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Stephen Silver

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Biography:

Stephen Silver is a film critic for Splice Today, Broad Street Review and the Film Scribes podcast. The cofounder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle and a member of the Online Film Critics Society, Stephen is the former entertainment editor of TechnologyTell.com, and his work has appeared in RogerEbert.com, Tablet, New York Press, Philly Voice, Philadelphia Magazine, Screen Rant, the Jewish Telegraph Agency and AppleInsider. Stephen lives in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two sons.

Location:

Philadelphia

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Dreams (2025) 55% EDIT “I liked it while I was watching it, but I’m not so sure what point it was making,” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Midwinter Break (2026) 57% EDIT “In every sense, a movie for grown-ups” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 26, 2026 Full Review In the Blink of an Eye (2026) 20% EDIT “Steals most of its ideas from Kubrick's 2001, in which the massive sweep of history is meant to supply a poignancy that simply isn’t there.” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 26, 2026 Full Review EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) 96% EDIT “It certainly has the Baz touch, in that it moves very fast, while also always having a ton going on sonically.” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Paul McCartney: Man on the Run (2025) 100% EDIT “if you’re a Beatles fan or Paul fan, you’re almost guaranteed to enjoy this.” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Pillion (2025) 99% EDIT “Funny, horrifying and surprisingly romantic.” – Splice Today Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Operation Taco Gary's (2024) EDIT “It's very funny, and also centers itself in modern conspiracy culture while getting most of it, but not all of it, right. ” – Splice Today Feb 26, 2026 Full Review A Letter to David (2025) EDIT “One of the more intriguing of the many post-October 7 documentaries. ” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 20, 2026 Full Review Crime 101 (2026) 88% EDIT “If you can get past that it rips off Michael Mann’s Heat in many ways, large and small; this is an outstanding crime film” – Splice Today Feb 20, 2026 Full Review How to Make a Killing (2026) 46% EDIT “Despite a dynamite premise and strong leads, this film could have used a sharper, nastier script. ” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 18, 2026 Full Review I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025) 93% EDIT “Features extensive interviews with Chase — many of which show him being a jerk live on camera — lays out the entire story, leaving it to the viewer to judge. ” – Living Life Fearless Feb 13, 2026 Full Review The Rip (2026) 79% EDIT “A Netflix urban cop corruption thriller set in Miami that owes a lot more to the Den of Thieves movies than to either incarnation of Michael Mann’s Miami Vice.” – Splice Today Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 58% EDIT “A naughty and audacious literary adaptation, although not quite on the level of her first two films.” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Chain Reactions (2024) 98% EDIT “Each provides keen insight, and I was intrigued, even as someone who’s never been all that into that particular film.” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Ain't No Back to a Merry-Go-Round (2024) EDIT “A well-put-together telling of a rather obscure story from the civil rights era,” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Miracle: The Boys of '80 (2026) EDIT “It tells the story the same way most of the other Miracle on Ice docs have, complete with most of the same people saying most of the same things.” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 12, 2026 Full Review 33 Photos From the Ghetto (2026) EDIT “The film uses modern technology to examine the photographs of the past, for a greater understanding of what happened.” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Viva Verdi! (2024) 100% EDIT “The "characters" are wonderful, and the music, even more so.” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Elway (2025) EDIT “The film mostly represents a fun throwback to an era of the NFL that I fondly remember.” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 83% EDIT “The film is overstuffed, with a convoluted structure that begins with a dynamite premise and squanders it over the next two hours.” – Splice Today Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 94% EDIT “ It gets heavy-handed at times, and it’s too long by about 20 minutes, but it’s still Raimi’s best film in years.” – Splice Today Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Melania (2026) 11% EDIT “It’s just really, really boring. And it’s full of some very odd choices, and I’m not sure whether to blame Ratner or his subject, who reportedly 'planned every element' of the picture.” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 4, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 66% EDIT “The Moment shows that Charli can definitely hold the screen in a feature film. It’s not quite a pure comedy, although there are plenty of laughs.” – The SS Ben Hecht Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Untitled Home Invasion Romance (2025) 77% EDIT “While its premise isn’t promising, the execution is better than you’d think. ” – Splice Today Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Shelter (2026) 64% EDIT “Most of the things this movie does have been done better in the past, usually by other Jason Statham vehicles also released in January. ” – Splice Today Jan 30, 2026 Full Review
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