This post contains spoilers for "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."
The main goal of Rian Johnson's latest whodunnit is to entertain. Yes, it contains plenty of social satire about the world we live in today, but "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" wants to surprise and delight the audience. Johnson does this through comedy, misdirects, and including a cavalcade of completely unexpected cameos in the film, ranging from the late, great musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim to the tennis Goat Serena Williams. When I saw the film for the first time at the Austin Film Festival, the cameo that garnered the biggest reaction from the crowd was easily Hugh Grant, who is revealed to be the romantic partner of Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc.
The cameo is incredibly brief, but it is the first true insight we see into Blanc's domestic life. After all, these stories are not about him.
The main goal of Rian Johnson's latest whodunnit is to entertain. Yes, it contains plenty of social satire about the world we live in today, but "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" wants to surprise and delight the audience. Johnson does this through comedy, misdirects, and including a cavalcade of completely unexpected cameos in the film, ranging from the late, great musical theatre legend Stephen Sondheim to the tennis Goat Serena Williams. When I saw the film for the first time at the Austin Film Festival, the cameo that garnered the biggest reaction from the crowd was easily Hugh Grant, who is revealed to be the romantic partner of Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc.
The cameo is incredibly brief, but it is the first true insight we see into Blanc's domestic life. After all, these stories are not about him.
- 1/8/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
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With the holiday season behind us, we’re now officially in the New Year. Our New Year’s resolution? Watch more movies! Thankfully, Plex is here to help us achieve this cinematic-minded goal!
Plex offers a one-stop-shop streaming service offering 50,000+ free titles and 300+ of free-to-stream live TV channels, from the biggest names in entertainment, including Warner Brothers Discovery, NBC Universal, Paramount, AMC, A+E, BBC, Lionsgate, Hallmark Media, E.W. Scripps, A24, Relativity, Hearst, Rakuten, and Crackle. Plex is always overflowing with thousands of new and old familiar favorites on its platform and we’re here to happily select the cream of the crop.
Plex is continuously offering up thousands of new movies and old familiar favorites to its platform and we’re here to dutifully handpick the best of the bunch. This month, we’ve got coming-of-age staples, crime epics, and socially conscious hidden gems.
With the holiday season behind us, we’re now officially in the New Year. Our New Year’s resolution? Watch more movies! Thankfully, Plex is here to help us achieve this cinematic-minded goal!
Plex offers a one-stop-shop streaming service offering 50,000+ free titles and 300+ of free-to-stream live TV channels, from the biggest names in entertainment, including Warner Brothers Discovery, NBC Universal, Paramount, AMC, A+E, BBC, Lionsgate, Hallmark Media, E.W. Scripps, A24, Relativity, Hearst, Rakuten, and Crackle. Plex is always overflowing with thousands of new and old familiar favorites on its platform and we’re here to happily select the cream of the crop.
Plex is continuously offering up thousands of new movies and old familiar favorites to its platform and we’re here to dutifully handpick the best of the bunch. This month, we’ve got coming-of-age staples, crime epics, and socially conscious hidden gems.
- 1/5/2023
- by Nick Harley
- Den of Geek
“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” Thus spoke Jesus on the Mount of Olives, when confronted by a woman charged with adultery. We are all sinners, he proclaimed, our judgement skewed. This is also the position seemingly held by Frances Poletti, creator of twisty new ITV four-parter Without Sin. There’s some Biblical-level forgiveness required in this drama about the fallout from a teenage girl’s murder.
Stella (Vicky McClure), a late-night taxi driver tormented by an all-consuming grief, haunts the streets of Nottingham. Her daughter Maisy was murdered three years ago in their family home. Husband Paul (Perry Fitzpatrick) has moved on with another woman, but Stella is still struggling. Her attempts at normality – cheesy dancing to Dexys Midnight Runners, eating toast at a late-night café, going out for a pint – leave her unmoved. But when the man convicted of Maisy’s murder – Charles Stone...
Stella (Vicky McClure), a late-night taxi driver tormented by an all-consuming grief, haunts the streets of Nottingham. Her daughter Maisy was murdered three years ago in their family home. Husband Paul (Perry Fitzpatrick) has moved on with another woman, but Stella is still struggling. Her attempts at normality – cheesy dancing to Dexys Midnight Runners, eating toast at a late-night café, going out for a pint – leave her unmoved. But when the man convicted of Maisy’s murder – Charles Stone...
- 12/28/2022
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
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