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HOW TO MAKE A KILLING – Review by Susan Granger

April 13, 2026April 12, 2026 Susan Granger ed harris, Glen Powell, How to Make a Killing, John Patton Ford, margaret qualley, raff law, Topher Grace

Have you ever seen a delectable British black comedy called Kind Hearts and Coronets? Released in 1949, it starred Alec Guiness as the debonair son of a woman disowned by her aristocratic family for marrying below her class. After she dies, he decides to acquire his inheritance by murdering eight relatives ahead of him in the line of succession – with Guiness playing all of them! Insipidly written and blandly directed by John Patton Ford, How to Make a Killing re-imagines that rudimentary concept, with casting Glen Powell as the disowned grandson of an uber-wealthy Ed Harris.

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HOW TO MAKE A KILLING – Review by Leslie Combemale

February 17, 2026February 19, 2026 Leslie Combemale ed harris, Glen Powell, How to Make a Killing, Jessica Henwick, John Patton Ford, Kind Hearts and Coronets, margaret qualley, Topher Grace

I know most people who aren’t film obsessed don’t know the 1949 Alec Guinness classic Kind Hearts and Coronets, but it’s a great film. BFI ranked the black comedy 6th on its list Top 100 British Films. Writer/director John Patton Ford has now mined the film for his new black comedy thriller How to Make a Killing. There was never any way it would live up to its predecessor, and it pushes the envelope in terms of demands for audiences to suspend disbelief. Still, as a dark cautionary tale about greed, and yet another affirmation of Powell’s star power and talent, it succeeds well enough on its own merits.

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HOW TO MAKE A KILLING – Review by T. J. Callahan

February 17, 2026February 19, 2026 T. J. Callahan ed harris, Glen Powell, How to Make a Killing, Jessica Henwick, John Patton Ford, Kind Hearts and Coronets, margaret qualley, Topher Grace

Glen Powell has been making a killing at the box office with his pretty face, but how long can he rely on his good looks before he’s forced to lean a little more into this acting thing? He takes it to the next level as the leading man in How to Make a Killing, a dark comedy about a son determined to get back what he rightfully deserves.

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TRUTH – Review by Susan Granger

October 14, 2015March 11, 2025 Susan Granger 0 Comments 60 minutes, cate blanchett, Dennis Quaid, elisabeth moss, James Vanderbilt, mary mapes, robert redford, Topher Grace, truth, truth-based

James Vanderbilt’s Truth examines the scandal that erupted after CBS Nightly News anchor Dan Rather ran a “60 Minutes” segment asserting that President George W. Bush used family connections to avoid combat in Vietnam and never fulfilled his tenure in the Texas Air National Guard. If this report had not been subsequently discredited, it might have tipped the 2004 Presidential election to Democrat John Kerry. Yet – as of now – basic questions still have not been answered: how did George W. Bush, who was not a pilot, get into the Guard and why was he excused from duty on the base to which he was assigned?

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, Nov. 3-9: INTERSTELLAR

November 3, 2014November 10, 2014 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments Anne Hathaway, casey affleck, Ellen Burstyn, jessica chastain, John Lithgow, kristy puchko, maryann johanson, Matthew McConaughey, michael caine, nell minow, Sandra Kraisirideja, Topher Grace, Wes Bentley

Opening Nov. 7, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Interstellar, Christopher Nolan’s long-awaited science fiction epic which stars Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway as astronauts on a mission to find humanity a new home. With it’s stunning visuals and sweeping themes, it’s one of the big screen experiences of the year. Read on…