Movie Review: New Knives Out Review | Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr. in new Knives Out

>> INVITED YOU. >> HI! >> TONIGHT A MURDER WILL BE COMMITTED. MY MURDER. >> YOU’RE DEAD. WILL WE STILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU? >> I’M NOT PLAYING DEAD THE WHOLE WEEKEND, DUDE. >> THIS IS TRULY THE LAST. >> ACROSS THE ISLAND OF HIDDEN CLUES YOU HAVE TO CLOSELY OBSERVE EACH OTHER. >> CAN ANYONE NAME THE KILLER THAT PERSON WINS OUR GAME. >> Akshay: ALL RIGHT. IT’S FRIDAY. LET’S DISCUSS MOVIES NOW. THAT WAS A CLIP FROM GLASS ONION A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY. DETECTIVE MOVIE STARTING DANIEL CRAIG. TO DISCUSS THIS AND OTHER FILMS WE HAVE

WITH US FILM CRITIC RICHARD CROUSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. >> Akshay: GLASS ONION IS SEQUEL TO KNIVES OUT. HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO THE FIRST. >> IT IS RARE SEQUEL BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL FILM. KNIVES OUT IS A GREAT MOVIE PLAYED ON NETFLIX A FEW YEARS AGO. THIS IS PLAYING IN THEATRES AND BE ON NETFLIX DECEMBER 23RD. IT REVISITS THE SAME THEMES AND INSPIRED BY THE AGATHA CHRISTIE NOVELS AND INTERESTING PEOPLE ALL WHO HAVE A MOTIVE FOR MURDER AT A FANCY RESORT IN GREECE. SOMEONE DIES. JUST HAPPENS

TO BE THE WORLD’S GREATEST DETECTIVE BENOIT BLANK THERE TO SOLVE TH MURDER. AND ELON MUSK CHARACTER AND KATE HUDSON AND JANELLE MODAY

AND DAVE BAUTISTA AND POPULAR ACTORS PLAYING HEIGHTENED VERSIONS OF INFLUENCERS AND SORT OF CLUELESS RICH PEOPLE. THE THING THAT REALLY SELLS THIS MOVIE WHILE IT IS FUNNY AND REALLY FLEET IT MOVES ALONG QUICKLY. THE DETECTIVE MYSTERY AT THE CENTRE OF IT IS ACTUALLY REALLY INTERESTING. AND INTRICATELY PLOTTED. SO YOU HAVE A MOVIE HERE THAT IS ENTERTAINING AND MAKE YOU THINK A LITTLE BIT, PLUS IT HAS THE WILD AND INTERESTING CHARACTERS GLASS ONION A

KNIVES OUT MYSTERY I GIVE FOUR OUT OF FIVE STARS. >> Akshay: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE OTHER ONE. I’M IMPRESSED BY THE FOUR OUT OF FIVE. AND MUST WATCH. AND NEXT ONE IS STRANGE WORLD. TALK TO US ABOUT THAT ONE? >> THIS IS A BIG NEW ANIMATED FILM FROM DISNEY. AND IT TAKES PLACE IN A VERY ISOLATED SMALL COUNTRY THAT IS COMPLETELY BUFFERED ALL THE WAY AROUND BY MOUNTAINS. THERE IS A FAMILY OF EXPLORERS THERE WHO WHEN WE FIRST MEET THEM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN? NO ONE MADE

IT OVER THERE. ONE OF THE EXPEDITIONS THE YOUNGEST SON DISCOVERS THE PLANT THAT IS GLOWING. LOOKS LIKE IT’S MADE OF PURE ELECTRICITY. HE FIGURES THEY CAN HARNESS THE POWER AND POWER THIS COUNTRY AND REALLY CHANGE THINGS FOR THE BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE. THE FATHER, THOUGH, WANTS TO KEEP SEARCHING TO FIND OUT WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. SO THE FATHER AND SON SEPARATE. CUT TO 25 YEARS LATER. THE PLANT WORKED AND POWERS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THERE WAS A BLITE IN THE CROP AND THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. THEY DIVE

INTO THE STRANGE WORLD OF THE TITLE. IT IS A PRETTY STRANGE WORLD AND LIKE LSD TRIP ON THE SCREEN. AND THEY NOT ONLY FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE CROP, BUT WHERE HIS FATHER HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. THIS IS A REALLY IMAGINATIVELY ANIMATED FILM. IT HAS GREAT VISUALS. WHAT I LIKED ABOUT IT MOST IS THAT IT ALSO HAS GREAT CHARACTERS. ALL THE ACTION IS MOTIVATED BY THE CHARACTERS. THERE’S GOOD MESSAGES HERE FOR KIDS. I GAVE IT THREE AND A HALF OUT OF FIVE STARS. PLAYING IN THEATRES RIGHT NOW. AND ONE

THING I WILL GUARANTEE YOU ABOUT IT IS ANIMATION WILL MAKE YOUR EYEBALLS DANCE. >> Akshay: INTERESTING. OKAY. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE LAST ONE NOW. FINALLY WE HAVE THE SWIMMERS AVENUE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY THAT’S BASED ABOUT TWO SISTERS WITH A GOAL OF COMPETING IN THE OLYMPICS. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS FILM? >> THIS IS ON NETFLIX RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN STAY HOME AND WATCH IT TONIGHT. IT IS THE STORY OF UTHRA AND SARAH TWO SISTERS LIVING IN DAMASCUS AS THE WAR IN SYRIA WAS HEATING UP. AND THEY DECIDE THAT THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

THEY’RE UNABLE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY LEGALLY, THOUGH, SO THEY ARE REFUGEES. MOST OF THE STORY IS THE STORY OF THEM TRYING TO GET TO SAFETY TO GERMANY. THERE ARE HARROWING SCENES OF THEM AS THEY TRY AND CROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND ALL SORTS OF TERRIBLE THINGS THAT HAPPEN, ALL TRUE. THE MOVIE BECOMES MORE INSPIRATIONAL SPORTS MOVIE ONCE THEY GET TO SAFETY. UP UNTIL THAT POINT IT’S A REALLY FINELY TUNED PORTRAIT WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A REFUGEE WITH INCREDIBLE VISUALS. THERE’S ONE SCENE HERE WHERE YOU HAVE NUSRA IS COMPETING IN DAMASCUS IN A SWIM MEET

AS A BOMB DROPS THROUGH THE CEILING OF THE BUILDING THEY’RE IN AND GOES INTO THE SWIMMING POOL AND WE GET THE SHOT OF THAT UNDER WATER. IT IS UNFORGETTABLE. THE FILM IS FILLED WITH IMAGES LIKE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST PARTS OF A MOVIE ARE THE PARTS THAT THEY SHOW YOU, NOT THAT THEY TELL YOU. AND THAT IS WHAT THIS MOVIE DOES SO VERY WELL. IT’S CALLED THE SWIMMERS. I GIVE IT THREE OUT OF FIVE STARS BECAUSE IT ENDS IN KIND OF A TRADITIONAL WAY. BUT MORE IN THE FIRST HOUR IS REALLY SOMETHING. >>

Akshay: I HAVE MY PICK FOR THE WEEKEND. RICHARD CROUSE, THANK