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Wake Up Dead Man | Film Review

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  A seemingly impossible murder inside a church causes Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) to become involved in a mystery that sees a close-knit community begin to turn on each other. I was really excited about this one! I didn’t love the movie that came before this, Glass Onion, but I loved the first Knives Out and the concepts of both, and I’ll definitely watch as many movies as they make. Unfortunately, and I think I’m completely alone in this, I was disappointed by the film. But one thing I really loved was the cast – this may be the best cast yet! All of the actors were amazing and did such a good job with their respective characters. I also liked the introductions to all the characters. This film goes back to the first of making the audience see all the characters from the point of view of an outsider, and that’s the best way to do these things. This was also the first time that Blanc wasn’t the most interesting character. It was funnier than I expected, and as with the other movies...

Knives Out | Film Review

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Hey Guys x It's the first day of Blogmas, but as I said in my 'Blogmas 2019' post, I will be putting up non-Blogmas related film reviews during December, and as I saw this yesterday (and had been waiting to see it for ages) it definitely made the cut. When a man dies on his 85th birthday, everyone is a suspect - including his entire family and everyone who worked for him. So when Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) arrives on the scene, he has just one job - find the killer. Weirdly, I loved this film and was disappointed with it, almost in equal measure - though in the end, my love beat out the disappointment. I'll try to go into my disappointment without spoilers, but let's just say that if you're a fan of typical murder mysteries, then this is very different to what you're used to. In a way, I almost don't want it to be labelled in that way - but there's no other way to categorise a film like this, so the 'whodunnit' angle make...