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Jack Black Wants a Cracker

Jack Black Wants a Cracker

Jack Black posted this wonderfully wacky improv of Nirvana’s Polly Wants a Cracker – complete with mouth-sound rhythm section – which he sang Carpool Karaoke style while he was stuck sitting in traffic, . All we can say is… “Shikaflaow!”

Sculpting the Night King

Sculpting the Night King

Watch as sculptor LoreCraft takes a block of white clay, and gradually transforms it into the evil leader of the whitewalkers on Game of Thrones. In addition to the sculpting and painting, he made that sweet armor by hand too. Impressive!

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This Is a Generic Millennial Ad

This Is a Generic Millennial Ad

Stock image house Dissolve used their own library of footage to poke fun at some of the many generic and stupid commercials that pander to folks born in the ’80s and ’90s, and reminding us that ad executives rarely have a clue about how to actually reach their market.

How to Make a Can Stove in 5 Mins.

How to Make a Can Stove in 5 Mins.

NightHawkInLight shows us how we can make a stove out of a soup can. All you need is a can tapper or can punch to create air vents and feet out of the can’s walls and base. Although in our opinion you should also have a pair of protective gloves.

Making a Jumanji Board

Making a Jumanji Board

“Do not begin unless you intend to finish.” Prop maker and restorer Steven Richter made a screen-accurate replica of the Jumanji board game. Skip to 14:38 for the finished build. You can buy the game pieces and cover casting on his Etsy shop.

Adam Ruins Everything Corrects Itself

Adam Ruins Everything Corrects Itself

If you believe everything you see on TV or the internet, you’re in for a rude awakening. Even serial debunker Adam Conover isn’t right all of the time, but at least he admits it. Let’s find out some of the things presented as fact which might not have been entirely correct.

Meet Sophia: Advanced Prototype

Meet Sophia: Advanced Prototype

We were totally convinced that this was a promo clip for a science fiction movie, but we’ve been assured that Hanson Robotics is real, and they’ve actually built Sophia, an uncanny self-learning android AI to haunt our nightmares. She sounds infinitely smarter than she looks.

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A Full Day with Hafthor

A Full Day with Hafthor

Men’s Health spent 24 hours as a fly on the wall with Hafthor “Thor” Bjornsson, the strongman behind the mask of The Mountain on Game of Thrones. It’s an endearing look at a man so closely associated with fear and strength, and a glimpse inside his food and exercise regimen.

Old Spice: Invisible World

Old Spice: Invisible World

To launch their new line of Invisible Spray antipersperants, Old Spice did something no Hollywood studio would dare – they created a completely invisible, feature-length movie. For as ridiculous as it sounds, it’s shockingly entertaining. Headphones recommended.

A Ride Through the Hyperloop

A Ride Through the Hyperloop

Elon Musk recently shared a brief, but awesome bit of footage shot from the POV of the prototype WARR Hyperloop pod, which set the speed record during the second SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition, hitting 324 km/h (~202 mph) as it zipped through the tube.

The Cure for Unrequited Love

The Cure for Unrequited Love

The School of Life reminds us that no one is perfect or “the one” for us. The person, condition, or object we pine for has downsides just like everyone and everything else. Focusing on the potential troubles we avoided will make it easier to move on.

Filming the Unfilmable

Filming the Unfilmable

(SPOILERS) CineFix’s latest compilation features five wonderfully finessed scenes that effectively use camera movement, sound, blocking and more to express emotions, foreshadowing and other intangible concepts and states.

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When Mercury Meets Aluminum

When Mercury Meets Aluminum

While most aluminum is covered with a protective oxide layer, it’s possible that it could wear away over time. After watching NileRed’s clip showing how mercury can interact with exposed aluminum, we’re more than happy with it being banned from air travel.

2036: Nexus Dawn

2036: Nexus Dawn

A short film which fills in some gaps between the events in the 30 years between Blade Runner Blade Runner: 2049. Directed by Ridley Scott’s son Luke, it introduces us to Niander Wallace (Jared Leto), who created a new series of replicants, coded with extra safeguards.

Kids Meet a Little Person

Kids Meet a Little Person

Cut introduced children to a grown woman who was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a condition which has limited her height to just 3 feet. Their inquisitiveness and concern should be a model for other youngsters, who all too often make fun of people for their differences.

Foam Airplane Trick Shots

Foam Airplane Trick Shots

The dudes from Dude Perfect prove they’re not just good at sportball, and turn in some impressive trick maneuvers with the help of some well-aimed lightweight foam gliders. The breakaway bottles were a bit of a cheat though.

Kaleidoscopic Dominoes

Kaleidoscopic Dominoes

Master of all things domino-related FlippyCat presents a fun way to make it look like you’re have way more dominoes than you actually do. The trick – like all good illusions – it’s all done with mirrors.

Hummingbird Pool Party

Hummingbird Pool Party

For most of us, it’s rare to see even a single hummingbird. But check out this fun footage of a whole mess of the speedy little birds splashing about in a fountain. The sound of these little guys buzzing about never gets old.

A Stop-Motion Master

A Stop-Motion Master

Great Big Story spent some time with stop-motion animator Phil Tippett, who worked on films like Star Wars, RoboCop, and Jurassic Park. For the last 30+ years, Phil has also been working on his passion project, Mad God, a film which he acknowledges he may never finish.

Tom Cruise: Characters, Scenes & Films

Tom Cruise: Characters, Scenes & Films

“I wanna have fat hands and I wanna dance.” Tom Cruise sat down with BBC Radio 1 to talk about some of his funniest scenes, his favorite fight sequences, the movies that blow his mind and more.

Memento: Telling a Story in Reverse

Memento: Telling a Story in Reverse

Seventeen years ago, Christopher and Jonathan Nolan bamboozled us with their breakout film, Memento. If the film’s alternating backward and forward stories still puzzle you, imagine the mental gymnastics that the Nolan brothers had to go through to bring it to life.

The Story of Jon Burgerman

The Story of Jon Burgerman

While shooting pics to promote illustrator Jon Burgerman’s new book It’s Great to Create, photographer Bas Berkhout decided to turn some of the leftovers into a wonderful documentary about the inspiration behind his whimsical, googly-eyed style.

Jumbo LEGO Go-Kart

Jumbo LEGO Go-Kart

LEGO makes regular size bricks, and larger Duplo bricks for little kids. But the bricks in Matt Denton’s awesome build are way bigger. He used a Lulzbot 3D printer to render all 98 pieces from a classic LEGO Technic go-kart kit, resulting in a 5x larger version of the original.

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