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CineFix presents their picks for the top 10 opening shots in movies of all time.

On the latest episode of DIY Prop Shop on Break’s AWE me channel, host Dylan Thomas demonstrates how to build your own version of a Phaser from Star Trek: The Original Series.

In a promotion for a new PBS Nature series Natural Born Hustlers: The Hunger Hustle, a group of highly-intelligent but thieving long-tailed macaques at the Pura Luhur Uluwatu Temple in Bali, Indonesia, are ready to surrender their ill-gotten treasures for a piece of fruit. A group of long-tailed macaques at the Uluwatu Temple in Bali, […]

In April 2015, a tiny kitten named Rosie came into the home of Lilo the Husky and her two canine brothers and each of them, particularly Lilo took to her right away. Unfortunately Rosie was cold, lethargic and unresponsive, so the maternal dog stepped right in and snuggled with the tiny feline until she felt […]

The KeyCatch by KeySmart is a simple light switch magnet for keeping keys easy to find by quickly securing them to the wall. The device is easily installed by replacing one of the screws in a light switch panel, so it can be put into place in seconds. A four-pack of KeyCatch magnets is available in our […]

Luís Azevedo of Beyond the Frame has compiled together an absolutely wonderful film montage that demonstrates the infinite joy,intrigue, wonder and knowledge that can be found amongst the many pages housed in bookstores and libraries. Bookstores and Libraries – The Most Wonderful Places on Earth

FootGolf is a relatively recent sport that combines soccer and golf for a fun and unique activity. Players kick a soccer ball along a golf course while adhering to a set of official rules similar to golf. According to Atlas Obscura, some golf courses are embracing the sport as a way to compensate for a […]

Host Joe Sabia of Vogue recently asked Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) 73 questions while taking an interesting tour of Zoolander’s “really, really ridiculously good-looking” apartment. Zoolander 2, the upcoming sequel to the 2001 comedy film Zoolander, is currently scheduled to release in theaters on February 12th, 2016. It comes as no surprise that Derek Zoolander’s […]

Paramount Pictures has released a new “Zequel” TV spot for Zoolander 2, a sequel to the 2001 comedy film Zoolander directed by and starring Ben Stiller. Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) are teaming up once again to save the day in the most hilarious way possible. Zoolander 2 is currently scheduled to […]

Comedian Alyssa Onofreo created “An Honest GoFundMe Video” that showcases different types of desperate pleas for cash people make on the crowdfunding site GoFundMe. There are many noble causes on GoFundMe, some just don’t add up. Share this video to help us guilt trip as many people as possible. In 2014, Onofreo created an “Honest […]

Mike Seymour of Wired goes behind the scenes and takes a look at the incredible, Oscar-nominated visual effects used in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. See how Industrial Light & Magic crafted complex action sequences, detailed environments, and realistic characters with the help of advanced motion-capture technology and performances from actors like Lupita Nyong’o.

Disney and Lucasfilm have announced the that Star Wars: Episode VIII, the follow-up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, will open on December 15, 2017. The film was originally scheduled for release in the Summer of 2017. Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Star Wars: Episode VIII is currently in preproduction and will begin principal […]

“The Boy with a Camera for a Face” is a wonderfully surreal, award-winning short film narrated in a sing-song rhyme that tells the story of a boy who is born with the unusual ability to record every moment of his life, but isn’t ever able look back on it. According to filmmaker Spencer Brown , […]

Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne return as a married couple with neighbor troubles in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. In the sequel to the 2014 film Neighbors, Rogen and Byrne must team up with Zac Efron, their rival from the original movie, to stop a new sorority that moved in next door. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising will […]

Kevin Smith and Geoff Johns debuted the first look at the 2017 superhero film, Wonder Woman, during The CW‘s half-hour special DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League. The movie will star Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman (Diana Prince), with Chris Pine playing the part of her boyfriend, and tell the story of how […]

Cole and Marmalade‘s devoted human Chris Poole paid a visit to the San Diego Humane Society’s Kitten Nursery where the generous and compassionate staff provide around-the-clock care for the orphaned newborn kittens who have nowhere else to go. Not only is shelter provided, but the kittens are lovingly attended to, cleaned, fed and even brushed […]

This past December, musician Chris Nandor aka Pudge performed an amazing acoustic version of the now-deleted Ewok Celebration Song (“Yub Nub”) that originally appeared in the final scene of the original Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. Not only did Pudge’s version sound really great, but he also nailed the tongue-twisting lyrics. Yub […]

Maker and father David Weiberg handed his collection of Star Trek: The Original Series action figures to his eight-year-old son and built an amazingly detailed USS Enterprise bridge playset to go along with them. David’s entire build process is available to view on Instructables. This project started when I found my old Star Trek TOS […]

BBC Earth took a look at the behavior of domestic cats and found that while they make many sounds to one another, they reserve their meows (miaows) solely for communicating with the humans that take care of them. Veterinarian Dr. John Bradshaw of Bristol University explains that meowing is a practice learned from kitten-hood. The […]

In the new trailer for the fifth season of Girls, characters Hannah, Marnie, Jessa and Shoshana try to make peace with the fact that they’re getting older and need to accept certain things about themselves. Season 5 of Girls premieres on HBO February 21, 2016.

Caltech researchers Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown have presented evidence of the existence of a ninth planet in our solar system. The new planet’s mass and orbit would explain the behavior of distant objects in the Kuiper Belt. Its mass is estimated to be between that of Earth and Neptune, and its orbit is estimated to take a […]

Master impressionist and regular Walking Dead cast member Ross Marquand returned to the cameras of Vanity Fair for a second set of “nano-impressions”, once again portraying a number of well-known actors in bite-sized odd and awkward situations. Nano-Impressions – Part One .

In his latest video, Canadian guitarist and songwriter Steve Onotera a.k.a. samuraiguitarist partnered up with vocalist Doug McArthur of Soapbox to perform a brilliant cover of the iconic song “Pinball Wizard” by The Who. McArthur sang, Onotera played guitar (acoustic and electric) and bass and an actual pinball machine appropriately provided the percussion throughout the […]

NUA Robotics has created a robotic suitcase that follows its owner, avoids obstacles on its own, and connects to a smartphone app to give its owner updates along the way. The battery can be recharged by manually pulling the suitcase, and it also features USB ports for charging mobile devices. Mashable recently profiled the suitcase […]

Industrial designer James Stumpf of Stumpf Studio who’s known for his unique designs, has created Fluidk, a beautifully sleek concept scale that is made completely from glass and utilizes colorful fluid to indicate a person’s body weight. The scale is also fully adjustable and climate sensitive. The platform features a fluid pump at each corner […]

Caters News has posted absolutely captivating overhead drone footage of the annual reindeer migration during their 2-month journey north. In 2014, Norwegian photographer Jan R. Olsen created a beautiful time lapse drone video of the migrating animals as they made their way to the final leg of the journey in Arnøy/Kågen.

IGN has created a compilation video of every time that the heroic astromech droid, R2-D2, has saved the day in the Star Wars films. Luke, Han, and Leia would have been dead long ago if it weren’t for this little droid. via Blame It On The Voices

A man named Johnny Matheny lost a significant portion of his left arm to cancer, but thanks to Michael McLoughlin and a team at Johns Hopkins University, he has been given an advanced prosthetic arm that he can control with his mind through the aid of wireless sensors worn as arm bands. Matheny was the […]

Hank Green of SciShow explains the various theories about what causes the annoying “side stitch”, a pain that usually presents during exercise. Some scientists believe that it’s caused by contraction of the diaphragm, while others believe that it’s the jostling nature of exercise that causes temporary trauma to the body. But the most likely explanation […]

A sweetly timid dog watched as his human walked straight through a door that was missing its glass, but refused to follow suit. Instead, the curious canine sniffed the frame, pawed at the air and waited for the door to be properly opened before he would pass through.

Leonard Solomon, an extremely talented and inventive musician, played a touching rendition of the classic Irish song “Londonderry Air” (“Danny Boy“) on his Callioforte, one of several instruments created from his own design. In November 2015, Solomon performed an equally soulful version the traditional Highland Scottish lament “The Bonny Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond“.

The Gimball drone by Flyability navigates a treacherous flight through a frozen glacier crevasse in Zermatt, Switzerland in a video released by the company. The drone’s resilient maneuverability, HD camera, and lighting system could make it a valuable tool in rescue operations in dangerous and difficult to reach areas. via IEEE Spectrum

A video shared by Neill Gorton shows a realistic animatronic baby built by Gorton’s Millennium FX. The robotic baby is shown both with and without skin to give a better look at the internal workings that help make it move so realistically. Millennium FX animatronic baby for movie and TV effects. pic.twitter.com/epvr8W2itf — Machine Pix […]

Kevin Taylor set the RecordSetter world record for the most bricks broken in 90 seconds using bare hands when he effortlessly destroyed 726 bricks in 86 seconds.

A brave Vat19 employee demonstrated the properties of the company’s Liquid Glass Thinking Putty by bathing in a tub full of 500 lbs of the clear goo. Getting into the tub is the easy part. The man sinks slowly into the putty while it changes shape around him, but getting out proves to be a […]

FOX’s Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD) has created a new animated short that imagines what it would be like if Martin Scorsese directed a Goodfellas style Super Mario Bros. film. For the record, Mario (Joe Pesci) is not here to be funny and f*cking amuse us. If Martin Scorsese directed Mario, he’d be a good fella.

Will Ferrell joins Mike O’Brien in his closet for the Above Average series 7 Minutes in Heaven to talk improv and play some games like “Meme This Choke” during the brief interview.

Warner Bros. has released the first official trailer for Suicide Squad, the superhero film directed by David Ayer and based on the DC Comics supervillain team. The trailer features the villainous team being assembled and gives us a quick glimpse at each “unique” character in the group. Suicide Squad is scheduled to wreak havoc in […]

Kara is a short Star Wars film, created by writer and director Joe Sill and The Whitelist Collective, about a young woman with force powers who is seeking help to learn how to control them. via Vimeo Staff Picks

In a gentle parody of the car ride that Adele took with Late, Late Show host James Corden, impressionist Lisa “Adele” Martin got in a car, bantered with her partner, sang “Hello” and spoke about her “mum” wig, much in the way the singer did with the host. via Lisa “Adele” Martin

Choir!Choir!Choir!, a choral group of over 500 singers, gathered at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada to pay tribute to the late, great David Bowie with a gorgeous, but somewhat mournful, rendition of the musicians iconic song “Space Oddity“. A collective shock was felt when David Bowie passed this past Sunday, a couple […]

Physics Girl host Dianna Cowern combines magnetic ferrofluid and glow sticks for some strange, beautiful science in a recent episode of her PBS Digital Studios series. While Cowern demonstrates the unique properties of her glowing fluid, she explains the science behind ferrofluid and what makes it so unique.

Great Big Story spoke with Walter Backerman, a dedicated third-generation seltzer man of New York City who recounts his own story of growing up the son of a seltzer man, the remarkable history of seltzer, the equipment used for seltzer, the importance of having a place like Gomberg Seltzer Works to fill his canisters and […]

The Ostrich Pillow Light by Studio Banana Things is a combination neck pillow and sleep mask for more comfortable travel. The pillow features noise-reducing beads for quiet travel, and the lightweight construction means it can be worn comfortably on long flights. The Ostrich Pillow Light is available in our Laughing Squid Store for a 13% […]

Film editor Vashi Nedomansky has created “The Fastest Cut: Furious Film Editing,” a fast-paced 10-minute compilation video featuring five movies that average two seconds per shot and 3,000 shots per film. Each of the five film are being played back at twelve times the normal speed. Only one of these films remains comprehensible at this […]

An affectionate border collie named Lottie gave a great big hug to a beautiful German shepherd named Grizzly as an answer to her human’s inquiry about who’s her best friend. via Jim DelRosso, The Mary Sue

“Why Hipster Commercials Are the Worst” is a parody by Peggy O’Brien and Steven Rosenthal that they say is, “A sarcastic parody for anyone who’s sick of touchy-feely commercials about hipsters.” via reddit

Burger Fiction presents a compilation of actors acting opposite of themselves in movies.

In 2013, video maker The Master Poop created a clever crossover video that combines Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire with a bit of Doctor Who. While enjoying Quiddich World Cup, a harried Harry and his friends were suddenly interrupted by an incoming Dalek attack from the skies. News of the attack prompted the […]

A frustrated filmgoer in Newcastle, England named Mike Shotton, has put up an online petition to have the loud and odiferous tradition of popcorn banned from all cinemas in the United Kingdom, citing violation of “noise pollution” ordinances. Popcorn is the least appropriate snack for an environment that requires silence. Cinema chains bombard us with […]