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 Tuesday, June 23, 2026
SILVER SCREEN RIOT
Probably hates your favorite movie. Since 2012.

AUTHOR: <SPAN>MATT OAKES</SPAN>

EDITORIAL
Can IRON MAN 3 Crack a Billy?

Can IRON MAN 3 Crack a Billy?

  You may have seen the headlines strewn across internet banners that Iron Man 3 has bested the opening weekend of The Avengers internationally, putting it on track not only to be the biggest box office monster of the summer but also entering it in a position to duke it out for one of the...

REVIEW
Little Good Ship Chased by Big Evil Ship in STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS IMAX Poster

Little Good Ship Chased by Big Evil Ship in STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS IMAX Poster

  If you’re like me, you’ve been trying your best to avoid the onslaught of Star Trek Into Darkness marketing. Whether this means charging out of the theater during it’s previews, ducking your head when tv spots come on and even popping in headphones or humming along to yourself any time one of what seems...

Little Good Ship Chased by Big Evil Ship in STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS IMAX Poster

If you’re like me, you’ve been trying your best to avoid the onslaught of Star Trek Into Darkness marketing. Whether this means charging out of the theater during it’s previews, ducking your head when tv spots come on and even popping in headphones or humming along to yourself any time one of what seems like...

REVIEW
Transformers Battle Godzillas in New Trailer for PACIFIC RIM

Transformers Battle Godzillas in New Trailer for PACIFIC RIM

Last month, Guillermo del Toro unveiled an alternative Pacific Rim trailer packed full of new footage to a excited throng of WonderCon attendees and they loved it. While the new trailer was originally intended only for those at the popular convention, adamant del Toro have seemed to wiggle it loose from him. Have a look...

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Weekly Review 24: THIS IS 40, ROBOT AND FRANK

Weekly Review 24: THIS IS 40, ROBOT AND FRANK

Just a couple of flicks from 2012 that I never got to see in this week’s installment of Weekly Review. This is 40 seemed to largely divide critics but I found it to be a very ugly, very unnecessary film. Frank and Robot, however, was a nice little independent drama worthy of a worth if...

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: PAIN AND GAIN

Out in Theaters: PAIN AND GAIN

Even though Pain and Gain is maybe Bay's most mature film to date and he legitimately tries to dissect an nearly incomprehensible ethos,  his own over-embellishing and tacky directorial choices…

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: MUD

Out in Theaters: MUD

Themes of innocence lost and re-invigoration of character are beautifully woven into the subtext and come across as potent and intoxicating, allowing Mud to be something to dwell on rather…

REVIEW
A Bunch of Character Posters for ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

A Bunch of Character Posters for ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT

  When I heard that Arrested Development would officially return nearly seven years after its cancellation, like a time-abiding Jesus, I was both ecstatic and worried. The experience of AD was short and sweet – a steady crescendo that built upon its jokes episode-after-episode to side-splitting hilarity- but it left off on such a high...

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Trailer for Michel Gondry's MOOD INDIGO Amps Up The Whimsy

Trailer for Michel Gondry's MOOD INDIGO Amps Up The Whimsy

  Michel Gondry is definitely a hit or miss talent (he’s directed such masterpieces as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind amongst duds like The Green Hornet) but his latest film, Mood Indigo (L’Écume des jours), which is set in his home tongue of French, looks like a win to me. The vehemently indie flair...

REVIEW
Seattle International Film Festival Line-Up Loaded With Gems

Seattle International Film Festival Line-Up Loaded With Gems

Today, the Seattle International Film Festival  unveiled its full lineup for this year’s festival. As this will be my first year covering it (and my first time covering any festival of this pedigree), I anxiously anticipated what the organizers had in store and the answers are pretty exciting. Running from May 16-June 9, SIFF has...