold will find out in an all-new episode of the podcast, as our GHASTLYTOBER continues!

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We've Got Mail Episode 2 - Why Aren't Film Critics Objective? Can High Frame Rates Work? Is Joker Brilliant? Oct 17, 2019

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You have burning questions and we've got burning answers! In this week's episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold tackle the misunderstood concept of objectivity in film criticism, come up with new ways for filmmakers to use high frame rates, reflect on their favorite movies that became musicals that became movies again, and consider the very real possibility that they were completely wrong about JOKER!

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Canceled Too Soon #166 - Mockingbird Lane (2012) Oct 16, 2019

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Everyone's second-favorite 1960s sitcom about a family of monsters living in suburbia got an all-star reboot with 2012's MOCKINGBIRD LANE! This reimagining of THE MUNSTERS stems from HANNIBAL producer Bryan Fuller, and stars Jerry O'Connell, Portia De Rossi, Charity Wakefield and Eddie Izzard as creepy creatures trying to live inconspicuously in polite society, while also occasionally killing some people.

It's creepy, it's kooky, but it's ain't THE ADDAMS FAMILY. It's the Munsters all over again, and it may very well have been CANCELED TOO SOON. Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold exhume this notorious failed pilot to determine if MOCKINGBIRD LANE deserved to buried alive in foul earth of pop culture history, or whether it's worthy of resurrection.

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Critically Acclaimed #98 | The Addams Family, Gemini Man, Parasite and Robert Forster Oct 14, 2019

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They're creepy and they're kooky, but are they altogether ooky? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold visit the brand new animated version of THE ADDAMS FAMILY in the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, and also review the new releases PARASITE, MARY, GEMINI MAN and HIGH STRUNG FREE DANCE!

Plus, Bibbs and Witney bid a fond farewell to one of the great character actors, Oscar nominee Robert Forster.

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We've Got Mail #1 - Joker, Mental Health and Bad Movie Subtitles! Oct 12, 2019

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It's a brand new podcast on the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED network, and this one is all yours! WE'VE GOT MAIL is the podcast where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold answer your emails, and in this debut episode they tackle everything from mental health in movies, to bad movie subtitles, to how they'd recast CASABLANCA, to whether JOKER is the worst movie of the year!

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