Entries Tagged as 'cool'

Saturday, December 15th, 2018

Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You (Chatroulette Version)

Mariah Carey’s Yuletide classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” gets a Chatroulette makeover as internet lol-master Steve Kardynal, dressed in a Santa dress and blonde wig, frolics around next to a Christmas tree while miming along to Mariah’s Christmas hit. And of course, the video wouldn’t be complete without the reactions of Chatroulette [...]

Monday, December 10th, 2018

David Nutt Explores Why Science Must Take the Lead When it Comes to Illegal Drugs

Drugs are bad, mmkay. Except, well, no they’re not. And here psychiatrist David Nutt, who worked as an advisor to the British government before he was was fired after claiming in a science paper that MDMA was statistically no more dangerous than an addiction to horse-riding, looks at the science behind making banned drugs [...]

Friday, December 7th, 2018

Watch ‘Search/Destroy’ A Strontium Dog Fan Film

If you were ever a fan of the British sci-fi comic book 2000 AD then you’ll know Strontium Dog. A long-running series it featured the character of Johnny Alpha, who’s a mutant bounty hunter with a bunch of crazy gadgets and weapons. Along with his Viking partner Wulf Sternhammer. It was created by John Wagner [...]

Thursday, December 6th, 2018

Zombies and Killer Plants Take Over the World in ‘Dawn of the…Stuff’

It’s not just zombies that are attacking in this fictional trailer of epic proportions, but giant killer plants too—and they’re on acid! It’s a shame this isn’t going to be even a short film because the FX are incredible and the b-movie style post-apocalyptic plot is ridiculous enough to be totally watchable.

Wednesday, December 5th, 2018

A Lesson in Storytelling from Back to the Future

Back to the Future, as well as being a thoroughly entertaining movie, tells a really great and intricate story. It’s a pretty solid time-travel adventure with various different characters who exist in different timelines, it makes up some convincing-sounding science, and it has plenty of laughs thrown in too.

Tuesday, December 4th, 2018

Watch the 10 Best Improvised Scenes in Movie History

Actors like nothing else than to go off-script and improv a scene or two, giving them a chance to stretch their acting skills and range and generally show off. But while their luvvie ways may infuriate the person who spent months and months perfecting what they thought was a killer script, it’s good news for [...]

Friday, November 30th, 2018

17 Ways to Break Up With Your Girlfriend

Breaking up is a hard thing to do and the old ‘it’s not you it’s me’ trope gets tired pretty quickly so sometimes you have to be inventive when it comes to giving reasons as to why it’s over. If you can’t be bothered to think of any yourself then London-based comedian and filmmaker Thomas [...]

Wednesday, October 24th, 2018

Baseball Star Kris Bryant Gets Pranked by Cubs Legend Greg Maddux

Baseball star and MVP Kris Bryant gets totally duped in this entertaining video from Red Bull, which sees Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Greg Maddux go undercover by donning a wig and beard to pretend he’s a sound guy with a video crew. The crew have come to film Bryant for a training video, or [...]

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018

Inventor Simone Giertz Makes a Sh*tty Claw Machine

You could say that those claw machines you get at funfairs and carnivals and the like are all pretty sh*tty. But Simone Giertz is an expert at making crappy robots so she can probably bring some extra sh*ttiness to the table. But it wasn’t always intended to be like that, initially Giertz says she [...]

Monday, October 22nd, 2018

Hertha Marks Ayrton was a Groundbreaking Female Physicist

With International Women’s Day 2017 having just passed, there’s no better time to get to grips with one of the most pioneering female scientists from the 20th century. Her name is Hertha Marks Ayrton and she was responsible for groundbreaking work on electric arcs, along with advancing studies on water and sand ripples, and the [...]

Saturday, October 20th, 2018

“Can I Get a Box?” – A Hilarious Song About Diners Asking for a Takeaway Box

Joy Brooker is a comedian who’s spent some time as a waitress. A waitress in an area where there’s a lot of rich white people and one of the things that rubbed off on her is the way the women talk. She says it’s all very “valley girl” and so she decided to make a [...]