Written by Rian Johnson, you can see Glass Onion on Netflix. It is well worth the Watch!
It is a lavish production which has an outstanding cast including James Bond star Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Madelyn Cline, Kathryn Hahn, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista.
This film was released in 2022 and is a murder mystery film with hints of Agatha Christie. Johnson had indicated that he wanted to write a whodunnit in the style of stories he liked such as Evil Under the Sun and Death on the Nile. He has done so with great style! Glass Onion as it is known is the sequel to the Knives Out film which was released in 2019. Daniel Craig plays the role of super sleuth detective Benoit Blanc. He is tasked with unravelling crimes relating to the tech billionaire Miles Bron. The character Bron is superbly played by the talented actor, Edward Norton. This beautifully crafted movie was filmed in Belgrade and the Greek Island of Spetses. It has received great acclaim from reviewers and It was listed as one of the top ten films of 2022 by the National Board of Review. It also received two nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards.
Netflix bought the rights to two Knives Out sequels in 2019 for a whopping 469 million US Dollars.
I do not wish to spoil your viewing by giving away the plot. However, during the pandemic the billionaire Miles Bron holds a murder mystery game at his home, the Glass Onion, which is located on his private island in Greece. He invites several friends and the renowned detective Benoit Blanc. And from there the intricate plot with beautiful cinematography unfolds!
Owen Gleiberman of Variety said of Glass Onion that it is “a bigger, showier, even more elaborately multi-faceted shell-game mystery” than the first film.
See Glass Onion on Netflix and prepare yourself for a most unusual and visually exciting murder mystery fiction experience
I have many favourite authors of spy novels, crime and thrillers. There are the older greats of the writing world and many new entrants who have immense talent. Some of my favourites include: John Verdon, Jo Nesbo, Ian Rankin, Agatha Christie, James Ellroy, Michelle Rowe, Hjorth Rosenfeldt, James Lee Burke, J. D. Robb, Philip Kerr, Karin Slaughter, Ragnar Jonasson, Maurizio De Giovanni and Peter James.
One of my last all time favourite is the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Thrillers, political thrillers and fiction generally has been taken to new heights by companies such as Netflix and Amazon.
Many authors who are listed above are very popular and they have been translated into many other languages such as French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
Why not pick up a book from one of these great writers and spend a few hours enjoying being with yourself and the author.
Will See Glass, by the writer Ido Graf, be the next blockbuster film or Netflix Original for the coming year of 2021?
The movie and television industry has reinvigorated itself over the last few years with great films and diverse series coming out of Hollywood and Netflix Originals. It has been the saving of many of us during the pandemic. The great Hollywood studios such as Universal Pictures, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures have been a life saver.
Who among us has not sat glued to the TV unable to pull ourselves away as we wait for a new Hollywood blockbuster release or the next instalment of a Netflix Original series …I have felt as if I am an addict – unable to drag myself from the screen even to pour another glass of wine. I cannot help it – some of these series are just so professionally written and engaging that I feel lost without them.
When I get though every episode of a series, I am often suffering withdrawal. Sometimes it even starts before I finish watching every episode which is available! I look down the diminishing list of episodes that I have left and feel a gut-wrenching sense of loss – what will I possibly do when the series is complete?
I begin to question myself! Could Netflix be playing a joke on their viewers – Surely, I don’t have to wait a month until the next series is released? Have I misread the list of episodes? Maybe there are more that I didn’t notice? Yes that’s it!
I knew that I should have stopped at the last bottle of wine – my vision is going! It’s all been a horrible hallucination! Yes, it’s true – there is another series and more episodes available! Have I got time to run to the kitchen to grab another bottle of wine and some crisps before it starts – Oh and a saucepan too so I can go to the toilet while I’m sat on the sofa?
I make a dash for it!
But no, it’s not true! There is not another series yet! What a nightmare! So I start watching it again to stave off depression while I wait for the next series to be released.
I know! I think to myself – I will watch the whole series again on the TV from the start with my right eye which will help me to keep a grip. Then I can hold up my phone and scan with my left eye to search for another new series to get hooked on.
Then I realise that with two hands in use I cannot use my saucepan or drink my wine. Fortunately, these problems are less insurmountable than my issues with SLL, ‘Series Love Loss’.
I lean forward without taking either eye from the screens and grasp the lip of the bottle with my teeth. I slowly tilt my head back while keeping my balance and without either eye losing contact with the screens. Then a heartfelt memory of one of the greatest Hollywood films comes to mind – Apollo 13. My lips form a manic grin as I compare myself to those astronauts – they thought they were attempting the impossible with little measure for error! If they could see me now, then they would realise that they had it easy!
I am beginning to sweat now as things are becoming critical! I just must GO PEE! This is an absolute crisis! Unperturbed and unrelenting as the right eye is seeing a clever pot twist and the left eye has found something interesting – I shift my weight on the sofa and use the toes of both feet to grip the saucepan to pull it towards me – a task made more difficult from slippery food residue on the outside from a week ago when I last ate something.
Then things enter a critical stage – I am beginning to break down – the pressure is too great. Something must give!
Then just in the nick of time when the plot twist in my right eye is at its pinnacle – my body gives up. I cannot hold back the floodgates anymore. The sofa is soaking wet, but at least it is warm – I drop the saucepan and life just keeps on giving. I am reminded of Apollo 13 again – they went in their underwear – I am sure I read that somewhere years ago!
I will tell my girlfriend that when she gets home – she will understand! Then suddenly my left eye has found a new series with great reviews – it just gets better and better!
My body relaxes and I feel an uplifting rush like none I have ever felt before! Roll on happiness!
Netflix is based in Los Gatos, California and since it started with that iconic series House of Cards, it has not looked back.
The Editor and Publisher of Southwest Florida online wrote a very full review of the conspiracy novel, See Glass and said in his final comment, ‘I would imagine a screenwriter could polish See Glass off and make a very dandy film thriller.’
Will this clever political conspiracy thriller which is available on Amazon be the next Hollywood or Netflix Original hit of this year.
The book See Glass by Ido Graf, is a fast-paced, action, political thriller which has been described as having a style like Tom Clancy. I agree with that but I would also say, Frederick Forsyth as both authors researched their novels in great detail, as does Graf. They all intertwine fact with fiction giving novels of profound insight and realism.
Sea Glass is a contemporary thriller set in various exotic locations such as North America, Europe and the Middle East.
The story begins in a small Andalusian fishing village when a redundant reporter meets a former Foreign Legionnaire by chance. The story he is told appears to be fictitious, but as the journalist begins to dig deeper …the boundaries between fact and fiction begin to blur and the danger increases.
A top story for men and women that encompasses secrets, spies, hidden Nazi gold and politicians across the northern hemisphere.
The new book See Glass by thriller, adventure, espionage story writer Ido Grafhas all the twists of a Nelson DeMille bestseller novel. DeMille’s Plum Island is one of my best fiction books of all time. See Glass is one of my picks for best fiction books of 2020.
Another great fiction book writer I have read recently is Ben MacIntyre. His book The Spy and the Traitor is a riveting book and another of my top fiction books to read. It’s the sort of book that would make a great contemporary film or TV series.
Many new streaming services have appeared in recent years. Film production companies such as Metro Goldwyn Mayer and Paramount Pictures have been joined by others such as HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Studios, Sky TV,Crackle and Disney+.
See Glass by Ido Graf is available now either as a paperback , large print book or as a Kindle eBook on Amazon. It is also available on Amazon or Audible as an audiobook.
The book tells of the subversion of the US democracy by a President in league with right-wing, neo-Nazi groups, the Russian President and other groups. A political thriller that will really make you think!
