Out in Theaters: ‘ANOMALISA’
Charlie Kaufman finds new ways to stretch the imagination with stop-motion character study 'Anomalisa'. A tender piece on insecurity and the mundanity of human relations, Kaufman's latest mind-trip is as…
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Out in Theaters: ’13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI’
An offense to good taste and good war cinema, '13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Bengazhi' is a shameless exploitation of recent history. Michael Bay has tactless cracks at action…
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Your Official 2016 Oscar Nominees (And How My Predictions Stacked Up)
I feel like Denzel Washington at the Globes. I have a speech prepared but I forgot my reading glasses. I guess I’ll thank my family for giving me the courage to predict the Academy Award nominees. And, of course, I’d like to thank the Academy. But in all seriousness, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts...
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‘MAD MAX: FURY ROAD’ Sweeps the 2015 Seattle Film Awards
This morning, the Seattle Film Critics’ Survery unleashed their winners and it was Mad Max: Fury Road who took the proverbial cake and ate it too. Curated by Should I See It‘s Mike Ward, the full press release is included below: “George Miller’s post-apocalyptic epic Mad Max: Fury Road steamrolled the competition, and was named the Best...
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Silver Screen Riot’s Official 2016 Oscar Nomination Predictions
Every year, us adamant movie bloggers have a tradition of predicting not only the winners of the Academy Awards but the actual nominees. Does it sound like sheer insanity? Of course it does! It’s tilting at windmills. Nothing more. Nonetheless, we labor to push the proverbial rock up the hill eternal, shooting blindly into the...
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Chilling New ‘THE WITCH’ Trailer Brings on Dread and Black Phillip
I posed in my 2015 Sundance review of The Witch, “What do 1630, a silver cup, Christian fervor and a goat named Black Phillip have in common?” You’ll soon find out. Directed by Robert Eggers, who won last year’s Sundance prize for Best Director, The Witch tells the story of a New England settling family...
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Out in Theaters: LAMB
Says Partridge, “Lamb attempts to suspend and challenge our preconceived beliefs of right and wrong, raising the question, “If we could all reset and correct the ills of our past,…
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50 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016
Last year, we compiled a list of our 50 Most Films of 2015 and though many proved disappointed, the top-tier resulted in a barrage of wins. This year, we return to do the same. Consider yourself in store for a massive compilation of films, including many were already featured on last year’s list for release...
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Out in Theaters: THE FOREST
A listless turd of a film, 'The Forest' lacks the requisite scares to qualify as a horror and is devoid of the necessary singular iota of intelligence required to work…
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Tom Hiddleston Totally Loses It in Insanely Awesome ‘HIGH-RISE’ Trailer
Director Ben Wheatley is perhaps the most underrated name in the horror game and his latest, High-Rise, looks to continue his streak of being a total badass with a camera. High-Rise will be the director’s fifth feature film effort – coming off the heels of the rather eccentric A Field in England – and has...