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Tuesday, January 11 2011

The Worst Films of 2010

When Hollywood delivers the stink bombs, they are strident in their creative stench. Need proof? Just check out the ten titles below.


Wednesday, May 5 2010

2010 Summer Movie Preview - July

In July, Christopher Nolan unleashes his eagerly awaited new film Inception, M. Night Shyamalan returns with The Last Airbender and Adrien Brody stars in a Predator remake.


Tuesday, April 29 2008

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: June 2008

If May almost tent-poled itself out of existence, June will be even worse. After all, are audiences really ready for 13 major release in less than two months -- with more to come?


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Thursday, July 1 2010

Welcome to the Wacky World of 'The Last Airbender'

In The Last Airbender, poor Prince Zuko frets that his father thinks, “I’m like my mother,” hinting at some gender-role anxieties the film never quite addresses.


Monday, November 10 2008

The Happening

Watching this is rather like watching the grass grow. And blow in the wind. And trees. Bushes. Hedges. Blowing. You get the idea.


Friday, June 13 2008

The Happening

The Happening features an effectively stylized physical environment: rarely have clouds drifting overhead and wind blowing through trees and a sunny day been filmed so ominously.


Friday, July 21 2006

Lady in the Water (2006)

Story's whiter-than-white skin, bloody cuts, color-shifting hair, and need to keep wet make her a bizarre amalgamation of fantasies, alternately "male" and "childish."


Monday, January 10 2005

The Village (2004)

'I have to keep doing things that scare me, and this certainly scares me,' says M. Night Shyamalan.


Signs (2002) [1.Aug.02]

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Wednesday, July 14 2010

"Devil": M. Night Shyamalan Gets Back to Horror Roots (trailer)

Billed as coming "From the Mind of M. Night Shyamalan", the first trailer for Devil traps us in an elevator with someone "who is not who they appear to be".


Wednesday, February 24 2010

'Unbreakable 2' on the Horizon?

During a recent junket interview for his upcoming buddy comedy Cop Out, Bruce Willis gave film geeks like yours truly a real reason to rejoice.…


Thursday, June 12 2008

Mess Hysteria: The Happening vs. The Signal

Newsweek Magazine must still be smarting. Back in 2002, as Signs was gearing up for its box office assault, the publication called M. Night Shyamalan…


News

Friday, August 6 2010

M. Night Shyamalan is popular at the box office, but not with critics

What's wrong with this picture? M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender," his adaptation of Nickelodeon's "Avatar: The Last Airbender" cartoon series, topped $125 million in…


Wednesday, June 11 2008

Will M. Night Shyamalan's new R-rated film scare up bigger box-office numbers?

As he waits for his beverage at a Starbucks along West Chester Pike, the portly, middle-aged businessman has no idea of the sinister plot being…


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