Hugh Jackman’s latest and most critically acclaimed standalone Wolverine movie recently came to DVD and Blu-ray. His swansong as the mutant with the adamantium claws is called Logan and was so well received it’s being called the best comic book movie ever. That doesn’t mean to say it’s going to escape the ridicule of Screen Junkies and their Honest Trailer series.
We all enjoy themes parks when we’re a kid, but when you become an adult and take your own kids to a theme park you see them with different eyes. They often appear not quite as magical or fun as they were when you went there as a child. And this latest edition of Cracked’s ‘Honest Ads’ series takes a more honest look at these so-called ‘happiest places on earth.’
In 2016 Adam McKay won an Oscar for The Big Short, his film about the financial crash of 2008 that was based on the book by Michael Lewis. But before this McKay had made a particular brand of smart comedy, that’s also pretty dumb too. Films like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby , and Step Brothers. Many of them starring Will Ferrell.
Here’s something to blow your mind, imagine if every single human from the entire history of homo sapiens was suddenly brought back to life somehow. How many people do you think there would be on the planet? Well, considering that the dead outnumber the living by about 11 to 1 and that there are around 7.5 billion currently alive on earth, there would be A LOT of people around.
Taking no prisoners YouTuber Materialisimo takes a look at the most popular and common type of videos on Facebook, and savages them with this very funny parody. If you’ve ever spent any time on the social network and its news feed, you’ll find plenty to agree with here, from those dumb recipes to those news videos showcasing something TOTALLY AMAZING (although it never turns out to be amazing).
You probably don’t need a video essay to know that Ridley Scott’s original ‘Alien’ movie was a masterpiece of horror, just watching it will inform you of that. But this video by The Film Theorists is fascinating nonetheless. It’s part of his Frame by Frame series where he looks at the craft of moviemaking. And in this video he goes past the Xenomorph designed by HR Giger to detail the psychological horror that was created from the incredible set designs.
You might think that night out with the guys drinking beers and having total banter was legendary enough, but it’s probably never going to make the news. However comedy sketch duo Alex Cooper and Tom Blackwood (aka Mid-Brow) have imagined what it might be like if a night out was told in the style of a solemn newscast.
So it turns out that rappers really really like fancy Dijon mustard brand Grey Poupon, it’s their favorite condiment. How did it get this way? Well Vox video producer Estelle Caswell delves into how it came to be. It seems it was first mentioned in 1992 on the single “East Coast” and quickly spread through pop culture.
If you have no idea what skitching is, then this film will show you. It features pro BMX rider and filmmaker Austin Augie who shows you the somewhat risky art of how to skitch, which is basically hitching a ride by holding onto a moving vehicle while riding a skateboard or bicycle. In New York City too, which is probably the most dangerous city to do it in.
Eclectic Method, who is a master of making music from the most unlikely of samples, teamed up with Gamerdisco for his latest remix. To create this they used only weapon sounds from first-person shooter video games. These included sound FX from The Last Word hand gun from Destiny, the guns from GoldenEye 007, the Needler from the Halo game series, and the Flail Gun from Bulletstorm.
Tony Swatton is a master swordsmith and the creator of web series Man At Arms — in it he and his fellow blacksmiths and craftsmen create all manner of badass fictional weapons from video games to film, from Zelda to Lord of the Rings. In this episode they create three stunning looking cutlass swords taking inspiration from the movie franchise Pirates of the Caribbean.
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