Bibbs and Witney review the Oscar hopeful MARTY SUPREME, the killer chimpanzee movie PRIMATE, the not-so-killer snake movie ANACONDA, the colonial musical THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, Jim Jarmusch's FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER, the post-apocalyptic thriller GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION, Gus Van Sant's 1970s thriller DEAD MAN'S WIRE, the creepy bullying film THE PLAGUE, the Palestinian generational drama ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU, and the high-concept theater adaptation THE DUTCHMAN!

Marty Supreme - 8:39

Primate - 28:07

Anaconda - 43:20

The Testament of Ann Lee - 1:00:45

Song Sung Blue - 1:13:05

Father Mother Sister Brother - 1:23:00

Greenland 2: Migration - 1:31:23

Dead Man's Wire - 1:41:35

The Plague - 1:51:25

All That's Left of You - 2:02:45

The Dutchman - 2:08:45

Review Round-Up - 2:16:20

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Bibbs and Witney answer YOUR letters and emails in an all-new WE'VE GOT MAIL!

This time, we're talking about our favorite real-life road trips, the unsung filmography of animation legend Don Bluth, movies we may have defended a little too much, and offering backup to a listener's grandmother, who really, really, really wants her grandson to watch THE TOWERING INFERNO!

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We talked about the best movies of the year for three whole hours! So here's another 2+ hours, all about THE WORST AND MOST AVERAGE MOVIES OF 2025!

So much talking! So much movies! So much worseness! So much meh!

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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!

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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 

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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!

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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!)

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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 - 1:52:45

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Bibbs and Witney review Rian Johnson's latest all-star whodunnit WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, Chloé Zhao's historical weepy HAMNET, Disney's animated sequel ZOOTOPIA 2, and the Netflix holiday rom-com/crime caper hybrid JINGLE BELL HEIST!

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Because our patrons demanded it, Bibbs and Witney are back with their picks for THE COZIEST MOVIES EVER MADE!

But what, pray tell, makes a movie "cozy?" It's not a well-defined genre, and as much as warm hearths and fuzzy sweaters seem to define the vibe, there's more to coziness than creature comforts.

Bibbs and Witney (and especially Witney) push the boundaries of what "cozy" really means, as they come up with their own Top Ten lists on... THE IRON LIST!

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Bibbs and Witney review WICKED: FOR GOOD, the Brendan Fraser drama RENTAL FAMILY, the Eurospy throwback REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, the action sequel SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE and the Netflix rom-com CHAMPAGNE PROBLEMS!

(UPDATE: It has come to our attention that we accidentally misgendered filmmaker Hikari in this episode. We apologize for this extreme oversight and we will not make this mistake in the future.)

Wicked: For Good - 2:00

Rental Family - 32:00

Reflection in a Dead Diamond - 43:15

Sisu: Road to Revenge - 55:55

Champagne Problems - 1:06:20

Review Round-Up - 1:14:55

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