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Movie Review: Glass

Glass Starring James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, and Samuel L. Jackson Directed by M. Night Shyamalan Universal Pictures I can tell James McAvoy's "Horde" - a collection of 34 distinct personalities serving the animal-like "Beast" - is supposed to be the most interesting character in this movie. But in terms of split personalities, the award for "All Over The Place" really goes to the movie itself. I'll spare you the buildup and just get my big pun out of the way first: Glass  is splintered. And some of those pieces are little more than fiberglass. The plot revolves around three characters from Mr. Shyamalan's previous outings: The Overseer (Bruce Willis) and Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) from Unbreakable,  and Horde (James McAvoy) from Split. After a big dustup between Horde and Overseer, they are captured by a psychologist ( American Horror Story's  Sarah Paulsen) who keeps them locked in a psychiatric ward while she attempts to cure t...

Get Excited, Here Comes The Jurassic World Sequel...

Pictured: A Weary Sigh. Yes my friends, in an age where Star Wars will soon have more sequels than Friday the 13th, the  doltish nephew of Jurassic Park begins its own inbred dynasty. Jurassic World 2: Fallen Kingdom is set to be extruded into theaters June 6th. A few predictions: large rubbery-looking things will scream at each other; the rubberiest, screamiest, most epileptic one that opens its mouth the widest and with the most CGI drool-strings wins the Raddest Dino contest. There will be more eeeevil-eyed, crocodilian theropods with gaps between their snaggly teeth so wide it's a wonder the edible humans don't slip out between them. Characters will justify the creatures' unnatural behavior and really dumb designs with pretentious explanations ("She's been raised alone without social contact", or, "We designed the dinosaurs for entertainment", or, "They don't have dental insurance"). And yes, more amateur scientists will gr...