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STREAMING · DISNEY+Out in Theaters: ‘X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST’
Now present in not one, but two timelines, the question remains: how many more does Hugh Jackman have in him? Although he's a tremendous…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELOut in Theaters: COLD IN JULY
As the next chapter in Mickle’s ascension, Cold in July is a wonderfully stylized jangle of unsettling imagery, deep-seated tension, and brash, bold, cold…
STREAMING · PARAMOUNT+Out in Theaters: GODZILLA
Though the performances are often showed up by the 150-foot beast stomping through the midst of Evans' film, it is still a certifiable triumph,…
STREAMING · NETFLIXOut in Theaters: NEIGHBORS
I’ve got enough fraternity experiences to write two books. None of them resemble what I saw Tuesday night. Hell, my fraternity chapter was shut…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELOut in Theaters: PALO ALTO
What transpires is a whole bunch of nothing that adds up to little more than: "Rich white people gots it ruff." Like the offspring…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOOut in Theaters: CHEF
Hoffman's suit of a boss likens Casper to a Rolling Stones show; "Imagine if you paid for a ticket and they didn't play Satisfation?"…
STREAMING · DISNEY+Out in Theaters: THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2
Even set to the background noise of Webb and Garfield pondering leaving the series sooner rather than later, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 does move…
STREAMING · TUBIDocumentary Dossier: JODOROWSKY’S DUNE
Jodorowsky raped my mind. And I loved it. Yeah. Or maybe that’s just the Stockholm Syndrome talking.
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELOut in Theaters: JOE
Shouldering the picture, Poulter, Blevins, Cage and Sheridan are the savior of Green's view of a broke down suburban hell hole. If only they…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELOut in Theaters: TRANSCENDENCE
Plot mechanics are omnipresent and omnipotent until the script demands it not so, characters unfold incompatible reveals without satisfying explanation, and by the end...…
STREAMING · NETFLIXOut in Theaters: OCULUS
Oculus does for mirrors what Hitchcock did for showers. We're not afraid of them, they're just a little creepier now.
STREAMING · NETFLIXOut in Theaters: UNDER THE SKIN
But even when you're inevitably scratching your head as the credits roll, the repeated vignette of Johansson's stripping down the runway will prove burned…
STREAMING · DISNEY+Out in Theaters: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
Give me more super-noir, less hapless explosions. Give me the humor and tragedy of Cap being a man lost in time. Screenwriters Christopher Markus…
STREAMING · PARAMOUNT+Out in Theaters: NOAH
Noah lacks the signature claustrophobia of Aronofsky's finest work but the eerie character turns we've come to expect from him are most certainly in…
RENT / BUYSXSW Review: SEQUOIA
With Rothchild's tenderly biting words married to Michalka's soul-melting performance, director Andy Landen proves there's still a place for storytellers with a unwavering voice…
STREAMING · NETFLIXSXSW Review: CREEP
From his backlit framing to the long, empty, awkward silences that fill the air like smog, Brice plants all the seeds of doubt required…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELOut in Theaters: ENEMY
I have never left a theater so thoroughly mind-wrecked. Gyllenhaal’s gritty performance combined with all the production elements that Villeneuve flaunts breaks this story…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELOut in Theaters: ENEMY
I have never left a theater so thoroughly mind-wrecked. Gyllenhaal’s gritty performance combined with all the production elements that Villeneuve flaunts breaks this story…
STREAMING · DISNEY+Out in Theaters: THE MUPPETS: MOST WANTED
Its predecessor had the savory flavors of a labor of love, this the stink of a cash grab. Like salt water, you can taste…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELSXSW Review: FORT TILDEN
Cinematographer Brian Lannin makes good use of the rustic settings and concrete jungles, sun blasting the scenes when needed, adding an extra layer of…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELSXSW Review: SPACE STATION 76
The stocky sets, "pew pew" sound design and clunky CGI - that look like crafted on a circa 1976 computer - are as kitschy…
STREAMING · PEACOCKSXSW Review: HONEYMOON
Perhaps that's her intent after all, to show us something beautiful only to take it away, leaving tatters and fragments of what it meant…
RENT / BUYSXSW Review: KUMIKO THE TREASURE HUNTER
Out here in the wild throes of a gusty suburban sprawl, she's got her manifest destiny mixed up with fairy tales. Her journey is…
RENT / BUYSXSW Review: AMONG THE LIVING
Famous for their excessive gore and deadly somber tone, Maury and Bustillo earn an outpouring of deference from their fans but I have to…
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By: Matt Oakes
Matt Oakes is the founder and editor-in-chief of Silver Screen Riot. A Tomatometer-approved critic on Rotten Tomatoes, he’s a founding member of the Seattle Film Critics Society and a member of the Online Film Critics Society. He started writing about movies in college, when the university paper wouldn’t have him, and has been reviewing ever since, covering festivals like Sundance and SIFF along the way. He has a soft spot for horror movies that make him die a little inside, a healthy skepticism of film Twitter’s consensus favorites, and a philosophy degree he swears is relevant. He’s based in Seattle.
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