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An evening with Apple TV Plus

I was pretty stoked for Apple TV Plus. The new streaming service had enticed the likes of Jason Momoa, Francis Lawrence, Steven Spielberg, Reese Witherspoon, M. Night Shyamalan and more. Apple is also pretty reliable when it comes to creating a good product, and at $5.99 a month, the price was right. So I sat down the other night and decided to give a couple of shows a try, starting with See, the epic new sci-fi series starring Momoa and directed by Lawrence. I dig their work, I dig science fiction, and I'm all about the epic. "Bring it on," I said. The show sucked! I'm usually more than willing to suspend my disbelief, but I couldn't accept a world where a virus had wiped out most humans, and rendered the survivors blind. Nor could I accept, even after a hundred years or so, these blind people could survive in the wild, build shacks to live in -- not to mention some nifty, medieval looking clothing -- and wage tribal warfare on each other. You read that...

Review: Glass

Where to begin with Glass. It seems to have divided movie-goers and critics alike, playing to, and against, expectations. I find this to be the sign of a good movie, one that will be talked about for a long time. The critics who hate it are those of the pretentious variety; the one's who wanted Glass to be something more than it is: an entertaining follow up to two of M. Night Shyamalan's more accomplished works: Unbreakable and Split.

This cast is Glass

Only one major release this weekend, but it's a big one for movie fans as Universal unleashes it's much anticipated flick Glass. And Jason, Shawn and Howie are gonna let you know why it's such a big deal when the clock strikes 8:40 ish on this morning's Radio NL 610 AM Morning Show.

Glass trailer brings Split and Unbreakable together

Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod! The first trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's Glass has arrived, and it is a thing of beauty! Fans have waited 17 years for a sequel to Unbreakable, not knowing Shyamalan snuck one in under the radar (kinda) with Split. Thankfully, that movie was a big hit, because the fine folks at Universal and Blumhouse put things in motion to bring the characters of The Beast, David Dunn and Mr. Glass together.

Glass poster teases Unbreakable and Split sequels

Unbreakable remains one of my Top 20 favourite flicks of all time, and came out when no one took the superhero genre seriously. A modest success, I believe it would have faired much better today, as audiences respect a more grounded and serious approach to a comic-book tale. Suffice to say I, along with most people, were pleasantly shocked when M. Night Shyamalan's Split turned out to be a closet sequel to Unbreakable, and a pretty damn good movie in its own right. Split made a bunch of money, and now Shyamalan has crafted a sequel to both it and Unbreakable.

M. Night Shyamalan Moving to TV with "Wayward Pines" Series

Mike S here again, this time with some TV horror touchie feelies.  Well, maybe not, but this is still entertainment news, found on " Bloody Disgusting "... so deal with it. Many film goers were impressed with M. Night Shyamalan's work on " The Sixth Sense ".  Many were eager to see what he would come up with next after " Unbreakable ".  Then fans started to cool off after, " Signs ", " The Village ", " The Woman in the Water ", and " The Happening ". This may have proven to be a factor in his decision to move to the small screen and produce " Wayward Pines " based on " Pines " by Blake Crouch.  Reading the synopsis of the series on " Bloody Disgusting ," I can't escape the feeling we've been there before: After two federal agents have disappeared, a secret service agent is sent to a small down to investigate.  As he digs deeper into the mystery, strange events begin ...

Box Office Report: The Town Comes Home To No. 1

B-Aff really went to town at the box office this weekend as the actor/director/co-screenwriter of The Town saw his crime drama perform much better than expected in its debut, taking in an estimated $23.8 million to open in first place, upsetting the widely predicted winner Easy A. Ben Affleck's film, his second as a director, was expected to open in second place with around $15 to $17 million. Credit its actual performance to strong reviews, positive word of mouth and its status as the first serious Oscar hopeful to come out of the gate this season. Easy A had to settle for second place and earned an estimated $18.2 million. Opening in third place was Devil. The movie, the first in the Night Chronicles series of low-budget horror releases produced by M. Night Shyamalan, scared up an estimated $12.6 million. 'Devil' had to share a genre audience with last week's champ, Resident Evil: Afterlife. That film slipped to fourth place and lost 62 percent of its...

Unbreakable 2 Coming? Kinda.

Unbreakable is one of my favourite comic book movies, even though it's not based on an actual comic book. But it is a realistic representation of someone who realizes he is a super hero. Not a super-man type, but a hero with powers who fits into our real world. Still with me? Good. M. Night Shyamalan has been teasing us with the idea of a sequel to Unbreakable since the film was released.  As it turns out, Shyamalan realizes that the film, for whatever reason, is not going to happen, so he's adapting his ideas for the sequel into a standalone film sans Bruce Willis' character. Still with me? No? I don't blame you. Shyamalan says he had "such a cool idea for a villain" for Unbreakable 2 that he began writing ideas around it. When the projct became less likely, he cannibalized that idea for his upcoming Night Chronicles series. The first of those films, Devil, hits theaters on Sept. 17. With Shyamalan's name producing diminishing returns, if De...