Entries Tagged as 'ftw'

Wednesday, June 17th, 2015

‘How’d They Shoot That?!’ Revealing the Workings Behind 10 Famous Movie Scenes

Often you’ll watch a movie and a particular epic scene will blow your mind, leaving you pondering how the hell they did it. YouTube channel WatchMojo has compiled a ‘Top 10 “How’d They Shoot That?!” Scenes’, featuring classic and famous movies that pulled off amazing scenes with fascinating effects, editing and cinematography.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2015

Which is Nerdier: Star Wars or Star Trek?

They’re two of the nerdiest franchises in the history of history, but which one is nerdier? College Humor ask the important questions and seeks to find out in this video, which shows the crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation having an argument with Darth Vader to decide which one is the nerdiest.

Monday, June 15th, 2015

A Compilation of Film References in Season 1’s True Detective

Filmmakers and directors love nothing more than referencing other movies and fictional works, but sometimes it can be hard for the viewer to spot, especially if you’re not a total cinephile. Which is why videos like Vimeo user MrTeaandaMovie’s brilliant compilation ‘True Detective: Comparisons and References’ are so welcome.

Monday, June 15th, 2015

DO IT! The Shia LaBeouf Remix You Know You Wanted

If you’re looking for some motivation to do, well, anything really then look no further than this remix of Shia LaBeouf motivational OTT speech which became a meme and no doubt inspired countless people to follow their dreams and JUST DO IIIIIIITTTTT! From Shia giving a fake Ted Talk (if only!) to popping up [...]

Sunday, June 14th, 2015

Silo: Short Comedy Film About a Missing Nuclear Missile

This short comedy film from director David Soll follows an engineer who’s looking after a missile silo and awakes one morning to find the projectile gone. What makes the film extra special is that it’s filmed inside a real-life Cold War era nuclear silo that was loaned to the filmmakers by architect Alexander Michael, who [...]

Friday, June 12th, 2015

‘Breaking Sponge’— SpongeBob SquarePants Meets Breaking Bad

Two behemoths in their respective TV genres, Breaking Bad and SpongeBob Squarepants, come together at last in this brilliant mashup, which uses clips from the animation with dubbed dialogue from Walter and characters from Breaking Bad. It includes the famous ‘Say My Name’ scene from season five along with quite a few others.

Friday, June 12th, 2015

Watch The Trailer For Ridley Scott’s Latest Space Epic ‘The Martian’

Matt Damon is back in space and this time he doesn’t seem to be quite such an a-hole of an astronaut in Ridley Scott’s adaptation of Andy Weir’s self-published 2011 novel ‘The Martian’ , which is about a NASA astronaut who gets trapped on Mars and has to survive until he can be rescued.

Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

‘Real GTA’ Recreates GTA 5 IRL In Los Angeles—And It’s Awesome

VFX wizards CorridorDigital have created a very accurate real-world version of GTA V, right down to the camera movement and angles as it travels through the IRL locations that inspired some of the places in Los Santos. Places like Vespucci Beach (Venice Beach) and the Galileo Observatory (Griffith Observatory), as we see the character undertake [...]

Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

‘The Goonies’ Gets Remixed With Nicki Minaj For The ‘ Truffle Butter Shuffle’

Best movie ever (aka The Goonies) turned 30 recently and in honor of this and in honor of it being a fantastic film, DJ Mike Realm has created this remix, merging some scenes from it with Nicki Minaj’s ‘Truffle Butter’—truffle butter is a term you may or may not be familiar with, if you don’t [...]

Tuesday, June 9th, 2015

‘From The Future With Love’—A Satirical Sci-Fi Short About a Dystopian Future

This sci-fi short from K-Michel Parandi has a touch of Paul Verhoeven about it, as it presents a satirical take on a dystopian future, where the police force will only protect you if you pay them a sufficient amount. The consequences of this are presented in a series of stories within the short film, which [...]

Monday, June 8th, 2015

Wes Anderson Meets ‘The Shining’ For ‘The Grand Overlook Hotel’

Two vastly different filmic hotels, Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel and The Overlook Hotel from Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining get merged into Wes Anderson’s The Shining by filmmaker Steve Ramsden, as he points out a number of similarities in the design and shooting between the two locales.