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BFG Podcast #065: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Baymax!’ and ‘Love and Thunder’

July 11, 2022August 2, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Baymax, Stranger Things, Taika Waititi, Thor: Love and Thunder

We break down the culture for you

Love and Thunder

Love and Blunder

July 8, 2022July 11, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Melissa McCarthy, Natalie Portman, Russell Crowe, Taika Waititi, Tessa Thompson, Thor: Love and Thunder

God butchery is no joke

Lightyear

This Is That Movie

June 17, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Chris Evans, Dale Soules, Efren Ramirez, Isiah Whitcock Jr., James Brolin, Keke Palmer, Lightyear, Mary McDonald-Lewis, Peter Sohn, Taika Waititi, Toy Story, Uzo Aduba

The breezy, silly ‘Toy Story’ prequel ‘Lightyear’ avoids most of the spin-off trappings

Free Guy

‘Free Guy,’ a Classic Comedy for Non-Player Characters

August 12, 2021August 7, 2021 Ayun Halliday 0 Comments Free Guy, Joe Keery, Matt Lieberman, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy, Taika Waititi, Zak Penn

A video-game movie that non video-game people can love

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Star Wars (1977-2019) RIP

January 15, 2020February 21, 2020 Rob Kutner 2 Comments Avengers: Endgame, Baby Yoda, Ewoks, George Lucas, JJ Abrams, Jon Favreau, K2SO, Marvel, Nien Number, Rogue One, Solo, Star Wars, Taika Waititi, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Mandalorian, The Rise of Skywalker, Werner Herzog

Requiem From a Fan

Last Night I Dreamt of Mandalore Again

November 19, 2019December 1, 2019 Scott Gold 0 Comments Jon Favreau, Mandalorian, Nick Nolte, Pedro Pascal, Star Wars, Taika Waititi, Werner Herzog

‘The Mandalorian’: A Star Wars Spaghetti Space Western (With a Baby Yoda!)

Marty Vs. Marvel

November 14, 2019April 27, 2022 Ben Schwartz 5 Comments 1927's The Jazz Singer, 1983 Cannes Film Festival, Adam McKay, Apocalypse Now, Billy Wilder, Bringing up Baby, Cameron Crowe, David Carr, David O. Selznick, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Capra, Henry Jaglom, Howard Hawks, John Ford, Ken Loach, Kevin Feige, King of Comedy, Martin Scorsese, Marvel, Marvel movies, Midnight Cowboy, Mike Nichols, Orson Welles, Raganok, Raging Bull, Sergio Leone, Taika Waititi, Taxi Driver, The Avengers, The Godfather, The New Yorker's Richard Brody, The Searchers, The Sopranos, Thor: Ragnarok, X-Rated Best Picture Winner

Old-Fogey Hollywood Directors Have Always Hated the Next Wave

Silly Rabbit

October 18, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Jojo Rabbit, Roman Griffin Davis, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johanssen, Stephen Merchant, Taika Waititi

In ‘Jojo Rabbit’, Fun with Imaginary Hitler

Joker’s to the Right

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Anthony Hopkins, Armando Iannucci, Dev Patel, Joaquin Phoenix, Jojo Rabbit, Josh and Benny Safdie, Marielle Heller, Mr. Rogers, Noah Baumbach, Rian Johnson, Scarlett Johanssen, Taika Waititi, Todd Phillips, Tom Hanks

Hope and Despair at the Toronto International Film Festival

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Vampire Weekday

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Jason Avant 0 Comments Harvey Guillén, Jemaine Clement, Mark Proksch, Matt Berry, Natasia Demitriou, Nick Kroll, Rhys Darby, Taika Waititi, What We Do In The Shadows

In ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ (the Series), Dysfunctional Vampires on Staten Island