Mark Miller Movies
- 2004
- PG13
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A decade after wowing critics with his debut feature Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King, director Jeff Feuerzeig finally delivered his sophomore effort -- a documentary about the life and music of singer/songwriter Daniel Johnston. Using archived film clips and recordings with newly shot footage and interviews, the film paints a detailed and honest picture of the tortured genius. The Devil and Daniel Johnston premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Starring:
- Daniel Johnston, Mabel Johnston, (more)
The Frightening is a horror film set in a high school. Not long after Corey Patterson (Matt Twining) and his mother (Brinke Stevens) move into a new town, he is involved in a school rivalry between the popular kids and the outsiders. Soon they all have a deeper problem to deal with. Jack Carlisle III, Robert Donavan, and Tanya Dempsey round out the cast of this film that was directed by David DeCoteau (Final Stab, The Brotherhood, Retro Puppet Master). ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
- Starring:
- Matt Twining
- 1996
A CIA cover-up threatens the world's well-being in this grim drama. The trouble began several years ago when an African American agent sees his countrymen surreptitiously dumping radioactive waste in a remote African nation. Leroy Jones knows it is wrong and makes a full report. His superiors immediately tell him to forget what he saw. A good operative who prides himself on his patriotism, Jones obeys orders and eventually rises to the rank of senior analyst in the CIA. Years pass uneventfully until the illegal waste leaks out and contaminates a cocoa plantation. The irradiated cocoa is sold in the U.S. and made into internationally distributed chocolate products, causing a spate of deaths. Deeply troubled, Jones is forced to decide whether or not to keep the matter hush-hush. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
R&B star Janet Jackson made an impressive film debut in Poetic Justice as Justice, a hairdresser at a small salon in South Central Los Angeles. Justice uses her poetry to deal with her grief after her boyfriend is killed in a shooting incident at a drive-in. Hired to work at a hair stylists' event in Oakland, Justice is stranded when her car breaks down, until she remembers that her friend Ieasha (Regina King) was going to hop a ride down to Oakland with her boyfriend Chicago (Joe Torry), a postal worker who is heading there with a truck full of mail. Justice tags along to discover that Chicago's driving partner is Lucky (Tupac Shakur), the postman who delivers mail to her shop and keeps asking her out. Ieasha and Chicago have to deal with their own rocky relationship while Justice has to decide if she's ready for a new love -- and if Lucky is the man she's waiting for. Along with strong work from Jackson, Poetic Justice features a surprising turn from Shakur, whose nuanced performance as Lucky is in strong contrast to his "Thug Life" public persona. Justice's poems were written by Maya Angelou, who also appears in a small role. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, (more)
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