[Satire] Mountainhead Actor Cory Michael Smith on How His Character Is Like The Riddler

Mountainhead: Succession writer Jesse Armstrong's new film takes aim at tech billionaires

Satire Mountainhead centres on a bunch of tech bros meeting up to compare bank balances, as an international crisis they appear to have stoked rages, and it could help lower viewers' anxiety, according to its writer.

Mountainhead Actor Cory Michael Smith on How His Character is Like The Riddler

It’s been exactly two years since we said goodbye to Succession. Now, series creator Jesse Armstrong is back to fill that Waystar Royco-sized hole in your heart. Mountainhead, a new movie starring Steve Carell, Ramy Youssef, Jason Schwartzman, and Cory Michael Smith, hits HBO and Max this weekend. The film tells the story of four ultra-rich tech titans who huddle up for a luxe mountain weekend as the world reels from the AI-induced consequences …

Mountainhead is a tech-bro horror show

Here in my TV critic’s penthouse, with its giant bags of snacks, hand-knitted throws and wraparound 24/7 flatscreens, Jesse “Succession” Armstrong has at last chucked me some more red meat to chew on in the form of Mountainhead, a film he has both written and directed. Obviously, I couldn’t be more pleased. The stomach has been rumbling for a while now. I still miss his last lot of monsters; part of me will always mourn Tom Wambsgans.  But it ha…

Mountainhead, The Mortician: What's New to Watch on Max the Week of May 30, 2025

Starting the new month off, Max has tons of movies, including a new takedown of the ultra-rich from the creator of Succession, a sultry Italian Cannes hit, and more

HBO’s Bleak Tech-Bro Comedy Explained

[This story contains spoilers from HBO‘s movie Mountainhead.] For a lot of HBO’s film Mountainhead, the comedy in writer-director Jesse Armstrong’s script is especially darkish. 4 tech moguls gathered for a bros’ weekend at a Rocky Mountain retreat owned by one among them watch on TV and their telephones because the world descends into chaos, thanks in no small half to the social media app one among them controls. Because the unrest grows, the…

Saturday, May 31: Billionaires Party While the World Crumbles in HBO's 'Mountainhead'

Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith and Ramy Youssef star in this film directed by Jesse Armstrong ('Succession'). [...] The post Saturday, May 31: Billionaires Party While the World Crumbles in HBO’s ‘Mountainhead’ appeared first on Channel Guide Magazine.