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Witney Seibold is back with [checks notes] NINE movie reviews?! Dear god, and that's AFTER we split the episode in half?!

Bibbs and Witney talk about the documentary everyone's talking about (and try not to spoil it), YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, as well as the killer spider comedy CRAWLERS, Ben Affleck's suspiciously familiar Netflix kidnapping "thriller" ANIMALS, the low-ambition ensemble action comedy MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE, the cannibal racket-based sports movie BLOODY TENNIS, the Netflix arthouse volcano cult fame comedy SACRFICE, Christian Mungiu's award-winning drama FJORD, the biopic of Anna Nicole Smith's physician TRUST ME, I'M A DOCTOR...

On the first new episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critic Katie Walsh joins William Bibbiani review the kaleidoscopic video game adaptation STREET FIGHTER, the stomach-churning aquatic thriller WHALEFALL, the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's romance SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, Aaron Sorkin's long-awaited second Mark Zuckerberg drama THE SOCIAL RECKONING, and the sumptuous biopic TENZING!

Follow Katie Walsh on BlueSky and Letterboxd and Rotten Tomatoes, and come back later this week for reviews of YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, WILDWOOD, ANIMALS, MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE and more when Witney Seibold returns to the show!

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Our new interview podcast is back with an all-new episode, with our special guest: award-winning director Georgia Oakley!

Georgia Oakley directed the acclaimed 2022 drama BLUE JEAN, the winner of four British Independent Film Awards. Her latest movie, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, is in theaters this weekend.

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY is the latest adaptation of Jane Austen's beloved 1811 romance, previously adapted by Ang Lee and Emma Thompson in 1995. Oakley's film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles as Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, two sisters with different temperaments navigating a repressive, sexist culture in their search of love and h...

Bibbs and Witney are reading YOUR emails in an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL!

This time we've got a marathon of movies that almost got made, but didn't! Plus, how the movie studios are selling nostalgia to children who shouldn't have any yet, which movies famous directors should remake, and much, much more!

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise's box office disaster DIGGER, a Colleen Hoover adaptation starring Anne Hathaway, Josh Hartnett and Josh Hartnett called VERITY, and the killer snake movie BEWARE BOIúNA!

Yup! Only three movies this time. We'll try harder next week!

Digger - 2:48

Verity - 51:20

Beware Boiúna - 1:05:53

Review Round-Up - 1:19:15

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Bibbs and Witney review Zach Cregger's RESIDENT EVIL, the Robert Pattinson reality TV movie PRIMETIME, the Japanese ghost story NEVER AFTER DARK, Brad Pitt takes his doggy walkies in HEART OF THE BEAST, the animated and already overlooked FORGOTTEN ISLAND, the Reylo romance THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS, the Aardman sequel SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE BEAST OF MOSSY BOTTOM, and the Netflix true crime thriller UNABOMBER!

Resident Evil - 3:30

Primetime - 28:40

Never After Dark - 43:44

Heart of the Beast - 57:27

Forgotten Island - 1:13:20

Best of the Best - 1:29:18

Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best films starring principle and recurring cast members from every STAR TREK television series!

Yes, it's THE BEST STAR TREK ALUMNI MOVIES EVER! Will STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION dominate the top ten lists thanks to cinema luminaries like Patrick Stewart and Wil Wheaton, or will an unexpected series like VOYAGER or DISCOVERY swoop in and blow your minds?

Find out in an all-new, nearly three hour IRON LIST podcast!

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Bibbs and Witney talk about the best summertime movies ever made, the one-person cult of ONLY GOD FORGIVES, the movies they've seen the most times in theaters, the logistics of pre-gaming a new movie (studying-wise), whether critics should avoid watching movies while inebriated, and more!

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Bibbs and Witney review the new legacy sequel PRACTICAL MAGIC 2, the correct sci-fi/action epic HOPE, Paul Greengrass's medieval rebellion film THE UPRISING, the illuminating documentary BLACK ZOMBIE, the Alan Ritchson/Owen Wilson action-comedy RUNNER, and the problematic Zachary Levi/Liam Neeson thriller THE FIX!

Practical Magic 2 - 5:10

Hope - 25:15

The Uprising - 42:45

Black Zombie - 57:20

Runner - 1:12:00

The Fix - 1:21:15

Review Round-Up - 1:34:10

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Our new interview podcast is here!

Every episode of FIVE MOVIES WITH will feature an interview with an artist, talking about five films that specifically influenced their work!

In the debut episode we interview Kate Stayman-London, the author of the best-selling romance novels ONE TO WATCH and FANG FICTION. Her new novel SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY is an enemies-to-lovers love story set against the backdrop of democratic political campaigns. And don't worry... there are NO Republicans!

So get ready to learn all about Kate Stayman-London's creative process, through the lens of the five...

Bibbs and Witney review Adam Wingard's new low-budget, violent genre mash-up ONSLAUGHT, the Gal Gadot jogging thriller THE RUNNER, the acrophobic sequel FALL 2: DEADPOINT, and the high-concept historical drama thriller BY ANY MEANS!

Onslaught - 1:54

The Runner - 29:25

Fall 2: Deadpoint - 57:20

By Any Means - 1:13:58

Review Round-Up - 1:30:30 

It's finally here! A new bi-weekly Patreon-exclusive podcast for $5/month members, but the first episode is for everyone!

Our new series is EPISODE P, where William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the pilot episodes for long-running TV shows they've never seen before. We don't know what's coming, we only know what the pilot episode promises, and you can either join us in our speculation or shout at us if you've seen the show and know when our predictions for the series are totally wrong.

In the pilot episode for...

We've got reviews of the long-awaited comedy COYOTE VS. ACME, Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic THE DOG STARS, the Netflix serial killer thriller THE WHISPER MAN, the Netflix amnesia thriller THE SECRET WOMAN, the Jason Statham actioner MUTINY, the Exorcist II documentary BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL, the horror sequel INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER, the low-budget existentialist horror IT ENDS, the kids tv-themed horror movie BUDDY, the raunchy comedy SPA WEEKEND, and Joe Swanberg's relationship drama THE SUN NEVER SETS!

Coyote vs. Acme - 2:45

The Dog Stars - 41:45

The Whisper Man - 58:30 <...

Bibbs and Witney are back and answering YOUR letters in an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL!

Are influencers and critics doing the same job? What are the best movie soundtracks of the 1990s? And are the Looney Tunes secretly bleak as hell? We're about to find out!

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Because our patrons asked for it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST MOVIE VILLAINS EVER!

It's over THREE HOURS of in-depth podcasting, with our host's individual picks for the worst a-holes to ever (dis)grace the silver screen!

Comic book supervillains, epic monsters, animated goofballs and some of the most disturbing individuals ever conceived by the human mind await you in this month's episode of THE IRON LIST.

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Bibbs and Witney review the new dinosaurs in suburbia thriller THE END OF OAK STREET, the kids movie about privatizing public works (and dinosaurs) PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE, the Kristen Stewrat/Alia Shawkat stoner comedy THE WRONG GIRLS, the Green Day-inspired road trip movie NIMRODS, the Matthew McConaughey bluegrass musical neo-western revenge crime beekeeping drama THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING, the Will Poulter addiction drama UNION COUNTY, and the Netflix coming of age original DON'T SAY GOOD LUCK!

The End of Oak Street - 2:35

Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie - 27:05

William Bibbiani and WItney Seibold review Jane Schoenbrun's meta-slasher love story TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, the dystopian rom-com ONE NIGHT ONLY, Greg Araki's kinky I WANT YOUR SEX, the Anthony Bourdain biopic TONY, Eli Roth's horror attempt ICE CREAM MAN, the Broken Lizard sequel SUPER TROOPERS 3, and the Netflix paranormal thriller THE LAST HOUSE!

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma - 2:05

One Night Only - 38:15

I Want Your Sex - 1:00:25

Tony - 1:09:35

Ice Cream Man - 1:20:50

Super Troopers 3 - 1:34:00

It's an all-new ALL-NIGHTER podcast, where we come up with twelve-hour movie marathons around a single topic!

Bibbs and Witney take a special challenge from A and B. Eleanor Grey, to come up with all-nigh movie marathons full of queer movies, but none of them can be tragedies! It's our HAPPY PRIDE episode, and as an extra treat, A and B. Eleanor Grey join us to talk about queer films and schedule their own all-nighter! It's three movie marathons for the price of one!

And for those of you...

Bibbs and Witney review SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY on the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

You're reading that right! We're only reviewing one new movie this episode! That's why it's such a short one! (We're kidding, it's nearly two hours long.)

Spoilers begin at the one hour mark (1:00:00) and we're sorry, but they don't let up at the end, even during the review round-up.

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We've got reviews of Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY, the animated interquel AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER the silent Alan Ritchson action movie MOTOR CITY, the coming of age drama HORSEGIRLS, Nicolas Winding Refn's arthouse horror film HER PRIVATE HELL, and the streaming comedies 72 HOURS and, by popular demand, THE DINK!

The Odyssey - 3:59

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender - 40:45

Motor City - 1:07:35

Horsegirls - 1:17:28

Her Private Hell - 1:25:50

72 Hours - 1:39:50

The Dink - 1:49:47

Review Round-Up - 2:01:22 

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Because our patrons demanded it, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for the best films that just happen to begin with the letter "M!"

It's a mighty miasma of movie magnificence, with animated classics, iconic action movies, overlooked comedies and more! 

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new live-action Disney remake MOANA, the latest chaos gremlin comedy MINIONS & MONSTERS, the vicious and gory EVIL DEAD BURN, the wacky high-concept comedy GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS, the Netflix threequel ENOLA HOLMES 3, the erotic thriller NIGHT NURSE, and the insulting new biopic YOUNG WASHINGTON!

Moana - 2:20

Minions & Monsters - 29:48

Evil Dead Burn - 49:32

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass - 1:08:08

Enola Holmes 3 - 1:19:50

Night Nurse - 1:29:10

Young Washington - 1:37:00

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Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best opening credits sequences in movie history!

Lots of movies just kinda begin, but some movies use the title cards so many filmmakers take for granted to start telling the story in a unique and interesting way! Beautiful animations, elaborate musical numbers, daredevil camera moves, these are THE BEST MOVIE TITLE SEQUENCES EVER! We swear!

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Bibbs and Witney are back with an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL, the podcast where YOU control the conversation!

This time we're talking about a ton of random stuff, including H.P. Lovecraft movies, another exciting new idea for a movie-centric card game, reader-submitted Bleak Week all-nighters, Faith No More and Olivia Rodrigo and the CARRY ON movies, our favorite movie coincidences and how the heck you're supposed to get into STAR TREK where there are almost a thousand episodes to catch up on!

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Bibbs and Witney review the superhero spin-off SUPERGIRL, the Pixar sequel TOY STORY 5, Avalon Fast's queer lesbian summer camp horror movie CAMP, the conversion camp horror movie LEVITICUS, the summer lesbian coming of age story GIRLS LIKE GIRLS, Hugh Jackman doing his aging superhero thing agin with THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD, the World War II thriller LUCKY STRIKE, the ensemble fashion industry drama COUTURE, and the Netflix rom-com VOICEMAILS FOR ISABELLE!

Supergirl - 3:50

Toy Story 5 - 42:12

Camp - 1:01:15

Leviticus - 1:20:15

Girls Like Girls - 1:27:45

LOUISE WEARD, the writer/director/co-star of CASTRATION MOVIE is here to talk about what makes her series of anthology films so god damned cool. William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold pick her brain about long-form filmmaking in the internet era, the state of modern independent cinema, her renegade filmmaking style, why she films with a Hi-8 camera and more, more, MORE!

If you want to watch the CASTRATION MOVIES - and you should! - you can watch the first installment right now on the Criterion Channel, the first two installments on Kanopy, and also...

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review Steven Spielberg's sci-fi chase thriller DISCLOSURE DAY, the wall-to-wall fight movie THE FURIOUS, and Adam Shankman's DRAG RACE-apalooza disaster comedy STOP! THAT! TRAIN!

Disclosure Day - 2:40

The Furious - 41:50

Stop! That! Train! - 57:34

Review Round-Up - 1:12:35 

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We've got the best of both worlds on an all-new THIS AIN'T NO GAME, the podcast where Wiliiam Bibbiani and Witney Seibold play card and tabletop games for your audio amusement!

It's called MOVIE NIGHT, and it's a collaborative card game where you get a set of random, very specific criteria, come up with a movie that matches that criteria, and then you watch the film. SNACKFAM! Angie Seibold joins the party as we frantically try to solve these puzzles, and come up with a bizarre all-night movie marathon in the process.

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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the horror sensation BACKROOMS, the crass parody SCARY MOVIE, the nostalgic sci-fi/fantasy MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, the animated phenomenon THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS: THE LAST ACT, the regressive dad comedy THE BREADWINNER, the World War II dad drama PRESSURE, and the Bleak Week premiere of Louise Weard's CASTRATION MOVIE ANTHOLOGY III: JUNIOR GHOSTS-PREMORPHIC DRIFT; A FRAGMENTARY PASSAGE!

Backrooms - 2:37

Scary Movie - 32:19

Masters of the Universe - 54:22

The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act - 1:20:35

The Breadwinner - 1:32:16

Bibbs and Witney are back with an all-new episode of THE ALL-NIGHTER, the podcast where they program all-night movie marathons for every occasion! One of our listeners suggested we record an ALL-NIGHTER for BLEAK WEEK, the annual celebration of the most miserable movies ever made, and we thought that was a pretty neat idea.

If you want to hear about some great, and truly messed up movies, this is the podcast for you! But be warned: We do not recommend these movies for everybody. They're sad, they're upsetting, they're violent, but they're all fascinating...

Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for THE BEST "EAT THE RICH" MOVIES EVER on an all-new IRON LIST podcast!

Lots of movies are about wealthy villains, but the "Eat the Rich" genre is nastier than that, and focuses on rich monsters who get what's coming to them, or are presented as such slimy monsters that the audience knows exactly who they're supposed to hate. "Eat the Rich" movies can be outrageous, and they can be cathartic, and Bibbs and Witney think these are the very, very best of...

Bibbs and Witney review the new STAR WARS spinoff THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU, the Boots Riley sci-fi comedy I LOVE BOOSTERS, Aleshea Harris's directorial debut IS GOD IS, the supernatural horror movie OBSESSION, the bleak Spanish animated movie DECORADO, Olivier Assayas' modern Russian history drama THE WIZARD OF THE KREMLIN, the hitchhiking ghost horror movie PASSENGER, the Martin Short document MARTY, LIFE IS SHORT, the fantastical anti-sexism comedy LADIES FIRST, and the latest Guy Ritchie caper IN THE GREY!

The Mandalorian and Grogu - 2:12

I Love Boosters - 31:25

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We've got questions about very different movies that take place at exactly the same time, the history of the first time travel stories, the best movies we've ever seen for the first time on an airplane, more rants about the STAR TREK holodeck, forgotten blockbusters of yore, and a fan's brilliant idea for CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED: THE HOME GAME... and you can play too!

It's an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL!

And if you liked what you heard in the first two episodes of SNACKFAM!, make sure you head on over...

Bibbs and Witney review the legacy sequel THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2, the video game movie sequel MORTAL KOMBAT II, the cozy talking animal mystery THE SHEEP DETECTIVES, Andy Serkis's bizarre adaptation of ANIMAL FARM, Damian Mc Carthy's new supernatural horror movie HOKUM, The RZA's revenge thriller ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE, Renny Harlin's latest shark thriller DEEP WATER, the new Michael B. Jordan animated fantasy SWAPPED, and the anime film LABYRINTH from the creator of TRANSFORMERS and MACROSS!

The Devil Wears Prada 2 - 6:30

Mortal Kombat II - 39:50

The Sheep Detectives - 1:04:00 <...

Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney are doing THE BEST SPOOF MOVIES EVER!

Yes, the best and silliest motion pictures that ever spoofed a specific movie, genre or topic! A lot of people think these films are insipid but it takes a lot of intelligence to make an inane movie good!

Oh, and if you liked what you heard in the first two episodes of SNACKFAM!, make sure you head on over to their new podcast feed and subscribe! More Seibolds! More snacks!

Bibbs and Witney dive into the many, many problems with the new Michael Jackson biopic MICHAEL (content warning: we don't go into many specifics but we will be talking about some rough stuff), followed by the Charlize Theron/Taron Egerton serial killer survival thriller APEX, and the new British biopic I SWEAR!

Michael - 1:40

Apex - 37:40

I Swear - 56:17

Review Round-Up - 1:06:07

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Bibbs and Witney review the new, legally distinct horror movie LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY, David Lowery's pretentious art house costume design pop music ghost thriller drama MOTHER MARY, the new Happy Madison comedy ROOMMATES, the Charlie XCX hangout volcano movie ERUPCJA, and Morgan Neville's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE documentary LORNE!

Lee Cronin's The Mummy - 5:56

Mother Mary - 30:45

Roommates - 52:05

Erupcja - 1:04:47

Lorne - 1:13:15

Review Round-Up - 1:29:50 

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This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED: Death, more death, MERMAIDS IN MECHAS?!, Keanu Reeves, death...

Yes, Bibbs and Witney are reviewing Daniel Goldhaber's new interpretation of the cult horror classic FACES OF DEATH, Riz Ahmed in an all-new HAMLET, the Japanese horror video game adaptation EXIT 8, the mermaid-centric sci-fi anime romance CHAO, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa's short horror film CHIME, which will allegedly never be distributed on home video!

Faces of Death - 6:20

Hamlet - 34:00

Exit 8 - 53:25

ChaO - 1:07:00

Outcome - 1:14:50

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The SNACKFAM is back, and they're eating more snacks, fam!

Our very special bonus podcast returns! Angie and Henry Seibold continue their journey to review the latest and strangest limited edition snacks with CHILE LIME MANGO PEEPS! Yes, that's a real thing!

NOTE: This episode was supposed to go live before Easter. Bibbs screwed up and he apologizes.



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Bibbs and Witney review the new releases THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE (and probably lose friends in the process), the supernatural indies THE SERPENT'S SKIN and FORBIDDEN FRUITS, and the mysterious dark comedy THE DRAMA, starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya!

But be warned, we're saving THE DRAMA for last because it's impossible to review this film properly without revealing the most super secret part of any movie: the premise!

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - 3:58

The Serpent's Skin - 45:50

Forbidden Fruits - 1:09:08

The...