Knives Out Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/knives-out/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:09:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Knives Out Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/knives-out/ 32 32 ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Review: Knives out, crucifixes in https://vanyaland.com/2025/11/26/wake-up-dead-man-review-knives-out-crucifixes-in/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 10:09:07 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042712 Props to Rian Johnson for turning lemons into lemonade: the man hears that Glass Onion was too preachy, then sets the next feature in the Knives Out series in a parish. It shouldn’t be surprising that he’s wound up here — his movies are puzzle boxes that JJ Abrams wishes he was talented enough to pen — but, as fun as these movies can be, it is somewhat frustrating to find us contractually back here again, when there once seemed […]

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]]> ‘Wake Up Dead Man’, it’s a ‘Knives Out 3’ trailer https://vanyaland.com/2025/11/17/wake-up-dead-man-its-a-knives-out-3-trailer/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:26:27 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042674 Unlike with his planned Star Wars trilogy, Rian Johnson delivered on his deal with Netflix to produce two Knives Out sequels. There was the (horrible) second installment, Glass Onion, which came out back in ’22, and now there’s Wake Up Dead Man, with the helpful after-colon title A Knives Out Mystery so that you don’t forget what you’re watching. We’ll be real: We had zero interest in seeing another one of these after Glass Onion, but it’s undeniable that the […]

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]]> ‘Glass Onion’ Review: Nowhere close to equaling the glory of ‘Knives Out’ https://vanyaland.com/2022/11/24/glass-onion-review-nowhere-close-to-equaling-the-glory-of-knives-out/ Thu, 24 Nov 2022 12:59:01 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10032620 Editor’s Note: This review originally ran as part of our coverage on-site at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Read through our full slate of reviews from TIFF 2022, as well as our official preview, and revisit our complete archives of this year and past festivals.  *** It may not seem this way, based on the number of pans I put out on a monthly basis, but I genuinely hate being the odd one out when it seems like everybody is having a genuinely good time. It’s […]

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]]> TIFF 2022: ‘Glass Onion’ can’t come close to equaling the glory of ‘Knives Out’ https://vanyaland.com/2022/09/14/tiff-2022-glass-onion-cant-come-close-to-equaling-the-glory-of-knives-out/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:48:09 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10031917 Editor’s Note: After a few years working remotely, Nick Johnston is back in Canada all week covering the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. We’re all very excited! Read through our continuing coverage of TIFF 2022, check out our official preview, and revisit our complete archives of this year and past festivals.  It may not seem this way, based on the number of pans I put out on a monthly basis, but I genuinely hate being the odd one out when it seems like everybody is having […]

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]]> Dave Bautista and Edward Norton will slice up ‘Knives Out 2’ https://vanyaland.com/2021/05/11/dave-bautista-and-edward-norton-will-slice-up-knives-out-2/ Tue, 11 May 2021 20:34:18 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10026270 Hey, remember when Rian Johnson opened a bakery last month? Well, yeah, you probably don’t, given that he didn’t actually start hand-crafting physical sourdough loves and beautiful bear claws, but one could describe his near-$400 million deal with Netflix to make two exclusive sequels to his smash-hit 2019 murder mystery Knives Out as that, given that the dude is making some serious bread. Like, his take-home pay is in the nine-figures. Good god. But don’t think for a second that […]

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]]> Fantastic Fest Review: ‘Knives Out’ is a smart and fun mystery https://vanyaland.com/2019/10/02/fantastic-fest-review-knives-out-is-a-smart-and-fun-mystery/ Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:34:50 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10014111 Editor’s Note: Vanyaland’s Nick Johnston is down in Austin all week long for Fantastic Fest 2019; click here for our continued coverage from the fest and also check out our full Fantastic Fest archives of past coverage. Much like James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari, Rian Johnson’s Knives Out is a studio-wrapped Thanksgiving present to America’s parents, looking for holiday viewing with their assembled brood that won’t totally patronize or alienate them. You’re sure to hear a whole lot of the Downton Abbey crowd exclaim […]

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]]> The ‘Knives Out’ trailer is here to save your week https://vanyaland.com/2019/07/02/the-knives-out-trailer-is-here-to-save-your-week/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 16:48:58 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10010184 It’s no secret that we’re big fans of director Rian Johnson around these parts, as even before the dude courted nerd hatred with the groundbreaking Star Wars: The Last Jedi, he’d made several astonishing pictures. Remember how good Brick was? Or how about Looper? That movie rules! Anyways, Johnson’s departed the Mouse House — perhaps to escape the constant death threats from people who just can’t get over a two year-old movie’s release — and crafted an Agatha Christie tribute, […]

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