Episode 56 - Knives Out - a podcast by Movie Podcast

For this bonus episode we commemerate the career of Christopher Plummer by reviewing one of his very last films, in the whodunnit from Rian Johnson, Knives Out.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Ethan – as we act as deputies for Benoit Blanc in hunting down the killer of Harlan Thrombey.  We’re looking for donut holes in our 56th episode as we discuss:

• How Rian Johnson could make something as universally satisfying as Knives Out after something as divisive as The Last Jedi


• Which character may prove that the corruption of inherited wealth has little to do with ethnicity


• Does Marta always act in the moral good, as the film would suggest?


• How great Chris Evans is when acting against type


• How great Daniel Craig is in general.  Is he a great actor?


• Ethan has some thoughts on performative wokeness and Ian slams someone for referencing Hamilton 


• How insensitive it is for the interviews to take place on a chair of knives after the patriarch has just slit his own throat with a knife


• How fantastic the casting and acting in this film is overall


• Whether we would want to see another Benoit Blanc film


• Whether or not Knives Out is the Best Film Ever

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

 

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