M. Night Shyamalan

'We're not the only ones': Crop circles in Maine

Webeufobelievers (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

People came from all over New England to see Ventura Rocque's crop circles. Three off-center orbs, one bigger than the next, in 3-foot-tall hay in his Gardiner field. "Three days, the road going up there is probably a half a mile long, it was lined with cars, both sides," Rocque said, remembering the August 2002 scene. "One woman was in a wheelchair; I'll never forget it. She wanted...

THE BOX (review)

forces of geek (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Written and Directed by Richard Kelly Based on the short story by Richard Matheson Starring Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella Richard Kelly's latest film, The Box , has sadly put him in the same category as M. Night Shyamalan. Both directors had great debut films and have now fallen into making movies that only they seem to care about or even understand. The Box stars Cameron Diaz and James...

Daniel Craig's 'Dream House' Resides in Toronto

CinemaSpy (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Daniel Craig will soon arrive at Pinewood Studios Toronto to star in Jim Sheridan's psychological thriller Dream House , according to The Hollywood Reporter . In Dream House , Craig plays a man who moves his family to a quaint town, only to discover his house is haunted by former inhabitants who were murdered on the premises. The Morgan Creek feature is booked to shoot from January 25 to April 9,...

Signs

Shiny Movie Guide (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Signs (2002) Dir: M. Night Shyamalan A family living on a farm discover mysterious crop circles threatening an alien invasion. Superbly tense movie from Shyamalan that is let down by a sloppy ending. The set up is fantastic and the minimal way the story is told really adds to the atmosphere and suspense. The cast are all great, it's just a shame that everything is ruined by such a ridiculously flawed...

If M. Night Shyamalan Were to make Indian Thriller: The Movie, He Could Play The Lead Himself:

Joshuah Bearman (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Speaking of framing...

scanners (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

I'm in the process of tracking down, rescuing and reposting all my video essays that disappeared along with iKlipz when the latter died unexpectedly earlier this year. This one, about M. Night Shyamalan's "Unbreakable," came to mind when posting...

Liars and Haters and Cons, Oh My

The Dread Pundit Bluto (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

Like an M. Night Shyamalan movie, this headline from the Syracuse Post-Standard promises but fails to deliver: Dede Scozzafava says 'hate, lies' wore her downSomehow the story doesn't back up the headline. "Lies and hate" are lamented, but nothing specific is alleged. And it softpeddles the problems NY23 Republican voters had with Dede:Scozzafava had been elected as a pro-choice Republican...

• Liars and Haters and Cons, Oh My - The Jawa Report

The Sunday Intertitle: Talking Pictures

SHADOWPLAY (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

I despaired of ever finding THE MONKEY TALKS, an uber-obscure silent Raoul Walsh caper, but find it I had to do, for it features in a saucy still in Denis Gifford’s transeminal A Pictorial History of Horror Movies, and I am sworn — sworn! — to see every film illustrated therein. In the movie, the talking [...]

One Way Out

Romance: B(u)y the Book (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

Lori Foster's got a cool contest going on that helps raise funds for one of her fave non-profits, ONE WAY FARM for ABUSED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN. For each dollar you donate, score a chance to win one of 3 Gigantic prizes including the grand prize of signed copy of Lori's upcoming "Back in Black," PLUS 2 Nights Stay and Paid Registration Fee for Lori's 2010 Reader/Author Get-Together! Ex:...

Ang Lee Updates His 'Life of Pi' Adaptation, Still Two Years Out

FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009

Even though Taking Woodstock wasn't as big of a success as he had hoped, Taiwanese director Ang Lee is moving on forward with his head held high. It was first announced in February that Lee would be the latest to take as shot at adapting Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi, about an Indian boy who is the lone survivor of a sunken freighter and winds up sharing a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan...

Scare Fail! [Rant]

io9 (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

A horror movie that fails to make you scared is worse than bad. There's something embarrassing about watching it, akin to the feeling of having to turn down the advances of a well-meaning but unsexy... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Reward once offered for Cheney ghost

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

If the ghost that haunted Elizabeth McLanahan at her Cheney home in 1909 is still around, he's not doing much harm.

• Reward once offered for Cheney ghost - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Ang Lee to adapt Life of Pi

Quillblog (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

According to The Bookseller, Yann Martel’s crazy popular Man Booker-winning Life of Pi is finally going before the cameras, courtesy of Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee. Filmmakers such as M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu Mamá También) and Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie) are among those who have expressed an interest in the story [...]

"Little Miss Sunshine" to play Helen Keller on Broadway

Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Teenage actress Abigail Breslin, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the movie comedy "Little Miss Sunshine," will play Helen Keller in her debut on Broadway next year.

Ang Lee boards Life of Pi film

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Director says he has cracked the structure of Yann Martel's allegorical novel about a boy adrift at sea with a tiger It has been stuck in development hell for much of the past decade, but the big-screen version of Yann Martel's 2002 Man Booker prize-winning novel Life of Pi finally looks set to go into production after the Oscar-winning film-maker Ang Lee confirmed it will be his next film . Martel's...

Latest pics of Bryce Dallas Howard

ahmad04333 | 07/29/2009

Bryce Dallas Howard is an American actress, best known for her film roles in the Manderlay, Terminator Salvation, Spider-Man 3 and M. Night Shyamalan-directed The Village and Lady in the Water. Read more

Download movie in HQ: THE SIXTH SENSE (1999), USA.

cummar | 07/27/2009

Plot: Malcom Crowe is a ankle-biter psychologist who receives an apportion on the selfsame night watche that he is visited past a very crestfallen ex-patient. After this meet, Crowe takes on the chore of curing a green stripling with the selfsame ills conj at the er that the ex-patient. This stripling 'sees deceased people'. Crowe spends a set accident of er with the stripling (Cole) abundant to the...

Dev Patel will play Zuko in movie version of Avatar: The Last Airbender

sonupt5@gmail.com | 05/25/2009

Dev Patel will play Zuko in movie version of Avatar: The Last Airbender "Slumdog Millionaire" star Dev Patel has joined the cast of M. Night Shyamalan's "The Last Airbender," the Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Films live-actioner based on a Nick TV series. Patel will play Zuko, a member of the Fire Nation. Peltz plays the Water Tribe rep Katara, while Andres is the Earth Kingdom's representative,