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Movie Review: The Happening (CultureFeast)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:02:43 GMT

I love M. Night Shyamalan’s films. The man makes me speechless. The storylines in Sixth Sense, Signs and The Village will always be amongst my favorites, especially The Village. There was just something haunting about it and the character that Joaquin Phoenix played. Lady in the Water was different from what the first trailers made [...]

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MOVIE REVIEW: The Happening (Hecklerspray)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:28:58 GMT

M. Night Shyamalan's latest effort looked to be the return to darker, more suspense filled territory after Lady In The Water drowned with critics and audiences alike. Unfortunately while the premise suggests that in this film shit happens, we're unhappy to say that, while score one for pun usage, it turns out that Happening's shit.

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What Happened? (Irish Blogs)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:28:32 GMT

M Night Shyamalan might have come a long way since The Sixth Sense frightened the tar out of us back in 1999, but it’s been steadily downhill. Signs was a misfire, The Village a mess and Lady in the Water an abomination. His star has fallen so far that his latest film, The Happening, almost didn’t happen at all. The script was rejected by his usual backers, with the writer/director...

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"what just happened?" (ReverseBlog)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:37:52 GMT

Each of M. Night Shyamalan’s studio films thus far have employed, or even exploited, genre scenarios to similar ends—to question the unknown, to collapse boundaries between well-trod fantasy tropes and untranslatable spirituality, and ultimately, to preach the importance of...

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There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble in the trees (The Rage Diaries)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:39:46 GMT

The New Republic posts a movie review that is so funny, I had to actually open another application to give myself time to calm down. Christopher Orr's spoiler-rich " Movie Review: The Happening " (June 13, 08) successfully replicates the experience of watching a bad movie solely for comedic value. I have a weird, weird relationship with the M. Night Shyamalan oevre . I don't find his...

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UK Box Office 13-15 June (My Films Blog)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:54:04 GMT

... has settled, it is highly unlikely it will have caught up. The fourth big hitter in the chart is M Night Shyamalan’s The Happening , with £1.632 million from 390 theatres. This is a significant improvement on the UK opening of his ill-fated 2006 release, Lady in the Water : £453,000. Shyamalan’s previous film to that one, The Village , debuted with £2.95 million...

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"I See Bad Director" (Dark Party Review)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:32:00 GMT

M. Night Shyamalan's Amazing Fall From Grace It’s an ancient story: one day you’re the shiniest, most magnificent trout in the river and the next day they’re gutting you with a fillet knife and tossing your head into a bucket of guts. Welcome to Hollywood M. Night Shyamalan. “The Happening,” which opened last week to an onslaught of gleefully negative reviews, never stood...

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Hibbs: It's Happened Again (National Review Online)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:08:11 GMT

M. Night Shyamalan delivers another visually arresting dud.

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Lady in the Water (Cinema de Merde)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:05:06 GMT

Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Cindy Cheung, M. Night Shyamalan

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Film Review: 'The Happening' (KOMO - News - Entertainment)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:53:20 GMT

Maybe, in retrospect, it wasn't such a good idea for M. Night Shyamalan to release his new movie The Happening on Friday the 13th. April 1st might have been more appropriate, particularly for those who were hoping for another creepy, twisty and ultimately satisfying M. Night outing.

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The Hulk's Survival Depends On Smashing Maxwell Smart [The Incredible Hulk] (io9)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:20:00 GMT

The other big surprise success of the weekend was M. Night Shyamalan's much-maligned , which scored $30.3 million, better than Unbreakable and Lady In The Water. The film will probably make back its $50 million budget, but its success may just hasten the slow death of Shyamalan's career, if the people who saw it decide never to brave one of his movies again. [ and...

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Marvel 'Hulks' out with $54.5 million opening weekend (KOMO - News - Entertainment)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:58:15 GMT

... out with better numbers than its predecessor.Also rebounding off a bad last movie was director M. Night Shyamalan, whose fright flick "The Happening" with Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel opened at a sturdy No. 3 with $30.5 million.Shyamalan, whose blockbusters include "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs," flopped two years ago with "Lady in the Water.""Night...

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M. Night Shyamalan career trajectory update (Zeigen)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:51:35 GMT

Updating my earlier post, it seems The Happening scored a horrific 20% on the Rotten Tomato meter, continuing the downward trend. It’s too early to tell total box office, but it does look like it’ll do better business than Lady in the Water, and when I substitute opening weekend gross for total box office, you can [...]

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'The Incredible Hulk' Flexes His Guns [Monday Morning Box Office] (Defamer)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:30:00 GMT

3. - $30.5 millionManoj laughs last, as what was sure to be his Lady in the Water bellyflop follow-up—a woodenly paced arborcidal thriller promptly tossed by critics into the chipper— wound up bringing in a very respectable $30.5 million from horror fans looking for some Friday the 13th thrills. (They got some, plus Mark Wahlberg ") Having established his bankability once more, there's...

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'Incredible Hulk' Earns Major Green At First-Week Box Office (MTV News)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:30:02 GMT

... Seth Rogen and Dustin Hoffman fell only 43 percent from its opening. Also defying expectations, M. Night Shyamalan's came in third place with a surprising $30.5 million. Starring Mark Wahlberg, the eco-thriller is the third-biggest opening of the director's career — behind only "Signs" and "The Village" — and a huge rebound after the disappointing "Lady in the Water."...

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'Incredible Hulk' Earns Major Green At First-Week Box Office (VH1)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:50:00 GMT

... Seth Rogen and Dustin Hoffman fell only 43 percent from its opening.Also defying expectations, M. Night Shyamalan's came in third place with a surprising $30.5 million. Starring Mark Wahlberg, the eco-thriller is the third-biggest opening of the director's career — behind only "Signs" and "The Village" — and a huge rebound after the disappointing "Lady in the Water."Rounding...

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The Happening - movie review (Contactmusic Ltd)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:36:08 GMT

... that the psychological virus is spreading and no one appears immune... or safe. It's official: M. Night Shyamalan is no longer the next Spielberg. At this rate he won't even be the next Ray Dennis Steckler. After the stellar Sixth Sense and the equally excellent Unbreakable, he's managed a downward spiral that few on his Tinseltown trek could survive. Sure, Signs made money, and The...

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M. Night Shyamalan Talks ‘Indiana Jones’ Experience (MTV Movies Blog)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:28:08 GMT

In Michael Bamberger’s “The Man Who Heard Voices: Or, How M. Night Shyamalan Risked His Career on a Fairy Tale … And Lost,” which was written with the director’s permission in the lead-up to “Lady in the Water,” Shyamalan is painted as something of an egomaniac, an absolutist who wants things his way or not [...]

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Despite savage reviews, The Happening does well at box office (rediff Movies)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:46:03 GMT

M Night Shyamalan redeemed himself with his new film The Happening, which surprised many industry forecasters, grossing an estimated three-day worldwide gross of $62 million.

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Working with Shyamalan 'amazing' (Turkish daily news)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:26:18 GMT

John Leguizamo, one of the stars of M. Night Shyamalan's latest thriller, "The Happening," says he enjoyed working with the filmmaker. The movie – filled with Shyamalan's characteristic plot

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