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...

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. silverscreenriot.com/tron-ares-is...

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. silverscreenriot.com/kathryn-bige...

'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. silverscreenriot.com/the-smashing...

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. silverscreenriot.com/one-battle-a...

‘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 open.substack.com/pub/silversc...

'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. silverscreenriot.com/caught-steal...

'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. silverscreenriot.com/sundance-25-...

After it being my most anticipated movie of the summer, I finally had a chance to see 'Weapons' (thanks @warnerbrospictures.bsky.social for not screening for critics). Believe the hype. This is one of the best movies of 2025. Don't miss it in theaters. silverscreenriot.com/exhilarating...

One of Spike Lee’s best films of late, 'Highest 2 Lowest' is pure cinema. A soapy, campy, bombastically performed meditation on morality, success, legacy, and loyalty, Lee’s joint relishes the simple pleasures of moviemaking and its most potent forces. silverscreenriot.com/highest-2-lo...

Bob Odenkirk is back as a not-so-mild-mannered family man assassin in Nobody 2, a fun but unnecessary entry in the action genre. There isn’t much to it, but this giddy beat-em-up has the good sense to deliver exactly what you’d expect...in a Hawaiian shirt. silverscreenriot.com/unnecessary-...

The live action 'How to Train Your Dragon' isn't bad in the traditional sense of the word, it's just so utterly without anything new to add to this story. A painfully literal beat for beat, shot for shot remake but with CGI instead of animation. It's on 4K today. silverscreenriot.com/competent-li...

Ari Aster's fourth feature film 'Eddington' is a major letdown after the highs of 'Hereditary', 'Midsommar', and even the flawed but wholly compelling 'Beau is Afraid'. It hit VOD today if you want to be transported back to peak pandemic anxieties circa 2020. silverscreenriot.com/ari-asters-e...

I don't know what I expected with 'Freakier Friday'. Maybe a little bit of effort? The cast, esp. Jamie Lee Curtis, tries their best to make this a worthwhile return but it's a grating, limp 110 minutes. Wait for Disney+ if you must see this. silverscreenriot.com/freakier-fri...

'Sorry Baby' hit VOD today. It's one of the most talked about movies of 2025. If you haven't seen it yet, what are you waiting for? #EvaVictor #SorryBaby silverscreenriot.com/eva-victor-s...

'Jurassic World: Rebirth' is now on VOD. It's one of the worst of the franchise, which is saying somehing considering they keep making movies that fit the bill of "one of the worst of the franchise." silverscreenriot.com/jurassic-wor...

My step-bro and his husband wrote, directed, and produced this upcoming South African comedy about dirty park rangers. Check it out! deadline.com/2025/08/khak...

'The Naked Gun' is a return to the kind of joke-dense comedy that hasn't reared its head in a good long while. Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson are comic perfection. See this in a theater and howl alongside your fellow man, woman, and child. silverscreenriot.com/liam-neeson-...

Did The Naked Gun reboot just resurrect spoof comedy? Somehow, yes. Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, and Akiva Schaffer deliver a gloriously dumb, joke-stuffed throwback that actually works. I laughed. A lot. #TheNakedGun

My work as a film critic exposes me to a lot of great movies that fly under the radar. Since we're halfway through the 2020s (!!!!), thought I'd take some time to revisit my favorite movies that most moviegoers probably didn't see. Or maybe never even heard of! silverscreenriot.com/25-best-movi...

The First Family have struck out in every onscreen appearance and 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' is no exception. Boring, weirdly low-energy, and poorly paced, Marvel's latest outing has them struggling to connect again. silverscreenriot.com/the-fantasti...

Wow that sucked. At least Vanessa Kirby is solid. #FantasticFour #FantasticFourFirstSteps

A madcap comedy about commitment in the f*ck boy age of app-based relationships, 'Oh Hi!' features a pair of comedic performances from Logan Lerman and Molly Gordon. I had a lot of fun with this one during its Sundance run. silverscreenriot.com/sundance-25-...

Alison Brie and Dave Franco are stuck together, quite literally, in the body horror/relationship satire 'Together'. This effective two-hander features strong performances from the IRL couple, making it not just the best horror movie of 2025 but one of its finest films. silverscreenriot.com/together/

Just as the 1997 ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ rode the coattails of ‘Scream’ (1996), the 2025 installment follow the legacy sequel blueprint of ‘Scream’ (2022). Generic in most departments, good humor and a solid twist almost make this worthwhile. silverscreenriot.com/i-know-what-...

Why is Ari Aster out here making such a New York Times ass movie

Ari Aster is one of my favorite working directors so it's a shame that 'Eddington' doesn't work at all. A shambling screed about American division, seen through the lens of the 2020 pandemic, it features far too much unconvincing writing and unlikable characters. silverscreenriot.com/ari-asters-e...

Colorful, chaotic, and blessedly un-Snyderized, 'Superman' is the rare comic book movie that remembers these can be fun. David Corenswet brings sincerity and James Gunn manages the near-impossible: launching a DCU that doesn’t feel like a teaser reel.

'Sorry, Baby', the Sundance breakout frequently cited as one of the best movies of the year, expands into more theaters this Friday. Take a few minutes to read my exclusive interview with writer/director/star Eva Victor. silverscreenriot.com/eva-victor-s...

At the halfway point of 2025, SFCS members shared their favorite films of the year (so far) as well as their most anticipated titles yet to come. Read our lists to find out what else we loved (SINNERS) and can't wait to see (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER). 📽️ seattlefilmcritics.com/2025/07/01/r...

Another year, another disappointing dino sequel. Stock characters, fishy CGI, and a plot that's been regurgitated and spat out more than a few times, this fourth legacy sequel (and seventh overall) is no better than the franchise's recent lazy dreck. silverscreenriot.com/jurassic-wor...

'F1' tries to do for Formula One what 'Top Gun' did for fighter jets to noticeably lesser results. There’s plenty of flash and engine revving, but not much going on under the hood. It is impressive to behold in IMAX though. silverscreenriot.com/f1s-big-scre...

Celine Song’s followup to ‘Past Lives’ is a shockingly bad disappointment. Everything from the weak script to the terrible lead performance from Dakota Johnson fails to recapture the magic of her 2023 debut. ‘Materialists’ opens Friday. silverscreenriot.com/materialists...

'How to Train Your Dragon' is a painfully literal, shot-for-shot, beat-by-beat remake. Competent by many technical standards but utterly devoid of its own merit, of any discernible point of view, of anything resembling a reason to exist. silverscreenriot.com/competent-li...

Mike Flanagan's adaptation of a lesser-known Stephen King novella, 'The Life of Chuck', is one of the best movies of 2025. A mind-bending but deeply human reckoning with what it is to be alive through difficult times. silverscreenriot.com/the-life-of-...

It’s Courtney’s turn as the demented sea captain that really fuels Dangerous Animals’ sick pleasures. His unhinged performance as a shark-wrangling sociopath feels like the role he was born to play. silverscreenriot.com/dangerous-an...

Ana de Armas kicks, stabs, and flamethrowers her way into the John Wick universe, with 'Ballerina' benefitting from a lead who can fight AND act. My full review of the latest JWEU entry: silverscreenriot.com/ballerina/ 🔥🩰💥 #BallerinaMovie #AnaDeArmas #JohnWick

Wes Anderson's latest is another mannered, high-concept comedy about a business tycoon reconnecting with his estranged daughter. All his usual quirks are on full display. 'The Phoenician Scheme' is par for the course for the later half of his career. silverscreenriot.com/the-phoenici...

The best thing @ #SIFF2025 was this little B&W drama about a father and his son who has down's syndrome, trying to get to a baseball game after their wife/mother died. Really affecting portrait of the little impossibilities of child-rearing. silverscreenriot.com/siff-25-caps...

In anticipation of #SIFF’s closing night film, sharing my interview with Eva Victor, whose film ‘Sorry, Baby’ has become a darling of the 2025 festival circuit. silverscreenriot.com/eva-victor-s...

Ethan Hunt goes to the deepest depths of the sea and hangs off plane wings to save the world one last time in 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning'. Despite some narrative excessiveness, I wish Tom Cruise would keep making these movies forever. silverscreenriot.com/mission-impo...

A24 prestige horror continues to raise the depravity bar with 'Bring Her Back'. Not for the faint of heart, this is nonetheless an excellent piece of boundary-pushing genre filmmaking. silverscreenriot.com/bring-her-ba... #BringHerBack #A24

'Friendship' is 1000% Tim Robinson. Expect to laugh a lot, even if the film feels like it could have pushed its concept - a middle-aged loner befriends a much cooler neighbor - a bit further. One of the most laugh-dense comedies of recent memory. silverscreenriot.com/friendship-i... #timrobinson

Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan deliver their best collaboration yet: a smoky, sexy southern vampire movie that sinks its fangs into deeper issues. It's an absolutely must see on the biggest screen you can find. silverscreenriot.com/gothic-vampi... #SinnersMovie

Alex Garland's 'Warfare' is being hailed as the most "realistic" war movie ever shot and on that front, it's an insanely immersive, traumatic viewing experience. One is left to wonder though: what's the point? silverscreenriot.com/overwhelming...

Jonathan Majors puts in an extraordinary leading performance in 'Magazine Dreams' but the nature of the performance - particularly his explosive, casual violence - makes it a bit of an uncomfortable experience. silverscreenriot.com/magazine-dre...

The Monkey' is a gonzo B-movie that's way more silly than anything Oz Perkins (Longlegs) has done before. Fun if you love a campy blood-bath midnight movie. silverscreenriot.com/the-monkey-o... #TheMonkeyMovie