John Saavedra David Crow Jan 26, 2019
Now that M. Night Shyamalan's Glass has arrived, we've picked the movie apart to find its easter eggs and comic book references!
This Glass article contains Major Spoilers.
Glass has arrived and with it comes the resolution to a 19-year-old story, bringing to a close auteur M. Night Shyamalan's epic on the birth, life, and death of superheroes. Most importantly, Glass answers many of our most burning questions about the saga's main characters: What did David Dunn (Bruce Willis) do with his newfound power after the credits rolled in Unbreakable? Where did Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) spend his days after that shocking twist? Did Casey Cooke (Anya Taylor-Joy), now free of the Beast, rid herself of her evil uncle and live happily ever after? Did Kevin (James McAvoy) ever get the light back?
There's plenty to unpack in the final chapter of Shyamalan's Eastrail 177 Trilogy,...
Now that M. Night Shyamalan's Glass has arrived, we've picked the movie apart to find its easter eggs and comic book references!
This Glass article contains Major Spoilers.
Glass has arrived and with it comes the resolution to a 19-year-old story, bringing to a close auteur M. Night Shyamalan's epic on the birth, life, and death of superheroes. Most importantly, Glass answers many of our most burning questions about the saga's main characters: What did David Dunn (Bruce Willis) do with his newfound power after the credits rolled in Unbreakable? Where did Elijah Price (Samuel L. Jackson) spend his days after that shocking twist? Did Casey Cooke (Anya Taylor-Joy), now free of the Beast, rid herself of her evil uncle and live happily ever after? Did Kevin (James McAvoy) ever get the light back?
There's plenty to unpack in the final chapter of Shyamalan's Eastrail 177 Trilogy,...
- 1/17/2019
- Den of Geek
As one of the most successful films of 2017 so far, M. Night Shyamalan’s Split is widely considered a stellar return to form for the Academy Award-nominated writer/director, in addition to boasting a tour de force performance from its star, James McAvoy.
McAvoy portrays a man with 24 distinct personalities who has kidnapped three young girls – but being a Shyamalan film, not everything is what it seems. The film – a hit with critics and fans alike – walks a tightrope between humor and terror with McAvoy’s many diverse characters, particularly Miss Patricia, a stern religious woman with an unsettlingly calm demeanor.
Despite McAvoy also embodying the ill-tempered and obsessive-compulsive Dennis or the naïve child Hedwig, Miss Patricia was the undisputed favorite among the cast and crew.
“She’s a kinky nun and nuns are just terrifying,” McAvoy told Et earlier this year. “There’s something about their robes I find scary.”
“The funnest...
McAvoy portrays a man with 24 distinct personalities who has kidnapped three young girls – but being a Shyamalan film, not everything is what it seems. The film – a hit with critics and fans alike – walks a tightrope between humor and terror with McAvoy’s many diverse characters, particularly Miss Patricia, a stern religious woman with an unsettlingly calm demeanor.
Despite McAvoy also embodying the ill-tempered and obsessive-compulsive Dennis or the naïve child Hedwig, Miss Patricia was the undisputed favorite among the cast and crew.
“She’s a kinky nun and nuns are just terrifying,” McAvoy told Et earlier this year. “There’s something about their robes I find scary.”
“The funnest...
- 4/17/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
James McAvoy acts the hell out of 23 roles in Split, the story of Kevin, a psychiatric patient afflicted with dissociative identity disorder (Did). Actually, the actor introduces us to only a handful of these personalities. Too many "alters," as they're called, might spoil the brew cooked up by writer-director M. Night Shyamalan in one of his best psychological thrillers. In trying to repeat the success of his landmark 1999 scarefest The Sixth Sense, the director has backed himself into a lot of corners involving the mystical beings and surprise endings. Critical reaction has been cruel,...
- 1/18/2017
- Rollingstone.com
M. Night Shyamalan movies are almost always better when he’s having fun. Like The Visit, Split makes mischief out of the balance between horror and comedy, continually throwing up situations that are simultaneously absurd and terrifying. The Visit exploited fears of the elderly, while Split goes to the popular well of insanity – specifically, dissociative identity disorder (better known as multiple personality disorder). There’s still controversy over whether Did is, in fact, a legitimate mental illness, but fiction loves it. Yet while Split takes Did to a more ridiculous extreme than most other depictions, the movie has a sympathetic core.
James McAvoy plays a man with 23 different identities. Two of them, “Dennis” and “Miss Patricia,” lead him to kidnap three teen girls and imprison them in an underground lair. The girls – Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy), Marcia (Jessica Sula), and Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) – are informed that they are offerings to “The Beast,...
James McAvoy plays a man with 23 different identities. Two of them, “Dennis” and “Miss Patricia,” lead him to kidnap three teen girls and imprison them in an underground lair. The girls – Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy), Marcia (Jessica Sula), and Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) – are informed that they are offerings to “The Beast,...
- 11/17/2016
- by Daniel Schindel
- The Film Stage
M. Night Shyamalan’s reputation for unexpected plot twists may falter after “Split,” his second collaboration with Blumhouse Productions. “Split” is burdened with a story that treads dully familiar ground. The kidnapped-girls-in-peril thriller strives for originality with a spin on dissociative identity disorder (Did), but instead it plays like a stale, unfunny retread of “United States of Tara.” Only James McAvoy’s multi-faceted performance saves the movie from complete mediocrity.
After a downright wholesome teen birthday party, three girls are kidnapped in broad daylight: friends Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) and Marcia (Jessica Sula), and difficult outsider Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Witch”). Their captor (McAvoy) locks the trio in a windowless room, then proceeds to frighten and baffle them. One minute he’s bespectacled and obsessive about cleanliness, the next he’s presenting as female, and later he acts like a nine-year-old boy.
Read More: ‘Split’ Trailer: James McAvoy Has 23 Different...
After a downright wholesome teen birthday party, three girls are kidnapped in broad daylight: friends Claire (Haley Lu Richardson) and Marcia (Jessica Sula), and difficult outsider Casey (Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Witch”). Their captor (McAvoy) locks the trio in a windowless room, then proceeds to frighten and baffle them. One minute he’s bespectacled and obsessive about cleanliness, the next he’s presenting as female, and later he acts like a nine-year-old boy.
Read More: ‘Split’ Trailer: James McAvoy Has 23 Different...
- 9/27/2016
- by Jette Kernion
- Indiewire
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.