M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’ Ends Right As It Gets Interesting

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( endings [Trap Ends Right As It Gets Interesting]( M. Night Shyamalan’s proudly illogical thriller has a great premise, but only really gets interesting after it abandons it. Photo: Warner Bros. There was a time, back in the early 2000s, when just about [every new movie by M. Night Shyamalan]( ended with [a big twist](. (It’s how he got his unfair reputation as a one-hoodwink pony.) These days, however, the writer-director of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and The Village has mostly moved on from his famous/infamous tendency to pull the rug out from under the audience in the closing minutes. There is, for example, no earth-shattering surprise lurking at the finish line of [his new film, Trap](. That is, unless you count the fact that his latest divisive, proudly illogical thriller has a great premise, but only really gets interesting after it abandons it. [read more]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • Snowpiercer: [All Aboard, Again]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Abubakar Salim Is Trying to Keep House of the Dragon Fresh for Book Readers “I’m very aware of where the character goes and who he evolves into. You’ve got to plant these things, I think.”]( By Sean T. Collins [Roast Jokes Are In for 2024 Cecily Strong cut through the cringe at the Comics for Kamala Zoom by being mean.]( By Jason P. Frank [The 30 Best TV Shows to Watch Across Every Streaming Service Don’t waste your valuable couch time.]( By Brian Tallerico [Welcome to Pitbull Stadium Mr. Worldwide is expanding his empire to college football.]( By Justin Curto [Brian Jordan Alvarez Is a TV English Teacher Now, You Guy! He’s graduated from studempt to teachert on FX.]( By Rebecca Alter [Mr. Chalamet Man, Play a Song For Us James Mangold’s Bob Dylan musical biopic is out December 25.]( By Bethy Squires [What’s the Ballerina Farm Brouhaha All About? A viral interview has led the internet to rally around freeing an influencer from her tradwife life.]( By Anne Victoria Clark [Taylor Swift and Post Malone Lead MTV Video Music Awards Nominations Swift will go for a three-peat in Video of the Year.]( By Justin Curto [Josh Hartnett Always Kills It Eleven essential performances that prove the former teen heartthrob is more than a pretty face (though it is a very pretty face).]( By Tres Dean [My Brilliant Friend Moves Back to Naples The new trailer gently guides us into fraught-friendship fall.]( By Jasmine Vojdani [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Vulture Games [Today’s Crossword]( 7-Across, Three Letters: Mr. Wickham in “Pride and Prejudice,” for one Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: A. Perez Meca/Europa Press via Getty Images, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, Paras Griffin/Getty Images [Today’s Cinematrix]( Can you name a Jamie Foxx movie about musicians? Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images, Steve Granitz/FilmMagic, Michael Loccisano/Getty Images A newsletter about the perpetual Hollywood awards race, for subscribers only. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved