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Critically Acclaimed Podcast is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): William Bibbiani, Witney Seibold.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
Influencer (2023) William Bibbiani If you want to see a really tightly constructed thriller with some really cool curveballs in it, this is excellent stuff.
Posted May 29, 2023  Edit critic review
The Wrath of Becky (2023) William Bibbiani Intensely satisfying, really gory. It's great.
Posted May 29, 2023  Edit critic review
About My Father (2023) William Bibbiani It made me smile, even though it didn't make me laugh.
Posted May 29, 2023  Edit critic review
Inside (2023) William Bibbiani When your movie is this simple, and the simple stuff is the stuff that doesn’t work, it’s really distracting.
Posted Apr 20, 2023  Edit critic review
Boston Strangler (2023) William Bibbiani At home, you can kind of appreciate that, hey, this knockoff Zodiac has some good talent on it.
Posted Apr 20, 2023  Edit critic review
Of an Age (2022) William Bibbiani Wonderfully mature and emotional and romantic.
Posted Feb 20, 2023  Edit critic review
The Devil Conspiracy (2022) William Bibbiani Pure, unabashed, unapologetic nonsense. And I loved it.
Posted Jan 16, 2023  Edit critic review
Skinamarink (2022) William Bibbiani This movie is doing something very, very, very different, but it is completely frightening. It is genuinely terrifying.
Posted Jan 16, 2023  Edit critic review
Black Adam (2022) William Bibbiani It raises big ideas. Honestly, it would have been a really cool movie if they had done anything with them. [...] Instead they just take the path of least resistance.
Posted Oct 25, 2022  Edit critic review
Noel Next Door (2022) William Bibbiani It gives you what you want, it gives it to you in a slightly unexpected way. I can't expect too much more than that but it's never entirely superlative. If you like Hallmark rom-coms and especially if you like the Christmas variety, this is not a bad one.
Posted Oct 25, 2022  Edit critic review
V/H/S/99 (2022) William Bibbiani Two installments, especially "To Hell and Back," are among the series' best.
Posted Oct 25, 2022  Edit critic review
Terror Train (2022) William Bibbiani Too mediocre, even, to be mediocre.
Posted Oct 25, 2022  Edit critic review
Dark Glasses (2022) William Bibbiani Welcome back, Dario Argento.
Posted Oct 18, 2022  Edit critic review
Tár (2022) William Bibbiani It is riveting and it is impeccably crafted.
Posted Oct 18, 2022  Edit critic review
Blonde (2022) William Bibbiani Deeply unpleasant and cruel to watch... and to no meaningful end.
Posted Oct 04, 2022  Edit critic review
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) William Bibbiani It brings up a lot of interesting ideas and ultimately does almost nothing with them.
Posted Aug 24, 2022  Edit critic review
The Gray Man (2022) William Bibbiani It has all the artistic value of watching a blank screen. Except a screen has a purpose.
Posted Aug 24, 2022  Edit critic review
Fall (2022) William Bibbiani As a simple, straightforward fear of heights thriller it really gets the job done.
Posted Aug 24, 2022  Edit critic review
Orphan: First Kill (2022) William Bibbiani When the movie finally kicks into high gear, which happens a little too late for its own good, it is really fun.
Posted Aug 24, 2022  Edit critic review
The Batman (2022) Witney Seibold Certainly stylish and intense, but ultimately in service of a simplistic story.
Posted May 13, 2022  Edit critic review
Vivo (2021) Witney Seibold Lin-Manuel Miranda's flow brings a smile to my face, and applying it to a typical family-friendly animated adventure film allows it to bubble up and please.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
The Suicide Squad (2021) Witney Seibold Heads and shoulders above its predecessor, but - like Gunn's 'Guardians of the Galaxy' - its quirkiness and shock elements all feel safe and corporate-approved.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
The Green Knight (2021) Witney Seibold The filmmakers hope that their extreme style and slow-moving camera will distract from the fact that their college essay has a mediocre thesis.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Eyimofe (This is My Desire) (2020) Witney Seibold A stirring realist drama on how the decaying body of capitalism is still swallowing everything. One of the best films of 2021.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Annette (2021) Witney Seibold One must delves through several strata of sarcasm to get to the heart of 'Annette,' and the conclusion isn't all that interesting, but I applaud quirky art rock operas in general.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Mandibles (2020) Witney Seibold What if Beavis and Butt-Head reared a giant fly? There is enough comedy material here to warrant a 7-minute animated short, but even 'Mandibles'' scant 77 minutes can't sustain the joke.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Old (2021) Witney Seibold Shyamalan's big ideas are always a fun labyrinth to explore, and 'Old' throws in some excellent, twisted horror to boot.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Jolt (2021) Witney Seibold Dumb, yes, but energetic and kooky in a way the usual round of ultra-earnest action flicks tend to shy away from.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Kandisha (2020) Witney Seibold Kandisha herself becomes increasingly terrifying as her plan for revenge expands, but it's the horrors of the immigrant experience that rest at the heart of the film.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) Witney Seibold Abysmal. Peppered with context-free icons of WB's intellectual properties, 'Legacy' presents a world that is uglier, more soulless, and even more corporate-driven than even an average TV commercial.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Black Widow (2021) Witney Seibold Bland spy hooey. Although Pugh is a standout.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Summertime (2020) Witney Seibold Poetry, life, and Los Angeles. One of the best films of 2021.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Genus, Pan (2020) Witney Seibold Diaz indulges in his most nihilistic fantasies, presenting us with a fable about the horrors of the human heart. Which, indeed, provides its own type of depressive thrill.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Gunpowder Milkshake (2021) Witney Seibold Stylish to the extreme... and nothing else. 'Milkshake' drowns in its own titular confection.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Fear Street Part Two: 1978 (2021) Witney Seibold Less a riff on slasher tropes than '1994,' but instead a straight-up throwback. And quite a good one at that.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Fear Street Part Three: 1666 (2021) Witney Seibold Too busy for its own good (it's actually two films in one), 1666 doesn't perfectly stick the landing of this exhilarating film series, but it does manage to grab you on the way there.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija (2019) Witney Seibold 'Petrunya' cuts off before it arrives at any sort of meaningful climax, but the events depicted along the way highlight the meaninglessness of institutional misogyny.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
The Tomorrow War (2021) Witney Seibold Slick to a fault, and clumsy in the extreme, this big-budget alien war flick hasn't a lick of wit or cleverness.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
No Sudden Move (2021) Witney Seibold The ever-twisting plot may be a touch difficult to grasp, but the individual scenes - not to mention the amazing character work - is exhilarating.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
America: The Motion Picture (2021) Witney Seibold A view of history from people raised on G.I. Joe cartoons and nothing else. Its ridiculousness is weirdly exciting, even if its satire isn't quite as sharp as it could be.
Posted Oct 07, 2021  Edit critic review
Fear Street Part One: 1994 (2021) Witney Seibold A clever-enough twist on old slasher tropes, full of wonderful characters, and with a sweet queer romance at its heart, this looks like the start of a thrilling new film cycle.
Posted Sep 17, 2021  Edit critic review
The Sparks Brothers (2021) Witney Seibold Funny, informative, and holistic to a fault - Edgar Wright has no angle other than fanboy gushing - but you will love learning about Sparks (had you not yet been lucky enough to know them already).
Posted Sep 17, 2021  Edit critic review
False Positive (2021) Witney Seibold Accurately captures a very particular type of condescending language combatively fired at pregnant women in a birth industry that robs its patients of emotional agency.
Posted Sep 17, 2021  Edit critic review
F9 The Fast Saga (2021) Witney Seibold Physics? Bah! Who needs it? 'F9' is gloriously brash and stupid, like eighteen different Saturday morning cartoons mashed into an amorphous ball of idiocy. This is a compliment.
Posted Sep 17, 2021  Edit critic review
I Carry You With Me (2020) Witney Seibold A casual, meandering narrative only stands to strengthen the loving relationship between these two men. A warm, caring homage to real people.
Posted Sep 17, 2021  Edit critic review
Miss Juneteenth (2020) Witney Seibold We instantly know everything about the characters, evoking a deep empathy.
Posted Sep 17, 2021  Edit critic review
The Evil Next Door (2021) Witney Seibold You will forget about it while you're watching it.
Posted Sep 17, 2021  Edit critic review
Werewolves Within (2021) Witney Seibold A masterful comedy, impeccably set up, and fitfully funny. Comparisons to 'Clue' are tempting.
Posted Sep 17, 2021  Edit critic review
Lansky (2021) Witney Seibold The film's decision to stay with the narrator and not Lansky himself was a deathly bad decision.
Posted Sep 17, 2021  Edit critic review
In the Heights (2021) Witney Seibold Finally, Hollywood remembered how to make an energetic, exciting, engaging musical.
Posted Sep 17, 2021  Edit critic review
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