Witney Seibold
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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Stories By Witney Seibold
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Geordi's mechanical eyes in Star Trek: First Contact were created using a simple home appliance.
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Kurt Russell would never say never to a Big Trouble in Little China sequel, but he also wouldn't make one just for the heck of it.
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One of Sarah Snook's earliest (and best) roles saw her matching wits with Ethan Hawke in a twisted and complex sci-fi movie.
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Star Trek's Prime Directive is an anti-colonialist measure that evolved as a direct response to a real-life historical atrocity.
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Halle Berry's Catwoman film just turned 20, and the cast and crew are finally revealing the Warner Bros. studio mandates for the story.
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There was a hidden detail in Star Trek: First Contact that no one watching the film could've noticed.
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While shooting one scene in Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson saw some of his extras walking off set.
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Had Drive Angry gotten a sequel, Nic Cage would have been on a vengeance mission ... for the devil.
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Every Trekkie has their favorite Star Trek movie, but one film in the franchise is rated higher than all the rest on Rotten Tomatoes.
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The original opening to Gilligan's Island merely introduced Russell Watson and Dawn Wells as 'and the rest,' although that would later change.
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A pivotal 12 Monkeys scene involving one of the scientists from the movie's post-apocalyptic future caused trouble for the film's writers.
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Star Trek Beyond features lots of slick action scenes, one of which resulted in Chris Pine getting accidentally socked in the eye.
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A beloved Marvel hero from the comics and movies was originally set to die during the Like a Prayer sequence in Deadpool and Wolverine, but rewrites saved him.
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Deadpool & Wolverine nearly introduced another MCU character worthy of wielding Thor's magical hammer Mjölnir.
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The Crow experienced one of the worst tragedies that can happen on a film set, when Brandon Lee was killed during production. Here's the full story explained.
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In the wake of actor Patti Yasutake's passing, we're looking at the evolution of her Star Trek character, Nurse Alyssa Ogawa.
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Deadpool and Wolverine director Shawn Levy had a hilarious idea for a Wolverine variant. Sadly, it was too late to be included in Deadpool & Wolverine.
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Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob Squarepants, has played a lot of different Futurama characters over the years.
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According to Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy, here are the two reasons Henry Cavill agreed to make a cameo in the latest Marvel Studios movie.
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Ricky Gervais was keen on writing an episode of The Simpsons, but his ambitions stalled out.
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Star Trek: First Contact required some serious movie magic to pull off the Borg Queen.
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Kurt Russell's Ego is a terrible father to Chris Pratt's Peter Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy, but Russell was a great father figure to the actor on set.
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Will Smith was already a big name when he made Independence Day, but Fox didn't want to cast him for, you guessed it, racist reasons.
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Betsy Palmer loses her head at the end of Friday the 13th, and the micro-budget horror film did it all without the use of CGI.
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Denis Villeneuve is not the first to adapt Frank Herbert's Dune, and he has some strong feelings about David Lynch's take on the material.
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There are more Superman films than you probably realize. While there's no truly correct order to watch them, here are some notable groupings to help guide you.
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John Carpenter famously adapted Stephen King's Christine into a movie, but that's not his pick for the horror maestro's scariest book.