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The vampire genre might be played out, but we should all make an exception for What We Do In The Shadows, the critically - acclaimed mockumentary from the creators of Boy, Eagle Vs. Shark, and Flight of The Conchords.

During the big Marvel Studios panel at Comic - Con in July, Marvel screened a short mockumentary from Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, which explained what Chris Hemsworth's Thor has been up to since Avengers: Age of Ultron, and how he felt about being left out of Marvel's Civil War.

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.

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.

A large part of what makes this vampire mockumentary from Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi so hilarious is the duo's ability to find humor in both over-the-top situations and small mundanities.

Australian audiences can now get their first look at WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, a vampire mockumentary from directors...

«Behind the Mask» is a clever mockumentary from the era when the genre was booming about a serial killer who models himself after movie icons like Jason, Freddy, and Michael Myers.

One of the real travesties of this year was that this music mockumentary from the Lonely Island somehow slipped past people.

An amusing if dispensable mockumentary from former «Saturday Night Live» funnyman Taran Killam, who wrote, directed and stars.

Not exact matches

He'll be visited by celebrity guest stars from both Hollywood and the wrestling world, and filmed in a «mockumentary» style similar to The Office and Modern Family.

Yet, directors Huck Botko and Andrew Gurland twist the formula ever so slightly, electing a mockumentary approach that captures the whole event from the handheld perspective of the teens.

At the same point, Blomkamp ratchets up the intimacy: in one startling moment, he drops from his mockumentary style into an omniscient narrative mode.

The point of the film's mockumentary structure is to approach Harding's fall from grace in multiple ways, embracing some of its unsavoury aspects with tabloid glee, but then reversing its position and giving her a day in court.

From the team behind 2015's 7 Days in Hell, comes a mockumentary set in 1982's Tour de France where the competitors include: white Nigerian Marty Hass (Andy Samberg); Austrian Gustav Ditters (John Cena); the first African - American Slim Robinson (Daveed Diggs); pacesetter JuJu Peppi (Orlando Bloom); and Adrianna «Adrian» Baton (Freddie Highmore), a female racer disguised as a man.

Stealing tone from What We Do In The Shadows, this mockumentary's gist is what hilarity might ensue when incompetents try to kill the best hitman in the world.

Some will characterize this film as a mockumentary, but it twists that genre on its ear and offers something different from the standard set by Christopher Guest and company since «Waiting for Guffman.»

The comic mockumentary has become a full - fledged genre, thanks to the consistent efforts of Christopher Guest (from Waiting For Guffman to For Your Consideration) and the decidedly inconsistent efforts of numerous others.

Rob Reiner walks that fine line in his hilarious mockumentary rockumentary, ostensibly the portrait of a has - been metal band resurrected from a well - deserved obscurity for a disastrous comeback tour.

While not as jam - packed with laughs as some of his earlier work, this mockumentary — about a competition for minor - league and college sports mascots — still averages more laughs than almost any comedy you can name from the past six months.

One problem Surf's Up suffers from, though, is an inconsistency in its mockumentary format.

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

He most recently directed the hilarious vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows, as well as the Kiwi drama Boy from a few years ago.

The film hails from What We Do in the Shadows director Taika Waititi, and since the vampire mockumentary was one of / Film's collective favorite films of 2015, it should come as no surprise that those of us who saw Hunt for the Wilderpeople at Sundance absolutely love it.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS 24 City (Unrated) Modernization mockumentary, set in Sichuan Province, shot from the diverse perspectives of nine interviewees representing three generations of Chinese whose lives are affected in different ways by the demolition of a military factory in Chengdu to make way for a complex of luxury apartments.

There are mockumentary interludes from the main players, however this means that the narrative sections shift from one perspective to another.

Additionally, there are some terrific special features including several featurettes on the Men of Letters (a group long dedicated to the eradication of evil), some awesome set tours, commentaries, a close look at the themes of the 9th season, a Comic - Con Panel from 2013, a gag reel, and a hysterical mockumentary that goes «behind the scenes» of «Supernatural.

Life on the Road, which will be shot in the same mockumentary style as The Office, will focus on Brent's life as he goes on tour 15 years after being made redundant from Wernham Hogg.

FilmStruck celebrates Director the Week Christopher Guest with his four comic mockumentaries, from Waiting for Guffman (1996, R) to For Your Consideration (2006, PG - 13), and curates a collection of Texas films, including Giant (1956, G) with Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean, and Wim Wenders» Paris Texas (1984, R)(reviewed in Stream On Demand here).

Together the SCTV alumni make up the bulk of the improv troupe in Christopher Guest's mockumentary - comedies, with Willard somehow stealing all his scenes from the rest of the able cast.

In André Øvredal's follow - up to his acclaimed 2010 found - footage monster mockumentary Trollhunter, he moves from the wide expanses of the Norwegian woods to the enclosed space of a small - town morgue.

It's clear immediately that there's just something a little off about Killing Gunther, as filmmaker Killam proves unable to even partially capture the viewer's interest right from the get - go - with the writer / director's choice to employ a mockumentary format exacerbating the movie's arms - length feel (ie the fake documentary structure virtually demands a far more competent approach).

Yes, these are the same three guys that make up Spinal Tap, another fictional band from a mockumentary.

FX has ordered a TV adaptation of the vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows from co-creators, co-writers, and co-stars Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.

Allison Janney plays Tonya's mother, LaVona Golden, in the film and her look in the mockumentary segments — a fur coat with a live bird perched on her shoulder — is taken directly from footage of LaVona seen in Sandra Luckow's 1986 student - made documentary, Sharp Edges.

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

The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema, including the mockumentary skit from Thor: Ragnarok's Comic Con panel being released, has a new Doctor Strange villain been leaked?

Starring some of the same major players you know and love from both American Horror Story and American Crime Story, Roanoke Nightmare employs the mockumentary format and follows a married couple as they are tormented by all of the terrifying forces that exist on Roanoke Island.

IMDB Link: Starsky and Hutch DVD Relase Date: 2004-07-20 DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 DVD Extras: Director Commentary, Fashion tips from Snoop Dogg, Deleted Scenes, Mockumentary

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Ghostwatch, the infamous BBC horror mockumentary that was banned from television after being deemed too disturbing, is finally available to view...

The series, from the creators of The Office, is a half — hour mockumentary that looks at the world of local government.

You know, the guy from the Christopher Guest mockumentaries.

There's some good news if you've been following the progress of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's attempt to turn 2014 vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows into a TV series... The show has now secured a 10 - episode first season order from American network FX.

Waititi strips the character of the Shakespearean seriousness of his previous Marvel - movie appearances (we're a long way from the Kenneth Branagh — directed first Thor), instead imbuing him with the bumbling, mockumentary - style realism Waititi has practiced in his previous movies.

I had a hunch that Cooties (read here) and Adam Wingard's The Guest (read here) might make it into what appears to be a line - up of eight (there might be some wiggle one for one last minute inclusion), but this year's section flaunts a more international palate with the latest from Norway's Tommy Wirkola (sequel to Dead Snow — which showed at the fest in 2009) reps Europe, Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement return to the fest they broke out of with Eagle Vs. Shark but with a mockumentary (What We Do in the Shadows) that might compliment the inclusion of Jim Jarmusch's latest.

Breaking away from the mockumentary mold for the very first time, Guest and long - time writing partner Eugene Levy rely heavily on the classic film - within - a-film model as the setting of their story, which takes place on the set of a small period pieced called «Home for Purim.»

Irrational Games has an all - new episode of «Truth From Legend» to share today, the second of what seems to be developing into a mockumentary short se... Continue reading BioShock Infinite Revisits «A Modern Day Icarus?»

He wrote, directed, short and edited the 40 minute mockumentary «It Came from Al - Makkab!»

In February, it took on Broadway and cultural gentrification with Cats on Bowery, a display of ephemera and mockumentary film footage from its appropriative revival of Cats: The Musical.

About battling tree lovers, from loggers to activists, it won L.A.'s Mockumentary Festival award last year.