How to Make a Killing
Not to be confused with a 2024 French black comedy with the title How to Make a Killing (in English at least), this one is from 2026 and stars Glen Powell. A remake of 1949’s Kind Hearts and Coronets, it is, you know, OK, and demonstrates (yet again) how good those Ealing chaps were at cranking out superficially slight comedies with a stiletto subtext. Director/adapter John Patton Ford updates things to the 21st century, where little Becket Redfellow (Powell as an adult, Grady Wilson as a kid) is born into a wealthy family but is kicked out of it when his mother marries beneath her. Having grown up broke, and having promised his … Read more
