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William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold were going to present their picks for THE BEST MOVIES OF 2025, THE WORST MOVIES OF 2025 and THE AVERAGEST MOVIE OF 2025, but the "Best Of" part is three-hours long, so now the podcast is an epic two-parter!It's an in-depth look at the greatest films 2025 had to offer, from a wide variety of genres, and Bibbs and Witney don't actually agree on a lot of them! Disagreements, ahoy!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 [email protected], 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

This week, Bibbs and Witney review the epic sci-fi threequel AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney's darkly comic thriller THE HOUSE MAID, James L. Brooks's long-awaited return ELLA MCCAY, a oceanic documentary called THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS, Kate Winslet's directorial debut GOODBYE JUNE, the slasher horror remake SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT, Mamoru Hosoda's revisionist Hamlet fantasy SCARLET, the thriller sequel INFLUENCERS and Joe Carnahan's maritime disaster drama NOT WITHOUT HOPE!Avatar: Fire and Ash - 5:50 The Housemaid - 39:55 Ella McCay - 51:00 The Spongebob Movie: Search for Square Pants - 1:02:37 Goodbye June - 1:13:52 Silent Night Deadly Night - 1:22:40 Scarlet - 1:37:45 Influencers - 1:45:50 Not Without Hope - 1:51:55 Review Round-Up - 1:58:45 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 [email protected], 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

Bibbs and Witney answer YOUR emails in this all-new episode of WE'VE GOT MAIL, and talk about all-night movie marathons, cozy movies we forgot, surprising anecdotes about Walter Keane and more, more, MORE!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 [email protected], 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

Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney present their picks for the best THIS HAD OSCAR BUZZ movies ever!These aren't just movies that had Oscar buzz, these are movies specifically featured on the long-running, awesome podcast THIS HAD OSCAR BUZZ, where Chris Feil and Joe Reid explore movies that people thought would get an Oscar nomination but, for one reason or another, didn't!They've released over 370 awesome episodes so far and you should totally check them out! (They also have their own PATREON!)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 [email protected], 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

Bibbs and Witney review the new Brazilian political thriller THE SECRET AGENT, the horror video game movie sequel FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2, the filmed version of the Tony Award-winning revival of Steven Sondheim's MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, Kristen Stewart's directorial debut THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, Michael Showalter's all-star ensemble Christmas movie OH. WHAT. FUN., the wacky spoof of snooty British movies and tv FACKHAM HALL, the queer graphic novel adaptation 100 NIGHTS OF HERO, and the bleak tragedy ROSEMEAD starring Lucy Liu!The Secret Agent - 4:48 Five Nights at Freddy's 2 - 21:37 Merrily We Roll Along - 47:12 The Chronology of Water - 1:02:05 Oh. What. Fun. - 1:12:18 Fackham Hall - 1:25:35 100 Nights of Hero - 1:33:55 Rosemead - 1:42:03 Review Round-Up - 1:52:45Subscribe 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 [email protected], 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