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Matt Oakes

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When not whetting his thirst with an exotic ale, Matt can be found holed up in his Seattle apartment or hidden amongst the mountains. Started blogging about film in college when the college paper wouldn?Äôt have him. Watcher of far too many films annually. Regular attendee @ Sundance, SXSW, SIFF. Editor-in-chief of Silver Screen Riot.

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The Legend of Ochi (2025) 80% B- “If only its story could sing as confidently as its technical prowess.” – Silver Screen Riot Apr 23, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 98% A “'Sinners' is a soulful, thoughtful, sexy, funny, riveting piece of big-ish budget studio filmmaking that actually has something to say. And says it with bloody fanfare.” – Silver Screen Riot Apr 15, 2025 Full Review Warfare (2025) 93% B “Some of them end up screaming in agony while others try to Humpty Dumpty their shredded limbs back together, but for all intents and purposes, they’re a single consciousness. A body of brothers. A war machine with a shared pulse.” – Silver Screen Riot Apr 10, 2025 Full Review Death of a Unicorn (2025) 53% C+ “There’s some gleeful gore, sure, and it is fun watching a pack of rabid unicorns impale entitled rich guys on their horns—but even that eventually starts to feel like, well, beating a dead horse.” – Silver Screen Riot Mar 25, 2025 Full Review Magazine Dreams (2023) 80% B+ “In another multiverse, Majors could have won an Academy Award for his work here. In this one, it may end up being the tragic capstone on a too-short career.” – Silver Screen Riot Mar 17, 2025 Full Review Last Breath (2025) 80% B “ A sturdy, well-executed thriller—gripping in the moment but ultimately a one-time watch.” – Silver Screen Riot Mar 14, 2025 Full Review The Monkey (2025) 79% B- “Perkins ditches the pretense entirely, fully embracing pulp mayhem instead of angling for prestige horror. It’s rather fun just watching him monkey around.” – Silver Screen Riot Feb 18, 2025 Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 48% C “Captain America may "do this all day," but how long will MCU piggies keep coming back when the slop keeps getting thinner?” – Silver Screen Riot Feb 12, 2025 Full Review If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) 93% A- “Two hours of uncut existential dread and a career-best turn from Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You from writer-director Mary Bronstein is an uncomfortably intimate character study of a mother unraveling.” – Silver Screen Riot Feb 3, 2025 Full Review The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) 97% B+ “Griffiths balances humor and melancholy with ease, delivering a film that earns its laughs as much as its emotional beats.” – Silver Screen Riot Feb 3, 2025 Full Review Oh, Hi! (2025) 72% B+ “A laugh-a-minute anti-rom-com that skewers the horrors of modern dating, Brooks’ impressive debut pushes nightmarish dating tropes to their absolute extreme. ” – Silver Screen Riot Feb 2, 2025 Full Review The Ugly Stepsister (2025) 96% B+ “The juxtaposition of fairytale whimsy and grotesque body horror creates a nightmarish fable about the violence of beauty standards, each magical vision undercut by the relentless destruction of Elvira’s body.” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Lurker (2025) 96% A- “Relentless proximity—to the audience, to the characters, between the characters—turns Lurker into a nightmarish portrait of obsession and ambition. ” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 30, 2025 Full Review Didn't Die (2025) 63% B- “There’s a certain irony to the fact that the zombie movie has been done to death. Enter writer-director Meera Menon, who reanimates the zombie apocalypse as a mumblecore dramedy to impressive effect. ” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 25, 2025 Full Review Wolf Man (2025) 50% B “Reinforced my deep-seated desire to never get rabies. ” – Silver Screen Riot Jan 15, 2025 Full Review The Brutalist (2024) 93% A- “Through Van Burren and Tóth, art and commerce are frequently at odds, until the later (quite literally) violates the former and it becomes clear what The Brutalist really means to say.” – Silver Screen Riot Dec 12, 2024 Full Review A Complete Unknown (2024) 82% A- “Rather than mythologizing a man who has already been mythologized half to death, the film uses Dylan as a lens to explore a more compelling story: how institutions try to shape artists to their own ends and how true artistry is, at its core, rebellion.” – Silver Screen Riot Dec 10, 2024 Full Review Y2K (2024) 42% C “Like an algorithm that’s become corrupted, Mooney’s script makes the unfortunate calculation to kill off its funniest characters way too early on.” – Silver Screen Riot Dec 5, 2024 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 84% A “Skarsgård succumbs to the role entirely, disappearing within the pall of Count Orlok’s vampire, every trace of humanity secreted into shadow. ” – Silver Screen Riot Dec 3, 2024 Full Review Moana 2 (2024) 61% C- “If this is Disney’s idea of boldly rowing towards a brighter future, audiences should be paddling toward other shores.” – Silver Screen Riot Nov 26, 2024 Full Review Gladiator II (2024) 70% C+ “Disappointing ‘Gladiator II’ offers bread and circus.” – Silver Screen Riot Nov 11, 2024 Full Review Anora (2024) 93% A- “Anora feels deeply connected to Baker’s filmography, capturing themes of blue-collar struggle through sex work, the daily indignities faced by the working class, and the façade of hope peeling back to reveal a hollow core. ” – Silver Screen Riot Oct 30, 2024 Full Review Conclave (2024) 93% A “Conclave squares its contenders off in a series of crackling tête-à-têtes where Straughan’s prowess as an actor’s director becomes as vivid and realized as Michelangelo’s Renaissance scenes etched on the ceiling above.” – Silver Screen Riot Oct 23, 2024 Full Review Smile 2 (2024) 86% B “Glaring shortcomings frustratingly spoil what could have been a total knockout. Thankfully, there’s enough well-executed horror elements - The gore! The performances! The scares! - to make you grin and bear it.” – Silver Screen Riot Oct 17, 2024 Full Review Terrifier 3 (2024) 78% B- “Leone's background as a cheapo splatter-head is obvious, with the film’s gore-soaked set pieces still being his primary focus - and where he truly excels. ” – Silver Screen Riot Oct 11, 2024 Full Review
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