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FILM REVIEWS · FEATURES · FESTIVALS · INTERVIEWS Monday, August 3, 2026
SILVER SCREEN RIOT
Probably hates your favorite movie. Since 2012.

AUTHOR: <SPAN>MATT OAKES</SPAN>

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Watch McConaughey and Harrelson Lead New HBO Series TRUE DETECTIVE

Watch McConaughey and Harrelson Lead New HBO Series TRUE DETECTIVE

Ahh HBO. You are a breathe of fresh air in a putrid pool of network television. You have signaled the turning of the tides, the relocation of true adult entertainment, providing the catalyst that has marked a significant reinvention of what TV could be. And you, like a fine wine, you only improve with age....

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Out in Theaters: SHORT TERM 12

Out in Theaters: SHORT TERM 12

Another, more difficult, thing to take away is Cretton's interpretation of self-inflicted pain. Many wounded souls hurt themselves not to inflict pain but to make the pain go away. This…

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Out in Theaters: RIDDICK

Out in Theaters: RIDDICK

With reckless abandon, Twohy throws too much at the screen, desperately hoping for it all to stick. Fortunately for him, some of it does. There's enough absurdity to cull some…

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Benedict Cumberbatch Rumored for Sith Lord in STAR WARS 7

Benedict Cumberbatch Rumored for Sith Lord in STAR WARS 7

Benedict Cumberbatch, known by many as the villain “John Harrison” in Star Trek into Darkness and by few as the leading man on BBC‘s Sherlock, has some pretty massive rumors swirling about his strangely shaped head of late. Although nothing is confirmed, Cumberbatch is said to be in talks with Disney to play a “Vader-type”...

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Red Band Trailer for NEIGHBORS Pits Rogen Against Efron

Red Band Trailer for NEIGHBORS Pits Rogen Against Efron

If you didn’t already have a certain disdain for frat bros, this trailer for Neighbors is sure to spark that special hate in your heart. Starring Seth Rogen and Rose Byrneas an ordinary couple married with a baby, Neighbors asks what it would be like if the house next door was turned into a frat...

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Michael Bay Returns with First TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION Poster

Michael Bay Returns with First TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION Poster

After Michael Bay‘s alleged retirement from the Transformers franchise, a little bit of fancy footwork from the Paramount studio (and by fancy footwork I mean Heisenberg-styled drums of cash) has the man back behind the camera for Transformers 4, which is now officially titled Transformers: Age of Extinction. Although original-trilogy star Shia LaBeouf has stepped...

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ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE Trailer is a Joke

ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE Trailer is a Joke

“It’s not scary,” reads my F review for All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, “It’s not funny. It’s not ironic. It’s white bread soaked in water. It’s such a dullard that it’s almost confusing. I really do think that [director Jonathan] Levine must have assumed that there was something ironic about doing exactly what we...

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Out in Theaters: GETAWAY

Out in Theaters: GETAWAY

internet. With only one long-shot in the entirety of the film worth mentioning at all, the result is so watered down that there's hardly any taste left in it at…

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James Spader Cast as Villain in THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

James Spader Cast as Villain in THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

You can probably guess from the post-colon title of Joss Whedon‘s follow-up to the $1.5 billion  earning superhero collective that at some point a dude named Ultron is going to be involved. Heralded as a beloved Marvel supervillain, Ultron is a sentient robot, who will now be played by James Spader. It’s yet unclear where...

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Matt Damon Joins Frickin' Stacked Cast in Nolan's INTERSTELLAR

Matt Damon Joins Frickin' Stacked Cast in Nolan's INTERSTELLAR

  You thought that Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar cast couldn’t possibly spend another dollar on its acting budget…but you were wrong. Hollywood A-lister Matt Damon has joined what can only be called a frickin’ stacked cast in the intergalatic sci-fi movie from the blockbuster king. Although Damon will reportedly only play a small supporting role –...