If you love action movies, you owe a debt of gratitude to SEVEN SAMURAI, the epic film by Akira Kurosawa that transformed the genre and invented the whole “ragtag team of misfits” trope as we know it. It’s one of the best and most influential movies ever made, so why is it the perfect double feature with SUICIDE SQUAD, a movie that made a lot of money but is - by practically any estimation - really, really bad?

You’re about to find out! You’ll also get a nearly hour-long dissection of Steven Spielberg’s new sci-fi blockbuster READY PLAYER ONE, as well as reviews of the new films TYLER PERRY’S ACRIMONY and GEMINI!

Welcome back to Critically Acclaimed, where highbrow and lowbrow collide! Every week, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold review a BAD movie of YOUR choice and pair it with a GREAT movie of THEIR choice, to make an awesome and enlightening double feature. They also review new movies, answer your letters and more!

Email us at criticallyacclaimedfans(at)gmail.com, and follow your hosts on Twitter at @WilliamBibbiani and @WitneySeibold.

Schedule:

0:01 - Introductions

3:20 - Ready Player One

54:08 - Tyler Perry’s Acrimony

1:03:08 - Gemini

1:11:56 - Seven Samurai

1:32:08 - Suicide Squad

2:12:34 - Letters Column: Bad Movie Double Features, The Future of Blockbuster

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