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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review – speaks to believers, cynics, and those in between

by Cheyenne Bart-Stewart

Rian Johnson’s sharp and witty Knives Out threequel is powered by a standout lead turn from Josh O’Connor.

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Enjoyment
4
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

by David Jenkins

Benoit Blanc enters the canon of iconic movie characters with Rian Johnson’s second foray into whodunit (nu-dunit?) territory.

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Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
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Knives Out

by David Jenkins

Rian Johnson does his best Agatha Christie impression in this riotous, star-packed homage to the classic whodunnit.

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4
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi

by Hannah Strong

Rian Johnson serves up the most spectacular, emotional and weirdest Star Wars film to date.

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Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Looper

by Matt Bochenski

Meet Looper, by a country mile the most resourceful, vivacious and savage science fiction movie of 2012.

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Enjoyment
3
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The Brothers Bloom

by Adam Woodward

As Rian Johnson’s difficult second album, The Brothers Bloom is more an anti-climax than a letdown.

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3
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3
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