Miles Surrey

‘Foundation’ Isn’t Homework—It’s a Deep, Fascinating Universe Worth Exploring Apple TV+’s dense sci-fi series, which just concluded its third season, rewards attentive viewers and never forgets to entertain amid all the lore. But with shake-ups behind the scenes, what will the ...

Wrote about my beloved Foundation www.theringer.com/2025/09/12/t...

The 21st-Century That Guy Hall of Fame You know them only as “that guy from that thing,” but make no mistake: Their on-screen presence is as unmistakable as it is essential.

For The Ringer's 21st century movie performances package, wrote about some of my favorite Guys
www.theringer.com/2025/08/27/m...

A U.S. Open Guide to the Americans’ Attempt to End a Men’s Grand Slam Drought It’s been 22 years since Andy Roddick last brought home a Grand Slam title for American men’s tennis. These are the players best poised to break the curse.

Some tennis blogging www.theringer.com/2025/08/22/t...

‘Waterworld’ Deserved Better Thirty years since its release, the oft-derided Kevin Costner blockbuster has a surprising amount of longevity

For its 30th anniversary, wrote about my beloved Waterworld www.theringer.com/2025/07/28/m...

rebuttal: bad dog

Fun exercise, will probably change my mind 20 times in the next week

time for an unfortunate media rite of passage: after 9 years at The Ringer, I was laid off this week. I’m gutted to leave, but grateful for my time there, the many wonderful folks I worked with over the years, and all the stories I got to tell

Donate to Yasi's House Burned Down, organized by Tasbeeh Herwees Hello Bandsplainers and general fans of the podcast host known as Yasi Salek. We're Yasi … Tasbeeh Herwees needs your support for Yasi's House Burned Down

Hey friends: My wonderfully talented Ringer colleague Yasi Salek -- host of the fantastic Bandsplain podcast -- lost her home in the Altadena fire. If you're a fan of the show, or just want to help and are able, there's a GoFundMe:

www.gofundme.com/f/yasis-hous...

Brian Grubb for sure has one on standby

Four Lessons From Old Masters of Hollywood Miller. Coppola. Scott. Eastwood. In 2024, four maestros of the screen proved that they still have plenty left to teach us, sometimes in unconventional ways.

Some year-end thoughts on George Miller, Francis Ford Coppola, Ridley Scott, and Clint Eastwood because why not www.theringer.com/2024/12/18/m...

The Best TV Shows of 2024 In a somewhat forgettable year for television, these 10 series made a striking impression

Welcome back to List Season, here's my top 10 shows of the year (and some honorable mentions) www.theringer.com/2024/12/09/t...

thanks so much!

It was an honor to speak with John Woo about Silent Night and returning to Hollywood after 20 years www.theringer.com/movies/2023/...

Tried to dig into the Lin-Manuelification of Taika Waititi www.theringer.com/movies/2023/...

Some thoughts on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and the zombified state of AMC Networks www.theringer.com/tv/2023/10/1...

Mike Flanagan's The Fall of the House of Usher answers the question, "What if Succession had the body count of a slasher movie?"

www.theringer.com/tv/2023/10/1...

More thoughts on The Creator later this week but can't hate a movie that decided Allison Janney should be exactly like Stephen Lang's character in Avatar

It gives me no pleasure to report that The Continental is a letdown www.theringer.com/tv/2023/9/22...

Some thoughts on Prisoners and the past decade of Denis Villeneuve www.theringer.com/movies/2023/...

Area Man Wins Tennis Tournament

Miles Surrey’s profile on Letterboxd Miles uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 224 films watched. Favorites: Jaws (1975), Mulholland Drive (2001), The Handmaiden (2016), Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

shameless plug: also trying to be more active on the ole Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/milessurrey/

the mental image of this manlet sitting in the movie about the doll just getting madder and redder and furrowing his brow in rage while everyone around him laughs and has a nice time is so fucking funny

GQ Sells Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav Its Integrity GQ's David Zaslav story criticized the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO before being weakened, then pulled. Then the conflicts of interest came out.

If you wanted to know what was going on with GQ, WBD, and our good pal David Zaslav, I broke it down: https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/warner-bros-discovery/david-zaslav-gq-warner-bros-conflict-of-interest

It's by no means perfect, but really enjoyed Indy's final adventure https://www.theringer.com/movies/2023/6/30/23777472/indiana-jones-dial-of-destiny-helena-shaw-phoebe-waller-bridge

it's great but there's just something about Jellybean

Horrible person, horrible movie https://www.theringer.com/dc/2023/6/16/23762778/the-flash-movie-review-cursed-ezra-miller-dc-james-gunn

Oh thank god