Taika Waititi Archives

A Groundhog Day Perspective on Ryan Reynold’s Free Guy

September 19, 2021

We all know that things have been all over the place, thanks to the devastation caused by Plague 2.0. There used to be an order to things; films came out in the cinema for a few weeks or months, depending on how popular it was assessed they would be. The phrase “released directly to video” […]

Mandalorian Season Three is Going to Happen! (spoiler free news for Mando fans)

May 31, 2020

I know we’ve only seen season one of the groundbreakingly unique Star Wars TV show The Mandalorian. And it was, well, fantastic. Somehow Disney and Lucasfilm brought back the magic. Now we’re getting a great little quarantine-era gift: there will be a third Mando season. And I’m not going to spoil any of it for […]

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RunPee Weekly Newsletter 10th edition (May 20th, 2020)

May 20, 2020

The app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. A New Hope: Thor Director Taika Waititi Tapped to Fix Star Wars Combine the best of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the potential of stories to be told in the Star Wars […]

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A New Hope: Thor Director Taika Waititi Tapped to Fix Star Wars

May 20, 2020

Remember when Taika Waititi fixed Thor? Well, now he gets the chance to show he can fix Star Wars. Waititi was already tapped to direct the hugely popular Disney+ Star Wars TV series The Mandalorian. The serialized Bounty-Hunter-meets-[Redacted for Spoilers] premise was greeted with nearly galactic reactions of relieved happiness. Star Wars was looking good […]

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Golden Man’s Movie Review – Jojo Rabbit

November 9, 2019

Although I’m a fan of director Taika Waititi, the first trailer for Jojo Rabbit didn’t inspire much confidence. The scene of an imaginary Hitler comforting a ten-year-old boy fell pretty flat. Waititi isn’t the first person to mine World War II for laughs. Charlie Chaplin, Mel Brooks, and the TV show Hogan’s Heroes have made […]