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Film critics make “Best of the Year” lists every December, and we think that’s a mistake! This week on CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold take a look at their lists for THE BEST MOVIES OF 2014 to see what films they still love, which ones haven't stood the test of time, and which films turned out to be unexpected all-time classics. Also this week, Bibbs and Witney review the new releases TRIPLE FRONTIER, CAPTIVE STATE, WONDER PARK, BABYLON, YARDIE, AN ELEPHANT SITTING STILL and THE HUMMINGBIRD PROJECT! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! 0:22 - Introductions 9:55 - Triple Frontier 29:00 - Captive State 36:53 - Wonder Park 43:54 - Babylon 49:25 - Yardie 55:44 - An Elephant

This week, John Rocha and Matt Knost count down the Top 10 Best Picture winners of the 21st century. This list was requested by one of our Boss Hogg Patrons. The boys definitely didn't see eye to eye on some of these picks so you know there's gonna be some fun debates on this one. As always, thanks for listening and if you'd like to be a Patron you can sign up at www.patreon.com/thetop10. Also if you'd like to see us LIVE in Chicago, we are almost sold out! To get your TIX go to https://www.reggieslive.com/show/the-top-10-live-movie-podcast/

KANGAROO JACK is a film about a kangaroo named Jack who talks and raps except the trailers completely misled everybody and the kangaroo doesn’t do that except in a dream sequence, and the rest of the movie is a shrill and hellish descent into misery. And that makes it the perfect double feature with WAKE IN FRIGHT, a harrowing (and nearly lost) Australian thriller that was actually SUPPOSED to be a hellish descent into misery. It’s one of the best films most people have never heard of, so listen up! Join film critics William Bibbiani as they show you the place where good taste and bad taste collide, every week on THE TWO-SHOT! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive conte

This week, John Rocha and Matt Knost count down the Top 10 movies of the 1990s by year. One of the Top 10 fans suggested this method of counting down movies and the boys really took to it so they decided to tackle the 90s this time. Listen and enjoy the boys battling over where to put their favorites and see if yours made the list! As always thanks for listening. If you'd like to support the show and be a Patron, you can do so at www.patreon.com/thetop10. Also, if you'd like to see them LIVE in Chicago on April 11, you can do so at https://www.reggieslive.com/show/the-top-10-live-movie-podcast/. Looking forward to seeing you all!

CAPTAIN MARVEL is here, and the 21st Marvel Cinematic Universe movie is here has got us thinking about how movies invite us to connect to characters in familiar and unexpected ways! Join film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold as they review CAPTAIN MARVEL, THE KID and GLORIA BELL and examine the many ways that movies make us empathize with people whose lives don't mirror our own, and the many misconceptions audiences have about what makes a character "relatable!" Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! Introduction - 0:23 The Kid - 6:04 Gloria Bell - 16:00 Captain Marvel - 22:59 The Myths of Relatability - 51:32

STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT is the most embarrassing movie in Sylvester Stallone’s often embarrassing career, so why is it the perfect double feature with Pedro Almodóvar’s Oscar-winning classic ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER? Join film critics William Bibbiani as they show you the place where good taste and bad taste collide, every week on THE TWO-SHOT! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim to vote for the notorious movies YOU want us to review! Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content!

This week, John Rocha and Matt Knost bring you the audio of their Top 10 Live show in London! They count down the Top 10 American Actors in a British Film in honor of their American butts being in Brittania. The show was an absolute success and you get in its entirety here raw and uncut. Listen in and let us know what you thought! Don't forget, we are doing TWO shows on April 11th in Chicago. To get your tickets, go to www.reggieslive.com/show/the-top-10-live-movie-podcast/. And if you'd like to be a patron of the show so we can keep making these live shows happen, you can do so at www.patreon.com/thetop10.

DROP ZONE isn’t just a skydiving action movie starring Wesley Snipes, it’s also a time machine that takes you straight back to 1994, when action movies were dumb and every sport was EXTREME! It’s a silly relic from a silly time, so why is DROP ZONE the perfect double feature with Buster Keaton’s timeless silent comedy classic THE GENERAL? Oh, you’ll find out in this week’s CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! You’ll also get new reviews of GRETA, CLIMAX and TRANSIT, a hefty debate about whether the Oscars should (as Steven Spielberg is suggesting) change the rules to shut out Netflix movies, and a HUGE announcement about the future of the CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED podcast… and the formation of a brand new one! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusi

This week on The Top 10, John Rocha and Matt Knost count down the top 10 Bradley Cooper movies as requested by one of their patrons. On the heels of Cooper's nomination for A Star is Born, the guys revisit his career and pick their favorite performances from his films. Also, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO SEE US IN LONDON! If you's like to be a Boss Hogg patron and have you topic possibly chosen for a show, you can do so at www.patreon.com/thetop10. And if you'd like to buy any of The Top 10 merchandise, you can do so at www.shop.spreadshirt.com/thetop10.

GREEN BOOK won Best Picture and yeah, we’re going to have to talk about that. The 91st Academy Awards have come and gone and it was a night of many steps forward and many steps back. William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold look back at all the biggest moments, all the weirdest flubs, all the heroic winners and all the awful snubs! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content!

This week on the RELIST, John Rocha and Matt Knost count down two of the Patrons' lists for The Top 10 Disney Renaissance films. The boys had a great time revisiting these movies and hearing the reasons for their placements on the lists. See if you agree with what we came up with. If you'd like to be a Patron of the show and participate in the RELIST, you can do so at www.patreon.com/thetop10. And if you'd like to get yourself a cool Top 10 shirt, you can do so at shop.spreadshirt.com/thetop10. DON'T FORGET THAT WE GO TO OUR OWN FEED ON APRIL 2ND. Go find The Top 10 on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts and sign up!

STAR WARS was the highest grossing movie of 1977, but guess what was in second place? SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT, a jovial jaunt through the American south starring Burt Reynolds and Sally Fields as they try to smuggle Coors beer across state lines. It was such a huge smash hit that there were SEVEN sequels, including four straight-to-television installments that almost nobody has heard of. Does the SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT franchise live up to the hero’s reputation, or does it deserve to get left in the dust? We’ll find out in this week’s CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, right after we dish about Witney Seibold’s debut in the MOVIE TRIVIA SCHMOEDOWN and review the new releases HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD and FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribu

This week, John Rocha and Matt Knost welcome comedy, host and WWE fanatic Chris Burns back to the show to help them count down the Top 10 Culturally Important Black movies. This was one heckuva minefield for the boys to walk into so they needed Chris to guide them through it. Despite the danger, this may have turned out to be one of their best episodes yet! As always, thanks for listening. If you'd like to be a supporter of the show, you can do so at www.patreon.com/thetop10. And if you want to get some of that Top 10 merch, you can do so at www.shop.spreadshirt.com/thetop10.

This week on another episode of The Relist, John Rocha and Matt Knost count down the Top 10 Keanu Reeves lists from two of our Patrons. It's always fun to explore the fans lists of movies from an actor or actress that they enjoy. This was certainly no different! As always, thanks for listening! If you'd like to be a part of the Relist in the future, you can support us at www.patreon.com/thetop10. Remember that our next LIVE show is happening in Chicago on April 11th at Reggie's Live. Go here for tix: https://www.reggieslive.com/show/the-top-10-live-movie-podcast/ .

When people talk about the worst Best Picture winners of all time, they’re usually talking about CRASH. This all-star “hyperlink” movie about racial tensions in Los Angeles has big melodramatic moments and lots and lots of speeches, but does it offer anything else? And why is it the perfect double feature with Charles Burnett’s THE GLASS SHIELD, an acclaimed but rarely-discussed dramatic thriller about police corruption, starring Ice Cube? Plus, film critics William Bibbiani offer their predictions for the Academy Awards, and review the new releases ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U, DONNYBROOK and RUBEN BRANDT, COLLECTOR! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on over to www.patreon.com/canceledtoosoon to contribute to the show and get even more exclusive content! 1:44 - Introductions 5:51 - Oscar Predictions and

This week, John Rocha and Matt Knost count down their Top 10 Best Actress Winners in honor of the Oscars. The boys will be in jolly Ol' England doing their LIVE show on the weekend of the Oscars so they are counting down this list in honor of them. There's a long line of incredible Best Actress Winners to choose from and it wasn't easy paring this list down. See if some of your favorite performances made the list! As always, thanks for listening! If you'd like to be a Patron of the Top 10 show, you can do so at www.patreon.com/thetop10. And if you'd like to buy a Top 10 shirt or merchandise, you can do so at www.shop.spreadshirt.com/thetop10.

When CIMARRON won the Academy Award for Best Picture, it probably wasn’t called one of the most boring Best Picture winners in history. But it is now, and we watched it anyway, because our listeners demanded it! Why is this huge western epic such a misfire? And why is it the perfect double feature with Clint Eastwood’s deconstructionist deconstructionist western, UNFORGIVEN? You’ll find out in this week’s CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED! You’ll also get our farewell to Albert Linney, our thoughts on this week’s MOVIE TRIVIA SCHMOEDOWN, and reviews of the new releases THE LEGO MOVIE 2, COLD PURSUIT, HIGH FLYING BIRD, THE PRODIGY, THE AMITYVILLE MURDERS, THE WILD PEAR TREE and all fifteen nominees for BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT, BEST ANIMATED SHORT and BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT at this year’s Oscars! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/website at @CriticAcclaim. Check out our website at www.criticallyacclaimed.net and head on

In honor of the release of Liam Neeson's latest revenge film Cold Pursuit aka Frigid Chase, John Rocha and Matt Knost are counting down The Top 10 movies in the snow. You all know that Knost is an avid skier and Rocha can never resist a movie set in the snow, so this list promises to be a special one for the boys! Many genres are covered here with a few surprises thrown in as well. See if any of your favorites made the final list! As always, thanks for listening! If you'd like to support the show and be a Patron of the show, you can sign up for one of the great tiers full of benefits that we offer at www.patreon.com/thetop10. And if you still want to get one of our last tickets for our LIVE London show on Feb. 23rd at Kings Place, you can do so at www.kingsplace.co.uk.

What do THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, THE KING AND I and GIANT all have in common? They’re all classic films that lost the Best Picture Oscar to AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, a long, flimsy spectacle film starring David Niven as a British man who circumnavigates the globe and never learns anything about anyone. Has AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS really earned its reputation as one of the worst Best Picture winners in history? And why is it the perfect double feature with Stanley Kramer’s classic comedy IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD? You’ll find out in this week’s episode, and you’ll also get reviews of the new releases VELVET BUZZSAW, PIERCING, MISS BALA and ARCTIC! Plus, we’ve got William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold’s take on the Oscar nominations, and reviews of the new releases THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING, SERENITY, and the Sundance documentary MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN! Email us at letters(a)criticallyacclaimed.net, follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold, and follow the podcast/web

#TheRundownBoyz go thru the epic LIVE season premiere in New York City. All the while, Brad gets roasted by Frank for missing out on the fan festivities that preceded it. What a great way to start the season! Schmoedown Website: https://triviasd.com Schmoedown patreon: https://patreon.com/schmoedown Hosted by Brad Gilmore (@BradGilmore) and Frank Janisch (@FrankieJ29) Produced by Chris Clark (@ChrisClark8788)