Silver Screen Riot - Matt
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A proud SFCS, OFCS, Tomatometer-approved film critic obsessed with movies that linger in your soul. Expect reviews, hot takes, and cinematic musings.
Will Arnett erupts onto the screen as a real dramatic actor in Bradley Cooper’s thoughtfully funny ‘Is This Thing On?’, a midlife crisis story that tackles themes of commitment and purpose with striking clarity. Laura Dern, unsurprisingly, remains a standout.
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A film review of 'Is This Thing On?' directed by Bradley Cooper and starring Will Arnett, Laura Dern, and Amy Sedaris.
A film review of 'Is This Thing On?' directed by Bradley Cooper and starring Will Arnett, Laura Dern, and Amy Sedaris.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Will Arnett erupts onto the screen as a real dramatic actor in Bradley Cooper’s thoughtfully funny ‘Is This Thing On?’, a midlife crisis story that tackles themes of commitment and purpose with striking clarity. Laura Dern, unsurprisingly, remains a standout.
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Sundance Film Festival 2026 just dropped its lineup for its final year in Park City.
I went through the full slate and pulled the titles that immediately jumped to the top of my watchlist.
Here’s what caught my eye:
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I went through the full slate and pulled the titles that immediately jumped to the top of my watchlist.
Here’s what caught my eye:
silverscreenriot.com/most-anticip...
#Sundance2026 #FilmTwitter
Most Anticipated Films of the Sundance Film Festival 2026 - Silver Screen Riot
Discover the most anticipated films of the Sundance Film Festival 2026 as the festival closes out its Park City era. See the full lineup highlights and which titles stream online.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Sundance Film Festival 2026 just dropped its lineup for its final year in Park City.
I went through the full slate and pulled the titles that immediately jumped to the top of my watchlist.
Here’s what caught my eye:
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#Sundance2026 #FilmTwitter
I went through the full slate and pulled the titles that immediately jumped to the top of my watchlist.
Here’s what caught my eye:
silverscreenriot.com/most-anticip...
#Sundance2026 #FilmTwitter
It is time. The biggest drop of the year. After watching 108 films and reviewing 67 of them, I am ready to share my official Top Ten Films of 2025. Strap in. silverscreenriot.com/top-ten-film...
Top Ten Films of 2025 - Silver Screen Riot
Silver Screen Riot's Annual Top Ten Films of 2025 drops featuring Matt Oakes' personal favorite movies of the year.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It is time. The biggest drop of the year. After watching 108 films and reviewing 67 of them, I am ready to share my official Top Ten Films of 2025. Strap in. silverscreenriot.com/top-ten-film...
Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, The Handmaiden) is back with another razor sharp South Korean satire about a husband and father pushing back against being replaced. Even if it means turning to murder.
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In theaters Christmas Day. silverscreenriot.com/no-other-cho...
‘NO OTHER CHOICE’ Is Park Chan-wook’s Darkly Comic Stand Against Humanity Becoming Replaceable - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'No Other Choice' directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, and Park Hee-soon.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Park Chan-wook (Old Boy, The Handmaiden) is back with another razor sharp South Korean satire about a husband and father pushing back against being replaced. Even if it means turning to murder.
In theaters Christmas Day. silverscreenriot.com/no-other-cho...
In theaters Christmas Day. silverscreenriot.com/no-other-cho...
Josh Safdie proves he was the chosen one with ‘Marty Supreme’, a chaos-riddled epic about a scumbag ping-pong player trying to scheme his way into proving that he’s the world’s greatest. Chalamet is outstanding.
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‘MARTY SUPREME’ Serves Up Another High-Tension Safdie Classic - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'Marty Supreme' directed by Josh Safdie and starring Timothée Chalamet, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Odessa A'Zion.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Josh Safdie proves he was the chosen one with ‘Marty Supreme’, a chaos-riddled epic about a scumbag ping-pong player trying to scheme his way into proving that he’s the world’s greatest. Chalamet is outstanding.
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Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, and Callum Turner aren’t the problem but ‘Eternity’ is standard-issue love triangle fare, just dressed up to look like something more. silverscreenriot.com/eternity-was...
‘ETERNITY’ Wastes the Afterlife in Rom-Com Purgatory - Silver Screen Riot
A movie review of 'Eternity' directed by David Freyne and starring Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, and Callum Turner.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, and Callum Turner aren’t the problem but ‘Eternity’ is standard-issue love triangle fare, just dressed up to look like something more. silverscreenriot.com/eternity-was...
'Zootopia 2' delivers exactly what a family movie should: pure fun for kids, a little thematic meat for adults, and enough cross-generational jokes to keep everyone laughing. silverscreenriot.com/zootopia-2/
‘ZOOTOPIA 2’ and the Overwhelming Joy of the Meaningful Family-Friendly Film - Silver Screen Riot
A movie review of 'Zootopia 2' directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard and starring Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
'Zootopia 2' delivers exactly what a family movie should: pure fun for kids, a little thematic meat for adults, and enough cross-generational jokes to keep everyone laughing. silverscreenriot.com/zootopia-2/
A profoundly moving portrait of family, tragedy, and how art binds us, ‘Hamnet’ is a stunning return to form for director Chloé Zhao, boasting one of the year’s best performances from Jessie Buckley and sure to leave you emotionally hammered.
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The Tragedy of ‘HAMNET’ and the Absolution of Art - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'Hamnet' directed by Chloé Zhao and starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, and Jacobi Jupe.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A profoundly moving portrait of family, tragedy, and how art binds us, ‘Hamnet’ is a stunning return to form for director Chloé Zhao, boasting one of the year’s best performances from Jessie Buckley and sure to leave you emotionally hammered.
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'Wake Up Dead Man', the third in the Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' mystery series, is an entertaining and thematically interesting entry to the Netflix blockbusters. Josh O'Connor is excellent.
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‘WAKE UP DEAD MAN’ is A Holy Mystery a Few Beads Short of a Full Rosary - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'Wake Up Dead Man' directed by Rian Johnson and starring Josh O'Connor, Daniel Craig, Glenn Close, and Josh Brolin.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
'Wake Up Dead Man', the third in the Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' mystery series, is an entertaining and thematically interesting entry to the Netflix blockbusters. Josh O'Connor is excellent.
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'Die My Love' from director Lynne Ramsay features a strong, unhinged performance from Jennifer Lawrence but the film about postpartum ennui tipping into madness just doesn't offer enough to connect audiences to the experience. silverscreenriot.com/die-my-love/
'DIE MY LOVE': Postpartum Dread Lacks Direction - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'Die My Love' directed by Lynne Ramsay and starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
'Die My Love' from director Lynne Ramsay features a strong, unhinged performance from Jennifer Lawrence but the film about postpartum ennui tipping into madness just doesn't offer enough to connect audiences to the experience. silverscreenriot.com/die-my-love/
'Predator: Badlands' is a badass pivot for the long-running sci-fi/action franchise, making one of the titular killer aliens the POV character this time around. Director Dan Trachtenberg can keep making these things forever.
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‘PREDATOR: BADLANDS’ Is the Alien vs. Predator Movie We Deserve - Silver Screen Riot
A movie review of 'Predator: Badlands' directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Dimitrius Koloamatangi and Elle Fanning.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
'Predator: Badlands' is a badass pivot for the long-running sci-fi/action franchise, making one of the titular killer aliens the POV character this time around. Director Dan Trachtenberg can keep making these things forever.
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Amongst my favorite working directors, Yorgos Lanthimos has a way of poking at how we perceive reality that is unsettling, absurdist, and deeply satirical, and with ‘Bugonia’ he applies an unsettling sci-fi edge to further knock us off-kilter. silverscreenriot.com/bugonia-is-a...
‘BUGONIA’ Is Alienating For All the Right Reasons - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'Bugonia' directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, and Aiden Delbis.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Amongst my favorite working directors, Yorgos Lanthimos has a way of poking at how we perceive reality that is unsettling, absurdist, and deeply satirical, and with ‘Bugonia’ he applies an unsettling sci-fi edge to further knock us off-kilter. silverscreenriot.com/bugonia-is-a...
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' is a gorgeously made retelling of the classic monster tale with a standout performance from Jacob Elordi but can't manage to rank amongst the director's finest efforts.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' is a gorgeously made retelling of the classic monster tale with a standout performance from Jacob Elordi but can't manage to rank amongst the director's finest efforts.
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'Black Phone 2' sees the return of the Grabber in this chilly but muted sequel that succeeds in some areas and falls flat in others.
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‘BLACK PHONE 2’ Doesn’t Phone It In, But Still Misses the Call - Silver Screen Riot
A movie review of 'Black Phone 2' directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Madeline McGraw, Mason Thames, and Ethan Hawke.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
'Black Phone 2' sees the return of the Grabber in this chilly but muted sequel that succeeds in some areas and falls flat in others.
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Collin Ferrell is a degenerate gambler existing in the gambling capital of the world, Macau, in Edward Berger's drama 'Ballad of a Small Player'. silverscreenriot.com/ballad-of-a-...
Collin Ferrell is Down Bad in Plodding Macau Gambling Drama ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'Ballad of a Small Player' directed by Edward Berger and starring Colin Farrell, Tilda Swinton, and Fala Chen.
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October 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Collin Ferrell is a degenerate gambler existing in the gambling capital of the world, Macau, in Edward Berger's drama 'Ballad of a Small Player'. silverscreenriot.com/ballad-of-a-...
Channing Tatum and Derek Cianfrance team up to tell the true story of a good-natured criminal who hides out in Toys "R" Us in "Roofman". silverscreenriot.com/tatum-shines...
Tatum Shines as a Lovable Scoundrel in Cianfrance’s Surprisingly Warm ‘ROOFMAN’
A film review of 'Roofman' directed by Derek Cianfrance and starring Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, and Peter Dinklage.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Channing Tatum and Derek Cianfrance team up to tell the true story of a good-natured criminal who hides out in Toys "R" Us in "Roofman". silverscreenriot.com/tatum-shines...
Sure, 'TRON: Ares' looks and sounds pretty cool (that NIN score is 🔥) but it's accompanied by a story that fails to make you feel anything at all. A real algorithmic uncanny valley of a movie-going experience.
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‘TRON: ARES’ Is a Pretty Husk Wishing It Were a Real Boy - Silver Screen Riot
A movie review of 'Tron: Ares' directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, and Evan Peters.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sure, 'TRON: Ares' looks and sounds pretty cool (that NIN score is 🔥) but it's accompanied by a story that fails to make you feel anything at all. A real algorithmic uncanny valley of a movie-going experience.
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Kathryn Bigelow enlists an A-list cast to tell the story of a rogue nuclear mission barreling towards the United States. A movie about stakes and nuclear holocaust, it succeeds as a detail-rich procedural but doesn't really land as a compelling whole.
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Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE’ Certainly Provokes A Response - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'House of Dynamite' directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Anthony Ramos, Rebecca Ferguson, and Idris Elba.
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October 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Kathryn Bigelow enlists an A-list cast to tell the story of a rogue nuclear mission barreling towards the United States. A movie about stakes and nuclear holocaust, it succeeds as a detail-rich procedural but doesn't really land as a compelling whole.
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'The Smashing Machine' sees Dwayne (“Don’t Call Him The Rock Anymore”) Johnson actually turn in a serious, actorly performance but this UFC biopic is shockingly flat and fails at the most basic aspects of filmmaking. It's quite bad.
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‘THE SMASHING MACHINE’ is a Shockingly Flat Affair - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'The Smashing Machine' directed by Benny Safdie and starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt and Ryan Bader.
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October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
'The Smashing Machine' sees Dwayne (“Don’t Call Him The Rock Anymore”) Johnson actually turn in a serious, actorly performance but this UFC biopic is shockingly flat and fails at the most basic aspects of filmmaking. It's quite bad.
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The dark Irish drama 'Anemone' features the return of legendary performer Daniel Day-Lewis in a movie written and directed by his own son. It's not a movie that will likely connect with mass audiences but there's something eerily mystifying about the union. silverscreenriot.com/anemone-flow...
‘ANEMONE’ Flows Into Something Poignant, Eventually - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'Anemone' directed by Roman Day-Lewis and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, and Samantha Morton.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The dark Irish drama 'Anemone' features the return of legendary performer Daniel Day-Lewis in a movie written and directed by his own son. It's not a movie that will likely connect with mass audiences but there's something eerily mystifying about the union. silverscreenriot.com/anemone-flow...
'One Battle After Another’ is another masterwork from American auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, who turns his incisive storytelling toward contemporary America and uses it as a battle-bound backdrop for a story about fighting for what matters.
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‘ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER’ Vives la Révolution In PTA Style - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'One Battle After Another' written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
'One Battle After Another’ is another masterwork from American auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, who turns his incisive storytelling toward contemporary America and uses it as a battle-bound backdrop for a story about fighting for what matters.
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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites‘ wraps up Ed and Lorraine’s story with a disappointingly flat coda. Not scary, way too long, and rather rote in terms of its filmmaking, this is a series that’s now only haunted by its past success. silverscreenriot.com/the-conjurin...
‘THE CONJURING: LAST RITES’ Drops the Sinister For a Saccharine Sendoff - Silver Screen Riot
A film review of 'The Conjuring: Last Rites' directed by Michael Chaves and starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, and Mia Tomlinson.
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September 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
‘The Conjuring: Last Rites‘ wraps up Ed and Lorraine’s story with a disappointingly flat coda. Not scary, way too long, and rather rote in terms of its filmmaking, this is a series that’s now only haunted by its past success. silverscreenriot.com/the-conjurin...
August SSR Recap: The Summer Endeth With A Strong Slate
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August SSR Recap: The Summer Endeth With A Strong Slate
From Liam Neeson’s slapstick reboot to Zach Cregger’s horror masterpiece 'Weapons', August had range. Usually thought of as a dumping ground, it was actually the best month of the summer season...
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August SSR Recap: The Summer Endeth With A Strong Slate
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'Caught Stealing' is a different kind of movie from Darren Aronofsky. A plot-driven crime thriller that has more in common with Guy Ritchie's filmography than anything he's made before. Austin Butler is solid but he's not winning any Oscars.
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'CAUGHT STEALING' An Over-the-Plate Crime Saga from Aronofsky - Silver Screen Riot
A movie review of 'Caught Stealing' directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Austin Butler, Zoe Kravitz, and Regina King.
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August 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
'Caught Stealing' is a different kind of movie from Darren Aronofsky. A plot-driven crime thriller that has more in common with Guy Ritchie's filmography than anything he's made before. Austin Butler is solid but he's not winning any Oscars.
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'Lurker' is the best movie of 2025 that you haven't heard of. This creepy Sundance thriller about an obsessive fan who infiltrates the inner circle of a rising pop star is a must watch.
Fortunately, it's in limited release as of tomorrow.
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Fortunately, it's in limited release as of tomorrow.
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Sundance ’25: Disquieting Stalker Thriller ‘LURKER’ Lets a Fox into the Henhouse - Silver Screen Riot
A review of 'Lurker' directed
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August 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
'Lurker' is the best movie of 2025 that you haven't heard of. This creepy Sundance thriller about an obsessive fan who infiltrates the inner circle of a rising pop star is a must watch.
Fortunately, it's in limited release as of tomorrow.
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Fortunately, it's in limited release as of tomorrow.
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