In the late 1970’s, an Australian doctor named George Miller decided to make a feature-length Ozploitation movie with his friend on a shoestring budget. They borrowed and bootstrapped equipment, editing the film in an apartment. The resulting work, Mad Max, made over a hundred million dollars and launched Miller’s groundbreaking, unpredictable career. After making two wildly divergent sequels to Mad Max, Miller moved to Hollywood. In 1995, Miller produced Babe, and he spent the next 15 years making children’s films. In 2015, he surged back to R-rated violence with a fourth Mad Max film, the action movie of the decade. In between all that have been a few larks and surprises.
What ties Miller’s strange career together is his visionary imagination with a matching prickly energy. Miller is a restless creator, always pushing his boundaries and trying something new (often before his previous project even sees daylight; “George Miller’s unrealized projects” have a dedicated Wikipedia page). Whether it’s Mel Gibson driving down a dusty road, a tap-dancing CGI penguin, or Tilda Swinton falling in love with a genie, every Miller project is a full-throated roar of creativity.
Podcast Episodes
Chronological
- Mad Max (1979) (Good)
- Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) (1981) (Very Good)
- Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) (Good) (co-directed with George Ogilvie)
- The Witches of Eastwick (1987) (Nearly Good)
- Lorenzo’s Oil (1992) (Very Good)
- Babe (1995) (Exceptionally Good) (capsule review; producer/writer only)
- Happy Feet (2006) (Good) (podcast rating)
- Happy Feet Two (2011) (Nearly Good) (podcast rating)
- Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) (Very Good)
By Rating
Exceptionally Good (7/8)
- Babe (1995) (capsule review; producer/writer only)
Very Good (6/8)
Good (5/8)
- Mad Max (1979)
- Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) (co-directed with George Ogilvie)
- Happy Feet (2006) (podcast rating)
Nearly Good (4/8)
- The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
- Happy Feet Two (2011) (podcast rating)
Not Seen / Not Rated
- 40,000 Years of Dreaming (1997)
- Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Last Updated
- 10/13/2024
Review Index
| Title | Date | Film Year | Director | Is It Good | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo’s Oil (1992) | 07/13/2024 | 1992 | Miller, George | 6 | George Miller |
| The Witches of Eastwick (1987) | 06/21/2024 | 1987 | Miller, George | 4 | George Miller |
| Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) | 06/10/2024 | 1985 | Miller, George / Ogilvie, George | 5 | Mad Max, George Miller |
| Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) (1981) | 06/02/2024 | 1981 | Miller, George | 6 | Mad Max, George Miller |
| Mad Max (1979) | 05/30/2024 | 1979 | Miller, George | 5 | Mad Max, George Miller |
| Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) | 12/11/2022 | 2022 | Miller, George | 6 | George Miller, 2022 |
- Review Series: George Miller
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