'Mountainhead' Packs a Sobering Warning Within Its 'Tech Bros Gone Wild' Satire

Although "Mountainhead" is being tossed out as Emmy bait - landing on the eligibility deadline - the HBO movie won't be everyone's cup of tea. Yet the underlying warning in "Succession" creator Jesse Armstrong's film exploring the toxic combination of oligarchs, AI and disinformation merits some sober reflection beyond its "Tech Bros Gone Wild" satire and silliness. Armstrong obviously gave the world a lot to chew on (and HBO a bunch of Emmys) with "Succession," especially with its chapters about how the show's fictional but very Murdoch-like media dynasty, the . . .