Tag: Glass
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The Best Detective Movie Isn’t ‘Knives Out’ — It’s This Kurosawa Classic
Knives Out and Glass Onion may have given viewers the quintessential movie private investigator of the modern age in Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), but the two pictures pale in comparison to the gold standard of detective movies. Loosely based on the Ed McBain novel King’s Ransom, Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low revels in its police…
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“The ‘Broken Heroine Narrative’ — That’s Something I’m Very Interested in Subverting”: Lily Baldwin on Her Audible Podcast, Stories of the Stalked
Director, choreographer and dancer Lily Baldwin has appeared in these pages several times over the last decade in interviews about her work across both short film and virtual reality. But throughout this time, one project — alternately creatively exciting and deeply distressing — has been a persistent focus. In a story she details in our…
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M. Night Shyamalan Hid the ‘Split’ Twist Ending From the Studio Until They Saw the Movie
Split, M. Night Shyamalan‘s hit 2016 thriller, had a whopper of a twist at the end. And while we normally try to avoid giving away twists on this here site, I think at this point everyone knows the deal – even if you didn’t see Split. After all, Split was followed by Glass, a movie…
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At $16.5 Million, ‘Old’ News Isn’t Good Enough for Box Office Recovery
M. Night Shyamalan’s self-financed “Old” is the director’s seventh film to open at #1. It made $16.5 million, about 40 percent of the openings earned by his last two films “Glass” and “Split.”That 40 percent also reflects this weekend’s overall performance (about $66 million) compared to 2019 ($163 million). That reduces the rolling four-weekend comparison…
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M. Night Shyamalan Reveals Title For Upcoming Thriller ‘Old’, Reportedly Inspired By Graphic Novel ‘Sandcastle’
M. Night Shyamalan has had a very interesting career path. The filmmaker skyrocketed with his third film, “The Sixth Sense,” but quickly faded out of popularity with a series of big-budget critical and commercial duds. Then he seemed to be on a comeback path with a series of low-budget thrillers. Now, a year after he…
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M. Night Shyamalan’s New Movie, ‘Old,’ Is Inspired by a Graphic Novel About Mysterious Aging
M. Night Shyamalan already is in production in his first feature since 2019’s “Glass,” but until now he’s revealed nothing about the upcoming Universal film. This weekend, the Oscar-nominated “Sixth Sense” director and “Servant” executive producer revealed the title and first artwork for his project, as well as a set image, via Twitter. The movie,…
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Cool Stuff: ‘Unbreakable’, ‘Split’, and ‘Glass’ Get a Deluxe Vinyl Soundtrack Box Set from Waxwork Records
When Split arrived in 2016, audiences were blown away by one of M.Night Shyamalan‘s biggest surprise endings yet. The thriller starring James McCavoy as a kidnapper with dissociative identity disorder was revealed to exist within the same universe as Unbreakable, the gritty superhero drama starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson. Both of the movies…
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Film News in Brief: M. Night Shyamalan’s Untitled Thriller Scheduled for Summer 2021
Tuesday, June 23Shymalan’s Next Movie Gets Summer Release DateUniversal has set a July 23, 2021, release date for M. Night Shyamalan’s untitled thriller, which stars Eliza Scanlen, Thomasin McKenzie, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff and Vicky Krieps.Shyamalan will write, direct and produce the film. Like most Shyamalan movies, plot details are shrouded in secrecy and may…
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M. Night Shyamalan Sets Ensemble Cast for Next Movie (Exclusive)
M. Night Shyamalan has rounded out the cast for his next movie. Eliza Scanlen, Thomasin McKenzie, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff and Vicky Krieps are in negotiations to star in the top-secret project.Shyamalan will write, produce and direct the untitled film, which will be released by Universal Picture. Like most Shyamalan movies, plot details are shrouded…
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‘Bad Boys for Life’ Soars; ‘Dolittle’ 4-Day Total Tops ‘Cats’ Entire Gross
An improved 2020 continued this weekend, with the initial $160 million three-day estimate over $30 million (about 22%) above last year’s Martin Luther King Birthday Friday-to-Sunday totals.The difference comes from two new releases. “Bad Boys for Life” (Sony) opened at just over $59 million, $19 million better than “Glass,” which was the sole new wide…