Mountainhead (2*): This Satirical Comedy of Shameless Tech Billionaires Is A Stylish Failure.
One Mann’s Movies Film Review of “Mountainhead”. Great concept. Shame about the delivery. 2/5.
Armando Iannucci
The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG): A surprising departure by Iannucci.
A One Mann’s Movies review of The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020). Bob the Movie Man’s Rating: So, as a part of the latest lockdown, I’m trying to revisit some of the movies I missed at the cinema during 2020. And “The Personal History of David Copperfield” is a case in point, released in … Read more
One Mann's Movies Film Review: The Death of Stalin (2017).
Death…. Torture…. Child Abuse…. LOL?? Armando Iannucci is most familiar to TV audiences on both sides of the pond for his cutting political satire of the likes of “Veep” and “The Thick of It”, with his only previous foray into directing movies being “In the Loop”: a spin-off of the latter series. Lovers of his … Read more
One Mann's Movies Film Review: The Big Sick (2017).
Just what the doctor ordered: a charming and thoughtful summer comedy. Romance and comedy work together beautifully on film: love is innately ridiculous after all! But mix in a dramatic element – particularly a serious medical emergency – to a Rom Com and you walk a dangerous line between on the one hand letting the … Read more