Mark Miller, Author at 615 Film

Beauty and the Beast: Staggeringly Beautiful, They Kept The Best & Fixed The Rest [Review]

by Mark Miller | Mar 20, 2017

I don’t get Disney’s current trend of remaking old animation classics into Live Action films. Why is that necessary? Maleficent was fun, it’s true, but that was told with a more sympathetic twist to the villain, which I love (plus the old Sleeping Beauty was badly...

Kong: Skull Island – Great action scenes; King Kong is Badass [Review]

by Mark Miller | Mar 13, 2017

I’ve never seen a King Kong film, this was my first taste of the franchise, and I must say I’m fond of him. I mean I know about the original – King Kong goes to Big City and ends up climbing a building and swatting aircraft with one hand while holding Fay Wray...

Logan: The Most Violent Bring-Your-Daughter-To-Work-Day Ever [Review]

by Mark Miller | Mar 6, 2017

Wow, Logan is not your typical superhero movie. This latest X-Men movie is about endings. It’s no secret that this is Hugh Jackman’s last performance of Wolverine and it’s also, apparently, Patrick Stewart’s last performance of Professor X. It’s a sad thought, and...

Lion: Intense & Compelling – There Was Not a Dry Eye in The Theater [Review]

by Mark Miller | Feb 26, 2017

This week I saw Lion with a friend who recommended it. I’d never heard of Lion, didn’t know what to expect and this was the director, Garth Davis’s ‘feature debut’ (he hadn’t made anything else that I could compare to) so I really had nothing to go on. The trailer...

The Great Wall: Clunky but Original & Refreshing with a Subtle Max Brooks Influence [Review]

by Mark Miller | Feb 20, 2017

This week it was either the 146 minute long A Cure For Wellness or the much shorter The Great Wall. Naturally I gravitated towards the film that had Matt Damon and monsters, which sounds like a very appealing combination to me. Apparently (according to Wikipedia)...