Hey, DUNE: CHAPTER TWO is out! Does anybody out there like DUNE?Well, this week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED our critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing that DUNE, and also DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS because that came out too!Plus, Bibbs and Witney reveal their picks for what will win at the Oscars this year, and what should. DUNE: CHAPTER TWO - 5:28DRIVE-AWAY DOLLS - 43:32REVIEW ROUND-UP - 55:53OSCAR PREDICTIONS 2024 - 58:05Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Critically Acclaimed #288 | Dune: Part Two, Drive-Away Dolls, 2024 Oscar Predictions!

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!The Millennium Era begins with a film about a new version of Godzilla fighting Roland Emmerich's UFOs from INDEPENDENCE DAY and a monster that looks kinda like Roland Emmerich's GODZILLA! Hmm... I wonder why they have such a beef with Roland Emmerich? We'll find out in GODZILLA 2000: MILLENNIUM!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla 2000: Millennium" (1999)

Bibbs and Witney don't make short podcasts, but this one is about short films!On the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review all 15 of the Oscar-nominated short films at the 96th annual Academy Awards, including the nominees for BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM, BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM, and BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Best Animated Short Film - 9:07 Best Live-Action Short Film - 37:10 Best Documentary Shot Film - 1:11:08Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Critically Acclaimed #287 | The 2024 Oscar-Nominated Short Films!

Because YOU demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST DEVIL MOVIES EVER!These are the films that are about and/or prominently feature the Devil, and not necessarily in the classical sense! Tons of movie recommendations and digressions ahead!﻿Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Iron List #50 | The Best Devil Movies Ever!

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!A group of selfish, sexist a-holes wash up on the shore of a mysterious island, where there's no food except giant mushrooms which, well... you'll see! It's MATANGO, aka ATTACK OF THE MUSHROOM PEOPLE, and it's an unusually Lovecraftian monster movie that eventually ties into the GODZILLA mythos!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Matango" (1963)

Bibbs and Witney are back and reviewing a movie EVERYBODY LIKES, or possibly the opposite!We've got reviews of the superhero movie MADAME WEB, the music biopic BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE, the coming of age drama SUNCOAST, the horror comedy LISA FRANKENSTEIN, and the horror (?) movie SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET!Madame Web - 2:37 Bob Marley: One Love - 39:09 Suncoast - 51:50 Lisa Frankenstein - 58:56 Skeletons in the Closet - 1:12:51 Review Round-Up - 1:24:45Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Critically Acclaimed #286 | Madame Web, Bob Marley: One Love, Suncoast, Lisa Frankenstein, Skeletons in the Closet

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!Decades before ARMAGEDDON and DEEP IMPACT, Ishirō Honda directed a sci-fi epic about a rogue planetoid on a collision course with Earth, and the scientists and astronauts who solve impossible problems to save the Earth! Except in GORATH, there's also a completely unrelated walrus monster!We're catching up with a film we accidentally missed in an all-new THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Gorath" (1962)

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!The REBIRTH OF MOTHRA trilogy concludes when King Ghidorah returns to kidnap hundreds of children, hypnotize one of the Elias into turning evil, and force Mothra to travel back in time! It's REBIRTH OF MOTHRA III, and by god, Mothra does actually get reborn again!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Rebirth of Mothra III" (1998)

Bibbs and Witney answer YOUR emails about how to write film reviews, why so many movies cast romantic leads with distracting age gaps, and what it means we say a movie withstands, or fails, the "Test of Time!"It's an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We've Got Mail #166 | How Do Films Fail 'The Test of Time'?

It's February! So why does it still kinda feel like January?This week, Bibbs and Witney review the $200 million spy comedy ARGYLLE, an animated movie written by Charlie Kaufman called ORION AND THE DARK, the coming of age drama HOW TO HAVE SEX, the coming-of-middle-age comedy SCRAMBLED, and the Shudder horror documentary DARIO ARGENTO: PANICO!It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, and it's AD-FREE because you're patrons!Argylle - 10:51Orion and the Dark - 39:30How to Have Sex - 53:19Scrambled - 1:02:14Dario Argento: Panico - 1:10:24Review Round-Up - 1:24:43Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Critically Acclaimed #285 | Argylle, Orion and the Dark, How to Have Sex, Scrambled, Dario Argento: Panico

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!Hey... did you know Roland Emmerich made a Godzilla movie in America in the 1990s? It was a really expensive film with more commercial tie-ins than you can probably imagine, and even though it was a pretty big hit it was declared a pretty big flop that killed a potential franchise, and is now considered one of the worst blockbusters ever!The time has come for Bibbs and Witney to relive, and re-litigate, GODZILLA (1998)! How bad can it be!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla" (1998)

Because our patrons demanded it, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold present their picks for THE BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUTS EVER!These are the films that introduced us to some of the best filmmakers in history. These are the films that knocked the world's socks off right away and/or set the stage for future greatness!It's a nearly three-hour episode of THE IRON LIST!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Iron List #49 | The Best Directorial Debuts Ever!

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!A Pokemon with magic urine knows the secret to an underwater pyramid with a treasure that grants wishes and Mothra Leo also flies through a monster's colon in REBIRTH OF MOTHRA II!Buckle up, folks, because this may be our weirdest episode yet.Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Rebirth of Mothra II" (1997)

We recorded this episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL a couple weeks ago, just before Witney left town and Bibbs got super sick for a while, so it's a little out of date when we talk about what's going on with BARBIE and stuff, and we weren't sure when was a good time to post it. So we're doing it now!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We've Got Mail #165 | The Lost Episode

Run! Run for your lives! It's JANUARY MOVIES!This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review the new apocalyptic outer space thriller I.S.S., the cynical political slasher FOUNDERS DAY, the dystopian drama THE KITCHEN, and the apocalyptic drama THE END WE START FROM!And if that sounds like a kinda depressing crop of movies... yeah, like we said. "January movies." But the episode is AD-FREE because you're patrons!I.S.S. - 3:01Founders Day - 26:40The Kitchen - 48:48The End We Start From - 1:05:20Review Round-Up - 1:14:30Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Critically Acclaimed #284 | I.S.S., Founder's Day, The Kitchen, The End We Start From

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!GODZILLA DIED! And since the Americans are developing their own big budget Godzilla movie (we'll get to that soon), Toho doubled down on their second most popular kaiju in a kid-friendly film that's so 1990s that it 1990s the 1990s! But dang it, we want some of these toys!It's REBIRTH OF MOTHRA!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Rebirth of Mothra" (1995)

Bibbs and Witney review the first new releases of 2024, and what the heck, let's throw in some movies from 2023 while we're at it!This week they're taking an in-depth look at the acclaimed dramedy THE HOLDOVERS, the haunted swimming pool movie NIGHT SWIM, the Shudder horror-comedy DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS, the Jason Statham thriller THE BEEKEEPER, Jeymes Samuel's biblical satire THE BOOK OF CLARENCE, Dan Levy's directorial debut GOOD GRIEF, and Steve McQueen's epic documentary OCCUPIED CITY!It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!The Holdovers - 3:40Night Swim - 23:42Destroy All Neighbors - 38:00The Beekeeper - 50:51The Book of Clarence - 1:01:57Good Grief - 1:11:43Occupied City - 1:18:18Review Round-Up - 1:24:02Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Critically Acclaimed #283 | The Holdovers, Night Swim, Destroy All Neighbors, The Beekeeper, The Book of Clarence, Good Grief, Occupied City

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!GODZILLA DIES! It's the end of Godzilla's Heisei era and the big green guy is melting down, and when he goes critical he could take the world out with him! The only creature that can stop him is a giant crustacean mutated by the Oxygen Destroyer that killed the original monster! But who can stop that monster if it wins?!It's GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

THANK GODZILLA, IT'S FRIDAY! | "Godzilla vs. Destoroyah" (1995)

What were the best movies of 2023? WHAT WERE THEY?!Don't worry, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are here to solve the mystery! They're presenting the films that wowed them, that scared them, that challenged them, and made them bust a gut laughing in the latest episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Critically Acclaimed #282 | The Best Movies of 2023!

William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are reviewing every GODZILLA movie ever made, and they're doing it on Fridays!A surprising amount of Godzilla's DNA has been shot into space lately, and it's evolved into SpaceGodzilla! So SpaceGodzilla comes to Earth and kidnaps Little Godzilla and actual Godzilla is like, "Oh, HELL no" and also there's like an Ahab guy and a giant mole robot and a plot to psychically control Godzilla and also the Yakuza gets involved!It's GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA! Subscribe on Patreon at www.patreon.com/criticallyacclaimednetwork to get exclusive podcasts and exciting rewards, like exclusive series, commentary tracks, and much more!Email us at letters@criticallyacclaimed.net, so we can read your correspondence and answer YOUR questions in future episodes!Join the SALTCATSOAP OF THE MONTH CLUB today!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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