Stephen Silver
@stephensilver.bsky.social
Journalist, film critic, dad
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I reviewed five movies for Thanksgiving: DRACULA, ZOOTOPIA 2, ETERNITY, REBUILDING, and THE FLOATERS stephensilver.substack.com/p/november-r...
November review roundup: 'Dracula,' 'Zootopia 2,' 'Eternity,' 'Rebuilding' and 'The Floaters'
Reviewing five new November movies.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I reviewed five movies for Thanksgiving: DRACULA, ZOOTOPIA 2, ETERNITY, REBUILDING, and THE FLOATERS stephensilver.substack.com/p/november-r...
I reviewed ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT stephensilver.substack.com/p/zodiac-kil...
‘Zodiac Killer Project’ capably skewers the conventions of true-crime documentaries
Charlie Shackleton’s film was made from the ashes of a crime doc that never happened.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I reviewed ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT stephensilver.substack.com/p/zodiac-kil...
I reviewed the movie ANNIVERSARY for Splice Today www.splicetoday.com/moving-pictu...
Typically Topical
The problem with Anniversary is that it doesn’t have much to say about today’s political moment. || Stephen Silver
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November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I reviewed the movie ANNIVERSARY for Splice Today www.splicetoday.com/moving-pictu...
This is exactly what Theranos did, is it not?
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This is exactly what Theranos did, is it not?
I wrote about Trump's doomed plans to bring back the RUSH HOUR franchise stephensilver.substack.com/p/trump-rush...
Trump, 'Rush Hour,' and why the president shouldn't decide which movies get made
The president has his own, questionable movie reboot idea.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I wrote about Trump's doomed plans to bring back the RUSH HOUR franchise stephensilver.substack.com/p/trump-rush...
I wrote for Political Tribune about that weird "Bush family wants to take over the GOP" story polinews.org/trump-jr-mel...
Trump Jr. Melts Down Over Report That Bush Family Is Gearing Up To Reclaim Republican Party After His Father's Presidency
The president's son is anticipating a Trump/Bush rivalry for the future of the GOP.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I wrote for Political Tribune about that weird "Bush family wants to take over the GOP" story polinews.org/trump-jr-mel...
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This was one of the best days online. Up there with finding out that Glen Rice slept with Sarah Palin
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This was one of the best days online. Up there with finding out that Glen Rice slept with Sarah Palin
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Updated US Lexicon:
Violently attacking Congress to stop election certification then getting convicted of seditious conspiracy by a jury with full due process = not sedition
Saying US troops made an oath to the Constitution and should ask a lawyer if they think an order may be illegal = sedition
Violently attacking Congress to stop election certification then getting convicted of seditious conspiracy by a jury with full due process = not sedition
Saying US troops made an oath to the Constitution and should ask a lawyer if they think an order may be illegal = sedition
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Updated US Lexicon:
Violently attacking Congress to stop election certification then getting convicted of seditious conspiracy by a jury with full due process = not sedition
Saying US troops made an oath to the Constitution and should ask a lawyer if they think an order may be illegal = sedition
Violently attacking Congress to stop election certification then getting convicted of seditious conspiracy by a jury with full due process = not sedition
Saying US troops made an oath to the Constitution and should ask a lawyer if they think an order may be illegal = sedition
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The entire branding of the 'Oathkeepers' was the notion that soldiers and cops would refuse orders by Obama to seize guns or force people to buy healthcare or do Jade Helm or whatever.
They were the first people Trump pardoned this year for storming the Capitol in hopes of hanging Democratic reps.
They were the first people Trump pardoned this year for storming the Capitol in hopes of hanging Democratic reps.
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The entire branding of the 'Oathkeepers' was the notion that soldiers and cops would refuse orders by Obama to seize guns or force people to buy healthcare or do Jade Helm or whatever.
They were the first people Trump pardoned this year for storming the Capitol in hopes of hanging Democratic reps.
They were the first people Trump pardoned this year for storming the Capitol in hopes of hanging Democratic reps.
I reviewed several selections from the 2025 DOC NYC festival stephensilver.substack.com/p/selections...
Selections from DOC NYC 2025- 'Seeds,' 'Thoughts & Prayers,' 'The Six Billion Dollar Man,' 'Plan C For Civilization,' and more.
Reviewing films from the annual documentary festival.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I reviewed several selections from the 2025 DOC NYC festival stephensilver.substack.com/p/selections...
I wrote for Political Tribune about the Trump/MTG feud polinews.org/trump-goes-s...
Trump Goes Scorched Earth As Insiders Say He’s Raging Over MTG’s ‘Traitor’ Betrayal
Donald Trump is angry at Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I wrote for Political Tribune about the Trump/MTG feud polinews.org/trump-goes-s...
There were always way more "cancellation attempts" than actual cancellations. Especially the way "cancellation attempt" has traditionally been defined, which is "someone said something bad about me once" bsky.app/profile/nich...
There’s the canceled people database, plus the National Association of Scholars lists about 200 cancellations over the last 20 years, and FIRE’s list of “disinvitation attempts” (note attempts, not successes) is about 500 this century.
I went through the numbers a few years ago here (incl links).
I went through the numbers a few years ago here (incl links).
No, America is Not Experiencing a Version of China's Cultural Revolution
A bad analogy that reveals something important about the social justice/anti-woke debate
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November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
There were always way more "cancellation attempts" than actual cancellations. Especially the way "cancellation attempt" has traditionally been defined, which is "someone said something bad about me once" bsky.app/profile/nich...
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i was literally just looking for that to make this point. More people have been "cancelled" for charlie kirk blasphemy than the during the entire cancel culture panic.
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
i was literally just looking for that to make this point. More people have been "cancelled" for charlie kirk blasphemy than the during the entire cancel culture panic.
I reviewed WICKED FOR GOOD, which is half a movie and not the good half stephensilver.substack.com/p/wicked-for...
‘Wicked For Good’ is a sluggish conclusion to the musical saga
Splitting Wicked into two movies was a financially successful decision, just not the right creative one.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I reviewed WICKED FOR GOOD, which is half a movie and not the good half stephensilver.substack.com/p/wicked-for...
I reviewed the great TRAIN DREAMS for Splice Today www.splicetoday.com/moving-pictu...
A Journeyman's Regrets
Train Dreams is one of the best films of 2025. || Stephen Silver
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November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I reviewed the great TRAIN DREAMS for Splice Today www.splicetoday.com/moving-pictu...
Do not Google Knoblauch’s romantic life!
Decided I'm gonna ask men on dating apps if they know Chuck Knoblach got the yips and accidentally hit Olbermann's mom in the head with a throw.
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Do not Google Knoblauch’s romantic life!
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Decided I'm gonna ask men on dating apps if they know Chuck Knoblach got the yips and accidentally hit Olbermann's mom in the head with a throw.
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Decided I'm gonna ask men on dating apps if they know Chuck Knoblach got the yips and accidentally hit Olbermann's mom in the head with a throw.
For Broad Street Review, I reviewed three films from Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media's film festival, LOST CAUSE, ALL GOD'S CHILDREN and FANTASY LIFE www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/phil... @philafcc @OFCS @CriticsChoice
Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media Festival presents Lost Cause, All…
The 2025 Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media Festival imagines Stephen Miller’s Yom Kippur, explores dialogue between a Black church and a synagogue, and…
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November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For Broad Street Review, I reviewed three films from Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media's film festival, LOST CAUSE, ALL GOD'S CHILDREN and FANTASY LIFE www.broadstreetreview.com/reviews/phil... @philafcc @OFCS @CriticsChoice
I wrote about ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, which came out 50 years ago tomorrow stephensilver.substack.com/p/one-flew-o...
‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ a 1970s touchstone, turns 50
Milos Forman’s Ken Kesey adaptation, from 1975, provided Jack Nicholson with one of his best roles
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November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I wrote about ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST, which came out 50 years ago tomorrow stephensilver.substack.com/p/one-flew-o...
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There were three (3) “f*cks”, Bill Hurt’s buttcrack, and the shadow of his penis.
November 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
There were three (3) “f*cks”, Bill Hurt’s buttcrack, and the shadow of his penis.
I wrote about why the Tom Cruise Oscar presentation should have been on the real Oscars ceremony stephensilver.substack.com/p/show-us-to...
Show us Tom Cruise winning the Oscar!
The madness of handing out honorary Academy Awards to legends, at a non-televised ceremony in November.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I wrote about why the Tom Cruise Oscar presentation should have been on the real Oscars ceremony stephensilver.substack.com/p/show-us-to...
Here's my latest @appleinsider.com #crimeblotter, including Epstein and the NBA gambling scandal appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
Crime blotter: Apple product haul worth $320,000 is recovered
NBA gambling indictment included evidence from iCloud, Jeffrey Epstein's emails were sent from his iPads, and Find My iPhone led to a carjacking arrest in this week's Apple Crime Blotter.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Here's my latest @appleinsider.com #crimeblotter, including Epstein and the NBA gambling scandal appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
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The idea that the Pope probably watched and enjoyed SILENCE (2016) makes me happy
I feel like the pope being an American cinephile is God finally rewarding Scorsese for a lifetime of devotion
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The idea that the Pope probably watched and enjoyed SILENCE (2016) makes me happy
I reviewed the FINDING EDDIE documentary for Living Life Fearless livinglifefearless.co/2025/film-tv...
'Being Eddie' is an Entertaining Look at Eddie Murphy that’s Missing Quite a Lot » LIVING LIFE FEARLESS
'Being Eddie' is going to appeal to people who are interested in revisiting the highs of his career, but a deep dive, this is not.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I reviewed the FINDING EDDIE documentary for Living Life Fearless livinglifefearless.co/2025/film-tv...