We're trying something new at The Critically Acclaimed Network! THIS AIN'T NO GAME is a podcast where @witneyseibold.bsky.social and I play retro movie-themed games. We're starting with TRIVIAL PURSUIT: SILVER SCREEN EDITION! It's from 1983, so are the answers still accurate? Let's find out!

This Ain't No Game #1 | Trivial Pursuit: Silver Screen Edition (1983)

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We don't know if we're going to make any more episodes of THIS AIN'T NO GAME, so let us know if you like it! Comment here, or on our patreon page, or send us an email, or train a carrier pigeon, whatever you gotta do. If we don't get any feedback we'll assume this sucks and never do it again!

Our patrons now have early access to the next CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review 10 new films, including SUPERMAN, JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH, KPOP DEMON HUNTERS, HOT SPRING SHARK ATTACK, KILL THE JOCKEY, TO A LAND UNKNOWN and more! Everyone else can hear the ep tomorrow!

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New episode! We've got ballerinas! Predators! Sharks! Chucks! Julianne Moores and Sydney Sweeneys! Reviews of BALLERINA, PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS, THE LIFE OF CHUCK, DANGEROUS ANIMALS and ECHO VALLEY await you on an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED podcast! redcircle.com/shows/critic...

Bibbs and Witney get crane kicked in the face! Also, they're reviewing the new KARATE KID: LEGENDS, Wes Anderson's THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME, and BRING HER BACK, the second film from the directors of TALK TO ME! It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, you lucky so-and-so's! redcircle.com/shows/24b1bd...

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We're back with a slew of new movie reviews, including the "okay I guess" CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD, the kooky Josh Hartnett actioner FIGHT OR FLIGHT, the ambitious religious fighting tournament movie ABSOLUTE DOMINION, Jillian Bell's hilarious SUMMER OF 69, and the latest Billy Shakes, JULIET & ROMEO!

Bibbs and Witney review the spy thingy THE AMATEUR, the Hitchcockian DROP, the Viola Davis Die Hard riff G20, the warfare movie WARFARE, the Christian animated film THE KING OF KINGS, and the music doc ONE TO ONE: JOHN AND YOKO! It's an all-new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! redcircle.com/shows/critic...

Is A MINECRAFT MOVIE (gasp!) kind of okay?! Is SCREAMBOAT (gasp!) kind of okay?! @williambibbiani.bsky.social and @witneyseibold.bsky.social review these films and THE LUCKIEST MAN IN AMERICA and HELL OF A SUMMER on an all-new episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED!

What are THE BEST KNOCKOFF MOVIES EVER? Film critics @williambibbiani.bsky.social and @witneyseibold.bsky.social present their picks in an all-new IRON LIST podcast! Only one of these four classic knockoffs made the list! Any idea which one...? redcircle.com/shows/critic...

One podcast, TWELVE new film reviews! This week, William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold analyze... Electric State The Day the Earth Blew Up The Rule of Jenny Pen Black Bag Mickey 17 Novocaine Hang on, we don't have enough room in one post... redcircle.com/shows/critic...

Blame South Park for its short run.

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Author M. Lopes Da Silva joins us to exhume Ralph Bakshi's forgotten animated HBO cyberpunk adult anthology series SPICY CITY! Was this raunchy, violent, pro-sex work and awesomely queer 1997 series... CANCELED TOO SOON? Let's find out! redcircle.com/shows/critic...

Author M. Lopes Da Silva joins us to exhume Ralph Bakshi's forgotten animated HBO cyberpunk adult anthology series SPICY CITY! Was this raunchy, violent, pro-sex work and awesomely queer 1997 series... CANCELED TOO SOON? Let's find out! redcircle.com/shows/critic...

It's a special episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, where film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review all 15 of this year's Oscar-nominated short films! Plus: Their picks for who will - and who SHOULD - win this year's Academy Awards! redcircle.com/shows/critic...

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We've got new movie reviews for CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, THE MONKEY, THE GORGE, BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY, THE DEAD THING and CLEANER! Film critics @williambibbiani.bsky.social and @witneyseibold.bsky.social are back with a brand CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! redcircle.com/shows/critic...

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Which film SHOULD have won Best Picture at the 30th Academy Awards...? Film critics @williambibbiani.bsky.social and @witneyseibold.bsky.social explore the nominees PEYTON PLACE, SAYONARA, 12 ANGRY MEN, WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION and THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI in our podcast, ONLY THE BEST!

Only the Best | The Best Picture Nominees of 1957! | The Critically Acclaimed Network

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Thank you @criticacclaim.bsky.social for having me on your podcast! It was a total blast and one of my favorites on the network!

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Will Ferrell and Jean Smart starred in an animated sitcom about a mutated family living in a landfill beneath their capitalist oppressors! Was THE OBLONGS... Canceled Too Soon? Filmmaker Chelsea Spirito joins William Bibbiani & Witney Seibold to make the final call! redcircle.com/shows/critic...

Will Ferrell and Jean Smart starred in an animated sitcom about a mutated family living in a landfill beneath their capitalist oppressors! Was THE OBLONGS... Canceled Too Soon? Filmmaker Chelsea Spirito joins William Bibbiani & Witney Seibold to make the final call! redcircle.com/shows/critic...

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What are the BEST MOVIES OF THE CENTURY SO FAR? Film critics @williambibbiani.bsky.social and @witneyseibold.bsky.social have OPINIONS on a special bonus episode of CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! redcircle.com/shows/critic...

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Sirs, that is an entire episode of ALL OUR YESTERDAYS

What do you get when you combine STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, John Carpenter's THE THING and Otto Preminger's LAURA? If you guessed "something good," you'd be wrong! @witneyseibold.bsky.social and @williambibbiani.bsky.social review the TNG episode AQUIEL in an all-new Patreon exclusive!

All Our Yesterdays | "Aquiel" (Star Trek: TNG) | The Critically Acclaimed Network

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Is STAR TREK: SECTION 31 just a Suicide Squad knockoff? Is DOG MAN for the dogs, man? Is COMPANION companionable? Is PRESENCE presentable? Is LOVE ME lovable? Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold are back with a new CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED podcast! 📽️ redcircle.com/shows/critic...

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Our three-hour upcoming episode about THE BEST MOVIES OF THE CENTURY SO FAR is available RIGHT NOW... but only to our patrons! Listen early by signing up, or wait until later this week for the big reveal! www.patreon.com/posts/121352...

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We've got our first GIANT batch of movie reviews for the year, including WOLF MAN, EMILIA PÉREZ, WALLACE AND GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL, GRAND THEFT HAMLET, THE LAST SHOWGIRL, I'M STILL HERE, HARD TRUTHS, WISH YOU WERE HERE and DIANE WARREN: RELENTLESS! redcircle.com/shows/critic...

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We're paying tribute to David Lynch with a two-hour episode from film critics @williambibbiani.bsky.social and @witneyseibold.bsky.social, celebrating the life and art of one of the greatest filmmakers who ever lived. redcircle.com/shows/24b1bd...

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This means in person if you see cruelty happening. By advocating. By calling your reps and senators. By actively supporting.

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We're all grieving the loss of David Lynch, one of the most profound and inspired filmmakers who ever lived. For those who may be revisiting his work, or discovering it for the first time, we to encourage you to also seek out his fascinating but less famous TV shows: ON THE AIR and HOTEL ROOM.

The castaways of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND couldn't build a boat, but they DID build a spaceship, and got stuck on GILLIGAN'S PLANET! Let's find out if the weirdest piece of Gilligan media, weirder even than that BAYWATCH episode (!), was CANCELED TOO SOON! redcircle.com/shows/critic...

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