"Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this week, and so far the reviews have been glowing. A lot of the praise has been heaped on the gothic vibes, as well as the charming scrappy performance from co-lead Josh O'Connor, but I think the biggest achievement is how fresh the movie feels. "Wake Up Dead Man" is definitely not a repeat of "Glass Onion," nor is it a repeat of "Knives Out," and that's the best thing about it.

The first two "Knives Out" films were all about class: skewering first the old-money rich with the Harlan family, and then the new-money rich with Miles Bron. "Wake Up Dead Man," though, is all about religion, and it's not just here to skewer it. There are a few repeated motifs from the earlier films (notably, writer/di

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