Category: Directors

Now that I’ve watched all of M Night Shyamalan’s current filmography, I thought it would be fun to do a little awards show to celebrate the work of the director I’ve been reviewing for...

Knock Knock! Who’s there? M Night. M Night who? M Night Shyamalan, you silly goose. Now let me in, I have a movie to make! M Night really gives his all. He showcases an...

Watching this film on the beach that makes you old would take four years. Feels about the same as watching it in my living room. ZING! M Night’s fourteenth film, Old, is all over...

Samuel L Jackson in a superhero film? Naturally. Glass is a superhero film that begins like any other. Equipped with a cool new nickname, “The Overseer”, Bruce Willis’ David Dunn searches the streets of...

The last thing I split… was my pants! Haha. Split is the story of Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy), a man with Dissociative Identity Disorder, who kidnaps three teenage girls and holds them in...

Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go! What a deeply disturbing film. Also, surprisingly funny. After Shyamalan’s previous films, Hollywood had all but given up on him. Had he...

Unfortunately, we are long past the Shyamaissance (1999-2004). In those days, Shyamalan didn’t miss, producing four truly wonderful films. It has now become clear to me that I am in the middle of a...

I try not to be super negative, both in general and on my blog. I understand how difficult it is to make movies. I know how much work and dedication goes into them. The...

This movie is an interesting case study, as it is very hard to tell if it’s a cutting satire or just a terrible movie. Shyamalan’s eighth film, The Happening, is a story of science...

M Night’s seventh feature, Lady in the Water is a fantastical and tonally strange film. I would have titled this one: Exposition in the Water, as about 60% of the film is dedicated to...