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In this teaser to the second part of mockumentary series Team Thor, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) tries to pay rent with a pumpkin, and lobbies for a servant.

Although he initially opposed returning to the rigors of television, 1999 saw the airing of the HBO special Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm, which, told in mockumentary style, echoed the comedian's past by weaving the tale of a failed former standup comic whose bid to return to the spotlight yielded predictably disastrous results.

Eric Pearson, Chris Kyle, and Christopher L. Yost are the credited screenwriters, but the Kiwi filmmaker and performer who made Boy, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and the hilarious vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows (in which he also starred) is the dominant force behind this singular entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

That's already happened for Taika Waititi who, off the strength of his work on vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows and this, is currently calling the shots on Marvel's massive Thor sequel Thor: Ragnarok.

A group of eccentric assassins decide to kill the world's top killer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in mockumentary spoof

In this edition of Now Stream This, we have a silent Hitchcock classic, a chilling ghost story, a hilarious mockumentary about dog shows, James Caan getting his ankles smashed by a sledgehammer, and the best performance of Adam Sandler's career.

The television mockumentary format may be reaching oversaturation.

Opening Feb. 13, the AWFJ Movie of the Week is What We Do in the Shadows, the hilarious vampire mockumentary from writer - directors Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.

Jim Miskell's new mockumentary follows the lives of such people — but 20 years later!

This hit Māori Television mockumentary series follows a couple of metro Māori men on a mission to claim a large inheritance... by finding a Māori bride.

A gruesome yet hilarious mockumentary about a serial killer and the film crew that slowly crosses the line from reel to real with him.

I, Tonya has that Coen Brothers darkly comedic sensibility mixed with Christopher Guest mockumentaries like Best in Show or Waiting for Guffman.

Waititi hinted that he would be open to creating more short mockumentaries for other Avengers characters, saying he would «love to make a bunch of them».

Brace: There's a new mockumentary coming from the one - and - only Christopher Guest (Best in Show).

20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation have released a new mockumentary for the upcoming CG - animated spin - off Penguins of Madagascar which sees Benedict Cumberbatch prepare for his wolf role... SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Penguins of Madagascar Discover the secrets of the most entertaining and mysterious birds in the global espionage game: Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private -LSB-...]

Instead, the film takes a surprising mockumentary approach that is obscene, absurd and most of all, hilarious.

In 2013, Waititi co-directed the New Zealand - based vampire comedy mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows with friend and fellow comedian Jemaine Clement; Waititi starred as Viago.

This movie, arranged as a series of mockumentary interviews, sets the record straight about the crime.

The specter of 90s cinematic cool looms over every frame of Killing Gunther, a darkly comic mockumentary action movie about goofball criminals that kill for laughs.

I definitely don't remember anything quite like the 1982 bike race in HBO's Tour de Pharmacy, a sporadically funny mockumentary about doping in cycling that premieres Saturday and whose many stars include Andy Samberg, Orlando Bloom, Jeff Goldblum, Kevin Bacon, Daveed Diggs, Julia Ormond, and, bizarrely even for this, Lance Armstrong.

Guest is the same person behind such classic mockumentaries as This is Spinal Tap and Waiting for Guffman.

The audience will be small for Stella Street, a daft mockumentary based on a BBC - TV skit about celebrities who converge on suburbia.

This occasionally humorous mockumentary focuses on the rags - to - riches story of an amateur boxer (Orlando Bloom) who suddenly ends up in a championship fight.

MaryAnn Johanson: My pick is * What We Do in the Shadows, * an absolutely hilarious mockumentary spoof on vampires and a low - budget New Zealand film that needs all the help it can get to spread the word.

Since then Holloway has acted in Boy, starred in Western Good for Nothing, and starred in the hit Māori TV mockumentary series Find Me A Māori Bride.

The stakes are medium in a brand new trailer for the latest HBO sports mockumentary from the minds of Andy Samberg (Brooklyn Nine - Nine) and Murray Miller (Girls), Tour de Pharmacy.

Andy Samberg may not be in Christopher Guest's league — yet — but his latest mockumentary, Tour De Pharmacy, has plenty of moments that will make you snicker.

The key to sounding like Nigel Farage is to smoke lots of cigarettes, according to the man who plays the Ukip leader in a new BBC mockumentary.

Colossus (Unrated) Mark Hendrickson wrote, directed, produced and stars in this musical mockumentary as a con artist who sets out to tour Russia as the front man for a faux, heavy - metal band.

This 1984 rock music mockumentary follows Spinal Tap, a «legendary» British heavy metal band that attempts to embark on an American comeback tour.

Mascots (Grade: C), Christopher Guest's first mockumentary since A Mighty Wind (and first feature as a director in over...

In 2015, he began an upswing with the fun mockumentary horror film «The Visit,» made on a low budget with the reigning champ of small profitable thrillers, producer Jason Blum.

Mascots It's been a solid decade since Christopher Guest's last mockumentary For Your Consideration.

Christopher Guest — former «Saturday Night Live» cast member and creator of iconic mockumentaries Waiting For Guffman, Spinal Tap and Best In Show — is coming back to TV, teaming up with Jim Piddock...

The best mockumentary ever, with lines that made me fall out of my seat the first time I watched it, laughing so hard I couldn't catch my breath.

In a short released last summer called «While You Were Fighting: A Thor Mockumentary,» directed by Taika Waititi, who is also at the helm of the upcoming «Thor: Ragnarok,» Thor invited the world into his new home in Australia where he lives with his long - suffering roommate Darryl.

2:00 am (4th)-- TCm — This is Spinal Tap One of the first and greatest mockumentaries, about a fictional band that now has several albums and tours under its belt, this film goes to eleven.

Christopher Guest's painfully awkward mockumentary examining the world of high - end dog shows is one of the weirdest and funniest movies Guest and his team of improv comedians and actors have ever produced.

it was certainly a more accessible film in terms of the sci - fi genre and has bolstered the credibility, much like Children of Men, however, I disagree with the seamless integration of the film styles and think the trailer misled, as the film is not really mockumentary at all.

Freilicher also appeared in another of Burckhardt's films, «Automotive Story» (1954), which has been described as a humorous mockumentary on cars, with Freilicher narrating the poet Kenneth Koch's text and Frank O'Hara as the pianist.

There's a trove of laughs to be found here, courtesy of the ineffable Jonathan Winters, which somewhat override the labored mockumentary gimmick.

«The Jonas Brothers in «Cherub Bootcamp»» (3:53, HD) is an amusing mockumentary with Levy, Stiller, and The Jonas Brothers.

Many of the gambits employed by directors Ash Brannon (Toy Story 2) and Chris Buck (Tarzan) work, including the naturalistic voice acting and the clever mockumentary touches, like fake archival footage with film scratches and washed - out color.

What We Do in the Shadows is a New Zealand - produced and shot mockumentary that purports to show the secret lives of a group of club - hopping vampires living as roommates in a large house in Wellington.

Also of interest is a short mockumentary titled The Oceanic Six: A Conspiracy of Lies which pokes fun at your typical breathless, overdramatic UFOs are real!

The actress, who played affable secretary - turned - saleswoman on the long - running NBC mockumentary, welcomed her baby girl in late May and...