Articles by M.N. Miller
‘Holmes & Watson’ | Film Review
I went to see a film this past holiday weekend with family, and there was no sound for the first ten minutes or so. Luckily,...
‘Vice’ | Film Review
I am not sure anything can prepare you for Vice. It’s unlike any dumpster fire you’ve ever seen. It has a bankable comedy director (trying...
‘Second Act’ | Film Review
Why are studio comedies so hard to make? Is it too many hands in the cookie jar resulting in multiple points of view that pull...
‘Welcome to Marwen’ | Film Review
Welcome to Marwen is based on the true story of Mark Hogencamp (Steve Carrell), a man who was a victim of a hate crime after...
‘Once Upon a Deadpool’ | Film Review
As cash-grabs go, Once Upon a Deadpool is better than most, mainly because it takes one of the most entertaining films of the year (which...
‘Destination Wedding’ | Film Review
You can tell when a romantic comedy is going to crash and crash badly. It’s the moment when the couple meets, and two can things...
‘We the Animals’ | Film Review
When Jonah settles in on top of his father’s lap, who lays back in his chair in front of his work desk, he asks him,...
‘The Rider’ | Film Review
There are moments in Chloe Zhao’s The Rider that is so beautifully shot that I have a feeling the character Ricky from American Beauty would...
‘Instant Family’ | Film Review
At any point, on any given day, there are nearly 500,000 children in the foster care system in the United States. On average, children remain...
‘Robin Hood’ (2018) | Film Review
Robin Hood is an absolute mess. It’s hard to come up with a film that tries so hard to stylize each scene that ends up...
‘Wildlife’ (2018) | Film Review
Young adults in Wildlife can’t seem to settle down, even if they are raising a child that needs stability in his life. The mother, Jeanette...
‘Little Italy’ (2018) | Film Review
Little Italy starts with flashbacks of Leo Campo and Nikki Angioli (played as adults by Hayden Christenson and Emma Roberts). They are the offspring of...
‘Green Book’ | Film Review
The Negro Motorist Green Book, or more commonly just known as Green Book, was developed by a New York City postal worker named Victor Hugo...
‘Beautiful Boy’ | Film Review
Imagine running into a friend after 20 years, and you notice they have aged in a way that is almost accelerated. They have lost a...
‘Outlaw King’ | Netflix Film Review
The things we do to women in film always astounds me, especially in historical period epics. They are raped, murdered, jailed, beaten, made to bear...
‘It Follows’ | Film Review
It Follows took a fresh new take on the horror genre when it came out in 2014, looking at sexually active teenagers and the dangers...
‘Frailty’ | Film Review
Not all serial killers are bad people. Some of them are family men. You have something special to hand down from generation to generation when...
‘A Kid Like Jake’ | Film Review
I didn’t have high hopes for A Kid Like Jake when I sat down and watched it over 5 months ago. From the Rotten Tomatoes...
‘Night Comes On’ | Film Review
Not many of us know how to deal with the loss of a parent, not to mention the loss of a parent at the hand...
‘Uncle Drew’ | Film Review
When I first saw television spots for Uncle Drew, I would mutter to myself that this is a movie disaster waiting to happen. Taking a...