Killer maker: Review of ‘How to Make a Killing’

Published February 27, 2026 4:36am ET



Gone are the days when stars seemed to go from strength to strength — when Tom Hanks, for instance, followed Philadelphia with Forrest Gump, and Forrest Gump with Apollo 13, and Apollo 13 with Toy Story. Far more common is the stop-and-start trajectory of even an actress as comely and appealing as Sydney Sweeney, whose megahit Anyone but You was followed by such less-than-megahits as Eden and Americana, until The Housemaid restored her promise.

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