Taika Waititi
In Jojo Rabbit, a satire from Taika Waititi, a young boy in Hitler’s army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
The first episode of What We Do In The Shadows is a macabre romp that remarkably adds and expounds upon the comedic elements of its filmic progenitor.
Thor: Ragnarok may be a fun time, but it’s also disruptive to the MCU as a whole, trading real drama and storytelling for cheap laughs.
In the age of over-bloated Hollywood tentpoles and remakes, Thor: Ragnarok is truly King of the…
Sketch comedy challenges the audience and explores unconventional ideas; this pushes directors to bring this mindset into feature films.
Thor: Ragnarok wants you to know that Thor is funny. It may not be most appropriate time to emphasize this given that Cate Blanchett’s Hela is out to destroy Asgard.
Like much of writer/director Taika Waititi’s other work, Hunt for the Wilderpeople finds humor in asking us to laugh at its characters. They all have some ridiculous traits, and we’re free to have fun at their expense. Some of them are delusional, some of them are myopic, and some of them totally lack self-consciousness.
What We Do In The Shadows is a mockumentary that expertly takes the piss out of the currently very glamorous pop culture status of the historic monster, the vampire. It initially features four vampires who live together in a flat in Wellington, New Zealand. All have arrived there for different reasons: