WHAT IT'S ABOUT Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns to the screen in "Wake Up Dead Man," the third entry in the "Knives Out" movie series from writer-director Rian Johnson.

The expert sleuth with the Southern drawl takes second billing to Jud Duplenticy (Josh O'Connor), a Catholic priest sent to an upstate New York parish lorded over by the firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (a ranting and raving Josh Brolin, complete with long hair and a bushy beard).

Wicks has maintained a small but devoted following. The inner circle consists of Martha Delacroix (Glenn Close), who helps run the parish; local doctor Nat Sharp (Jeremy Renner); attorney Vera Draven (Kerry Washington); sci-fi author Lee Ross (Andrew Scott); Simone Vivane (Cailee Spaeny), a cellist with a nerve condition; and f

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