Akiva Schaffer

'Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers' Is a Perfect Reboot

Directed by Akiva Schaffer

PUBLISHED May 22, 2022

Does anyone actually want a Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers reboot? No, of course not — and to this film's immense credit, it knows it. A self...

Exclaim! Screenjams Presents 'Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (Quote-Along)'

PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2020

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is the ultimate satire about the hardships of being a boyband member turned solo artist. Written by an...

The Lonely Island Just Released an '80s Baseball Rap Album

PUBLISHED May 23, 2019

After teasing the arrival of a "visual poem" on Netflix, we now know what the Lonely Island have in store for us. It's a project called The...

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Directed by Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2016

There have been plenty of movies about the rise and fall of musicians. What sets the Lonely Island's Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping apa...

The Watch [Blu-Ray]

Akiva Schaffer

PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2012

In theory, assembling a crew of performers adept in the low-brow art of filthy improvisation and teaming them with a director who's shown a...

The Watch

Akiva Schaffer

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2012

I hope there's a very different version of the script for The Watch (shortened from it's original title of Neighbourhood Watch, because of...

Hot Rod

Akiva Schaffer

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2007

The next generation of Saturday Night Live talent has presented us with Andy Samberg. This can be a frivolous thing to grasp, given that th...

Hot Rod

Akiva Schaffer

PUBLISHED Aug 2, 2007

It’s not uncommon to be a little weary by television actors making the leap to the big screen. In the case of Andy Samberg, we’re used to s...