Silver Screen Riot

‘Primetime’ transports us back to the early aughts, when Chris Hansen and the To Catch a Predator crew dominated the airwaves. Lance Oppenheim’s film digs into the nasty business behind catching predators and the questionable morals of Hansen’s methodology. But for all its visual confidence and a first-rate cast, it never feels all that revelatory or essential.

‘PRIMETIME’ Exposes the Ugly Business of Catching Predators - Silver Screen Riot Robert Pattinson plays Chris Hansen in Primetime, a sharp-cast look at To Catch a Predator that interrogates its makers but lets its viewers off easy.

'Resident Evil' is a balls-to-the-walls horror-comedy that easily claims the title of the best video game movie of all time. That said, it's definitely not his best movie. Nevertheless, it's a ton of fun.

'RESIDENT EVIL' is Obviously the Best Video Game Movie Of All Time...But What Does That Even Mean? - Silver Screen Riot The best video game adaptation yet. Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' is a repulsive, zippy horror comedy that finally gets what makes the games work.

‘The Weight’ features Ethan Hawke as a wrongly imprisoned man forced to smuggle gold for a corrupt warden. From its deep woods prohibition setting to its workmanlike pacing this is the kind of bushwhacking survival movie that any dad should love.

In limited release this Friday.

Sundance '26: 'THE WEIGHT' Is a Perfect Dad Movie with Arthouse Details - Silver Screen Riot A film review of 'The Weight' directed by Padraic McKinley and starring Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe as part of our Sundance 2026 coverage.

'How To with John Wilson' fans rejoice! 'The History of Concrete' (not to be confused with cement) is totally just a longer episode of his celebrated HBO series with all the weird little observations on modern day living that comes with that.

'THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE' is 100% Just a Longer ‘How To With John Wilson' Episode - For Better or Worse - Silver Screen Riot 'The History of Concrete' finds John Wilson stretching his distinctive 'How To' documentary style to feature length, with plenty of oddball detours but perhaps diminishing returns.

'If I Go Will They Miss Me?' is an often stunning debut from writer-director Walter Thompson-Hernández’ that paints an impactful portrait of a frayed relationship between a distant father and his impressionable son in the projects. In its best moments, the work is reminiscent of Barry Jenkins.

Sundance ‘26: Fury and Fathers Fly Over ‘IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME' - Silver Screen Riot A film review of 'If I Go Will They Miss Me' directed by Walter Thompson-Hernández as part of our Sundance 2026 coverage.

‘Hope’ - from South Korea - is a better alien movie than anything Hollywood has made in the last decade+. A breathtakingly staged sci-fi thriller with elite production details. It’s a bummer they forgot to include an actual ending though.

‘HOPE’ Goes Berserk, But Better Hope for a Sequel - Silver Screen Riot Na Hong-jin’s 'Hope' is a berserk, funny, gnarly alien invasion epic packed with killer set pieces, memorable monsters, and one very frustrating cliffhanger.

‘Buddy’ is a slasher comedy that turns a children’s show mascot into a malevolent kid killer. Definitely recommend for horror comedy fans who don’t mind things getting a little demented.

‘BUDDY’ Turns Barney-Style Kids TV Into Slasher Horror - Silver Screen Riot 'Buddy' turns the cheerful weirdness of ’90s children’s TV into a funny, gnarly slasher packed with foam mascots, practical effects, and splattery imagination.

‘Idiots’ - formerly ‘The Sh*theads’ - is a road comedy movie about two sh****ads transporting a third sh****ad to rehab. It has some funny moments and Dave Franco is going for broke here but it never feels like more than the sum of its parts.

‘IDIOTS’ Is an Anarchic Dumb Comedy Cruising On Dave Franco's Mania - Silver Screen Riot Macon Blair’s 'Idiots' is a funny anti-buddy road comedy powered by Dave Franco going ape, even if it feels a few big laughs short of a full tank.

'The Dog Stars' is a beautifully photographed post-apocalyptic thriller with an inspired cast (Jacob Elordi! Margaret Qualley! Josh Brolin! Guy Pearce!) that is rather good until it's semi-undone by a string of bizarre choices. Nevertheless, this things looks terrific for the vast majority of its runtime and gets my stamp of approval.

Ridley Scott’s ‘THE DOG STARS’ Soars Before a Bumpy Landing - Silver Screen Riot 'Ridley Scott’s 'The Dog Stars is a visually stunning post-apocalyptic drama about grief, survival, and the search for something worth living for.