If you’ve seen Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight then you’ll probably think it’s an ode to Westerns—which is a genre it does reference certainly, but it’s actually got a lot in common with John Carpenter’s 1980s movie The Thing. This video does a brilliant job of showing how Tarantino takes inspiration from the horror classic.

It takes a lot of skill to go down hill at these speeds and maintain your balance—it also takes a lot of guts too, because one stupid move and you could be tumbling through the air and end up with broken bones. You can see how fast they’re going because they’re overtaking cyclists as they [...]

A slow motion shot in a movie, while somewhat cliched, can work wonders when done well. No matter how many times the trick has been pulled, when it’s used to good effect in a scene, it can help heighten a dramatic event or emphasise an action scene—take the opening sequence of Deadpool for example.

Life can be tough sometimes and that especially goes for when you’re riding something with two wheels. Riding a bicycle once you’ve learnt should theoretically be easy, but it’s not as this compilation pays testament too. It’s not just bicycles either but all two-wheeled vehicles.

Of course, not that you would ever want to commit murder and get away with it, but just so you know there’s a 50 square mile section of land in Yellowstone National Park that overlaps between Wyoming and Idaho. Because of this it means there’s a loophole meaning it’s impossible for the government to give [...]

It’s been described as a film version of a fanzine and here it’s presented in its original Super-8 version as it documents the early 1980s Los Angeles hardcore punk scene. The film was shot over about a year and captures some historical So Cal punk moments, including Henry Rollins’ first show with Black Flag, West [...]

This animation from the Atlantic reveals how Russian venture capitalist Yuri Milner wants to use a solar sail to explore the cosmos and go into interstellar space. Human spaceflight to our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, won’t be happening for many, many years but that doesn’t mean we can’t send robots there.

While Pixar movies are aimed at adults as well as kids, they’re nowhere near as dark as this animation by Pixar animators Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj. The short film reveals a very bleak tale of personal tragedy set in the landscape of the Wild West, a tale that has plenty of loss and mourning [...]

YouTube channel Nerdwriter’s (aka Evan Puschak) latest video essay takes a look at Jack Nicholson, focusing specifically on the fact that many of his characters seem to be very angry. Characters that are subject to sudden and dramatic outbursts of rage. And those outbursts take many shapes and forms.

Many of us can’t function without consuming a morning cup of coffee on the way to work (or two or three), but ASAPScience question whether or not you’re actually doing it right—and so whether or not you’re getting the most out of it to kickstart your day. It all has to do with your circadian [...]

YouTube channel Petrolicious meets Haven Jarel, a teenager who lives with his dad in a warehouse rammed with custom bikes, and a huge amount of tools. He’s not interested in TV or video games, but although he’s only a teen he can already build an award-winning motorcycle.