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FILM REVIEWS · FEATURES · FESTIVALS · INTERVIEWS Tuesday, June 23, 2026
SILVER SCREEN RIOT
Probably hates your favorite movie. Since 2012.

AUTHOR: <SPAN>MATT OAKES</SPAN>

REVIEW
DEXTER Comes to an End with Season 8 Trailer

DEXTER Comes to an End with Season 8 Trailer

For those of us who’ve followed the journey of Dexter Morgan, the light at the end of the tunnel is finally visible as this will be the last go around with our favorite serial killer. Dexter has had quite a bit of up and down with a stellar first, third and fourth season, a middling...

REVIEW
Nolan, Chris Nolan To Take on James Bond?

Nolan, Chris Nolan To Take on James Bond?

  Before you get your hopes up and start having a nerdgasm, remember that this is only a rumor zooming its way around the internet and gaining traction but it’s still a rumor worth reporting on because if this actually were to happen, it would be pretty, pretty, pretty good. So on to the actual...

INTERVIEW
Talking with Stephen Silha and Eric Slade of BIG JOY: THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES BROUGHTON

Talking with Stephen Silha and Eric Slade of BIG JOY: THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES BROUGHTON

  Stephen Sihla and Eric Slade’s Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton is a close exploration of a man who embodied the tenants of free expression. Living under the mantra of ‘Follow Your Weird,’ Broughton was both a poet and a filmmaker, an avante garde champion of artist expression who refused to play by...

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

Out in Theaters: STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

I wanted to like it. I wanted to love it. But I didn't love it and I only kind of liked it. It didn't boldly go anywhere, it just...went. On…

REVIEW
Apparently The RIDDICK Franchise Lives on and Here's a Trailer to Prove it

Apparently The RIDDICK Franchise Lives on and Here's a Trailer to Prove it

It’s been nearly ten years seen the last iteration of the Riddick character has “graced” the silver screen but it appears that Vin Diesel will fill the shoes of the anti-hero once again with the simply named Riddick. I don’t think many people imagined that a third entry into the canon would arrive so far...

REVIEW
Red Band Trailer for V/H/S 2

Red Band Trailer for V/H/S 2

Last year’s V/H/S was a delightfully spooky affair. Working within the same found footage compilation framework, V/H/S 2 offers up seven different visions from emerging filmmakers Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Edúardo Sanchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Huw Evans and Jason Eisener. I’ll be seeing the premiere next week so I’m gonna pass on the...

REVIEW
James Franco Did a Faulker Adaptation Of AS I LAY DYING. This is the Trailer.

James Franco Did a Faulker Adaptation Of AS I LAY DYING. This is the Trailer.

James Franco is something of an enigma. On one side of the coin, he’s definitely an intelligent. He’s taught courses at NYU, USC and UCLA where he is also an adjunct professor of English and is pursuing a PhD at Yale. He is a prominent actor and a celebrated multimedia artist. He was nominated for...

FESTIVAL
SIFF Review: FRANCES HA

SIFF Review: FRANCES HA

“Frances Ha” Directed by Noah Baumbach Starring Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen and Patrick Heusinger Comedy 86 Mins R  Noah Baumbach is at his least caustic with Frances Ha, an idiosyncratic and delightful black-and-white mumblecore film about a New York City girl coming to terms with herself in the haze of her...

REVIEW
Weekly Review 25: RUST AND BONE, JOHN DIES AT THE END, SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN

Weekly Review 25: RUST AND BONE, JOHN DIES AT THE END, SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN

In theaters this week, I caught The Great Gatsby as well as a number of films over at the Seattle International Film Festival. While I already wrote up reviews for What Maisie Knew, which is arguably the best movie of the year so far, and Mistaken for Strangers, the quasi-documentary on The National, I also...

REVIEW
You're Gonna Get Hop-Ons With First Trailer for ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Season 4

You're Gonna Get Hop-Ons With First Trailer for ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Season 4

As if the stream of posters wasn’t enough, we can finally watch the Bluths back in action as the first trailer for the ten-years-in-the-making fourth season of Arrested Development has hit the web. Featuring Michael, George Michael, Maebe, Lindsay, Tobias, George Sr, Gob, Buster and Lucille as well as a slew of supporting bit characters,...