Movie Reviews and Previews Jake Gyllenhaal in the random collaboration Jake Gyllenhaal was photographed in Bristol, Rhode Island yesterday on the set of M Night Shyamalan’s new film Remain. More on this in a moment, but first let’s talk about Jake because he’s just been nominated for his first Emmy for his performance in Presumed Innocent. I’ By Lainey • Aug 06, 2025 12:07 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews New movie threat assessment Two new projects are on the table, involving high-profile filmmakers and/or actors, so I am here to do a highly scientific and thoroughly researched threat assessment to determine whether or not these potential new films pose any risk to the public. First up, a sequel to Nineties cult classic By Sarah • Jan 30, 2025 03:23 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Josh Hartnett in Trap Spoilers for this singularly ridiculous film. There’s no way to talk about what’s wrong with Trap, M. Night Shyamalan’s latest cinematic endeavor, without getting into the nitty-gritty of Trap. If you’re looking for a spoiler-free review, here it is. Is Trap good? No. Is Josh Hartnett By Sarah • Aug 06, 2024 02:25 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Hartnettaissance has officially begun M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap is just a couple weeks away, and I honestly can’t remember the last time I was genuinely excited for a new Shyamalan movie. I’m always down to try his latest movie—when he misses, he MISSES, but when he hits, he HITS—but By Sarah • Jul 25, 2024 10:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Trap’s catchy pitch M. Night Shyamalan is coming this summer with a new film led by Josh Hartnett, and we have already declared ourselves ready for the Hartnettaissance, but the second trailer for Trap is so good, I’m also just ready for a good movie from Shyamalan. He’s an up-and-down director, By Sarah • Jul 02, 2024 02:35 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Shyamalan nepo summer Dakota Fanning is currently in the UK doing press for her new film, The Watchers, which appears to be called The Watched in the UK. It’s a horror movie and the feature film debut of writer/director Ishana Night Shyamalan, M. Night Shyamalan’s daughter. It certainly looks like By Sarah • May 30, 2024 02:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Don’t count out M. Night Shyamalan When it comes to M. Night Shyamalan, will we ever learn our lesson? Probably not. Because there are few filmmakers who see-saw so wildly between legitimately great and genuinely awful as Shyamalan. It’s like that thing they say about Targaryens, every time M. Night Shyamalan makes a movie, the By Sarah • Sep 23, 2022 12:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Happy Anniversary, Spoiler Alert Marking movie anniversaries has become A Thing, and I’m not sure entirely what the point is except to make people feel old. Most movies aren’t actually worth lionizing in that way, but sometimes there is a movie milestone worth noticing (for example: it’s been 20 years since By Sarah • Aug 08, 2019 09:43 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Shyamalan’s homegrown superheroes: Glass brings it all together A direct sequel to Split and a shared-universe continuation of Unbreakable, Glass is the culmination of M. Night Shyamalan’s home-grown superhero universe within the Eastrail 177 trilogy. It unites strong-man David Dunn (Bruce Willis), evil mastermind Elijah Price/Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson), and The Beast and his Horde By Sarah • Jan 18, 2019 03:04 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Shyamalan’s homegrown superheroes: The Split comeback Yesterday, we looked back at M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable, the film that was supposed to spawn a sequel but didn’t because no one liked it when it came out. But over time, even as Shyamalan’s reputation as a filmmaker nose-dived, Unbreakable rose in estimation and cult status, By Sarah • Jan 17, 2019 04:00 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Homemade Superheroes M. Night Shyamalan’s best movie is Unbreakable, which is why, after a lukewarm reception following The Sixth Sense in 2000, it has developed a considerable cult following. It came along just before comic book movies took over Hollywood, and it is so much like a comic book—the whole By Sarah • Jul 24, 2018 09:45 am
Movie Reviews and Previews James McAvoy is tremendous in Split Following The Visit, M. Night Shyamalan continues his return to form with Split. It’s his second collaboration with Blumhouse Pictures, and where in The Visit there is discernable friction between Shyamalan’s impulse to go big and Blumhouse’s frugal, lo-fi approach to filmmaking, in Split there is no By Sarah • Jan 20, 2017 10:29 am
Quiveration James McAvoy makes Split M Night Shyamalan’s new film Split opens on January 20th. So far the reviews have been pretty decent. I mean, it’s January, and the movie is probably being assessed by January standards. That said, it’s not pretending to be anything else. And a few critics have even By Lainey • Jan 11, 2017 10:31 am
Movie Reviews and Previews M. Night Shyamalan’s The Visit To say that The Visit is M. Night Shyamalan’s return to form isn’t saying much, because 1) few filmmakers have fallen further than Shyamalan in public opinion, and 2) it’s only a so-so movie. But it is certainly better than anything Shyamalan has made in years, and By Sarah • Oct 01, 2015 01:18 pm
