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Bruce R. Miller

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My Bloody Valentine (1981) 37% EDIT “Roses are red, violets are blue, this film is bloody, so what else could be new?” – Sioux City Journal Jan 29, 2026 Full Review The American President (1995) 90% 3/4 EDIT “The American President offers plenty of reason to smile (Douglas and Bening are perfect leads) but ultimately it's not a look at the way things are but, rather, the way we'd like them to be. ” – Sioux City Journal Jan 22, 2026 Full Review Misery (1990) 87% 3/4 EDIT “Director Rob Reiner has a wild ride on his hands. He uses Bates to good effect and lets Caan milk every pain for the audience sympathy that it's worth.” – Sioux City Journal Jan 22, 2026 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 94% 4/4 EDIT “It is the best of the bunch. More important, it's the best picture of the year.” – Sioux City Journal Jan 14, 2026 Full Review Stand by Me (1986) 88% EDIT “"Stand By Me" is guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye and a tug at your heart. It's wonderful.” – Sioux City Journal Jan 14, 2026 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 95% 4/4 EDIT “The Two Towers may not be the multilayered drama that Fellowship of the Ring was but it's still a masterful piece of filmmaking. ” – Sioux City Journal Jan 13, 2026 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 91% 4/4 EDIT “It enjoys the advances of a technical age; it revels in an era of storytellers. Best of all, it doesn't seem like a three-hour production. In screen terms, 90 minutes can often be an eternity. Here, 180 somehow don't seem like enough.” – Sioux City Journal Jan 13, 2026 Full Review A Few Good Men (1992) 85% 4/4 EDIT “"A Few Good Men" is one of the best films of the year. More important, it's one of the best uses of talents in the past decade. If more actors would suppress their egos as Bacon and Sutherland have done, they'd find there's good work out there. ” – Sioux City Journal Jan 8, 2026 Full Review The Sure Thing (1985) 84% EDIT “Though Sure Thing has the signs of being another teens-in-heat film, it is not. It avoids all the traps and presents a picture of today's youth that's far more accurate than anything Bob Clark ever put to film. ” – Sioux City Journal Jan 8, 2026 Full Review The Princess Bride (1987) 93% 4/4 EDIT “Fused with a form of narration that would give Steven Spielberg reason to pause, "Bride" is a dandy actioner for the kids, a delightful romp for the folks -- the perfect family film of 1987. ” – Sioux City Journal Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 86% 4/4 EDIT “One of the best films of the year (if not THE best film), "Hamnet" says there’s plenty of life in classics. Sometimes, you just need to dig for it.” – Sioux City Journal Jan 4, 2026 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “"Wake Up Dead Man" twists and turns effortlessly thanks to director Rian Johnson’s facility with this kind of format.” – Sioux City Journal Jan 4, 2026 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% 3/4 EDIT “Kate Hudson really leans into her role (watch the documentary and you’ll see) and exhibits a great voice that makes you wonder if it’s time for another Patsy Cline movie.” – Sioux City Journal Jan 4, 2026 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% 3/4 EDIT “But watching the folks of Zootopia interact is like visiting a theme park. Just when you’re near the head of ride line, a parade breaks out. Both are musts.” – Sioux City Journal Jan 4, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% 4/4 EDIT “"Marty Supreme" is such a well-oiled machine, it could sit nicely in the cinematic weeds of the 1970s and hold up. In 2025, it’s an outlier — a quality film that doesn’t just blend in, it towers.” – Sioux City Journal Jan 4, 2026 Full Review Hook (1991) 37% 4/4 EDIT “The perfect movie for everyone who grew up and, secretly, regretted it.” – Sioux City Journal Dec 19, 2025 Full Review Big Top Pee-wee (1988) 31% 2/4 EDIT “Oh, Pee-wee...wherefore art though, Pee-wee? In your newest picture, "Big Top Pee-wee," none of that wacky humor we found in "Big Adventure" was evident.” – Sioux City Journal Dec 14, 2025 Full Review The Roses (2025) 64% 1/4 EDIT “Independently, Cumberbatch and Colman have had great success with comedy. In play with one another, they’re deadly.” – Sioux City Journal Dec 13, 2025 Full Review Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025) 65% 2/4 EDIT “There’s a reason there hasn’t been a "This is Spinal Tap" sequel. There wasn’t a story to tell. ” – Sioux City Journal Dec 13, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% 3/4 EDIT “Writer/director Scott Cooper doesn’t Brucify the story, but he does let Jeremy Allen White find his way into the singer’s life. ” – Sioux City Journal Dec 13, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 62% 2/4 EDIT “Powell was great in "The Hit Man," but needs to back off the Brad Pitt moves if he wants to find his place in the action/adventure world. ” – Sioux City Journal Dec 13, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% 3/4 EDIT “Grande, though, was right to pursue her role from the minute she was smitten with the Broadway musical. She’s why some characters are so popular.” – Sioux City Journal Dec 13, 2025 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% 3.5/4 EDIT “Fraser is an actor who can feel plenty. He brings out the best in his co-stars and isn’t afraid to reveal he has learned something in the process. ” – Sioux City Journal Dec 13, 2025 Full Review True Lies (1994) 77% 3.5/4 EDIT “Surprisingly, True Lies doesn't cheat any of its cast. It gives them as much to do as the special effects experts, and always leaves audiences laughing. ” – Sioux City Journal Dec 10, 2025 Full Review The Abyss (1989) 76% 3/4 EDIT “As masterpiece? Not quite. But, as water dramas go, "The Abyss" is quite enveloping. ” – Sioux City Journal Dec 9, 2025 Full Review
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