Tag Archives: Armando Iannucci

Girls Who Want to Be ‘Veep’

Two new HBO comedies that will debut next month on SoHo are tipped for renewal after only a couple of airings in the US. New York magazine reports a solid debut for Veep, HBO’s answer to The Thick of It, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and despite more modest ratings for Girls, is confident it, too, will [...]

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Blu-ray of the Day: In the Loop

Cast: Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, James Gandolfini, Anna Chlumsky, David Rasche, Steve Coogan. Director: Armando Iannucci. Screenplay: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche. Score: Adem Ilhan. Cinematography: Jamie Cairney. What Yes, Minister might have been to the Falklands War, In the Loop is to the Iraq War. Spun off TV’s The [...]

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