Hugh Bonneville

One Mann's Movies Film Review: Viceroy's House (2017)

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The 80:20 Rule. India, 1947. Churchill’s government has sent Lord Grantham – –  sorry — Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma (Hugh Bonneville, “The Monuments Men“) as the new Viceroy. His mission is to make sure he is the last ever Viceroy, for India is to be returned to independence. But racial tensions between the Hindu and … Read more

One Mann’s Movies Film Review: The Monuments Men (2014)

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The Monuments Men is allegedly a true story (though I suspect rather embellished) of a mission by allied art lovers to save the wealth of public and private art from being captured by Nazi Germany and/or destroyed on Hitler’s death.  The real life photos over the end-titles indicate that it certainly wasn’t all made up. … Read more