John Serba

1 week ago | decider.com | John Serba

The premise for Mountainhead (now streaming on HBO Max) is like a joke setup: Four noxiously rich tech bros hole up in a lodge for a weekend while the world burns, in part because of their actions; hijinks ensue? It’s a pitch-black comedy from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, who, perhaps unsurprisingly, further explores the moral decay of rich and powerful Americans, here played by very funny guys Ramy Youssef, Steve Carell, Jason Schwarzman and Cory Michael Smith.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | John Serba

The premise for Mountainhead (now streaming on HBO Max) is like a joke setup: Four noxiously rich tech bros hole up in a lodge for a weekend while the world burns, in part because of their actions; hijinks ensue? It’s a pitch-black comedy from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, who, perhaps unsurprisingly, further explores the moral decay of rich and powerful Americans, here played by very funny guys Ramy Youssef, Steve Carell, Jason Schwarzman and Cory Michael Smith.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | John Serba

17 hours agoMountainhead ReviewA tech bro satire that tells you what to feel instead of making you feel it. Directed by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, Mountainhead exists in …1 hour agoWhat Does Ultra Wealth Look Like? In HBO’s “Mountainhead,” the “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong uses subtle status symbols — and a secluded $65 million ski chalet — to convey hierarchy among the 0.001 percent.

1 week ago | decider.com | John Serba

The Heart Knows (now on Netflix) is a tug-your-heartstrings romance that’s literally about hearts: Benjamin Vicuna plays a rich man in need of a heart transplant, and the donor is a poor man, and after the surgery and funeral, the rich man meets the poor man’s widow and… well, no spoilers, but it gets complicated, as only movies about rich men with poor men’s transplanted hearts who meet the poor man’s widow can be.

1 week ago | decider.com | John Serba

A Widow’s Game (now on Netflix) is a BOATS (Based On A True Story) movie based on the story of the “Black Widow of Patraix,” a murder case that played out in Valencia, Spain in 2017.