14 Movies To Watch In December: ‘Babylon,’ ‘The Whale,’ ‘Glass Onion’ & More

Where there’s a mystery, there’s Benoit Blanc to solve the case. Daniel Craig‘s southern detective returns to help identify a killer in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which hit Netflix on Friday, December 23.

When Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery arrives on Netflix on Friday, it will be more than just fans of the original film and Daniel Craig’s striped swimwear getting primed for the holiday movie bow.

, they're colleagues.On December 15, the Garden State director and Scrubs star shared a trailer for his latest film starring , Morgan Freeman, and Molly Shannon. Written and directed by A Good Person will be released in March and features an almost unrecognizable version of the Midsommer and star. Previously in February 2021, Pugh plays Allison, a woman who “falls apart” after being involved in an accident that killed her would-be sister-in-law.

If you’ve seen “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” you know, like its predecessor, “Knives Out,” it’s a delicate, intricate web of intrigue with lots of characters and several mystery strings that can be pulled on. Cleverly written and directed by Rian Johnson (“Knives Out,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”), “Glass Onion” spins a lot of plates, including a dense murder mystery and an all-star cast that includes Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline with Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista.

Audiences expected Rian Johnson to deliver in 2019 with his sleuth comedy “Knives Out.” But nobody expected the film to become a runaway hit. In short, the film raked at the box office, making $311 million on a $40 million budget.

The Best Picture field is narrowing. Well, to be honest, there have always been a bunch of unlikely players in the mix, but with the recent screenings of Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon” and Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation,” the list of ten likely nominees is getting a bit clearer.

EXCLUSIVE: The holiday season has arrived and Deadline has your exclusive first look at the trailer for Must Love Christmas, starring The Equalizer’s Liza Lapira. The CBS TV movie premieres on December 11.

Here’s another bucket of cold water for the budding romance between Netflix and exhibitors.

Over the 5-day Thanksgiving stretch, Netflix’s one week sneak preview of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery buried all new and old major studio adult counterprogramming with an estimated $13.3M over 5-days for what is projected to be a $15M first week by Tuesday.

Star-studded. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has a huge cast of stars announced as headliners, but the cameos are just as iconic, marking the final film for both the late Angela Lansbury and Stephen Sondheim.

, and Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara. After seeing Glass Onion, I am convinced that there is a new iconic performance to add to the list: Kate Hudson as Birdie Jay.In Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Hudson has scene-stealing comedic delivery, effortless charisma, and exceptional character work.