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FILM REVIEWS · FEATURES · FESTIVALS · INTERVIEWS Sunday, June 14, 2026
SILVER SCREEN RIOT
Probably hates your favorite movie. Since 2012.

AUTHOR: <SPAN>MATT OAKES</SPAN>

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: ‘ISLE OF DOGS’ 

Out in Theaters: ‘ISLE OF DOGS’ 

A super serum of irreverent whimsy and heartfelt friendships, rife with topical political undercurrents about inclusion and nationalism, Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ is one exceedingly pleasant and gorgeously animated…

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: ‘TOMB RAIDER’ 

Out in Theaters: ‘TOMB RAIDER’ 

Alicia Vikander proves more than worthy of filling the shoes of Lara Croft in this hit-and-miss adaptation of the video game character. Despite a killer leading lady, a few strong…

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: ‘THOROUGHBREDS’ 

Out in Theaters: ‘THOROUGHBREDS’ 

The startling and commanding debut film from Cory Finley ‘Thoroughbreds’ gives a fresh coat of black paint to the teen thriller genre, mixing bleak comedy into one of cinema’s darkest…

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: ‘A WRINKLE IN TIME’

Out in Theaters: ‘A WRINKLE IN TIME’

Well-intentioned and good-hearted ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ is a gaudy bore, Ava DuVernay’s House of Mouse experiment both superficially busy and thematically hollow, rushing from flashy plot point to plot…

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: ‘DEATH WISH’ 

Out in Theaters: ‘DEATH WISH’ 

Eli Roth’s remake of 'Death Wish' is rote, redundant, reductive work, poorly paced and overstuffed with lazy performances and bad dialogue. Worse still, it romanticizes gun violence and vigilantism, paying…

REVIEW
Official 2018 Academy Awards Prediction

Official 2018 Academy Awards Prediction

Each and every year, us film bloggers fold ourselves into a pretzel trying to prognosticate the winners of these awards downwind a country mile with nothing but the occasional whiff of “Actual Oscar Ballot”. Personally, I’ve kind of fallen out of the habit of tracking these things – but have relished the opportunity to be a...

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: ‘ANNIHILATION’

Out in Theaters: ‘ANNIHILATION’

‘Annihilation’ marries elements of smart science fiction and toe-curling stabs of horror to tell a heady, intellectual creation myth that dares to challenge conventional ideas of human superiority and evolutionary…

REVIEW
Out in Theaters: ‘BLACK PANTHER’

Out in Theaters: ‘BLACK PANTHER’

‘Black Panther’ is a historic landmark of representation and inclusion on the big screen and has many elements to celebrate, most notably its kick-ass cast and many production marvels. The…

FESTIVAL
Sundance ’18 Review: ‘TIME SHARE’

Sundance ’18 Review: ‘TIME SHARE’

Hell is a timeshare. A designated parcel of property allocated to your family for one immobile week each year. A curated escape, one characterized by pool floaties, crawfish-colored sunburns and frozen cocktails melting in plastic hurricane cups, that lives in a state of semi-stasis. There’s a kind of “Twilight Zone” quality to the whole notion...

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2017 Silver Screen Riot Awards

2017 Silver Screen Riot Awards

With the announcement of the Academy Awards nominees, we’re finally in the race to the finale of this year’s award’s seasons. Seeing that Mr. Oscar tends to get it wrong so much of the time (although this year’s nominees were fairly great across the board), we have an annual tradition of issuing our own awards...