Articles by Sam Henry Miller

About Sam Henry Miller (17 Articles)
For all intensive purposes, I run a pretty tight shift. My basic tenant is to take nothing for granite.

Studio Ghibli: Staff Picks

December 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

"The utter sublimity about Studio Ghibli’s animation remains unrivaled amongst other artists of its form; it has for 30 years and likely will for 30 more." [...]

CGI: The Magnificent Move-y Returneth

November 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

"Applying the term 'realism' would be a misstep as many story-worlds belie the tenets of what we understand as 'realistic'. 'Natural', too, is missing the mark, but hits much closer. The bulls-eye term is perhaps most succinctly coined 'physical'." [...]

The Equalizer

September 27, 2014 // 0 Comments

"The Equalizer sets up an elegant equation that it ultimately does not solve, yet doubtlessly could have." [...]

Gotham – S01E01

September 25, 2014 // 0 Comments

"When/if Gotham season two rolls around, fans will beg for steak and the series better boast more than sizzle at this fateful hour. Otherwise, it's destined for the infamous island/continent of FOX’s misfit tries." [...]

A Tribute to Robin Williams

September 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

"I know you will live on to instill such inspiring hope for generations to come. May you forever rest in peace." [...]

The Knick – S01E01

August 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

"1900s medicine, with its grotesque, desperate, painful, inefficient, and trial-and-error approach to surgery makes ‘the mystery’ not the virus (a la House M.D.) but, rather, the treatment." [...]

Guardians of the Galaxy

August 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

"Guardian’s reflexive risk to play fast-and-loose with the already loose-as-hell guidelines of its genre (Sci-Fantasy) works on your ability to not just suspend your disbelief, but strap a rocket to it, along with yourself, and break orbit cackling maniacally the entire way." [...]
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