Glass Onion

2022 - 12 - 23

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Glass Onion movie review: Daniel Craig doubles the charm in Rian ... (The Indian Express)

Glass Onion movie review: More playful than its predecessor but still as socially relevant, Rian Johnson's Netflix film finds Daniel Craig in particularly ...

For one, you aren’t encouraged to ‘solve’ the mystery along with Blanc — the detective, it is implied, is in a league of his own. As with most murder mysteries, it would be unwise to discuss the plot beyond the set-up, and although a lot of it feels like a retread of familiar themes, Glass Onion is just as twisty as the first film. Bron stands out as a character not only because he’s played by the most famous actor in the ensemble, but because that’s who he is. The lineup includes his ex-business partner played by Janelle Monae, a washed-out model played by Kate Hudson, a disingenuous politician played by Kathryn Hahn, and a flamboyant scientist played by Leslie Odom Jr. Glass Onion might just be the most enjoyable of the lot. The sequel follows a wave of eat-the-rich films and shows that have only increased in frequency after the pandemic magnified the wealth gap around the world.

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Glass Onion A Knives Out Mystery Movie Review: Daniel Craig is in ... (India Today)

Director Rian Johnson's Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a well-made whoddunit thriller with many surprises in store. With brilliant performances ...

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a riot. What makes Glass Onion so entertaining is the fact that Johnson is a terrific storyteller. One of the highlights of Knives Out was that it put together the oddest of character actors in a room and made them part of this quirky ensemble. In the case of director Rian Johnson, his 2019 release Knives Out smashed it out of the ballpark in all departments. So, the expectations do not double but are stacked with heavy anticipation for his follow-up, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery. With brilliant performances, the film is entertaining, says our review.

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Glass Onion A Knives Out Mystery: Know Netflix streaming details of ... (India TV)

Glass Onion A Knives Out Mystery will stream on Netflix from December 23. The Daniel Craig starrer murder mystery is one of the most anticipated films this ...

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Cast As the movie is set to arrive on the streaming platform and the audience will be able to watch it from the comfort of their homes, let's find out all details of the latest Hollywood film. Starring Daniel Craig as the master detective Benoit Blanc, the murder mystery will stream from December 23 onwards.

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'Glass Onion' Ending Explained: Is Benoit Blanc Triumphant Again? (Collider.com)

The ending of Glass Onion, the Knives Out sequel, brings a lot of surprises and a brutal end for [spoiler].

The painting is lost in the fire, and Helen points out to Miles that he did get his wish - just not in the way he wanted. Earlier in the film, during a tour of the building, Miles reveals that he has the Mona Lisa on loan from the Lourve. And the rest of the guests have ties to Klear as well. Helen suspected foul play and hired Blanc to solve it, posing as Andi along the way. They both have the signature feel of their writer and director, [Rian Johnson](https://collider.com/rian-johnson-movies-ranked/). And of course, at the center of both movies is a murder mystery.

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How Is Glass Onion Connected to Knives Out? (Seventeen.com)

He appears to have died by suicide, but famous detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is hired by an anonymous person to investigate Harlan's death. While the ...

If Ransom could get Marta to accidentally kill Harlan by switching the medication vials in her bag and stealing the antidote for a morphine overdose, then he could ultimately get the will thrown out under the slayer rule. (Fran has a cousin who works in the medical examiner's office, which is how she is able to get a copy of the privileged document. Marta gives the report to Benoit without reading it, assuming it will prove she is guilty of Harlan's death. The detective believes Ransom sabotaged Marta's medical bag after he learned Harlan wrote him out of the will and was leaving everything to Marta. He encourages her to hitch a ride with him after the will reading, and they escape the family drama. Everyone returns to the mansion and Marta discovers a copy of Harlan's full toxicology report hidden away in Fran's marijuana stash. Checking her email, Marta receives a message from the blackmailer about where to meet. In order to keep her from going to prison and bringing unwanted scrutiny on her undocumented mother, Harlan cleverly concocts a plan that will keep Marta and her family out of trouble... At the restaurant, Ransom manipulates Marta into spilling the beans on what actually happened to Harlan. With the plan laid out, creating a fake alibi for Marta during the time of death, Harlan slits his own throat to make his death look like a suicide. She also harbors a terrible secret: She accidentally overdosed Harlan on morphine after his medication vials get mixed up and was unable to find the antidote. Naturally, someone winds up dead, and it's up to Benoit Blanc to solve the mystery.

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'Glass Onion' Peels Back Potential Flaws In Netflix Release Strategy (Forbes)

Analysts say streaming giant Netflix is leaving money on the table with the limited theatrical release strategy. With a shift in focus from subscribers to ...

[third quarter 2022 results](https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2022/10/18/netflix-adds-24-million-subscribers-is-it-enough-to-silence-critics/?sh=353c847e43ca) release, Netflix seemed to double down on its theatrical strategy. So could Netflix double back on its theatrical release strategy in light of that “increasing focus?” It’s already done it once before. That path has already proven rocky, with some reports that the streamer fell short of guarantees to advertisers following its first full month of service in November and was forced to issue refunds. “So it’s be interesting to see how it performs.” A single season of a TV show can be 11 hours of viewing, with the promise of more to come in the future with additional seasons. “We are increasingly focused on revenue as our primary top line metric,” the letter noted. With the seeming impact culturally and in conversation that goes with a theatrical release, Netflix gets two bites of the apple. It’s quite different for a movie, which is a one-off and only two hours. After all, it has seen surges in subscriptions tied to releases of mega-hit TV shows like Onion earned $9.4 million in its opening weekend and totaled $13.28 million for its seven-day stint in theaters. But it will certainly be a concern for the company’s shareholders going forward, as Netflix tries to thread the tricky needle between “Showing a movie in a theater has value that goes beyond dollars and cents,” says Dergarabedian.

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'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' movie review: A deliciously ... (The Hindu)

There are enough twists and turns in Rian Johnson's 'Knives Out' follow-up to keep sharp-eyed viewers of all kinds happy, and the location is the best kind ...

The odd one out is Andi (Janelle Monáe), Miles’ ex-business partner, who lost a case against Miles and Blanc. It is no surprise that in these unsettling times, there is a leaning away from big budget CGI-stuffed superhero capers towards cozy crime, where a bunch of not-so-nice people are stuck in a remote location and begin to die. What is it about beautiful people waiting at a pier to be taken to an exclusive getaway that grabs one’s eyes and keeps it?

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'Glass Onion' review: Netflix film makes murder fun—in a good way (Lifestyle Asia)

The sequel to Knives Out is a rip-roaring good time with a little murder along the way. Here's our review of Netflix's Glass Onion.

[Daniel Craig](https://www.lifestyleasia.com/ind/culture/entertainment/everything-we-know-about-no-time-to-die-story-cast-theme-daniel-craig-trailer/) is sporting a somewhat over-the-top yet at the same time pretty accurate Southern drawl. But a whodunit isn’t a whodunit without the twists, and my goodness is this film twisty. Much like how Blanc is the colourful, Southern, and more convivial version of Bond, Johnson’s Knives Out is the less stuffy, less moustachioed, and kookier version of the Agatha Christie film adaptations (interestingly, Leslie Odom Jr. The cast is just one piece of the puzzle in this whole whodunit. But again, Johnson is able to balance mystery, tension, and comedy to a tee. But with Netflix’s Glass Onion, the challenge director and writer Rian Johnson faced is doing another twisty whodunit with an ensemble cast and still make it feel fresh, fun, and un-formulaic.

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'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery': Ending Explained (esquire.com)

We'll join the action just after the flashback following Benoit Blanc and Helen-as-Andi ends, when the Distuptors realise Duke's pistol is missing and Helen's ...

And Miles' murders are the essence of what makes him such a charlatan. Like his Glass Onion building they look complex, but there's nothing in the middle of them. Eventually, they work up to destroying the one thing, as he puts it, that nobody wants destroyed: the Mona Lisa. Klear kills him, and ensures he'll get his wish to be mentioned in the same breath as the Mona Lisa. His mates smashing those artworks is, weirdly enough, a reaction that fits Miles' view of the world. It's just that the breath is going to be saying, "Miles Bron, the guy who destroyed the Mona Lisa with his incredibly dangerous fuel". She realises it's in Miles' office, but as soon as she's got it and revealed who she actually is to the group, Miles burns the napkin with his absurdly powerful lighter. This, Blanc says, is because Lionel flagged up the existence of the cocktail napkin to Miles. Just as she'd noted earlier on, Kathryn Hahn's Claire realises they're in the middle of the feared "Hindenburg". Blanc concludes that Miles did all three murders – or, at least, two murders and one attempted murder – to make sure that Andi never made public the fact that Miles stole the Alpha company from her, and that she was the actual genius behind the idea which started Alpha. Helen launches a nugget of Klear at the fireplace. We'll join the action just after the flashback following Benoit Blanc and Helen-as-Andi ends, when the Distuptors realise Duke's pistol is missing and Helen's just taken a bullet right in the diary.

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Glass Onion Review: Rian Johnson Eats the Rich with All Knives Out (Den of Geek)

Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig deepen the mystery of Benoit Blanc and his investigations of the wealthy elite via the supremely entertaining Glass Onion: A ...

Given the film’s lengthier setup, Glass Onion is able to better sketch its suspects and players than Knives Out. So his eagerness to party with a billionaire in Glass Onion is initially surprising… Her decision to come back and face all these people who betrayed her is the real mystery of the movie, at least until the Grim Reaper visits the kooky clan. Set on an entire villa in the sun-kissed Aegean, and told across an expansive 140 minutes, Glass Onion is happy to take its time. One is a disgraced fashion guru who’s settled into the infamy of social media celebrity due to posting whatever comes into her head, and the other is a Twitch influencer who knows exactly what he’s doing when hawking “boner pills” to video gamers alongside his much younger girlfriend Whiskey (Madelyn Cline). As the collection of suspects, all the performers swing big, drawing characters who are arguably more outlandish and cartoony than the Thrombey family in Knives Out. Instead of relying on a barrage of contradictory flashbacks and anecdotes, audiences and Benoit Blanc get to observe the suspects in real time. [Knives Out](https://www.denofgeek.com/knives-out/) and Glass Onion such satisfying potboilers is they aspire to more than confound and intrigue with a case of murder and side of red herrings. This also explains the decision to invite the great gentleman of leisure and deduction, Benoit Blanc. [Janelle Monáe](https://www.denofgeek.com/janelle-monae/)), is also in surprise attendance. But like his and [Daniel Craig](https://www.denofgeek.com/daniel-craig/)’s delightful sleuthing creation, Benoit Blanc, Johnson is a keen observer of hubris, vanity, and all the other ugly human traits that can make for a toxic personality, yet also a beautiful murder mystery. One difference between Glass Onion and its predecessor though is that even Craig’s reliably “Southern” sleuth is not sure what he’s looking for in this go-round.

All of the Cameos You Missed in <i>Glass Onion: A Knives Out ... (TIME)

The sequel to 'Knives Out' has many familiar faces among announced cast members, but a number of surprise guests also appear throughout.

Easter egg!” [The 49 Most Anticipated Movies of 2023](https://time.com/6241650/most-anticipated-movies-2023/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20221216) He plays a security consultant to Miles and zaps “medicine” in each of the guests’ mouths that somehow will protect them from contracting the coronavirus over the weekend. Most recently, Lyonne has been acclaimed for her Netflix series [Russian Doll](https://time.com/5509932/russian-doll-netflix-review/), in which her character must solve the mystery of how she became caught in a Groundhog Day-esque time loop. In the original Knives Out, he voiced a character named Detective Hardock in an in-universe TV series watched by Ana De Armas’ character. [Ethan Hawke](https://time.com/5895308/good-lord-bird-showtime-review/) pops up briefly in Greece wearing sunglasses and a ponytail and looking very official. [Natasha Lyonne](https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Atime.com+natasha+lyonne&rlz=1C5GCEM_enUS992US992&oq=site%3Atime.com+natasha+lyonne&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.6242j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#:~:text=People%20Can%27t%20Look,%E2%80%BA%20Entertainment%20%E2%80%BA%20awards) has also earned a coveted place on this star-studded video call. He pops up in her raucous, laughably large COVID social bubble at the beginning of the movie. [Knives Out](https://time.com/5739463/knives-out-review/) was a smash-hit in 2019, so it’s no wonder that so many big names jumped at the chance to be included in its sequel, Glass Onion—especially if it included a ticket to the islands of Greece where the movie filmed. If not, we can at least appreciate Grant in an apron covered in flour, clearly picking up the pandemic baking trend. But apparently he has a lot of famous friends, and many of the cameos come in the form of celebrities playing themselves as they Zoom with a bored Benoit. The movie may also be paying a winking tribute to Sondheim’s past work. Lansbury, the beloved star of Murder, She Wrote, died in October, so fans will be heartened to see her onscreen one last time.

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You Can Stay at the Greek Resort Featured in "Glass Onion: A ... (HouseBeautiful.com)

"Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" was filmed in Greece and on stage in Serbia. The Amanzoe resort near Porto Heli plays the private estate in the movie.

“There was some outdoor stuff for which we shot a few things on location last fall in Connecticut and New York, and then everything inside was built in Serbia,” Heinrichs told the “When they all arrive in Greece and are waiting for the yacht, that’s Spetses.” The vacation-based tale will surely satisfy anyone who’s desperate for another season of [The White Lotus](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a41352985/white-lotus-season-2-filming-locations-italy/). [Amanzoe](https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=74968X1525080&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aman.com%2Fresorts%2Famanzoe), a luxury resort and hotel near Porto Heli, Greece. Plus, the island is riddled with impressive homes, swanky shops, and gourmet dining options. While on the island, you can expect to travel by horse-drawn carriages, bike, or on foot. “Trading the browns of New England for the blue and yellows of Greece” was a deliberate move meant to separate the sequel from its predecessor, according to writer-director-producer Rian Johnson. “It’s very epic, almost like the Colosseum, to approach the villa—which lends itself to the idea that people are about to kill each other.” [Massachusetts mansion in Knives Out](https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/a30143056/knives-out-set/) made for an unforgettable murder mystery setting. You can stroll along the island’s The resort is comprised of cabanas, pavilions, and villas that have private pools with breathtaking views of olive groves and the Aegean sea. That estate is played by the

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Rian Johnson Knows the Tech Bro in 'Glass Onion' Looks Very ... (WIRED)

When asked whether he'd ever write a whodunit about the downfall of Twitter, the director joked, “Didn't I just do that?”

You’re building a little microcosm of society with the suspects and the power structure within the suspects. The opening gambit of writer-director Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, his second in his series of Agatha Christie–style whodunits, is one of mischief. A few recent films have tried to engage with Covid-19, or include the pandemic in stories.

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Glass Onion Twitter Review and Reactions: Netflix film starring ... (India TV)

Glass Onion Twitter Review and Reactions: After the success of Knives Out (2019), director Rian Johnson is expanding his murder mystery universe with the ...

With Glass Onion, Rian Johnson has expanded his universe of films that are not reliant on CGI but connect with the audience through an intriguing story line and powerful performances. Fans have been eagerly waiting for the arrival of Glass Onion and with the film finally available for streaming on Netflix, let's find out how the viewers are reacting to it. Benoit Blanc has to step in and save the day with his sharp detective skills.

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Knives Out: Glass Onion is less knowing, less smart, and all-round ... (The Indian Express)

Knives Out : The Glass Onion, to all intents and purposes, is a sequel which aims for bigger. The gang this time around is much flashier, and the location ...

Norton, who makes up such nonsensical words as ‘inbreathiate’ and ‘predefinite’, is very good as the guy who preys upon others, fattening himself to the point of bursting. The rest of the ‘disruptors’ are even less inviting: this is a movie trying very hard to skewer the rich and the famous, but Ruben Ostlund got there first. Is it as much fun as the first? This one has a supersonic car which he keeps stashed on the top of a dome ( the glass onion of the title), because, he tells Blanc, there’s nowhere to drive it on the island. As we mull, Bron is busily revealing himself as a proper little bruiser, who has something on all his friends, and doesn’t hesitate to press the screws. Miles Bron ( Norton) a tech billionaire who uses his sun-dappled private Greek island as bait to entice his his old pals– a washed-out supermodel ( Hudson), a politician on the fast track (Hahn), a men’s rights activist with a thing for tattoos (Bautista), a scientist on the verge of a breakthrough ( Odom Jr) and their companions– for a weekend of twisty fun and games.

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Glass Onion movie review: Knives Out sequel is a delicious ... (WION)

Most of my teenage years were spent devouring Agatha Christie's murder mysteries. I read my favourite ones again and again, discovering new details and ...

Johnson is so good at squeezing a lot of drama, tension, and humour from his actors that one gets an idea that casting was very specific and careful, instead of netting the biggest stars the studio could afford as earlier seemed. And yet, the actor is an absolute delight to watch. The performances, particularly from Norton and Monáe, are unaffected and natural. But even if one were uninterested in the underlying themes, the story offers a lot of the 'meat' that's present in such mystery stories. The co-founder of Bron's company and former partner Andi Brand (Janelle Monáe) also turns up, something the tech magnate did not see coming for the invitation was just a formality. 'Glass Onion', deriving its name from The Beatles song in which John Lennon intentionally wanted to confuse fans who read too much into the songs of the band.

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'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' review: A stellar cast goes in ... (Scroll.in)

Rian Johnson's comic crime thriller, led by Daniel Craig, is out on Netflix.

The lack of rigour in Blanc’s investigative process is sought to be compensated by big swings at Big Tech and snarky humour about the odious one percent. Daniel Craig, Janelle Morae and Edward Norton are among the most valued players, surviving the carnage with breaking into a sweat. Miles’s former business partner Cassandra (Janelle Monae) has been invited too despite losing a case of intellectual copyright theft against Miles – a plot hole that Rian Johnson, who has also written the film, is having too much fun to fill. Blanc, the Sherlockian-Poiroitian detective of indefinable accent and genius-level detection skills, is among the guests invited by tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) to his private island in Greece. There’s plenty of name-dropping as well as star cameos in a film that pokes fun at entitlement. Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and ex-James Bond Daniel Craig reunite for a new Benoit Blanc mystery.

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Glass Onion arrives on Netflix: How to watch it on your smartphones ... (Times Now)

It is the sequel to the 2019 film Knives Out, with Daniel Craig reprising his role as master detective Benoit Blanc as he takes on a new case. The cast includes ...

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9 Movies Like Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - IGN (IGN)

In the mood for more murder and mayhem? Give these whodunnits a whirl. Matt Fowler. By Matt Fowler.

Where to Watch: (Orient Express) Fubo, DirecTV, or rentable on most platforms. [9 Movies Like Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2h ago - In the mood for more murder and mayhem? Knives Out was a hit in theaters, released shortly after Thanksgiving in 2019 and performing strongly all the way into the new year (until movies stopped being in theaters, in general, in 2020). But don’t fret, we’ve compiled a list of essential tips and tricks to get you started off right!](/videos/i-love-you-you-hate-me-official-trailer) [Death Stranding 2 Reveal TrailerHideo Kojima's ambitious post-apocalyptic epic is getting a sequel, featuring the return of Norman Reedus as Sam and Lea Seydoux as Fragile.](/videos/death-stranding-2-reveal-trailer-the-game-awards-2022) His keen and cunning mind are put to the test when a string of murders occur during the monastery’s theological disputation between the Franciscans and Papal emissaries. The Name of the Rose stars Sean Connery as a Franciscan friar who is renowned for his deductive powers. Presented like a 1920s hardboiled detective story, while centered on high school students in a California suburb, Brick stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a young man out to solve the murder of his ex-girlfriend. If you want the most recent, souped-up Poirot adventures, then obviously check out Kenneth Branagh's takes on Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile (with A Haunting in Venice arriving in theaters in September 2023). This wonderful whodunnit -- directed by Herbert Ross (The Goodbye Girl, Footloose) and written by Psycho's Anthony Perkins and Broadway Musical legend Stephen Sondheim -- is one of the blueprints for Knives Out's famous faces game, starring '70s stars Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn, Joan Hackett, James Mason, Ian McShane, and Raquel Welch. But for this list, let's journey all the way back to the adolescence of sound cinema itself and dig into 1939's The Hound of the Baskervilles, which features one of the silver screen's most famous Holmes (Basil Rathbone, who played him in 14 films!) in one of Conan Doyle's most famous stories. It's the first of Johnson's two Knives Out follow-ups heading to Netflix (in a landmark deal for the writer/director). One of iconic mystery novelist Agatha Christie's most beloved brains is Hercule Poirot, a character who's been brought to movies and TV dozens of times over the decades, with many of Christie's Poirot books having been brought from page to screen.

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'Glass Onion' has a lot to say about Elon Musk (Mashable)

'Glass Onion' has a character played by Edward Norton that seems to be a direct send-up of Elon Musk, the billionaire head of Twitter.

All the people who, at best, happened to be in the right at the right time. Not to get at the core of American capitalism, but if we acknowledge that the people with all the power and money might not be the smartest all the time...then where does that leave our meritocracy? Glass Onion does a good job of showing how sometimes the "brilliant" folks are just the ones willing to hurt others to climb up the social hierarchy. It's that if you can scam and claw your way to the top, then you are too big to fail. Bron represents all the people in power we should question. No, no, no Elon is a free speech absolutist, and sure he [bans journalists](https://mashable.com/article/twitter-suspends-journalists-elon) and [reinstates hateful right-wingers](https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-reinstated-banned-twitter-accounts-list) but he's not red-pilled. Hell, Bron is willing to risk total destruction to power the world with a dangerous energy source. Be willing to break the thing that nobody wants you to break? But what's more important is what the film has to say about people like Bron and Musk. [bullied](https://www.wired.com/2009/06/eberhard/) [his way](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-sep-22-fi-tesla22-story.html) [into power](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-ultimatum-failed-workers-arent-tolerating-aggressive-leadership-2022-11) and [formed](https://parade.com/1364075/jessicasager/elon-musk-net-worth/) his massive wealth off valuations of his companies. And it relates to current events so well, I'd argue, the film understands someone like Musk at his core. [people posting on Twitter](https://twitter.com/search?q=elon%20musk%20miles%20bron&src=typed_query) — where else – that they saw the similarities as well.

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'Glass Onion' is the Perfect Film for the Age of Elon Musk (esquire.com)

It's crazy to think that Rian Johnson's Knives Out sequel was written before the billionaire's takeover of Twitter.

They look from one to another, and realise that despite his promises of a future built on Klear, they had the power all along. Like I say, there have been a lot of tech bro bad guys in the last 10 years, and most of them have an Icarus-style fable comeuppance. On top of that, though, there’s subtler Musk mockery and satire here, and it’s built into the finale through the people who cling to him. So, for me, the job was with Rian to pick and choose the perfect characteristics to send up a particular type of person." That’s where the cautionary tech bro tale takes a turn. He’s so hopped up on his own genius and hung up on his legacy he’s willing to the entire world into a bomb with his magic but nowhere near safe fuel, Klear. Riz Ahmed did a specifically Muskish turn in Venom as Carlton Drake, a man obsessed with jumping ship from this ailing world and colonising the stars. "The fact that Bron’s a tech billionaire – which made a lot of sense for the story – became an obstacle in the writing,” Johnson told Deadline. And so, disconnecting him from that, and trying to build him as his own kind of clownish character, became a challenge." That’s the bit of him that’s captured most clearly in Miles. Edward Norton plays the Alpha Industries co-founder with a mixture of quasi-spiritual solemnity, a particularly fragile kind of self-belief and sick-making smugness that feels very familiar. "My take on this was really to know that Miles is a character cut from a very specific species," Edward Norton added.

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Netflix releases 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery'. See all ... (Economic Times)

'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has been released on Netflix. Besides the leading roles, we have listed all the important cameos in the mystery movie.

[James Bond](/topic/james-bond)star Daniel Craig reprises his role as detective Benoit Blanc, who will be seen handling a new case. ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’, the American mystery movie, is produced and directed by The movie stars Daniel Craig, Edward Norton and Janelle Monáe in leading roles.

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'Glass Onion': Why Edward Norton dressed as Tom Cruise from ... (INSIDER)

"What is Paul going to think?" Johnson recalled thinking to Insider, referring to "Magnolia" director Paul Thomas Anderson.

"I lost millions of dollars for all the trailers because they never went in them, but it starts from the top with Rian, everyone gets along so well." "We would rent out a bar and then they can have fun together." But then I thought, 'Is this too much?' I also thought, 'What is Paul going to think of this?' Hopefully he takes it in the right spirit." "I started cracking up. But all that fun on set can come with a price. The wardrobe choice was in no way a knock on Anderson or his movie, but a subtle indication that Norton's Bron character lacks any original ideas.

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How Miles Bron in Netflix's 'Glass Onion' evokes Elon Musk (MSNBC)

Partway into “Glass Onion,” the new sequel to 2019 murder mystery “Knives Out,” tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) excitedly outlines the “murder ...

Of course, when Bron’s foolishness culminates in the destruction of the “Mona Lisa,” it’s just a movie. And even when Blanc lays out the crudeness of Bron’s plan, his friends still cling to the myth of his genius. Just as for much of the movie, Blanc and the viewer doubt Bron would be so stupid as to kill the woman he just had a very public court battle with, so many people believed that His island is only accessible via a glass dock that looks impressive, but is only accessible at low tide, with the local police referring to it as a “piece of s---.” He brushes aside warnings that his hydrogen fuel is too unstable — heedlessness that literally blows up in his face. Blanc — and the viewer — wants the solution to be more complicated, to contain some sort of hidden brilliance. He’s destroyed his reputation, exposed himself as a murderer and incinerated his house — and the “Mona Lisa” to boot. And, most prominently, many believed Musk had a plan when he massively [ overpaid](https://www.barrons.com/articles/elon-musk-twitter-deal-price-51664920306) for [have left many small investors wiped out, wondering if they'll ever be made whole](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/business/cryptocurrency-investors-ftx-blockfi.html). But, [ as Norton has noted](https://www.slashfilm.com/1101648/edward-nortons-glass-onion-character-was-inspired-by-a-number-of-real-unnamed-billionaires/), he and writer-director Rian Johnson based Bron on multiple (unnamed) real-life billionaires and tech figures, not one specific person. [Thanks](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/elon-musk-twitter-ceo-billionaire-social-media/672542/) to [recent headlines](https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-shares-tumble-track-worst-month-ever-2022-12-22/), for many viewers, Bron’s mixture of bluster, hubris and half-baked ideas will likely bring to mind Twitter owner and part-time car enthusiast Elon Musk. The movie’s root conflict — Bron’s ouster of Helen’s sister Cassandra (Monáe) from the company they co-founded based on Cassandra’s idea — evokes [Mark Zuckerberg’s battles](https://www.businessinsider.com/how-mark-zuckerberg-booted-his-co-founder-out-of-the-company-2012-5) in [building Facebook](https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3391856&page=1). Partway into “Glass Onion,” the new sequel to 2019 murder mystery “Knives Out,” tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) excitedly outlines the “murder mystery” game he has devised for his guests.

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'Glass Onion': How they filmed the sculpture-smashing scene (Los Angeles Times)

Jessica Henwick as Peg, left, Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc and Janelle Monáe as Andi in “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” (John Wilson / Netflix).

... I had no idea what it was going to be like in the movie. “They cut just before I go, ‘I’m so f— sorry.’” “‘Let’s make sure we get it right because after the third day, we won’t have any left.’ So to me that was the stress ... “I’m like, ‘I know this is fun, but we have to time this out a little bit.’” But when it happened, and everybody was really good ... In a desperate move, Miles — who co-founded Alpha with Andi before cutting her out of the company and persuading their mutual friends to testify in court that he wrote the idea for Alpha on a napkin — sets Helen’s only shred of physical evidence on fire. “It felt like a rage room,” she said. “So everybody was so primed to want to smash that s—, I didn’t have to tell them anything. “You were always nervous,” Bergman added. Soon the rest of the vacationers — including those who previously defended Miles and betrayed Andi under oath — join in. Until, of course, it came time to shoot the climactic scene in which Miles’ esteemed guests turn against him and smash To avenge the murder of her identical twin, Helen (Janelle Monáe) presents the authentic bar napkin upon which her sister, Andi (also Monáe), penned the original plan for Alpha Industries.

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Why Is the Second Knives Out Film Titled Glass Onion? (TownandCountrymag.com)

The second installment in Rian Johnson's Knives Out franchise features Daniel Craig as Detective Benoit Blanc once more and a twisty whodunnit murder mystery.

Is it a glass man?' The first thing that came up, because I’m a huge Beatles fan, is 'Glass Onion.'" Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at [Hey Alma](https://www.heyalma.com/), a Jewish culture site. Benoit proclaims at one point during the film, which is why he struggled to solve the murder: It was so dumb and obvious. Is it a glass castle? They also sing "Looking through the bent-backed tulips /To see how the other half live / Looking through the glass onion." First, director Johnson was inspired by a 1968 Beatles song, and plays the song over the end credits of the film.

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The Glass Onion Ending, Explained (Seventeen.com)

The Knives Out sequel features a brand new all-star cast, including Janelle Monáe, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Madelyn Cline, Dave Bautista, Ethan Hawke, among ...

Helen acting like Andi would not only disband the friend group, but give her and Detective Blanc the clues they needed to crack the case. Andi was the only person who saw Miles as the genius he is, and he ultimately pushed Andi out of their company although she co-founded it. She also acted as a mole, or someone on the inside, to help Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) solve the murder since he wasn't invited to the island. So, why did Andi's twin sister Helen show up to the island in her place? Miles threw the entire party with his friends to cover up Duke's murder, which wasn't planned. He left the engine running and the garage door closed until she died from the fumes.

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The Ending of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Explained (HarpersBAZAAR.com)

The film is another deftly-crafted and hilarious ride, filled with Blanc's trademark drawl and the most cameos of any movie this year. It's also an incredibly- ...

As he attempts to rally the Disruptors, calling back to his earlier deception with the phrase, "We know what we all saw," the group says that they'll admit both the truth and some lies, rightfully pining Andi and Duke's murders on their former friend. It turns out that Duke had seen Miles leaving Andi's house on the day of her murder and figured out that the tech mogul had something to do with her death. By the end of his big deduction speech, Blanc has pulled back all the layers to show that nothing about the case was as complicated as it seemed. As in "Miles Bron, that asshole who destroyed the Mona Lisa with unstable super fuel." She makes it, and with the push of the statue, Miles gets his wish to be mentioned with the world-famous painting in the same breath. Duke died because of the allergic reaction, but Miles was able to spin it as an attempted poisoning targeted as himself, to avert suspicion. Filled with despair and rage, wanting to hurt Miles in any way possible, Helen starts breaking all of his stupid glass sculptures. When Helen came to Blanc about the murder, he realized the best way to investigate was to join Miles' weekend getaway, with Helen posing as Andi to shake the killer off-guard and help investigate. As for the poison, Duke and Miles did switch drinks, but it was Miles' move rather than an accident. On the day of her death, Andi had actually found the original napkin, which was etched with the bar's logo. It turned out that there didn't need to be a degree of separation between Miles and Andi's potential downfalls. It's also an incredibly-timely send up of misunderstood genius and the ultra-wealthy, in a truly jam-packed film.

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glass: Netflix releases 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery'. See all ... (The Economic Times)

'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' has been released on Netflix. Besides the leading roles, we have listed all the important cameos in the mystery movie.

[James Bond](/topic/james-bond)star Daniel Craig reprises his role as detective Benoit Blanc, who will be seen handling a new case. ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’, the American mystery movie, is produced and directed by The movie stars Daniel Craig, Edward Norton and Janelle Monáe in leading roles.

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That twisty 'Glass Onion' ending, explained (Mashable)

Let's break down the many twists and turns of Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."

He all but handed Miles the idea of the lights going out and someone getting shot. In short, Miles has to gaslight, gatekeep, and girlboss his way out of this. Throughout his stay on the island, Duke kept hinting that he saw Miles leaving Andi's — the word "pancake" does a lot of heavy lifting here — and trying to leverage Miles for a spot on Alpha News. There's truly a moment where it looks like Miles is going to get away with his crimes. Then, all he has to do is convince everyone that Duke simply made a mistake in picking up Miles's glass, shut off the lights, and shoot Helen (who he believes to be Andi) with the pistol he stole from Duke. Everyone who received Andi's e-mail rushed to find her, but only Duke saw Miles speeding away from the scene of the crime in his iconic Baby Blue car. When the news of Andi's death breaks online, Duke points it out to Miles in secret and forces his hand. Does Miles concoct an elaborate poison in order to dispatch of Duke? In the ensuing lawsuit, Miles shut her out of Alpha completely, claiming he had come up with the main idea of Alpha. The bullet lodged itself in one of Andi's journals that she was carrying around, allowing her to survive the murder attempt. As Benoit points out, it's almost too obvious, but it makes the most sense: Who stands to lose more from Miles being exposed than Miles himself? Miles may have invited his friends to his island to solve his murder, but he is not our victim.

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Daniel Craig as Hercule Poirot doesn't save Glass Onion: A Knives ... (ThePrint)

As a sequel to a hit film, Glass Onion fails to compete with its predecessor but watch it for its star studded cast and glossy production value.

Also present on the island is Blanc, bored by the pandemic and desperately searching for his next case. They are all invited to a remote island in Greece by tech billionaire Miles Bron for a luxurious weekend — and to solve the case of his ‘fake’ murder. Director Rian Johnson of Star Wars: The Last Jedi fame returns with another murder mystery, attempting to recreate Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot with its whodunits and following her signature peril-in-paradise style, seen in recent movie recreations of her novels like Death on the Nile.

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery review: Point Blanc (Livemint)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is bigger and more over-the-top than its delicious 2019 predecessor.

The term ‘glass onion’ is inspired by The Beatles song from the White Album and stands as a metaphor for things that seem complex but turn out to be transparent. Among the clues he sniffs out are Bron’s penchant for incorrectly using words and a quick assessment of each guest’s motives. Bron is a self-anointed disruptor, who surrounds himself with others who fit his loose and convenient definition of disruption. At the height of the covid pandemic, a clutch of friends receives a complicated box that, once deciphered, reveals itself to be an invitation to join billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) on his private estate on a Greek island for a weekend of fun and games. Introduced in 2019’s Knives Out, Benoit Blanc and Craig return to the sequel with broad Southern American accent intact and a voluble disdain for all things dumb. Not long after we have relished The White Lotus, about an ensemble of gloriously dressed people gathering at a plush resort, comes Glass Onion: Knives Out Mystery.

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'Glass Onion' Symbolism, Explained: Unpacking The Irony Of Miles ... (Digital Mafia Talkies)

Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" is yet another murder mystery that bluntly states, "Eat the rich." It has an all-new cast of characters,

In addition to all that, it’s amusing that Miles thinks (or at least claims) that the seawater that Klear has been made of or will be made of in the foreseeable future is abundant in nature. I mean, this is a 500-year-old painting that has been conserved with so many factors in mind, and then there’s this douchebag who is flouting all of that just so that he can flex in front of his friends. One is supposed to be transparent, and the other is supposed to be layered to conceal what’s at its center. And although Musk has dismissed hydrogen fuel as an alternative to oil and gas, his plans to revolutionize transportation have been unaffordable and impractical. His only achievement is hijacking the brainchild of a Black woman (Andi) and putting the future of the company created by her, and the futures of everyone associated with it atop an untested hydrogen-based fuel called Klear. His “efforts” to avoid traffic congestion led to, well, traffic congestion, and that too in an inescapable tube. He thinks his name should be uttered “in the same breath as Mona Lisa” because of his “scientific prowess.” But what he fails to comprehend is that da Vinci and the Mona Lisa have acquired this depth and popularity after years of work, passion, restoration, and analysis. So, despite all his adulation for the Mona Lisa, Bron fails to see his fundamental flaw, while Rian Johnson exposes our preference for instant fame over long-lasting greatness. FYI, the (ugly) artistic representation of Miles sits right across the painting of Mona Lisa. They call themselves “disruptors” because they are destroying everything that’s synonymous with the status quo in order to create a new norm. So, Miles loaned it to them, and in exchange, he moved the Mona Lisa from the Louvre to the Glass Onion. It’s filled to the brim with relevant social commentary and cameos (Ethan Hawke, Hugh Grant, Serena Williams, Natasha Lyonne, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Stephen Sondheim, Angela Lansbury, Yo-Yo Ma, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the Hourly Dong).

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How does 'Glass Onion' handle the COVID-19 pandemic? (Mashable)

Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" is set during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's how the film addresses the health crisis.

That seems to be why he's pushing for the launch of Klear, his form of clean energy that also happens to be incredibly volatile. They just have to get mysterious liquid sprayed in their mouths courtesy of Ethan Hawke ( Later in the film, we get another subtle shout-out to a hobby many took up during the first months of the COVID pandemic: baking. When Benoit's partner Philip (Hugh Grant) answers the door to their apartment, he's wearing an apron and covered in flour. Do they have to self-quarantine and get tested? But the award for the wildest mask — if we can even call it that — goes to the glamorous and gonzo Birdie Jay (Kate Hudson), who swans into Greece wearing a bedazzled mesh mask that certainly isn't protecting anyone from the spread of an airborne virus. Nowhere is this clearer than with schoolteacher Helen (Janelle Monáe), who tells Benoit about the difficulties of educating her young students in virtual classrooms. Business on the top, Birdie's sweatpants on the bottom. [Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab)] And then there's Birdie, who's hosting a lavish party full of people she claims are in her pod — including famous cellist Benoit Blanc's (Daniel Craig) stylish silk mask scores well on both fashion and function, emphasizing his smart desire to follow COVID safety protocols. From face masks to ill-advised parties, here are all the ways Glass Onion addresses COVID-19.

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The Ending of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Explained (TownandCountrymag.com)

Warning: Major spoilers ahead. Here's a full breakdown of that ending—why Benoit Blanc leaves, Helen destroys Miles's home, and burns down the Mona Lisa.

In the end, Helen succeeded in getting revenge, and justice, for her sister. Helen starts destroying all the glass sculptures in the room, and then sets the room on fire before she drops the Klear crystal—which she knows is unsafe around fire. But, Miles burns the napkin and pressures his friends to side with him. Then, Helen appears with the cocktail napkin Andi wrote—that proved Alpha Industries was her idea, not Miles's idea—and reveals her identity to the group. As the flashback catches up to real time, Benoit tells Helen to pretend to be dead as he figures out who shot her. When Benoit finds her, finally, she is wounded—and the characters think that she, too, has been killed.

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