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 ‘Jojo Rabbit’ directed by Taika Waititi is a World War II based satire mocking the horrors that took place at the time. The fact that this film was decidedly a comedy, states that it was willing to mock Hitler, the Nazis and everything they stood for is unambiguously inadequate. Based on the story, ‘Caging Skies’ by Christine Leunens, young Jojo Beltzer is ten year old (Roman Griffin Davis) who dreams of fighting in war and becoming Hitler’s personal assistant. This particular fantasy of his runs through his blood as he frequently talks to ‘Hitler’ (Taika Waititi), a figment of his imagination, particularly absurd in many ways, for example he had mentioned that he has bulletproof legs and while Jojo is forced to eat barely edible disposed leftovers he finds in his neighborhood’s bins, Hitler devours on a unicorn head. This satirical take on the inhuman nature of Hitler definitely took us all by surprise. Waititi took a leap of faith in himself when it came to developing this cha...

The Perks of being a Wallflower, directed by Stephen Chbosky was released in 2012. Adapted from Stephen Chbosky’s novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the film takes place in the late 90‘s revolving around the teenage impulse to be pretentious and the central theme of the struggle to understand the terrible things that inevitably happen to those who we love. A world where teens can say “We are infinite” is unfolded by the narrative of a series of letters written by Charlie (Logan Lerman), addressed to you; the reader, they detail his alternatively painful and joyous highschool freshman year,   with hopes that you will understand him because he’s heard good things about you.   Socially awkward teen Charlie (Logan Lerman) is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two charismatic students become his mentors. Free-spirited Sam (Emma Watson) and her stepbrother Patrick (Ezra Miller) help Charlie discove...