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Review

Next Goal Wins review – chillingly eager to please

by Mark Asch

Tai­ka Wait­i­ti’s feel-good com­e­dy about the plight of a hap­less Samoan foot­ball team strives for noth­ing more than main­tain­ing the sta­tus quo.

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Review

Thor: Love and Thunder

by Adam Woodward

Tai­ka Wait­i­ti returns to the MCU five years after Thor: Rag­narok with a dis­ap­point­ing sequel sore­ly lack­ing in charm and imagination.

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Two soldiers in the air, surrounded by other soldiers in a forest setting.
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Jojo Rabbit

by Jake Cole

Tai­ka Wait­i­ti takes aim at the Third Reich (and con­tem­po­rary fas­cism) in this paper-thin satire.

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Thor: Ragnarok

by David Jenkins

Super­heroes go com­e­dy as Tai­ka Wait­i­ti brings some much need­ed heart, soul and humour to the Mar­vel universe.

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople

by Anton Bitel

Tai­ka Wait­i­ti lays on the charm in this sto­ry­book adven­ture yarn about a young Maori orphan.

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Review

What We Do in the Shadows

by David Jenkins

The noc­tur­nal activ­i­ties of mod­ern-day Welling­ton’s vam­pire com­mu­ni­ty are cap­tured in this mirth­less mock doc.

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