Articles by M.N. Miller
Survive the Night review – look kids! it’s a couple of falling stars, make a wish.
I wish we could use clichés like they don’t make movies like Survive the Night anymore, but that’s sadly not the case. It is as...
The Vast of Night second opinion – a scintillating debut film
Amazon Prime Video’s The Vast of Night is the kind of film put together on a shoestring budget (by today’s standards anyway) that most studios...
Resistance review – Eisenberg is boxed in by a formulaic script
Resistance is so frustratingly formulaic it draws comparisons to last year’s criminally overrated stinker, Harriet. While not nearly as ridiculous as that film’s inane script...
The Lost Husband review – a charming trope
I love fishing, and when sitting down to select movies in this day and age, it’s a lot like that. Instead of fishing for trout,...
International Falls review – a winning performance from Rachael Harris
Director Amber McGinnis’s International Falls is one of those films that you wish had a little more punch, but you have to admire the effort....
Bad Therapy review – the film equivalent of the Duncan Principle
There are very few movie experiences where I stopped a film right in the middle. The last time might have been when you could still...
My Spy review – light, unassuming, & needed
My Spy won’t win any awards — hell, it couldn’t even buy itself a Golden Globe if it tried. It’s a comedy that practically screams Segal; Peter,...
Survive review – a serialized action-adventure without tension or suspense
This review of Survive (Quibi) is spoiler-free. Director Mark Pellington made a name for himself with generic studio thriller fare around the turn of the century...
I Promise review – no child should be left behind
This review of I Promise (Quibi) is spoiler-free. “Every 26 seconds a kid drops out of High School… that doesn’t make sense.” That’s the spark...
#FreeRayShawn review – gritty and wickedly paced
After a couple of weeks of nothing but furloughed, quarantined marital bliss, my better half (some would say my only half) told me to go...
Most Dangerous Game review – feel free to quibble with this web series script
This review of Most Dangerous Game (Quibi) is spoiler-free. Quibi is finally here; after months of commercials and social media posts talking about the peculiar...
Human Nature review – an elegant, delicate, and beautifully structured documentary
Early in the new documentary film Human Nature, Hank Greely, a Bioethicist from Stanford University, said, “The idea of gene therapy is simple — add in...
Coffee & Kareem review – your basic remake of Cop and a Half without the laughs
Here is how you know a movie will feel longer than its running time, even at a quick 88-minutes. Netflix’s next dive into good mainstream film...
Hooking Up review – this rom-com loses its way
Hooking Up, in some ways, started with such an exciting premise. I thought for sure the writer/director Nico Raineau would break the rules when it comes to...
Blow the Man Down review – a strange slice of northern New England life
As a product of the northeast, born and raised, anyone who calls New York City, Los Angeles, or Chicago home may view Blow the Man...
I Still Believe review – like a trebled country song
The Erwin brothers’ latest film, I Still Believe, is based on the true story of country music singer and Grammy-nominated gospel artist Jeremy Camp. Shortly after...
Trauma Center review – trash cinema at its worst or finest, it doesn’t really matter
I’m not sure what has happened to Bruce Willis’s film career, but if it weren’t on life support before, it would have to be now....
The Postcard Killings review – an outdated horror-thriller
When you think you couldn’t find another blustery, snow-filled, Scandinavian serial killer mystery picture than 2017’s The Snowman, here comes The Postcard Killings –– a...
Swallow review – a film with an uncommon raw power
I recently wrote a review of Netflix’s Lost Girls where I referenced a line used by Aaron Sorkin in The West Wing: “The things we...
The Banker review – a formulaic film that offers a mild return on your investment
Apple’s first big dive into popular feature films is a fairly formulaic biopic of two men who attempted to subvert an archaic law that prevented...