William Bibbiani is an award-winning film critic and member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the Critics Choice Association (CCA) and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. He has written film criticism for over 20 years and written for The Wrap since 2019. He is a frequent guest on KCRW’s Press Play with Madeline Brand. Bibbiani also co-hosts The Critically Acclaimed Network, a series of podcasts dedicated to new, classic and cult film and TV reviews and retrospectives. His commentary tracks and essays can be found on Blu-ray special editions for films released by Arrow Video, Shout! Factory and Umbrella Entertainment. You can follow him on BlueSky (and various other social media).
Experience:
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‘Bride Hard’ Review: This Incompetent Action-Comedy Is Where Humor Goes to Die
Rebel Wilson goes all John McClane at her best friend’s wedding in director Simon West’s boring, directionless hack job
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‘The Unholy Trinity’ Review: A Mediocre Western That Doesn’t Deserve Samuel L. Jackson
Pierce Brosnan and Q’orianka Kilcher also try, in vain, to make a meal out of starvation rations
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The 25 Best Second Movies From Breakout Directors
When your first film is ‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’ or ‘Eraserhead’ it sets an impossibly high bar – but these directors reached it
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‘Materialists’ Review: Modern Love Gets an Audit With Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans
Celine Song’s “Past Lives” follow-up chronicles an artful love triangle that’s more rom-econ than rom-com
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‘Echo Valley’ Review: Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney Elevate an Otherwise Generic Crime Thriller
It’s Moore murder, Moore problems in the Apple TV+ feature from filmmaker Michael Pearce
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‘Predator: Killer of Killers’ Review: Animated Hulu Anthology Is a Simplistic Blast From the Past
A viking, a samurai and a World War II aviator battle alien monsters from beyond the stars — is that cool or what?
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‘Ballerina’ Review: Ana de Armas Brings a Flamethrower to a Gunfight
After a terrible first act, this slapdash spinoff from the world of “John Wick” explodes into glorious, inventive violence
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The 13 Best Netflix Original Horror Movies, Ranked
Netflix releases so many scary movies that it’s hard to keep track – these are the streamer’s best horror originals
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All 9 (Yes, 9) ‘Mission: Impossible’ Movies Ranked From Worst to Best
How does ‘Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning’ hold up against the other films – including the one without Tom Cruise?
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‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ Review: Retro Netflix Slasher is Better Than ‘Prom Night,’ Worse Than ‘Prom Night II’
Matt Palmer’s ‘Fear Street’ sequel revives the gnarliest parts of 1980s slasher movies — but leaves the bad parts in too
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‘Fountain of Youth’ Review: Apple’s Epic Asks, ‘What If Indiana Jones Was Annoying?’
John Krasinski and Natalie Portman hunt for treasure in a tedious ‘Raiders’ knockoff with an insufferable hero
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‘Lilo & Stitch’ Review: Longer and Not as Good, Just the Way Disney Likes It
Disney’s latest live-action remake may be inferior and it may even be pointless — but it’s also not bad
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‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review: Nobody Wes Andersons Like Wes Anderson
Cannes 2025: A tycoon finds God and a nun finds materialism in yet another impeccable, funny, meaningful Anderson diorama
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‘Bring Her Back’ Review: Sally Hawkins Horrifies in A24’s Tale of Death and Abuse
The Oscar-nominated star plays a foster mother with unholy plans for her kids in the second film from the directors of “Talk to Me”
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‘Final Destination Bloodlines’ Review: Glorious Gorefest Is 100% Pure Cinema
The sixth “Final Destination” film delivers awe-inspiring, demonically funny shocks — a night at the movies doesn’t get much better
