Thor: Ragnarok still rocks louder and better, yet Love and Thunder’s comedic and dramatic chords strike with mostly uproarious and sentimental effect—despite the occasional cacophonous arrangement.
9 out of 12 Tamales
Tag: Taika Waititi
“Reservation Dogs”: One-Sentence Review
Indigenous genius at work, Reservation Dogs is comedic coolness incarnate, one of 2021’s best new shows.
10.5 out of 12 Tamales
“What We Do in the Shadows: Season One”: One-Sentence Review
Rarely does a cast so succinctly and instinctively embody their characters than in FX’s What We Do in the Shadows, a series that lives up to and livens up the film its based on.
10 out of 12 Tamales
“What We Do in the Shadows”: One-Sentence Review
The movie before the hit FX show, Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s What We Do in the Shadows, lays the groundwork—above and six feet below—to what has transitioned into one of TV’s funniest shows.
9 out of 12 Tamales
“The Mandalorian: Season One”: One-Sentence Review
Story and substance come together wonderfully in Disney Plus’s The Mandalorian, a Star Wars show that’s more than the sum of its Baby Yoda parts.
10.5 out of 12 Tamales
“Jojo Rabbit”: One-Sentence Review
World War II’s not supposed to be funny—Hitler much less—yet writer-director Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit defies the odds and the stigma by channeling his inner Wes Anderson/Mel Brooks to give us this year’s top comedy.
11 out of 12 Tamales
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