M. Night Shyamalan returned to his "Unbreakable" movie 19 years later after the original and this time he is connecting it to his other massive hit "Split" from 2018.
This might seem ingenious, to take two franchises, team up the villains, and create a seamless trilogy of meta grounded superhero films. At least, I thought (or hoped) it was ingenious. Instead, the result is a boring, half-baked, uninteresting, messy film. All that aside, the ending twist is enough to make me love the movie and which there was more connective tissue after it. If you like M. Night Shyamalan, go see this film. If you like "Unbreakable" or "Split" go see this film. If you like Bruce Willis or Samuel L.. Jackson, go see this movie. (Then don't @ me when you find out the twist. [email protected] @GrahamWoodMedia
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I will not be doing full review of these movies as I've been following them through the festival season into awards season so there really isn't anything I can add to the conversation at this point. Also, I have been seeing so many films that reviewing each of them would be tedious and uninspired. VICE is a sad film with a great cast but what's the point?Green Book is family friendly but that's not what this story deserves. Problematic at best.Brilliant movie with a stellar cast and I just wish it was two hours longer.Well worth the praise and I should have watched this sooner.The 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards aired on Sunday with its lowest viewership in three years, a total of 18.6 million viewers. The show was hosted by actors Andy Sandberg and Sandra Oh and awards heavily favored popular films.
According to NBC, which aired the awards show, viewership numbers may be down but the highest number of viewers were the 18-49 age group. This means the show was still one of the highest trending topics on social media during the three-hour-plus time slot. Two of the biggest awards of the night, Best Drama Motion Picture and Best Actor in a Drama Motion Picture, went to "Bohemian Rhapsody" and its star Rami Malek, respectively. The difference between the Golden Globes and other awards shows is that it splits up it’s best picture category into two sections. First, Best Drama and secondly, Best Comedy or Musical. One might find it weird that "Bohemian Rhapsody," a predominately music-driven film and Lady Gaga’s "A Star Is Born" both competed in the drama category, though, one might also find it odd that the serious segregation film "Green Book," starring Mahershala Ali won for Best Comedy or Musical and Best Actor in a Comedy of Musical. Both of these films were considered November studio blockbusters and had a much wider release than the other films in the categories such as "If Beale Street Could Talk" and "The Favourite." While the Golden Globes are considered a serious award show, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which is in charge of the voting, typically favors the popular films over the artistic films that draw in Academy voters. It is for this reason that the telecast was met with shock when neither "Black Panther" or "A Star Is Born" received any awards. (The later actually won for Best Original Song, though that was no surprise to anyone and was the only award won out of the four nominations.) The FX limited series "American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace" took home two awards and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won for Best Animated Feature, the first award of the night. Many of the conversation-starters on social media included Jamie Lee Curtis’ ice-white hair, a pretend marriage proposal from comedian Maya Rudolph to Amy Poehler, and surprise (fake) vaccinations for all the audience members. Carol Burnett won the first ever Carol Burnett award and Jeff Bridges won the Cecil B. DeMile award. The Golden Globes typically kick off the start of awards season and many other notable awards shows take place in the coming months, including the Critics Choice Awards, The Screen Actors Guild Awards, and The Oscars. The Golden Globes always have been and continue to be a night of celebrities getting drunk, political speeches, and a “who-cares” attitude among presenters. This year was no different. [email protected] @GrahamWoodMedia |
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