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Oscars round-up: Parasite wins big, but the cheesemakers are no longer blessed

10th February 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

History was made on Sunday night, and in a good way. For the first time a non-English language film – Parasite – won Best Picture, which was just one of its four-Oscar haul. Additionally, Jojo Rabbit writer-director Taika Waititi became the first indigenous person of Maori descent to win an Oscar when he picked up… Oscars round-up: Parasite wins big, but the cheesemakers are no longer blessed Read More

Filed Under: Awards, Film News Tagged With: AAA, Bong Joon-ho, janelle monae, Joaquin Phoenix, oscars 2020, renee zellweger, Taika Waititi

What We Do In The Shadows 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

20th April 2017 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Immortality can’t all be glamorous cloak-swishing nights out or chases pursued by 15th century pitchfork-waving villagers. At some point someone has to sort out the recycling and wash up the blood-spattered plates. Mockumentaries rarely get it completely right. Balancing out the laughs with situations that could actually be real, and which also propel the story forward,… What We Do In The Shadows Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Film Reviews Tagged With: comedy, Deacon, horror, jemaine clement, masquerade ball, mock documentary, mockumentary, new zealand films, Petyr, secret society, Taika Waititi, te aro, undead, unholy masquerade, vampire hunter, vampires, Viago, Vladislav, wellington, what we do in the shadows

Hunt For The Wilderpeople 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

29th December 2016 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

It’s fair to say that films about lost boys looking for a father figure and settling on the least likely candidate aren’t exactly rare. But you’ll be hard pressed to find a more satisfying example of the genre than Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Charming, funny, and moving, it still manages to avoid the cloying sentimentality of many… Hunt For The Wilderpeople Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: bella, bush, her, hunt for the wilderpeople, Julian Dennison, new zealand, psycho sam, rhys darby, ricky, ricky baker, Rima Te Wiata, sam neill, Taika Waititi, uncle hec, wild pork and watercress

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