Incredibly…Underwhelming | Review of ‘Glass’

Unfortunately underwhelming film that under utilizes such great characters and actors. Continue reading Incredibly…Underwhelming | Review of ‘Glass’

Shyamalan Does it Again | Review of ‘Split’

By Cynthia Ayala

Split starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley & Haley Lu Richardson
Universal Pictures
Image Credit: IMDB

“Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities, they must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.”

—IMDB

Shyamalan does it again. Split is such an amazing film that takes the scientific basis of dissociative identity disorder and expands upon it in an extreme way. Enter James McAvoy with a breathtaking performance. McAvoy plays a variety of personas within this film, creating a different identity for each, well, identity. He’s amazing. Not once does he break character, but he creates and moves between the characters, between the personalities so effortless it’s scary. What makes it scary is how good he is at switching between the personas when he brings them to life.
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M. Night Shyamalan Teases Unbreakable 2

By: Sean O’Connell If you haven’t noticed, After Earth is taking a beating with the critics. Currently sitting at 12% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes (with a favorable review from yours truly), the movie didn’t connect with a large critical base, who took their knives out for the director as well as his stars, Will and Jaden Smith. Whenever Smith has a disappointment, he tends to … Continue reading M. Night Shyamalan Teases Unbreakable 2