Miles Surrey
Staff Writer
Miles writes about television, film, and the occasional despair of soccer fandom. He is based in Brooklyn.
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“I Don’t Play by the Rules”: John Woo Returns to Hollywood With a Blood-Soaked Christmas Thriller
After 20 years away from American screens, the legendary action director is back with an unconventional revenge film: ‘Silent Night.’ "This is a story I had been looking for for a long time," he tells The Ringer.
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The Best TV Shows of 2023
In a year defined by industry upheaval, television still managed to thrill and delight
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With ‘Fargo’ Season 5, Noah Hawley Rights the Ship
After a string of disappointments—at least by the high standards of an Emmy winner—Hawley is back in fine form with the strongest ‘Fargo’ outing since Season 2
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The Taika Waititi Fatigue Is Real
The lackluster response to ‘Next Goal Wins’ is further proof that audiences aren’t totally buying what the quirky director is selling
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The Sun Never Sets on Amazon’s Anti-Superhero Empire
Between ‘The Boys,’ ‘Gen V,’ and ‘Invincible,’ Prime Video has become the go-to streamer for mature, subversive superhero stories
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‘Billions’ Is Over. Its Creators Still Don’t Understand Why We Loved Axe.
Showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien sat down to discuss the series finale, the art of the long con, and the public’s changing perspective on billionaires
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Not Only Justifies Its Lengthy Run Time—It’s Essential to the Story
In its empathetic, unflinching portrayal of what the Osage Nation went through, Martin Scorsese’s latest epic more than earns its extravagant run time
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‘The Walking Dead’ Alone Isn’t Going to Resurrect AMC’s Glory Days
As solid as the first season of the ‘Daryl Dixon’ spinoff was, AMC will have a hard time creating the next ‘Walking Dead’ if it’s funneling most of its resources into, well, ‘The Walking Dead’
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‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ Is a Slasher Flick Dressed Up as Prestige TV
Mike Flanagan’s final series for Netflix is a sprawling tale of greed, addiction, and vengeance with some not-so-subtle allusions to the perpetrators of America’s opioid epidemic
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‘The Creator’ Is Worth More Than Its Middling Story
Director Gareth Edwards is more accomplished at world-building and orchestrating chaos than he is at developing characters, but the way the movie was made could be a game changer throughout Hollywood