Posts Tagged ‘Taika Waititi’
Episode 42 – The King of Staten Island
On this week’s podcast, we review the new Judd Apatow film, The King of Staten Island, starring SNL cast member, Pete Davidson. For our streaming homework, we also review Taika Waititi‘s 2016 film, Hunt For The Wilderpeople, which is available to watch on Hulu. Before…
READ MOREEpisode 27 – Jojo Rabbit and Dolemite is My Name
In this episode of the podcast, we discuss the World War 2 satire, Jojo Rabbit, written and directed by Marvel alumni Taika Waititi. Keith also gushes about the new Disney Plus Star Wars series, The Mandalorian. For our Netflix homework, we also review the new Eddie…
READ MOREFilm Review – Jojo Rabbit
Jojo Rabbit tries to ride a tightrope of humor and tragedy but wobbles way too much. Nazis and comedy can be a surprisingly strong combination, with classics like The Producers and more recent films like Inglourious Basterds making fun of the worst monsters of history…
READ MOREFilm Review – Thor: Ragnarok
Hey, look! A good Thor movie! Out of all the central characters featured so far in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor has remained a blank slate. Thor (2011) and Thor: The Dark World (2013) are two of the more forgettable entries into the MCU, mostly…
READ MORETop 15 Films Of 2016 – Allen’s Picks
When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to grow up. Adults got to do all the cool things. Every year seemed to drag by at a snail’s pace. Now that I actually am an adult, time has been moving way too fast. I keep…
READ MOREFilm Review — Hunt for the Wilderpeople
There’s not enough feel-good comedies out there. Everything seems to either be romcoms or incredibly raunchy comedies nowadays (not that there’s anything wrong with those films, just the overabundance of them). But it wasn’t until I watched Taika Waititi’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople that I…
READ MOREThe MacGuffin’s Top 10 Films of 2015
The writers at The MacGuffin all had a favorite film of 2015. The neat thing about writing for a site like this one is that there are many voices and opinions on all different types of films. We don’t all agree on how much we…
READ MOREFilm Review – What We Do in the Shadows
I know what you’re thinking: “Oh god, another vampire movie? No thank you!” Well, hold your horses right there, friend. Despite the vampire genre getting played to death in the last few years, Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s What We Do in the Shadows (2014)…
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