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STREAMING · SHUDDERSXSW Review: STARRY EYES
Starry Eyes conjures up quick similarities to Black Swan and Rosemary's Baby but finds a perfect footing between the two so any similarities feel…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELSXSW Review: PING PONG SUMMER
With the sporadic fits of laughter that Ping Pong pulled from the audience, I often wondered if I was just not in on the…
STREAMING · TUBIOut in Theaters: NEED FOR SPEED
But regardless of how many times Paul and Waugn try to push the idea that Need for Speed is nothing like Fast and the…
RENT / BUYSXSW Review: CESAR CHAVEZ
Too often are biopics achieved as glossaries, skimping over events like a sleep-deprived college student licking their thumbs and skimming as hard as they…
RENT / BUYSXSW Review: BAD WORDS
No matter how adorable little Rohan Chand is as Guy's unsuspecting sidekick, the chemistry to develop between the two feels like it was cooked…
STREAMING · TUBISXSW Review: THE INFINITE MAN
Rounding out this tactfully told piece of genre-blending cinema, Sullivan's painstaking planning brings unwavering clarity to a dizzily complex web of movement throughout strands…
STREAMING · PARAMOUNT+Out in Theaters: 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
We've come a long way since the visual effects of 300 were groundbreaking and eight years later, Rise looks like the same crew using…
STREAMING · NETFLIXOut in Theaters: POMPEII
A hotpot of narrative no-no's hyped up on its own garishness and blinded by the Hot Pocket consumerism driving the thing, Pompeii is a…
STREAMING · HBO MAXOut in Theaters: THE WIND RISES
Is The Wind Rises Mizayaki's masterpiece? Certainly not. But it's an intriguing work nonetheless. It lacks the jubilant capriciousness of Mizayski's prior filmography, a…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELOut in Theaters: ROBOCOP
Gone are the lampooning moments of levity that flowed from the originals, replaced with the likes of Batman-mimicking "Does it come in black?" For…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOOut in Theaters: THE MONUMENTS MEN
One thing is abundantly clear at this junction, Clooney's art junkie project was certainly not moved from its original release date to "fix up…
STREAMING · PARAMOUNT+Out in Theaters: THE LEGO MOVIE
Going back to the kids, those sugar-stuffed Ritalinites are sure to just eat this up as the partially CGI, partially stop-motion visual style is…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSundance Review: APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
Never too standoffish and not afraid to leave things unresolved, Akhavan has done a fine job her first time out. With her stony guile…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSundance Review: BLUE RUIN
Unexpectedly wonderful, Blue Ruin is the reason why America needs independent cinema. It's the tap on the shoulder the increasingly derivative Hollywood needs, a…
STREAMING · KANOPYOut in Theaters: LABOR DAY
Strangely enough, in the throes of this hackneyed love drama Reitman tries to ratchet up some invisible tension with a syncopated score reminiscent of…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSundance Review: DINOSAUR 13
In the most WTF twist of the year, it takes the rest of the film to really unfold exactly what went down with the…
RENT / BUYSundance Review: FISHING WITHOUT NETS
Filmed entirely in Somali, we can only imagine the behind-the-scenes language barriers Hodierne and his cast had to fight through. According to Hodierne, the…
STREAMING · THE ROKU CHANNELSundance Review: LIFE AFTER BETH
More of a fun experiment than a certified success, this zillionth installment in the zombie niche has its share of dicey moments but it's…
RENT / BUYSundance Review: CALVARY
Though sundry moments of muted comic relief courtesy of the increasingly reliable Chris O'Dowd seek to remind us that even in tragedy, life carries…
STREAMING · AMC+Sundance Review: BOYHOOD
I found myself beaming with pride at moments, disappointed in him at others and silently heartbroken and yet joyful as he reached new milestones.…
RENT / BUYSundance Review: WISH I WAS HERE
Ultimately mawkish and bittersweet, Wish I Was Here is second-rate meditation on phoenix cycle that's virtually guaranteed to drag you by the heels into…
STREAMING · TUBISundance Review: WETLANDS
Like a German Amelie if Amelie had an anal fixation and had been written by Chuck Palahniuk, Wetlands is bold, esoteric, borderline brilliant adventure…
STREAMING · NETFLIXSundance Review: CAMP X-RAY
As Ali and Amy's lives become intertwined, their relationship shifts, opening up the opportunity for conversation among equals. With this table set, a pensive…
STREAMING · PRIME VIDEOSundance Review: YOUNG ONES
A riveting series of chapters of once upon a time in the future west, Young Ones spins a unique take on clutching onto one's…
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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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