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Amazon Studios has released the official trailer for The Man in the High Castle, an original series based on Philip K. Dick‘s 1962 novel of the same name that posits the chilling scenario of what might have taken place had the Nazis not been defeated in 1945. The first episode is currently available for viewing online. The […]

“Ghosts And Gadgets : Communicating with the Spirits” is a short documentary by filmmaker Ronni Thomas for the Morbid Anatomy Museum about the history of the planchette and other devices spiritualists claimed could be used to communicate with the dead. The human subject of the documentary is Brandon Hodge, curator of Mysterious Planchette, a site dedicated […]

Designer and bicycle enthusiast Thomas Yang has created “Bikemoji“, a limited poster series that features commonly used emoticons recreated using different parts of a disassembled bicycle. This series of portraits are based on emotions that are most common amongst cyclist like me and I’ve created each expression using various parts of a bicycle. Each poster […]

AmpMe is an app that promises to “turn your friends into a portable sound system” by syncing multiple phones to play the same audio across each device’s speaker, creating much stronger sound. The app is available now for free in the Google Play Store and iTunes App Store. images via AmpMe

On a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd got into character as Marty McFly and Doc Brown to help celebrate “Back to the Future Day” (October 21, 2015). The two crashed on set while driving the iconic DeLorean time machine and acted unimpressed by what the actual 2015 had […]

In “The Photographer Workout” posted by photographer Eric Draht, fellow photographer Fiona Forshaw from Image Studios uses two cameras worth about $12,000 to demonstrate a workout routine to keep photographers fit enough to survive long shoots. via ISO 1200, PetaPixel

Video editor and Jurassic Park fan, Frank Ireland (a.k.a. “ChiefBrodyRules“), spent 17 weeks creating a fake movie trailer for Jurassic World that brilliantly imagines what the 2015 film would have looked like if released in 1978. Frank used clips from over 47 different classic movies to create his Jurassic World trailer. Science has found a […]

A recent episode of the KQED science series “Deep Look” takes a look at the very simple jellyfish who, despite having no ability to think, see or hear, has one of the most complex and effective systems to capture prey and an uncanny ability to survive as a species for millions of years. Jellyfish don’t […]

“A Zombie Love Song” is a beautiful ballad by Ryan Tellez of the geeky comedy group The Warp Zone. The video was produced to promote the upcoming horror comedy Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. The film will be released in theaters on October 30th.

Artists Tim Doyle and Ridge Rooms have teamed up to create It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, an eye-catching new art print based on the classic Peanuts Halloween movie special of the same name. Australian artist, Florey, also released an excellent It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown-themed print titled Great Pumpkin. A limited edition of […]

Songwriter Trevor Bricker‘s little one was pretending to play piano on the top of a table, so Bricker added some music to the video. via reddit

Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund became just a bit agitated while playing a zombie-killing video game. It seems that the scariness and gory detail of the game affected the little dog’s deeply sensitive nature. Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund plays some zombie video games (Dead Rising 3) in anticipation for Halloween, although he finds the scariness a […]

An adorable 80-year-old couple celebrated their recent 60th wedding anniversary by playing a duet of “Carl & Edie’s Theme” from the Pixar movie Up on a piano. The video was created by their grandson Jason Lyle Black, the “Backwards Piano Man.” via Oh My Disney

London Eye When London-based photographer Rich McCor decided to become “a tourist in his own city”, he came up with a unique way to approach the project by creating detailed cardboard cutouts that temporarily changed the context in which the local iconic landmarks were viewed. The travel site Lonely Planet caught wind of McCor’s project […]

“It’s not a photo. It’s not a gif. It’s a Boomerang.” Instagram has introduced Boomerang, an app for creating looping videos that jog forward and backwards through time. Users can download the Boomerang app now from the Apple iTunes Store and Google Play Store. Welcoming @instagram s new fun app Boomerang with Minik #boomerang #instagram […]

Mr Sunday Movies has created a supercut video of everyone Darth Vader has killed in the Star Wars films. We previously wrote about his supercuts featuring all of Batman and Superman’s movie kills. A Darth Vader Star Wars kill count is what this is! All the kills! All the deaths! So many kills and deaths!

This post was sponsored by The Cardboard Dream Setup by LG via Syndicate Ads. The Cardboard Dream Setup Event, a mini-contest within the larger LG UltraWide Festival 2015, offers participants who may have missed the original contest deadline, a chance to win the ultralight Gram laptop by LG along with an LG Curved Ultrawide Monitor. […]

Jason Voorhees Montreal-based artists Simon Lagneau and Sylvain Rogé (a.k.a. “Rogé Rogé“) of Baboon Creation have created 31 Horror Days, an excellent series of animated illustrations featuring popular movie monsters. Simon and Sylvain are releasing a new monster into the wilde every day during the month of October. The full collection of animated monsters are […]

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and New Belgium Brewing, both B-Corporations, announced today that they’ve partnered together to create an ice-cream and an ale that share the same sweet/savory theme – Salted Caramel Brown-ie ice cream and Salted Caramel Brownie Brown Ale. The proceeds for both cold treats will go towards Protect Our Winters (POW), […]

Discovery has announced that Mythbusters will end its 14-year run after the upcoming season that is set to premiere in January 2016. The show’s stars Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman did an interview with Entertainment Weekly about the show’s success, final season, and impending finale. Savage said of the show’s final season and episode, When we construct […]

Madrid, Spain-based film editor Jorge Luengo Ruiz has created a wonderful video that highlights the many ways that Vince Gilligan‘s popular television series, Breaking Bad, was influenced by Quentin Tarantino‘s 1994 film Pulp Fiction. via UPROXX

Nike recently sent Michael J. Fox the first pair of real self-lacing Nike MAGs, the futuristic 1980s sneakers worn by Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) in Back to the Future Part II. Fox tried the shoes on and was impressed by how they tightened around his feet, just like in the movie. Nike shoe designer […]

YouTube Red is a new premium ad-free version of YouTube that lets users watch offline and play videos in the background across multiple devices. The service will cost $9.99 per month and launches on October 28, 2015. Besides removing ads, YouTube Red will also give users access to new original content from popular YouTube creators like PewDiePie, […]

The Huffington Post created a clever edit of the Democratic Presidential Debate making it look like Bernie Sanders is playing the bongos to “Burn one Down” by Ben Harper.

Chicago based graphic designer Tim Gonzales made a wonderful music only edit of the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer. Here’s the original version of the trailer for comparison: via /Film

On a recent episode of Conan, host Conan O’Brien presented footage of costumed Star Wars fans playing their very first game of football. The Star Wars fanatics quickly took to the fascinating game of football after being forced to watch the Giants vs. Eagles game on ESPN in order to view the third trailer for […]

The sparse population of the endangered aye-aye grew by one last month, when a female named Fady was born at the San Diego Zoo as a part of the zoo’s “Species Survival Plan” program. The program seeks to repopulate those species that are under threat or endangered. Fady was recently weighed to make sure that […]

Benny and Rafi Fine of The Fine Brothers give a five-minute single-take summary of the life of Charles Schulz and the Peanuts franchise to celebrate The Peanuts Movie which will be released on November 6, 2015. The video covers more than 60 years of Peanuts history as well as the major moments in Shulz’s career.

In their short film “Hands Free“, filmmakers Ross Harris and Stanley Gonzales profile the remarkable California musician Mark Goffeney, who has been playing guitar most of his life, despite the fact that he was born without arms. Instead, Goffeney uses his feet to play chords, strum and even keep intermittent beat. He also drives with […]

Giphy has released an online animated GIF creation tool. Users can easily make GIFs from a YouTube link or uploaded file and save or share the final product online. The final GIF is controlled by sliders to mark the start and end points and control the duration. To celebrate “Back to the Future Day” we […]

In the latest episode of Anglophenia, host Kate Arnell explains how everything associated with Halloween originated from Scottish roots, rather than having Pagan roots, as commonly believed in the United States. This includes many of the traditions – the name, trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins and of course, the spookiness of the date. For starters, the word […]

The Montreal Swing Riot is an annual event that takes place during the Montreal International Jazz Festival and is dedicated to all things dance including competitions, showcases and live music. One such competition pits Swing dancers against Street dancers. Filmmaker Alain Wong captured each side showing off the complicate moves of their genre. Formerly known […]

Pell Street Nick Sullivan, fashion director at Esquire Magazine, has created a fascinating photo series in which he superimposes found images of New York City (and other cities) from the early and mid-20th century and superimposes them over the same streets in present day. The disconcertingly seamless results prove more than anything, that life will […]

London-based artist Olly Gibbs has created a hilarious Jar Jar Binks version of the newly released official poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens using his clever mind and keen Photoshop skills. I just improved #StarWars #TheForceAwakens by 10000% #JarJarBinks pic.twitter.com/tQJSJfUsYs — Olly Gibbs (@ollyog) October 18, 2015 image via Olly Gibbs

USA Today is printing the “Hill Valley Edition” October 22, 2015 front page seen in Back to the Future II on Thursday October 22, 2015 to celebrate “Back to the Future Day.” In the film, Doc Brown, Marty McFly, and Jennifer Parker travel to October 21, 2015 to prevent the events shown in the paper on October […]

They Might Be Giants has released “To A Forest”, the new music video that was created for week 42 of their year-long Dial-A-Song Direct series.

To prepare players for the upcoming release of the video game Fallout 4 on November 10, 2105, Bethesda has released “Luck”, the seventh and final video from their new 1950s style animated educational video series covering the seven S.P.E.C.I.A.L. attributes used in the game. Here are the previous videos on “Strength”, “Perception”, “Endurance”, “Charisma”, “Intelligence” […]

Toyota USA has released a short film, titled “Fueled by the Future,” where actors Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd talk about the advances in technology and watch as a young scientist demonstrates how trash can now be turned into hydrogen to help power the new Toyota Mirai fuel cell vehicle. Mr. Fusion has come […]

Jacob Smyth edited together of the trailers and teasers released so far for Star Wars: The Force Awakens into one action-packed video. via reddit

Master craftsman Isaac Cohen, an Israeli immigrant who now lives in Houston, Texas, has used his immense talent to restore wrecked cars into unique and beautifully crafted road-worthy masterpieces made mostly from wood. Isaac shared his story and his craft with an audience in 2012. images via Isaac Cohen

The Verge takes a look at what Back to the Future II got right about life in 2015 and what it got wrong to celebrate “Back to the Future Day” (October 21, 2015) which is the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to in the film. The video looks at the predictions the film made about […]

????????????????????????? ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/2rBKPbD4Kl — ???? (@ghetto_stone) October 19, 2015 Sumo wrestler Masakatsu Ishiura recently posted a video to Twitter showing three of his fellow sumo competing in a sprinting foot race. It’s a close race, but it appears Tatsuaki Kaiho narrowly beat out Kento Amakaze for first place with Kanata Takatenshu in third. via RocketNews24

A drone captured amusing nighttime footage of playful group of dogs actively chasing the moving red dot coming from a mysterious laser, running back and forth along the deserted streets within Moscow, Russia. image by Pine Sin

Artist Dan Mumford has created a stunning limited edition Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens movie poster for AMC Theatres that will be given out on each Sunday — from December 20th, 2015 through January 10th, 2016 — to anyone who watches the new Star Wars film in IMAX 3D. Tickets are currently available […]

In honor “Back to the Future Day” (October 21, 2015), celebrating the day in the future Doc Brown and Marty McFly travel to in Back to the Future II, Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to Back to the Future.

Michigan State University‘s Spartan Marching Band recently performed a stunning Marvel-themed routine during the Michigan vs. Michigan State halftime show on Saturday, October 17th, 2015. The marching band assembled to form images of superheroes while playing iconic Marvel songs on the football field. Wow! Marching Band @Guardians halftime show. @tyler_bates you have got to see […]

A collegial orange cat named Zeon got into Halloween spirit and humored his humans by allowing them to dress him in a cute, but silly “Jack Sparrow” pirate outfit that confused him only a tiny little bit. images via Sanghee Kim via Mashable

A young red panda named Kelli, who was born on August 2, 2015, went for a playful frolic around her outdoor enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo on a crisp autumn day. image via Cincinnati Zoo

Christopher Lloyd returns as Doctor Emmet Brown to deliver a special message about the future in honor of October 21, 2015 being “Back to the Future Day” celebrating the day in the future Doc Brown and Marty McFly travel to in Back to the Future II. The inspiring message also celebrates the 30th anniversary Blu-ray release […]

The barbershop quartet Main Street performed a medley of the modern songs they say will be “good old songs” 20 years from now at the Barbershop Harmony Society 2015 International Convention. The medley includes “Gangnam Style,” “All About That Bass,” and “Uptown Funk” and an original song about how those songs will be seen in […]