After 24 Years, M. Night Shyamalan’s Sci-Fi Film Finally Proves Its Worth on Streaming
Shyamalan's Signs is trending on Peacock 24 years later, and Collider calls it his best sci-fi. Here's why the alien invasion tale still holds up.
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Movie Reviews6.2/10
Serial Killer Hides Among 30,000 Fans at a Concert, and Shyamalan’s Trap Can’t Keep Up With Its Own Premise
A father, a captive child, a stadium of strangers: M. Night Shyamalan's Trap is a cunning trap that never quite springs.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
M. Night Shyamalan Wrote a Killer Premise, Then Spent the Whole Movie Explaining It
A review of M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening (2008), the plant-toxin thriller that made $163 million and still failed to explain itself.
Movie Reviews4.4/10
Shyamalan’s The Village Wastes Its Twist on a Story That Never Earns It
A review of M. Night Shyamalan's The Village, praising Bryce Dallas Howard and James Newton Howard's score while faulting a premise that never earns its keep.
Movie Reviews6.1/10
Michael J. Fox and Geena Davis Make the Mouse Work in a 1999 Kid Pleaser
Stuart Little (1999): Shyamalan co-wrote, Minkoff directed, Fox voices the mouse. Cast, boat race, Oscar nod, and what still holds up.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Found-Footage Horror That Peaks Before the Twist
M. Night Shyamalan's found-footage horror The Visit turns 11. A close look at Nana, Pop Pop, the camcorder, and why the twist still works.
Movie Reviews5.9/10
M. Night Shyamalan’s Alien Invasion Film Runs on Dread Until It Doesn’t
A review of M. Night Shyamalan's Signs (2002): a tight farmhouse thriller with one great scare and a third act that mistakes arrangement for meaning.
Movie Reviews6.2/10
M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable Is a Superhero Origin Story That Refuses to Feel Like One
Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan's 2000 superhero film, opens with a birth and a number, and asks whether David Dunn's survival of a train wreck means anything.
Movie Reviews6.4/10
M. Night Shyamalan’s Ghost Story Earned Its Twist by Making Bruce Willis’s Character Grieve First
The Sixth Sense (1999): Shyamalan's ghost story, Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, the Kyra Collins tape, six Oscar nods and $672M at the box office.
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Split Review: James McAvoy’s Eight-Part Turn Carries a Thin Thriller
Split review: James McAvoy plays eight alters in M. Night Shyamalan's 2017 thriller, a stealth Unbreakable sequel with Anya Taylor-Joy.
M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks Team Up for Remain, a Romance With a Ghostly Twist
M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks team up on Remain, a ghostly romance starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor. Teaser is here.