Entries Tagged as 'ftw'

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Stardust

We are, as the BBC’s professor Brian Cox likes to say while gazing wistfully at the camera with some lens flare behind him, made of stardust. But this short film isn’t about you and your stupid stardust body, it’s about the unmanned space vessel Voyager 1 launched in 1977 to explore the cosmos. And it [...]

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013

A Good CLAY to DIE HARD

Claymation auteur Lee Hardcastle does it again with his version of the new Die Hard movie — and as always it’s a rip-roaring journey full of excessive violence, Tetris bombs, and chainsaws. If John McClane’s new actioner is even half the fun of this short, then they’ll have done well. If it isn’t then everyone [...]

Monday, February 11th, 2013

Carl’s Jr: Nina Agdal

Carl’s Jr. know how to get attention for their burger adverts, stick Nina Agdal in a bikini and put her on a beach and have her munch on the burger while alternatively slavering herself with oil. It could be advertising animal abuse and everyone would still be happy to sit through it and have it [...]

Friday, February 8th, 2013

The Harlem Shake v2

Get ready to get your meme on — In case you weren’t aware, the Harlem Shake is back with its version two point zero and this time it has added WTF factor. So go gather a bunch of your friends together in a room, make sure one of you has got a bike helmet on [...]

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

Honest Trailers – Skyfall

If you saw Skyfall and were bitterly disappointed by all the hype and giant love-in that surrounded it from all quarters, then seeing the Screen Junkies guys take it down a peg or two will no doubt make you feel much better about parting with your hard-earned bandwidth when you illegally torrented it.

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

Kypski – Scratch Now

If you like your music with lots of scratching and you like your music videos with lots of people taking their tops off, then you’re in luck, because this video has both of those things. It’s got a catchy hook too, so don’t be afraid to up the volume and throw those hands in the [...]

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

X Games 2013 â–º REAL SNOW MIX

When the world’s best urban snowboarders have some time on their hands, they like nothing better than to show off by doing amazeballz tricks which include insane jumps off to the top of buildings and bridges. But they’re not doing this just for the thrill of nearly dying, they’re all vying for a shot at [...]

Tuesday, February 5th, 2013

Top Ten Superbowl Commercials 2013

In case you weren’t aware, the Sunday night just gone saw a ton of commercials being shown on TV, and in between these was some stupid football game that does nothing other than get in the way of watching those adverts. But, in case you missed them (because you got stuck down a cave or [...]

Monday, February 4th, 2013

Gangnam Style – PSY (Jayesslee Cover)

Although this video has the words “Gangnam”, “Style”, and “PSY” in its title, you’ll be glad to know it doesn’t feature any of the horse dancing or even the song as you’ve grown to know and hate it. Instead it’s a cover version sung accompanied by an acoustic guitar. You won’t be surprised to know [...]

Monday, February 4th, 2013

Dead Rabbits Presents: Barbarian Council “March of the Goons”

These aren’t the notorious Dead Rabbits from 1850s New York City who were fictionalized in Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, headed up by Liam Neeson who’s swiftly killed by Bill the Butcher. If it was they’re looking really good for their age. But no, instead this is the notorious underground New York hip hop [...]

Sunday, February 3rd, 2013

Paperman – Animated Short

It’s often lamented that computer-generated techniques have meant the death knell for more traditional forms of animation. But it’s just not so, as John Kahrs shows in this fantastic animation which merges CGI with hand-drawn images. From Disney studios, this Oscar-nominated black and white short captures some of their old magic.