Tag Archives: Armando Iannucci
Girls Who Want to Be 'Veep'

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

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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