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Rian Johnson Talks Star Wars, Knives Out & More

Episode Summary

Writer/director Rian Johnson joins the show to talk about his latest movie, Knives Out, reflect on Star Wars: The Last Jedi criticisms, and more.

Episode Notes

Rian Johnson Talks Star Wars, Knives Out & More

Writer/director Rian Johnson, the mind behind Brick, Looper and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, joins the show to talk about his latest, Knives Out, and look back at some incredible moments in his career. He shares stories from the set, his time writing the script and more.

Also this week, the guys react to the latest clip released for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Jake and Sean react to 1917, and share what it's done to their Top 10 lists as well as the awards race. Then the guys give their spoiler-free opinions on some films hitting theaters this week including Knives Out and Queen & Slim.

For this week's BlendGame, we are looking at the Murder Mystery genre with #MurderMysteryBlend! For next week, you can play along on Twitter with #RomComBlend when we'll have to decide our FAVORITE Romantic Comedy.

This Week In Movies

Almost Home (starring David Alan Basche, Kevin Breznahan)
Queen & Slim (starring Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith)
Knives Out (starring Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Daniel Craig)

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