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SILVER SCREEN RIOT
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Out in Theaters: ‘PATRIOT’S DAY’

Out in Theaters: ‘PATRIOT’S DAY’

'Patriot’s Day' sees Peter Berg take on the Boston Marathon bombing in respective, engaging fashion. In many ways, the director's latest action-drama concludes Berg’s informal "America, Fuck Yeah!" trilogy but…

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‘MOONLIGHT’ Takes Gold in 2016 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

‘MOONLIGHT’ Takes Gold in 2016 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards

Seattle, WA – Barry Jenkins’ groundbreaking drama Moonlight was the big winner with Seattle’s film critics community, winning 6 Seattle Film Awards including Best Picture. In addition to winning the biggest prize as selected by the Seattle Film Critics Society, Jenkins was named Best Director and his screenplay, co-written with Tarell Alvin McCraney, earned Best Screenplay honors....

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Out in Theaters: ‘SILENCE’

Out in Theaters: ‘SILENCE’

Martin Scorsese’s infatuation with his Christian faith makes for a visually suggestive and provocative piece of historical fiction however at 161 minutes, 'Silence' is epic only in its ability to…

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2016 Silver Screen Riot Awards

2016 Silver Screen Riot Awards

Now that we’ve gone ahead and declared our Top Ten Films of 2016 as well as our Ten Favorite Horror Movies of the Year, it’s time to get into the particulars and hand out some superlatives for other “Bests” of the year. Here we celebrate the best performances of the year, the finest directing, our...

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Silver Screen Riot’s Top Ten Films of 2016

Silver Screen Riot’s Top Ten Films of 2016

2016. What a year. As rock ‘n’ roll gods and Princess Leia were smote from the surface of the earth, Trump and Suicide Squad and the Zika virus emerged. But through the muck and the mire emerged a slew of films that rocked socks and reminded us that the movie theater is more often than...

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Out in Theaters: ‘FENCES’

Out in Theaters: ‘FENCES’

Denzel Washington and Viola Davis (and the rest of the cast) are simply outstanding in the powerfully acted and supremely written 'Fences', a 1950s melodrama about a struggling African American…

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Out in Theaters: ‘WHY HIM?’

Out in Theaters: ‘WHY HIM?’

Frequently unfunny, offensively unoriginal and downright grating, this teaming of great character actor Bryan Cranston and can-do-it-all performer James Franco breaks a different kind of bad, scrubbing free the charm…

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Out in Theaters: ‘JACKIE’

Out in Theaters: ‘JACKIE’

In addition to providing a platform for Natalie Portman to display her considerable talents, 'Jackie' is a terrific and multifaceted portrait of a layered American icon. Gloomy, textured and terrifically…

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Out in Theaters: ‘ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY’

Out in Theaters: ‘ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY’

There's no getting around it, 'Rogue One'’s clunky script leaves something to be desired but  wowing visual glamor, classic Star Wars feel, a darker nature and that killer third act…

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Top Ten Horror Movies of 2016

Top Ten Horror Movies of 2016

It’s that time of year. Christmas music infects our radios, capitalism runs rampant and industry insiders rush to be the first to publish their official Top Ten lists. While we at Silver Screen Riot are not racing to the finish line before we’ve seen the likes of Rogue One, Martin Scorsese’s Silence or a number...