Entries Tagged as 'cool'

Friday, May 11th, 2018

10 Best Uses of Color of All Time in the Movies

When it comes to movies color is one of the most effective tools a storyteller can use, be it fiery red or an ice cold blue, a color can have a hugely dramatic effect on a film or a scene. And even though cinema started out with none, it’s now become a medium that’s [...]

Thursday, May 10th, 2018

Dad with Tourette’s Syndrome Plays Cards with His Daughter

This is a rather sweet but sweary insight into a father and daughter relationship. It happens that this dad has got Tourette’s syndrome, a neurological condition which causes the sufferer to make involuntary noises and twitches. Those noises often take the form of swear words, the mans’s daughter also suffers from it but not quite [...]

Wednesday, May 9th, 2018

Meet the Warrior Monk Who Brought Kung Fu to America

YouTube channel Great Big Story take a look at Shifu Shi Yan Ming who trained as a Shaolin Temple Warrior Monk in China. In 1992 he was on tour in the United States when he defected and by 1994 he’d moved to New York City which is where he opened the USA Shaolin Temple.

Tuesday, May 8th, 2018

Paper Cut, a Skate Film Printed on 1000s of Pieces of Paper

Filmmaker Philip Evans filmed skaters Jak Pietryga and Chris Jones skating about the streets of London, and then done something unique—he printed the footage on over 3,000 pieces of paper and then turned it onto an animation. The result has all the hallmarks of an entertaining skate video, great tricks, cool locations, but adds something [...]

Monday, May 7th, 2018

Timothy Olyphant Tells Conan about Smoking Willie Nelson’s Weed

As famous pot smokers go country legend Willie Nelson is right up there. He’s been smoking pot for years, so you can imagine the type he likes to ingest is probably quite potent. All those years of toking must mean he’s built up quite the resistance. So it’s completely understandable that actor Timothy Olyphant would [...]

Friday, May 4th, 2018

The 8 Spiders You Eat In Your Sleep Every Year

It’s an irrefutable fact of the world that every single one of us eats eight spiders a year while we sleep—but just how does that happen? Well, this video shows the science behind it, demonstrating how some you eat while sleep-eating a salad, other times it’s when you sleep-cook a tarantula.

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

The Philosophy of Bill Murray

Bill Murray is pretty much at the stage of becoming a national treasure, he’s the type of actor that basically just plays himself in every movie. In this video Jared Bauer of Wisecrack takes a look at the iconic actor looking at his brand of deadpan comedy and how he evolved from just a goofy [...]

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018

Watch the Excellent Utah Saints ‘Something Good’ Music Video

Back in 1992 British electronic musicians Utah Saints released their song ‘Something Good’ but it wasn’t until 2008 that it got this excellent music video courtesy of a remix. The original 1992 track was based around a sampled Kate Bush lyric from her song ‘Cloudbusting’ off her 1985 album Hounds of Love.

Tuesday, May 1st, 2018

Darth Vader VS Buzz Lightyear, the Ultimate Disney Face-Off

Now that Disney owns Star Wars, it’s high time that we saw some of their various characters from different franchises fight each other. Disney themselves are never going to sanction such a thing, so it’s been left to YouTube channel Nukazooka to present to us the ultimate Disney face-off, Star Wars Vs. Toy Story.

Monday, April 30th, 2018

Quantum Mechanics in 5 Minutes (Now with Added Ducks)

Quantum mechanics is no doubt a tricky subject to try and understand, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be condensed into a 5 minute YouTube video. Which is exactly what’s happened in this video by exurb1a, and it has the added benefit of incorporating ducks into the explanation too.

Friday, April 27th, 2018

Short Film ‘The Realest Real’ Mocks Our Social Media Age

Fashion label Kenzo commissioned this fashion film that is unlike most fashion films—directed by Carrie Brownstein, from Portlandia, it follows a woman called Abby who arrives at a weird place called the Institute of the Real and the Really Real which is like the virtual world of social media transposed to real life. For example, [...]