Articles by M.N. Miller
‘A.X.L.’ | Film Review
As twin films (films that are the same or very similar, produced or released simultaneously by two different studios) go, A.X.L. might be the most...
‘Alpha’ | Film Review
Alpha is a movie that still has me on the fence, months later, and perpetually so. For every moment that offers some thrills, you are...
‘Blue Iguana’ | Film Review
Sometimes a film comes along with a sense of style all its own that elevates the medium to a better place. Such a unique vision...
‘First Man’ | Film Review
Go ahead and get all worked up over the American flag controversy that ignited like a brush fire by the very junior Senator in Florida, Marc...
‘A Star is Born’ (2018) | Film Review
Jackson Maine doesn’t care where he drinks, as long as the bar is open and the alcohol is flowing. We can’t tell yet if Jackson...
‘The Wife’ | Film Review
The Wife opens with the fictional acclaimed writer and professor, Joel Casselman, waking up to a phone call from Stockholm, Sweden, in which he is...
‘Blaze’ | Film Review
During an interview, Townes Van Zandt said, “He was only deemed crazy once,” while his buddy Zee says, a tad judgmentally, “You should really know...
‘Smallfoot’ | Film Review
When it comes down to it, sometimes timing isn’t just everything; it can be the only thing. Smallfoot comes out when the world has noticed...
‘Mandy’ | Film Review
Imagine being untreated for a concussion, then being dropped in the middle of a reddish-pink lava lamp with a handful of odd action figures, shake...
‘Superfly’ | Film Review
Blaxploitation films were born out of a time where African-American characters were written and portrayed as sidekicks, victims of violent brutality, or murderous villains. At...
‘Three Identical Strangers’ | Film Review
Three teenagers, who by pure coincidence (some might call it fate) in the fall of 1979 discovered they were triplets separated at birth. They reunite,...
‘Support the Girls’ | Film Review
When it comes to Hollywood portraying middle-class America, it often is regulated to scenes that feel like middle America rather than what they actually are....
‘Juliet, Naked’ | Film Review
I decided to drag my wife on a cross-country, nine-state jaunt to see Pearl Jam in Tulsa, OK, Lincoln, NE & Austin, TX, using planes,...
‘Clockers’ (1995) | Film Review
To honour the success of BlackKklansman, we have taken a look back at Clockers, a lost in the shuffle Spike Lee Joint that was ahead...
‘Blindspotting’ | Film Review
In Blindspotting, a middle-aged cop unloads his weapon into a young, unarmed male on a quiet street at night in Oakland, CA. Just after he...
‘Minding the Gap’ | Film Review
Filmmakers from different races, genders, and upbringings are being given platforms to a wider net to express their unique views that weren’t available before. Alternate...