It's Oscar preview time on The Countdown, as the guys review the closest thing they're likely to get to the upcoming Academy Awards with Mank. This David Fincher film was written by his late father some 30 years ago and tries to be period accurate in depicting Herman J Mankiewicz as he writes the screenplay to one of the most famous films of all time, Citizen Kane.

 

But is it any good, or is it a whole pile of Hollywood self-grandiosing w*nk?

 

Find out as The Countdown continues ...

 

Time Stamps:

Mank SPOILER-FREE Review : 0:00 - 15:03

Mank SPOILER-FILLED Discussion: 15:03 - 19:08

Final Thoughts Including Potential Spoilers: 19:08 - 19:59

 

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