Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro is one of the most exciting and distinctive directors working today, and in the first CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED of 2019, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold delve into every feature film he’s ever directed, from the Oscar winners PAN’S LABYRINTH and THE SHAPE OF WATER, to the bizarre experiments like PACIFIC RIM and CRIMSON PEAK!Also this week, we’re reviewing the first new releases of the year: ESCAPE ROOM (about killer escape rooms) and BANDERSNATCH, the feature-length BLACK MIRROR in which the audience decides the protagonist’s fate!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!Introductions - 0:19 Golden Globes - 3:27 Escape Room - 10:03 Bandersnatch - 30:31 Cronos - 55:00 Mimic - 1:03:39 The Devil’s Backbone - 1:10:10 Blade II - 1:18:47 Hellboy - 1:22:38 Pan’s Labyrinth - 1:30:22 Hellboy II: The Golden Army - 1:39:45 Pacific Rim - 1:47:15 Crimson Peak - 1:55:43 The Shape of Water - 2:05:14

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