Magnetic putty is just like any other putty in that you can handle it, sculpt it, and squeeze it in a fist as you visualize your enemies. But place it anywhere near a strong magnetic field and it will SPONTANEOUSLY ANIMATE and move to consume anything magnetic in its path like a voracious mutated slug. [...]
Attention: A Life In Extremes is an examination of the psychology of risk-taking. It follows three protagonists; wingsuit flyer Halvor Angvik, freediver Guillaume Néry and cyclist Gerhard Gulewicz wth filmmakers Adri-Alpe determined to get to the bottom of why these men put themselves through what they do. Check out their Kickstarter campaign and keep an [...]
Frank Catalfumo is a 91 year old shoemaker and repairer in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. He first opened the doors to F&C Shoes in 1945 and continues to work five days a week alongside his son Michael. If you’re ever in the area, make sure to stop by the shop and listen to one of Frank’s amazing [...]
In 1978, George Lucas gathered together Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan to go over ideas for a film Lucas had wanted to make about a swashbuckling archeologist, i.e. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Their sessions were recorded and there’s a transcript available online. Patrick Radden Keefe at the New Yorker read through the whole [...]
Canadian agency Cossette has launched a series of Instagram accounts that when scrolled through in slideshow mode, simulate a clip from a classic silent film. It’s all in aid of the forthcoming Toronto Silent Film Festival. To view the ‘trailers’, simply visit the accounts at @tsff_1, @tsff_2, and @tsff_3 on the Instagram mobile app, tap [...]
Everybody Wants to Kill Bruce” is a mashup video by French artist Pierre-Alexandre Chauvat that compiles footage from 39 different action movies. The end result is an exciting 10-minute chase sequence starring actor Bruce Willis. Click the pic to watch the vid.
I remember vividly the thrill of Wayne in Wayne’s World addressing me, the humble cinema-goer, directly and wondering whether anyone had ever dared do such thing before. Of course it turned out there’s a venerable tradition of breaking the fourth wall on the silver screen, and in homage to this practice Leigh Singer has created [...]
Arrested Development is one of those shows which has proven to be excellent for mashing up with other franchises. So far we’ve featured mashups of Arrested Development with Thor, Downton Abbey, Mitt Romney (and the 2012 election in general), video games, and everything else. Now another single-serving Tumblr has chicken danced into our hearts. Les [...]
We’ve long admired James Bond for what he has that we don’t: the cars, the tux, the attitude, the girls. But there’s one aspect of the Bond persona that anyone can steal: his drink orders. For some people, half the appeal of ordering a Martini lies in the fact that it’s 007′s “shaken, not stirred” [...]
Flickr user BATMAN4OZ has recently uploaded this awesome collection of photos he took while working on the set of The Muppets movie, way back in 1978. All the puppets are there, including Fozzy Bear waiting patiently in a car. It looks like all the shots were taken with a Lomo camera, or he’s only recently [...]
