Tag: Knives Out
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All The Movie References In Poker Face Episode 9
This article contains spoilers for “Poker Face.”The penultimate episode of “Poker Face” season 1, “Escape From S*** Mountain,” saw our favorite lie-detector Charlie Cale (Natasha Lyonne) avenge three murders and narrowly escape an early grave herself.This episode is also the third and final episode that creator Rian Johnson personally directed this season. Johnson wears his…
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‘Ghosted’ Trailer: Chris Evans Flies to London for Ana de Armas in Romantic Spy Thriller
Apple TV+ dropped the trailer for the upcoming rom-com turned thriller “Ghosted,” which stars Chris Evans and Ana de Armas.The trailer shows Evans’ character Cole certain that Sadie (de Armas) is not just “ghosting” him, or ignoring his texts, after one date. Convinced they are meant to be together, he travels to London in what…
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After Selling ‘Poker Face’ and ‘Fair Play,’ Scott Tenley Named New MRC CEO
MRC, the independent film and TV studio behind hits like “Poker Face” and “Knives Out,” has found a new leader, elevating the company’s veteran chief business officer Scott Tenley to CEO.MRC’s founders (and now-former co-CEOs) Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu will become chairmen as part of Tenley’s promotion. Tenley will now oversee all film and…
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Natasha Lyonne Was One of the Best Parts of ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Currently starring on Rian Johnson’s Peacock mystery series Poker Face, Natasha Lyonne is slowly becoming one of the biggest names in our current entertainment landscape. Apart from playing amateur sleuth Charlie Cale in 2023, the actress also scored a second season for her personal project Russian Doll, on Netflix, in 2022, and got herself a…
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Before ‘Poker Face,’ Rian Johnson Gave Us the Ultimate Con Movie
Before Poker Face and the Knives Out films, Rian Johnson gave us his Wes Anderson-esk caper flick, The Brothers Bloom. The director’s gonzo sophomore film centers on a pair of siblings who make a living out of staging highly ornate cons. The Brothers Bloom contains elaborate set pieces and a tone that pole-vaults from lighthearted…
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Poker Face: Everything We Know About the Rian Johnson Series
One of the most recognized filmmakers working today, Rian Johnson is as popular as he is polarizing. Ranging from more minor indie hits like Brick (2005) to mid-budget high-concept science fiction films like Looper (2012) and all the way to the colossal budget spectacle of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Johnson’s work is adored…
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‘Glass Onion’ Loses #1 on Netflix to Edgar Allan Poe
Suppose they took a hit movie to VOD after only two weekends at the box office, and it didn’t matter? That seems to be the case with when Universal’s “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (19.99), which is available exactly 17 days after its theatrical opening. The Dreamworks animated sequel is currently #1 on all…
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Glass Onion: Rian Johnson Reveals How He Came Up With Killer’s Identity
A good murder mystery needs a killer at the core of it. A hole to fill a donut, if Benoit Blanc’s particular phraseology fits the bill. For Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the sequel to his phenomenally successful Knives Out, director Rian Johnson pinpointed his latest killer as a tech mogul with a gigantic…
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‘Glass Onion’s’ Rian Johnson on Spoofing Elon Musk and the Art of Satire
Writer George S. Kaufman once said that “satire is what closes on Saturday night.” But nearly a century later, as real life has grown more absurd than most art, satire is everywhere — from popular franchises such as the “Knives Out” films and “The White Lotus” to hits including “Parasite.”Why now? In our post-Trump world,…
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Stephen Colbert Channels Benoit Blanc to Mock the Kevin McCarthy Disaster
It’s 2023 and Stephen Colbert is still hammering the Republicans — specifically, Kevin McCarthy’s disastrous bid to become the new Speaker of the House.“It has been a day of uncut Peruvian blue-flake schadenfreude watching the GOP stab each other in the throat,” Colbert said at the top of his January 3 monologue. “And tonight I’ll…