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Alexander Morton death: Monarch of the Glen actor and Leo Woodall’s stepdad dies, aged 81

Alexander Morton death: Monarch of the Glen actor and Leo Woodall’s stepdad dies, aged 81

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Monarch of the Glen actor Alexander Morton has died, aged 81. The star, who was the stepfather of White Lotus actor Leo Woodall, was best known for his role in the British series about a man trying to restore his childhood home in the Scottish highlands. He played Golly Mackenzie, a member of staff at Glenbogle, the estate the lead character inherits from his late father. Morton appeared in all 64 episodes of the show, which ran from 2000 to 2005. ‘Monarch of the Glen’ star Alexander Morton has died (BBC) The actor, who trained at Central School of Speech and Drama in London, was a stalwart of television, starring in series ranging from Casualty and Taggart to Luther and Shetland. He also founded the Raindog Theatre Company with actors Robert Carlyle and Caroline Paterson and, in the early 1990s, was …

How to Make a Killing review – Glen Powell disappoints in this limp ‘eat the rich’ comedy

How to Make a Killing review – Glen Powell disappoints in this limp ‘eat the rich’ comedy

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter There’s some deception at work in How to Make a Killing. And, no, it’s not the string of murders committed by Glen Powell’s Becket Redfellow in order to trim his family tree and secure a generous inheritance. It’s the fact that writer-director John Patton Ford’s film has been presented to us as “inspired by” the classic 1949 Ealing comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets, itself adapted from a 1907 novel. “Inspired by” hardly covers it. How to Make a Killing is a conventional remake, replicating many of its characters and narrative beats, while failing to capture any of its frosty charm – or the trick of having Alec Guinness play eight different characters. Both director and star have shied away from the thrilling moral apathy of the original film’s antihero, played by Dennis Price, who declares it a stroke of good luck …

How to Make a Killing review: Glen Powell makes millions from murder in watchable but derivative thriller

How to Make a Killing review: Glen Powell makes millions from murder in watchable but derivative thriller

Published by Daniella Wilson

How to Make a Killing is in cinemas from 11 March. Add it to your watchlist There has never been a worse time to be a rich person in a film. In the last seven years alone, Parasite, The Menu, Ready or Not, Triangle of Sadness, Knives Out and Saltburn have all seen the proverbial 1% meet gruesome ends, as the “eat the rich” subgenre has united audiences against a common enemy. With this in mind, How to Make a Killing, the new thriller starring Glen Powell, both joins these ranks with ease and fails to stand out from the crowd. It is adequately watchable and aims to be keenly modern, but is undercut by a failure to escape roots in a British film from 1949. Written and directed by John Patton Ford (Emily the Criminal), the film opens with Becket Redfellow (Powell) having his last meal while in a cell on death row. As he enters his final few hours, he recounts to a priest provided by the penitentiary how he murdered his way …

Nexstar lays off local TV journalists including Glen Walker, Lu Parker

Nexstar lays off local TV journalists including Glen Walker, Lu Parker

Published by Sam Flores

Nexstar Media Group is slashing personnel from its TV stations, including several on-air veterans at Los Angeles outlet KTLA. Glen Walker and Lu Parker, anchors of KTLA’s late morning and midday newscasts, are out along with meteorologist Mark Kriski, according to people briefed on the moves not authorized to speak publicly. Kriski had been with KTLA since 1991, while Walker has been at the station’s anchor desk since 2010. Parker joined KTLA in 2005. A representative for Nexstar said the company does not comment on personnel issues, adding it is “taking steps necessary to compete effectively in this period of unprecedented change.” The layoffs are part of a company-wide cost reduction across Nexstar’s stations. The Irving, Texas-based media giant, which recently agreed to a $6.2-billion merger with station group Tegna, is looking for savings as traditional TV viewing declines and puts pressure on ad revenue as consumers continue to move to video-streaming platforms. Television station groups have been lobbying the government to lift restrictions that limit them to 39% coverage of U.S households. They say …

Glen Powell in Toothless Black Comedy

Glen Powell in Toothless Black Comedy

Published by Daniella Wilson

Trying to find your niche as a movie star isn’t easy. Take Glen Powell, for instance, who possesses the sort of matinee idol good looks and charisma that only great genes can provide. Powell has enjoyed great success with continuations of hit franchises, like Top Gun: Maverick and Twisters. And like his not dissimilar predecessor Matthew McConaughey, he’s perfect for romantic comedies, as Anyone but You proved. But he’s also clearly ambitious enough to want to stretch himself. Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, which he also co-wrote, worked beautifully, but that was primarily a streaming release. And when Powell attempted to get into macho leading man mode in the big-budget sci-fi actioner The Running Man, he stumbled badly. You have to give him credit for again trying something different with John Patton Ford’s How to Make a Killing, loosely inspired by the classic 1949 British comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets. As with that classic film, the central character is a man, disowned by the patriarch of his wealthy family (Ed Harris, given only one real scene …

‘How to Make a Killing’ review: Glen Powell stars in A24’s eat-the-rich comedy

‘How to Make a Killing’ review: Glen Powell stars in A24’s eat-the-rich comedy

Published by skeptic

Parasite. Saltburn. Ready or Not. Triangle of Sadness. The Menu. Send Help. The last few years have offered moviegoers a feast of wild and compelling eat-the-rich comedies. However, A24’s latest, How to Make a Killing, should not be counted among them.  SEE ALSO: 2026 movie preview: All the films you need to know about right now This film’s predecessors offered scorching social commentary, scandalous twists, gross-out gags or gag-worthy gore, and dark humor so grim you might choke on your laughter. How to Make a Killing, however, is tame by comparison. In every way, writer/director John Patton Ford (Emily the Criminal) has dulled the edge of the very premise, creating a dark comedy that feels less like punching up and more like a defeated shrug.  How to Make a Killing has a video game premise.  Glen Powell stars as Becket Redfellow, the firstborn son of a poised New York socialite, who should have been able to grant him every privilege — no matter how obscene — of the ultra-rich.  However, because Becket was conceived out of wedlock, his mother …