How do you make Nazis and Nazism funny? Taika Waititi writes and directs Jojo Rabbit, a comedy-drama based in Germany during the end of the Second World War. It has been nominated for multiple awards at various ceremonies and was selected by the American Film Institute as one of the top ten movies of 2019.…
Comic book movies generally and Marvel films specifically have been under attack by the Hollywood elitists and their fanboys on social media, claiming that the films are not “cinema.” Several Marvel Studios celebrities and filmmakers have defended the comic book movie genre, most recently, according to Showbiz Cheat Sheet, actor Chris Evans, known for playing…
Special guest Courtney Kirchoff, of Louder With Crowder, joins StudioJake to talk about celebrity virtue signaling. From Zac Efron saying Ted Bundy had white privilege to author JK Rowling retroactively placing SJW mandates on her Harry Potter characters, it is a neverending cycle of grandstanding freakouts. Courtney, who was a reader of the Harry Potter…
It all started with Iron Man, but it truly came to fruition with Marvel’s The Avengers. All of our favorite characters have experienced loss and triumph, good times and bad, but they were not prepared for the events in Avengers: Infinity War. In the direct sequel, Avengers: Endgame, directors Joe and Anthony Russo paint a…
Ghost In The Shell is an American remake of the anime film of the same name written by Masamune Shirow. It is directed by Rupert Sanders and stars Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han, Juliette Binoche, Kaori Yamamoto, and others. Major Mira Killian is a product of enhanced cybernetic science created by Hanka…
From the Illumination Entertainment, the studio that brought you Despicable Me 2, Minions, and The Secret Life of Pets comes the Garth Jennings directed film Sing about human-like animals finding their dreams of being singing sensations. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Nick Offerman, and…
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo who brought us Captain America: Winter Soldier bring us the sequel Captain America: Civil War. It features an ensemble cast and a diverse group of characters that adds the next chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe brought us courtesy Marvel Studios and Disney. After an incident involving the Avengers, led…
