Articles by M.N. Miller
‘I Came By’ Ending Explained – Will Hector Keep Getting Away With Murder?
Well, Hector Blake (Paddington’s Hugh Bonneville) knows how to fill in his alone time since putting his wife away in a psychiatric hospital. Besides enjoying...
‘I Came By’ Review – A Wicked Turn By Bonneville
Talk about changing up a dramatic and family-friendly filmography. I Came By, a horror thriller by director Babak Anvari, allows Hugh Bonneville to be seen...
Fakes Season 1 Review – laughs, heart, and verve to spare
Fakes, a Netflix Canadian streaming import, has an interesting premise. The two main characters, Zoe (Emilija Baranac) and Becca (Jennifer Tong), alternate each episode as...
Here Be Dragons (2022) Review – noteworthy turns by Sapsford and Bestic
Here Be Dragons refers to the medieval practice of placing illustrations of monsters, such as sea creatures or, commonly, dragons, on areas of maps that are...
‘Seoul Vibe’ Ending Explained: The Future of the Sanggye Supreme Team
In Seoul Vibe, Dong-wook and Joon-gi helped drive crates of illegal guns around Saudi Arabia. When they return to Seoul, they see much has changed...
‘Seoul Vibe’ Review – Fun, Vibrant, Action-Packed Nostalgia
It was 1988, and the great city of Seoul was riding high levels of democratic freedom. Trends from the West are pouring in. The latest...
‘Loving Adults’ Ending Explained – Does Leonora Let Christian Go?
Here is the deal with Loving Adults. Christian (Darin Salim) and Leonora (Sonja Richter) may be a power couple, but they have grown apart for...
‘Loving Adults’ Review – A Lifetime Film Achievement
Anna Ekerg’s novel has a cynical view of marriage, it seems. The thin line between love and hate has never been so wide between her...
Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby Review – A Stylized and Meaningful Profile
Streaming services have served up a buffet of documentaries profiling great musicians’ rise (and sometimes fall) over the past decade. Many, though, have not received...
‘Samaritan’ Ending Explained: Sam’s Discovery of Joe’s True Identity
This story is about Samaritan, a heroic vigilante killed by his brother, Nemesis, years prior, and the city has not been the same. Sam Clearly (Javon...
‘Samaritan’ Delivers Action and Potential
Samaritan has had a long and windy road to its release. The film from Overlord director Julius Avery had several dates for prime scheduling to...
Filming Locations for ‘Samaritan (2022)’
Samaritan was filmed in Atlanta, the state capital of Georgia. MGM bought the script and attached Stallone’s Balboa Production to co-produce the feature. With Stallone...
Three Thousand Years of Longing Review – Put the Djinni Back in the Bottle
I wish George Miller had not played it so safe with Three Thousand Years of Longing and just ripped the Band-Aid off. His script is...
Breaking Review – An Electric Boyega Cannot Save a Lifeless Script
Breaking, originally titled 892, was released at Sundance to rave reviews. Yes, the story is timely. The main character is a bit different and refreshing...
Summering Review – The Wrong Kind of Message and Lesson
There is something very off about James Ponsoldt’s latest film, Summering. There is nothing particularly vile, objectionable, or lurid regarding Ponsoldt’s script regarding imagery. The...
‘Orphan: First Kill’ Ending Explained – Esther’s Secret
Orphan: First Kill starts with an art therapist, Anna (Gwendikyn Collins), arriving at her new job. She comes, and the facility goes on lockdown. The...
‘Orphan: First Kill’ Review – A Frustratingly Standard Horror Picture
I have to say, horror has always been my least favorite genre, but watching Orphan in 2009 was one of the first that stuck in...
Bodies Bodies Bodies Review – A Bloody Good Time
Oh, the bad things that happen to Zoomers when they get together in large mansions and are left to their own devices. I mean, horrible...
Bullet Train Review – Fast Paced, Fun, and Relentlessly Overstuffed
You will have far worse cinematic experiences than David Leitch’s Bullet Train. It’s an action-packed, bloody thrill ride that satisfies anyone’s craving for mindless theatrical...
The Princess (2022) Review – HBO Documentary Gives a Remarkable Glimpse of the Subject
If anything, the HBO documentary film, The Princess, confirms the greatness of Pablo Larrain’s Spencer. This was a fever dream of biography that I labeled...