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Trap: When There's No Film So Bad, You Wouldn't Make It For Your Daughter

Trap: When There's No Film So Bad, You Wouldn't Make It For Your Daughter

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekAugust 2, 2024M. Night Shyamalan, Nepo babies, Saleka Shyamalan, Movies about a serial killer, Josh Hartnett, Thriller set at a pop concert, Ariel DonoghueComment

The Watchers: Another Shyamalan is Off to An Excellent Start Doing 'The Twist'

The Watchers: Another Shyamalan is Off to An Excellent Start Doing 'The Twist'

By Chris Knight

ReviewJim SlotekJune 6, 2024Filmmaking offspring, Ishana Shyamalan, M. Night Shyamalan, The Watchers, Dakota Fanning, Lost-in-the-woods, Mysterious entities, Olwen Fouéré, Georgina Campbell, Oliver FinneganComment

Knock at the Cabin: Outlandish Apocalypse Tale is Middling Shyamalan

Knock at the Cabin: Outlandish Apocalypse Tale is Middling Shyamalan

By Thom Ernst

ReviewJim SlotekFebruary 2, 2023M. Night Shyamalan, Knock at the Cabin, Paul Tremblay’s book, The Cabin at the End of the World, Dave Bautista, Rupert Grint, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Apocalyptic themes, Ben Aldridge, Jonathan GroffComment

Old: M. Night Shyamalan’s Latest Twist-Ending Thriller More Silly Than Scary

Old: M. Night Shyamalan’s Latest Twist-Ending Thriller More Silly Than Scary

By Kim Hughes

ReviewJim SlotekJuly 23, 2021Old, Thriller, Twist ending, M. Night Shyamalan, Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus SewellComment

Glass: M. Night Shyamalan has a LOT to say about super-heroes, though it seems like it's all been said

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 17, 2019Glass, M. Night Shyamalan, Unbreakable, Split, James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Multiple personality disorder, Comic books, superheroes, Super powers, Sarah Paulson, Spencer Treat Clark, Anya Taylor-JoyComment

PODCAST! EP. 8: Bonnie's adventures at the Critics Choice Awards and Green Book's backlash to the backlash to the backlash

By Jim Slotek, Bonnie Laufer, Liam Lacey and Kim Hughes

PodcastJim SlotekJanuary 16, 2019Critics Choice Awards, Movie podcasts, Paul Schrader, Bo Burnham, Elsie Fisher, Green Book, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Glass, M. Night Shyamalan, Split, mental illness, Problematic, Awards seasonComment

PODCAST! Ep. 7: Can-filmmakers apologize for winning and give away prize money, a few words from Roma's Alfonso Cuaron and the Shyamalanaissance begins!!

PodcastJim SlotekJanuary 9, 2019Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky, Toronto Film Critics Association, Alfonso Cuarón, Roma, Golden Globes, Bohemian Rhapsody, M. Night Shyamalan, Glass, Elsie Fisher, Movie podcasts, Unbreakable, Split, Horror filmsComment