M.N. Miller

Why won’t the studio system make more movies like Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman? It’s the type of work that can please everyone, from the...

Since George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck, his directorial efforts have taken an odd decline and plateau since that auspicious debut. His projects went...

This review of Safety (Disney+) is spoiler-free. Generally, as a rule of thumb, I’ll give anyone a pass who’s responsible for Samuel L. Jackson’s underrated...

“Sharks!” This word made me laugh. Too much, in fact. Probably for no other reason than it was delivered with such with childlike deadpan innocence...

It doesn’t take any type of AI to figure out that the professional marriage between Melissa McCarthy and director Ben Falcone has to end. Their...

Listen, I love a good Gerard Butler action picture like any other red-blooded male. His movie choices remind me of a young Nicolas Cage, honestly....

Sound of Metal stars Riz Ahmed, in an intense turn as Ruben, who is one-half of the heavy-metal duo, Blackgammon. Along with his romantic and...

Directed by George C. Wolfe, we review the 2020 Netflix movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, which does not contain any spoilers. The late Chadwick Boseman...

There has been so much hype surrounding Kornél Mundruczó’s Pieces of a Woman since its premiere last September at the 77th Venice International Film Festival....

At first glance, a film starring Adam Brody as a down on his luck former child detective seemed easily dismissible. What could have been a...

There is nothing wrong with growing up in the rural heartland. I’ll take a little bit of Brooks and Dunn over Catullus and Propertius any...

It’s a shame that movies like The Broken Hearts Gallery will have trouble finding an audience this year. Many up-and-coming performer’s careers will end up...

Once a pawn a time (yes, I went there), inspirational true-stories had been all the rage. They have been performed a thousand times over. The...

You have to give Liam Neeson some credit for finding a career resurgence in action films. Very few can have this type of longevity. It...

I’ve never held a grudge against a film that objectively works, but it’s an unusual year, so this may be the first. The Vanished is...

Boy, family comedies have been in a sad state of affairs for what seems like decades now. You can’t watch one without weird gross-out humor...

Adam Sandler recycles more storylines and characters than George Lucas. This was one of the first thoughts I had when I saw Sandler’s Hubie Halloween...

A Call to Spy is an old-fashioned historical drama whose timing, organization, and pace are as stale as the genre itself. Which makes the result...

Bastille Day’s release was delayed after the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. It was then scheduled for release and to coincide with France’s national celebration...

Director Sean Durkin stated in an interview when he makes a film he explores things that scare him so he can confront them. His debut...