Articles by M.N. Miller
Pain & Glory Review: A Career-Defining Performance From Antonio Banderas
Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film is probably his most personal and mature work to date. Pain & Glory is essentially an autobiographical film, lifting memories of...
Trial By Fire Review: A Combustible Performance By Jack O’Connell
Director Ed Zwick has always had a knack for drawing the viewer in with a killer opening scene or sequence. If you look down his...
Playing with Fire Review: Four Men And A Couple Of Babies
John Cena really has the potential to be the next Dwayne Johnson; he has a natural charisma that you just can’t teach. He is also funny....
Midway Review: Big, Bold, and Botched
Midway has your classic throwback characters that are like talking toy dolls that, when you pull the string back, they will spew out such classic...
Last Christmas Review: I Now Finally Have My Own The Brown Bunny
He was my favorite film critic, and now I have my own The Brown Bunny. Years ago, the great Roger Ebert famously said, “I hate...
Luce Review: Exhilarating, Radically Thought-Provoking
Let your mind ponder Luce, which might be the most provocative film of the year. There have been very few adapted stage plays recently (with the...
Black and Blue Review: Us or Them
There are too many films that try to place the message of community and being the change at their forefront but instead use them more...
Jexi Review: Her 2.0 Lite
Yes, the new, and I emphasize it’s a stretch to use the word “new” when describing this comedy from the team behind Bad Moms, film Jexi...
Zombieland: Double Tap Review: A Real Gut Buster
So, that’s where all the summer fun has been hiding! Since the end of this season’s big heat — or: “when studios pay their bills”...
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) Review
Directed by Vince Gilligan, we review the 2019 Netflix film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019), which does not contain spoilers. When Walter White...
Joker Review: Raw, Violent, And Woke
Most stand-up comics are sick bastards if you think about it. I mean, I would be a bit more comforted if Anthony Jeselnik turned out...
The Fanatic Review: A Limp Thriller
I was under the impression that films like The Fanatic died off like Reebok Pumps or the Nu-Metal band Puddle of Mudd, in the mid...
The West Wing at 20: Ranking the 20 Best Episodes of All Time
This ranking of the 20 greatest The West Wing episodes of all time is a multi-page feature. Please use the links at the bottom of...
Between Two Ferns: The Movie Second Opinion: The Overblown SNL Sketch-to-Screen Playbook.
Sometimes you just need to call a movie out for what it is — this new comedy from Netflix should be looked at as an...
Ad Astra Review: A Stealthy, Beautiful, Evocative Take on Mental Health
James Gray’s (The Yards, We Own the Night, Two Lovers) new space epic has a tone and mood all its own. Like most of his...
Friends at 25: Ranking the Top 25 Episodes of All Time
There’s nothing like old friends, even ones that you haven’t seen for nearly 15-years. This weekend will mark the anniversary of the trend-setting sitcom’s first...
The Art Of Racing In the Rain Review: Manipulating the Wheel
Let’s get one thing straight about Hollywood — not every film or television show is meant to be a piece of art. Don’t get me...
Brian Banks Review: Redemption Road
When I first heard of the Brian Banks story nearly a decade ago when he was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, I felt...
The Kitchen Review: Cooking Without A Recipe
I was excited about The Kitchen, which is the directorial debut from the writer of Straight Outta Compton Andrea Berloff. Here is a movie that’s...
Good Boys Second Opinion: Super Sweet & Seriously Sour
This is our Good Boys second opinion. Almost every generation has its own unique comedy, from gross-out to farce, that defines their developmental years. The...