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Wake Up Dead Man (Netflix): Benoit Blanc is back again in Rian Johnson’s third murder mystery, and you know what they say. Three’s a trend, and the trend here is that Knives Out movies are really, really good. Wake Up Dead Man gets a slight boost from Glass Onion thanks to a far more emotional story. Johnson also continues his streak of casting the hell out of his films’ true leads, which are never really Daniel Craig’s Blanc. Here, Josh O’Connor turns in a movie star-caliber performance.
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Taylor Swift: The End of an Era (Disney+): The first two episodes of the docuseries chronicling Taylor Swift’s mega-tour go live at the same time as the film of that run’s final show. The rest of the series will roll out two episodes per week for the next two weeks.
Die My Love (VOD): Lynne Ramsay’s latest starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson — fulfilling some prophecy of the 2010s YA adaptation boom — is now available on streaming platforms. Check it out now to see one of the year’s most interesting and fearless features, but also, get ahead of your watchlist for next year when the Blank Check podcast covers Ramsay’s filmography.
The Mastermind (Mubi): Kelly Reichardt quietly dropped another quietly brilliant genre exercise, starring the man of the week, Josh O’Connor. This one didn’t find the audience it deserved on initial release, but now’s your chance to watch it in the comfort of your home, where you can google pictures from the Cannes premiere and appreciate the height difference between star and director.
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