BREAKING NEWS: CITIZEN KANE LOSES BEST PICTURE TO HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY BREAKING NEWS: HITCHCOCK'S VERTIGO BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE, DEEMED COMMERCIAL FAILURE BREAKING NEWS: KUBRICK'S 2001 TOO CONFUSING, AUDIENCES DEMAND REFUNDS BREAKING NEWS: BRANDO REFUSES OSCAR, SENDS APACHE ACTIVIST IN HIS PLACE BREAKING NEWS: THE EXORCIST FIRST FILM NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE FEATURING PROJECTILE DEMON VOMIT BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG'S JAWS BREAKS ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE RECORD BREAKING NEWS: LUCAS STEALS SPIELBERG'S BOX OFFICE RECORD WITH STAR WARS BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG RECLAIMS RECORD FROM LUCAS WITH E.T. BREAKING NEWS: WATERWORLD BECOMES MOST EXPENSIVE FILM IN HISTORY AT $175 MILLION BREAKING NEWS: SHOWGIRLS SETS RECORD FOR MOST RAZZIES WON BY SINGLE FILM BREAKING NEWS: ACADEMY VOTERS ASKED TO ACTUALLY WATCH ALL NOMINATED FILMS BREAKING NEWS: CITIZEN KANE LOSES BEST PICTURE TO HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY BREAKING NEWS: HITCHCOCK'S VERTIGO BOMBS AT BOX OFFICE, DEEMED COMMERCIAL FAILURE BREAKING NEWS: KUBRICK'S 2001 TOO CONFUSING, AUDIENCES DEMAND REFUNDS BREAKING NEWS: BRANDO REFUSES OSCAR, SENDS APACHE ACTIVIST IN HIS PLACE BREAKING NEWS: THE EXORCIST FIRST FILM NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE FEATURING PROJECTILE DEMON VOMIT BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG'S JAWS BREAKS ALL-TIME BOX OFFICE RECORD BREAKING NEWS: LUCAS STEALS SPIELBERG'S BOX OFFICE RECORD WITH STAR WARS BREAKING NEWS: SPIELBERG RECLAIMS RECORD FROM LUCAS WITH E.T. BREAKING NEWS: WATERWORLD BECOMES MOST EXPENSIVE FILM IN HISTORY AT $175 MILLION BREAKING NEWS: SHOWGIRLS SETS RECORD FOR MOST RAZZIES WON BY SINGLE FILM BREAKING NEWS: ACADEMY VOTERS ASKED TO ACTUALLY WATCH ALL NOMINATED FILMS
FILM REVIEWS · FEATURES · FESTIVALS · INTERVIEWS Thursday, April 30, 2026
SILVER SCREEN RIOT
Probably hates your favorite movie. Since 2012.

AUTHOR: <SPAN>MATT OAKES</SPAN>

INTERVIEW
Talking with James Ponsoldt of THE SPECTACULAR NOW

Talking with James Ponsoldt of THE SPECTACULAR NOW

James Ponsoldt is quickly shuffling his way to the forefront of the independent movie scene and I had a chance to sit down with him and talk about his film The Spectacular Now, which is currently sitting as my favorite film of the year thus far, as well as his plans for the future. Infectiously...

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Talking with Matthias Horne, Director of COCKNEYS VS. ZOMBIES

Talking with Matthias Horne, Director of COCKNEYS VS. ZOMBIES

With his film releasing in limited theaters and VOD this weekend, I had a chance to sit down with Matthias Hoene (pronounced: who-na) to talk about his zom-com Cockneys Vs. Zombies. Following a clan of bumbling Cockneys trying to be cons, Horne frames the zombie genre in the light of a first-time bank heist. For...

REVIEW
James Cameron Says AVATAR 2, 3 & 4 a Go

James Cameron Says AVATAR 2, 3 & 4 a Go

Master of making everyone in the world give him money, James Cameron, has announced today that he will not only begin production on Avatar 2, but will simulataneously be filming a third and forth film, making all three sequels at once. While this kind of consecutive filmmaking is no novel approach, just look to Peter...

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Bryan Cranston Rumored for Lex Luthor in BATMAN/SUPERMAN Movie

Bryan Cranston Rumored for Lex Luthor in BATMAN/SUPERMAN Movie

Since DC announced the ultimate geekgasm film that involves Batman and Superman duking it out on the big screen, all sorts of news circling the film has been spiraling out of the blogosphere. While the casting rumors surrounding Batman, with sources claiming that DC is hunting for an aged and grizzled Bruce Wayne/Batman, a man...

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: PRINCE AVALANCHE

Out in Theaters: PRINCE AVALANCHE

I don't doubt there will be droves of art-film enthusiasts lining up to put in their two-cent defense of Green's latest but I can't foresee any conclusion that would sway…

REVIEW
Trailer for George Clooney's Oscar Hopeful THE MONUMENTS MEN

Trailer for George Clooney's Oscar Hopeful THE MONUMENTS MEN

George Clooney‘s Monuments Men screams Oscar. From the all-star cast, to the historical premise, to Clooney’s gilded track record behind the camera, I’d be surprised if it didn’t pull off at least five nominations and mostly a lot more – Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Score, you name it, this has...

REVIEW
Trailer for James Gandolfini's ENOUGH SAID

Trailer for James Gandolfini's ENOUGH SAID

The entertainment community suffered a staggering loss with the passing of James Gandolfini but luckily one final performance from the man most known for his gangster persona on The Sopranos remains to be seen in the indie film, Enough Said. As a major change of pace for Gandolfini, he plays a vulnerable and sensitive man...

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First Look at Jason Reitman's LABOR DAY

First Look at Jason Reitman's LABOR DAY

Jason Reitman, director of Juno, Up in the Air, Thank You For Smoking and Young Adult, returns to the mainstream with Labor Day, a film starring Josh Brolin and Kate Winslet as a pair of strangers forced together by chance. Depressed single mom Adele (Winslet) and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man (Brolin),...

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: ELYSIUM

Out in Theaters: ELYSIUM

With metaphors as explosive as the beautifully realized action, Elysium is a breathless experience with outbreaks of genius. Prone to coercive measures, Blomkamp pokes the rubble of the future and…

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: WE'RE THE MILLERS

Out in Theaters: WE'RE THE MILLERS

But, let's not get too down on it. It's a fun movie right? That's the point, right? Surely, but it's also the reason why I won't be prancing through town…