Film Ranking: M. Night Shyamalan Night Shyamalan has a wide range of films with a wide range of quality and having watched them all for the Success or Failure segment I am now going to rank them in terms of my favourite to least favourite (note: this is not ranked by quality, as #1 willContinue reading “Films Ranked: M. Night Shyamalan”
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Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan (Result)
Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan Warning: May contain spoilers for any and all M. Night Shyamalan films Once upon a time I decided to add a feature to my website called Success or Failure, whereby I would take a look at either r director’s/actor’s filmography, a more-than-three-movie franchise, a specific sub-genre of filmContinue reading “Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan (Result)”
Film Review: Split (2016)
‘Split is a true return to form for Shyamalan’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan Split, 2016 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley Kevin (James McAvoy, Atomic Blonde) is a man who suffers from dissociative identity disorder (DID), a condition whereby he has multiple personalities (Kevin has 23Continue reading “Film Review: Split (2016)”
Film Review: The Visit (2015)
‘After the disaster that was After Earth, The Visit is a major, major leap in the right direction’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan The Visit, 2015 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Olivia DeJonge, Ed Oxenbould, Deanna Dunagan, Peter McRobbie, Kathryn Hahn After over a decade of being critically panned, M. Night ShyamalanContinue reading “Film Review: The Visit (2015)”
Film Review: After Earth (2013)
‘So much could have been done with this […] but they then made the decision to hire M. Night Shyamalan as director . . . and writer’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan After Earth, 2013 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Isabelle Fuhrman, Zoe Kravitz, Kristofer Hivju, Sophie Okonedo, LincolnContinue reading “Film Review: After Earth (2013)”
Classic Film Review: Unbreakable (2000)
‘A brilliant genre-blending film’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan Unbreakable, 2000 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Robin Wright Penn David (Bruce Willis, The Sixth Sense), a former American-football player who had to retire after a car crash who now works in security, is the only survivor ofContinue reading “Classic Film Review: Unbreakable (2000)”
Classic Film Review: The Sixth Sense (1999)
‘The best twist ending [M. Night Shyamalan] has ever done’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan The Sixth Sense, 1999 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Bruce Willis, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Haley Joel Osment Interesting fact: this was M. Night Shyamalan’s first film released on an odd-numbered year and he wouldn’t repeat thisContinue reading “Classic Film Review: The Sixth Sense (1999)”
Classic Film Review: Wide Awake (1998)
‘Certainly not a film which, if seen, provided evidence that the following year [M. Night Shyamalan] would be knocking on the door of the Oscars’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan Wide Awake, 1998 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: Denis Leary, Dana Delany, Robert Loggia, Joseph Cross, Timothy Reifsnyder, Rosie O’Donnell Wide AwakeContinue reading “Classic Film Review: Wide Awake (1998)”
Classic Film Review: Praying with Anger (1992)
‘My initial idea was to ignore this film and had I have done so I wouldn’t have missed anything’ Success or Failure: M. Night Shyamalan Praying with Anger, 1992 Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan Starring: M. Night Shyamalan, Mike Muthu Initially I wasn’t going to include Praying with Anger as part of my reviewContinue reading “Classic Film Review: Praying with Anger (1992)”
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