Some news: I’ve been laid off by The Ringer. It was a rewarding eight and a half years and I’m proud to have literally written the most articles in the site’s history. I’d love to keep writing about pop culture elsewhere — drop me a line: msurrey2 at gmail

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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