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The U.S. has been the most obese nation on the planet for over two decades now. Food is pumped with unnecessary sugar and empty calories, the average lifestyle is more sedentary than active and seeing overweight people everywhere has become so normalized that we hardly notice it. Despite that normalcy, most people agree that this epidemic is deeply unhealthy. Therefore, we need to start paying more attention to diets and fitness.

The U.S. has been the most obese nation on the planet for over two decades now. Food is pumped with unnecessary sugar and empty calories, the average lifestyle is more sedentary than active and seeing overweight people everywhere has become so normalized that we hardly notice it. Despite that normalcy, most people agree that this epidemic is deeply unhealthy. Therefore, we need to start paying more attention to diets and fitness.

Underwhelming Sequel

A film to watch, but not rewatch Reviews

By Laynie Clark Managing Editor

SPOILER-FREE

“Ladies and gentlemen, there has been a murder and the killer is in plain sight.”

In 2019, actor Daniel Craig had audiences on the edge of their seats in the American mystery “Knives Out.” Stacked with a stellar cast, “Knives Out” is a dark, dramatic mystery filled with family feuds and fraud that had fans begging for more. Fast forward three years and fans have been blessed with the newest film, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”

“Glass Onion” takes place in 2020, right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Miles Bron — played by Edward Norton — is a wealthy playboy that invites his strung-out friends to an annual party; this year, the theme is murder mystery. To fit the theme, Bron also invites the world’s greatest detective: Benoit Blanc, portrayed by Craig. Blanc shows up to this high-dollar party in an appreciative mood but quickly finds himself immersed in what could be an actual murder mystery.

From the beginning, it is clear that director Rian Johnson wanted to go in a completely different direction with “Glass Onion” and leave “Knives Out” in his rearview mirror. Where the first film features gothic manors and forests buried in fog, the second film bathes its characters in beachy colors and private islands. The change in scenery is an immediately eye-catching difference that makes the audience feel hopeful for the rest of the film, though the same cannot be said for the characters.

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Vol. 65, Issue 5