William Bibbiani is a professional 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. He 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 medias).
Experience:
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‘The Crow’ Review: This Daffy Remake Is for the Birds
Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs co-star in a nonsensical, ineffectual new take on the cult classic
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‘The Union’ Review: Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry Are Working Class Heroes in a 2nd Class Comedy
Wahlberg gets recruited into a blue collar spy ring in a film that doesn’t seem to know what that means
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‘Skincare’ Review: Hollywood Stalker Thriller Strikes the Right (pH) Balance
Elizabeth Banks stars as a celebrity aesthetician whose life gets seriously inflamed
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‘Watchmen: Chapter 1’ Review: The ‘Citizen Kane’ of Superhero Comics Is Now an Adequate Animated Movie
Part 1 of Brandon Vietti’s film version faithfully adapts the story but struggles with its complexity and style
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‘Borderlands’ Review: Eli Roth’s Video Game Movie Reaches New Plateaus of Mediocrity
Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart and Jack Black can’t save this lackluster sci-fi adventure
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‘Rebel Moon: The Director’s Cut’ Review: Zack Snyder’s 2-Part Sci-Fi Epic Gets Bigger, Not Much Better
Snyder’s “Seven Samurai” in space for Netflix is now twice as long as its inspiration, but still underwhelming
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‘Trap’ Review: M. Night Shyamalan Ensnares Josh Hartnett in Fiendishly Clever Thriller
Hartnett plays a killer trying to sneak his way out of a pop concert in one of the director’s most suspenseful films
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‘Doctor Jekyll’ Review: Eddie Izzard Beguiles in Hammer’s Latest House of Horrors
The iconic horror studio returns to form with a satisfying but slightly creaky monster movie
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‘Harold and the Purple Crayon’ Review: A Powerless, Unimaginative Ode to the Power of Imagination
Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel and Jemaine Clement co-star in a generic adaptation of the picture book
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‘Dìdi’ Review: Sean Wang’s Wonderful Debut Feature Opens Old Wounds – and Heals Them
The Oscar-nominated director of “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó” brings a frank yet sensitive sensibility to the coming of age story
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‘The Fabulous Four’ Review: Susan Sarandon v. Bette Midler — Dawn of Just ‘Eh’
Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph costar in a buddy comedy where the cast seems to have had a better time than the audience
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Team Up for Corporate-Mandated ‘Fun’
Fan-service reigns supreme in a superficially entertaining but deeply hollow exploitation of the studio’s IP
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‘Longlegs’ Review: Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage Clash in a Chilling, Pulp Nightmare
Filmmaker Osgood Perkins proves to be a master at filling the screen with dread
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‘Twisters’ Review: Lee Isaac Chung’s Blockbuster Sequel Is a Breath of Fresh Air
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell and Anthony Ramos star in a disaster movie that recaptures the breezy charms of the original
