Posts with tag "m. night shyamalan"

The Snarky Campaign to Send M. Night Shyamalan Back to Film School

Posted Apr 17th 2011 at 04:00 PM by Moviefone Editors

When he broke through with 1999's Oscar-nominated thriller 'The Sixth Sense,' director M. Night Shyamalan was declared the next Steven Spielberg. He had no idea it would all be downhill from there. After sweeping this year's Razzies for his 2010 flop 'The Last Airbender,' can it get any worse? Maybe. Three movie fans are trying to raise $150,000 to send Shyamalan back to film school. ...

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Razzies Name 'Last Airbender' Worst Picture

Posted Feb 27th 2011 at 08:29 AM by Moviefone Editors

The Golden Raspberry Foundation has spoken. Who took 'honors' as the worst that Hollywood had to offer last year? When nominations were announced, the 31st annual Razzie Awards were clearly gunning for 'The Last Airbender,' 'Sex and the City 2' and 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.' Director M. Night Shyamalan and his 3-D dud 'The Last Airbender,' turned out to be the biggest winner loser among ...

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Take That! M. Night Shyamalan Has to Defend Career to Reporter (Video)

Posted Jul 23rd 2010 at 03:45 PM by Moviefone Editors

M. Night Shyamalan found himself having to defend his entire body of work to a reporter at a Mexican press conference for his latest film, 'The Last Airbender.' Even though 'Airbender' recently passed the $100 million mark at the US box office (making it his most successful outing in years) the reviews have certainly been horrific and, in many cases, aim to tear down Shyamalan as much as ...

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An 'Airbender' Blunder? M. Night Thrashed by Critics

Posted Jul 2nd 2010 at 02:30 PM by John Mitchell

Is 'The Last Airbender,' director M. Night Shyamalan's live-action version of the Nickelodeon cartoon 'Avatar: The Last Airbender,' the "worst movie epic ever"? Time magazine certainly thinks so and it isn't alone -- the film carries an especially rotten rating on movie review website Rotten Tomatoes, earning a paltry 9 percent fresh rating from the nation's top film critics. This marks the ...