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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Here are five things you may have missed in the new trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3, including potential confirmation of a long-held theory.
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Seinfeld might be known as 'a show about nothing,' but Jerry Seinfeld's original pitch for the sitcom had a pretty specific thematic foundation.
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Tom Holland has always been appreciative of the chance to play Spider-Man in the MCU, but there is one aspect of his casting that he'd change if he could.
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Several of The Simpsons' regular cast members have voiced hundreds of characters on the show, but there's one clear winner.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation cast members Michael Dorn and Jonathan Frakes both named the same episode of the series among their favorites.
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Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro shared the screen in a film that's unexpectedly mellow for a thriller starring two crime movie legends.
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Some Star Trek fans have theorized that the impish character Q was responsible for creating the Mirror Universe. But does that theory hold water?
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Tim Blake Nelson finally returned as The Leader in Captain America: Brave New World, but the Marvel villain almost looked very different.
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Once upon a time, the legendary Three Stooges made a weird Western comedy movie that featured Adam "Batman" West in the lead.
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James Gunn made some beloved Marvel movies and is now spearheading the DC Universe, but his superhero movie career got off to a rough start.
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In a canonical piece of Star Trek dialogue, Spock quotes Sherlock Holmes. But is the Vulcan actually related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional hero?
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Pixar has several sequels in development, along with a handful of original animated movies. Here's every upcoming Pixar title we know of so far.
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Star Trek actor George Takei appeared in the critically panned war drama Green Berets starring John Wayne. So how did he feel about working with the film icon?
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The Halle Berry sci-fi movie The Mothership was already in post-production when Netflix pulled the plug. Here's what happened.
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Tobey Maguire almost bailed on Spider-Man 2 for a couple of reasons, and Jake Gyllenhaal was waiting in the wings to take over the webslinging duties.
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Decades before starring in Severance, Adam Scott appeared in a bizarre MTV sci-fi series that was also about people getting chips implanted in their brains.
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Batman & Robin is considered by many to be the worst Batman film ever made, but Uma Thurman has no regrets about playing Poison Ivy.
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The animated film Happily Ever After originated as a Snow White sequel. However, it was forced to change tactics after Disney took legal action.
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Iron Man 2 isn't generally considered one of the better movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Just ask Mickey Rourke.
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The Severance pilot memorably begins with Helly (Britt Lower) waking up on the severed floor, but there was another innie originally in her place.
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This sitcom marked Robin Williams' long-awaited return to TV prior to his death, so why was it cancelled so quickly? Creator David E. Kelley knows the answer.
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The first villain Batman ever fought on the big screen was Dr. Daka, but it took another 40 years for the character to debut in DC Comics.
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Peter Briggs, who co-wrote the 2004 Hellboy movie, once developed a Hellraiser sequel that sounded way more interesting than the ones we eventually got.
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After years of playing Edith on All in the Family, Jean Stapleton knew the character well enough to suggest a major change to one of her big scenes on the show.
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This Peter Jackson war documentary has a nearly-perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes but has also drawn criticism for being philosophically questionable.
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Everyone has their own metric on what makes a TV show a success, but Alan Hale Jr. knew Gilligan's Island was a hit thanks to a random meeting with a fan.
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