Knives Out
Rian Johnson loves to take classic Hollywood staples and putting a twist on them, like taking the Forties hard-boiled detective movie and moving it to an 80s High School in Brick . And whilst he previous film might be a whole different thing, Knives Out is a country house murder mystery in the Agatha Christie mould, but Christie wouldn’t have done anything like this… Some people get murder mysteries straight away and scorn the bit where the whole story is re-told at the end by the investigator, but watching this film is a delightful experience of enjoying the impressive performances and script, and hoping that somehow everything makes sense when the credits roll! And although you’d possibly need to watch it again to see how it fits together, it is so much fun the first time. The story is of a wealthy crime novelist Harlan Thornbey ( Christopher Plummer ) is found dead in his big house. Along with the feds, a hired investigator is called. And this is the film’s biggest la...