Warning: Spoilers from “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.”
Benoit Blanc has stumbled into a contemptuous congregation hiding a murderous secret in his latest whodunnit, “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.”
Set in a small upstate New York town, the third installment in the “Knives Out” franchise from director and writer Rian Johnson tackles religion, false prophets and, of course, a complicated murder.
The film — now streaming on Netflix — is mostly told through the perspective of a young priest named Jud, played by Josh O’Connor, who is sent to help run a modest parish led by Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, portrayed by Josh Brolin. After meeting Wicks and developing a strained dynamic with him, he also meets the monsignor’s loyal congregation: Wicks’ right-hand woman Martha (Gle

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