School
The University of Puget Sound, The Academy of Entertainment and Technology
Expertise
Cult movies, International Cinema, Star Trek
- Witney belongs to the Hollywood Critics Association and the Online Film Critics Society.
- He regularly appears on KCRW in Los Angeles to review the week's new releases on the air.
- He wrote several prize-winning audio drama scripts for the National Audio Theater Festival.
Experience
In addition to his decades of writing and reviewing experience, Witney Seibold has also been podcasting professionally since 2011 as the co-host of "The B-Movies Podcast" and then the Critically Acclaimed Network, both with co-host William Bibbiani. He once served as film editor for the defunct newspaper NoHo>LA, and he has written for CraveOnline, Nerdist, IGN, and Blumhouse. For many years, Seibold worked as a projectionist of 35mm and 16mm film at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles.
Education
Witney attended The University of Puget Sound as a theater major. He also attended The Academy of Entertainment and Technology and majored in film and film business.
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Horror Movies
By Witney Seibold
The Final Destination movies make for a fantastic horror franchise, but the entries aren't created equal. Even the producer knows which one is the 'worst.'
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A non-human character who very briefly popped up in two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery shares a connection with The Big Bang Theory.
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Garrett Wang's fan-favorite Star Trek character Harry Kim almost appeared in a canceled project, but the details are mostly a mystery.
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Drama Shows
By Witney Seibold
David Suchet played Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot for several years and insisted that the character should always be serious.
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Cartoon Shows
By Witney Seibold
Napoleon Dynamite was a cultural phenomenon when it first debuted, but the animated series it inspired was canceled almost immediately.
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Some all-time great actors and directors spent some time in The Twilight Zone, but only one person was ever in front of the camera and in the director's chair.
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Comedy Shows
By Witney Seibold
One of the stars of Gilligan's Island trusted creator Sherwood Schwartz enough to sign on for the sitcom without reading a script first.
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The Dirty Dozen is about as classic as sweaty, testosterone-soaked war movies get. It also received three quickly-forgotten sequels (plus an unofficial one).
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J.J. Abrams ushered in a new era of Star Trek movies when he adapted them in 2009, but he was never much of a 'Trekkie, Trekker, or Trekkist.'
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Superhero Movies
By Witney Seibold
Avengers: Endgame never explicitly states what Thanos' incredibly-powerful double-edged sword is made of, but Marvel fans have pretty much figured it out.
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Comedy Shows
By Witney Seibold
'The Opposite' is easily one of the best Seinfeld episodes of all time. It was also directly set up by the show's pilot several seasons earlier.
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Cartoon Shows
By Witney Seibold
Adult Swim is known for its subversive, original, and absurdly adult comedy shows, but the creative team pushed for Rick and Morty to have a TV-14 rating.
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Fantasy Movies
By Witney Seibold
Director Alex Cox once said he was put on a Hollywood blacklist after directing an Ed Harris-led Western that bombed at the box office.
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Movie Reviews
By Witney Seibold
Hurry Up Tomorrow, starring The Weeknd and Jenna Ortega, is all style and no substance ... and the style isn't even that interesting. Here's our review.
By Witney Seibold
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Superhero Movies
By Witney Seibold
Before Ryan Reynolds donned the ring and played Green Lantern, funnyman Jack Black was circling the superhero genre with a different take on the character.
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 is just around the corner, and we have both an official release date and poster to prove it.
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TV News
By Witney Seibold
After being canceled by Paramount+ and then resurrected, this Star Trek show seems to have finally experienced the end of the line after being canceled again.
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If you're watching a science fiction movie shot in Los Angeles that needed an alien landscape, chances are high that the production visited Vasquez Rocks.
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Halle Berry was once set to appear in a Jinx spin-off movie after appearing in the James Bond film Die Another Day, and she's recently provided an update.
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Comedy Movies
By Witney Seibold
Due to some production mix-ups, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas has a wild Hollywood story centered on the credited writers for the film's script.
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History Movies
By Witney Seibold
Years after dropping out during his first year of study, Steven Spielberg completed college with the help of two of his most beloved movies.
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Documentary Shows
By Witney Seibold
A multipart documentary series focusing on one of their shared passions once brought Clint Eastwood and Martin Scorsese together as creatives.
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Cartoon Shows
By Witney Seibold
Marvel's underrated Silver Surfer animated series featured work from two writers associated with the Star Trek frranchise.
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Cartoon Shows
By Witney Seibold
One of Jack Kirby's best lesser-known DC Comics creations was nearly adapted by a pair of celebrated comics writers into an animated Adult Swim series.
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Severance is a show full of mysteries, many of which creator Dan Erickson claims are much more solvable than viewers may realize.
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Comedy Movies
By Witney Seibold
Before Trey Parker and Matt Stone hit it big with South Park, they had a real shpadoinkle day with a low-budget Western cannibal musical.
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Steven Spielberg's touchstone blockbuster Jurassic Park has since given rise to a full-fledged movie series. Let's run through each and every film, shall we?
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