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X-Men First Class: Sixties Style

X-Men First Class: Sixties Style

Joe D made this sweet and sexy 60s Saul Bass inspired title sequence for the upcoming movie X-Men: First Class. If you were a fan of the 90s X-Men cartoon, you’re in for a treat.

Daemon (Music Video)

Daemon (Music Video)

At first glance, Dark Matters’ music video for Kenton Slash Demon’s Daemon looks like laser beams, but on closer inspection, you’ll see that all of the shapes are made from illuminated string.

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CuteRoulette

CuteRoulette

You can rest assured you won’t be seeing videos of some random dude’s junk on CuteRoulette. The site is 100% full of ridiculously cute clips of animals being adorable. Nawwwwwww.

Be Careful When You Yawn

Be Careful When You Yawn

Holly Thompson ended up in the hospital and on BBC’s Bizarre ER series after she dislocated her jaw by yawning. The solution was surprisingly simple. +1 for the totally unsympathetic narrator.

SF to Paris – in Two Minutes

SF to Paris – in Two Minutes

Compressing 11 hours into two minutes, Nate Bolt’s stop-motion vid of his flight from San Francisco to Paris includes sheer gorgeousness: mountains, stars wheeling overhead, and the Aurora Borealis.

Kids React to Friday

Kids React to Friday

Because we love it when kids tell it like it is: check out the amusing, intelligent and articulate reactions these guys have to Rebecca Black’s putrid homage to the last day of the school (and work) week.

Combat Coffee 101

Combat Coffee 101

(NSFW: Language) Two really intense and hyped up Canadian soldiers show us how they make hot coffee in Afghanistan. The trick is to use heater packs and scream a lot. Oh and try not to get shot.

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Couch Potato Cat

Couch Potato Cat

We assume this cat is watching Animal Planet, or maybe he just likes CNN. We really can’t tell since the show is in Russian. Either way, kitty needs to get out of the house more and get some exercise.

Gridlock

Gridlock

(NSFW: Partial Nudity & Language) A man’s day goes from bad to worse and beyond, thanks to a cellphone and one creepy kid in Dirk Beliën’s Oscar-nominated dark comedy short, Gridlock.

San Francisco, 1905

San Francisco, 1905

This incredibly-preserved archive footage of San Francisco’s Market Street was filmed shortly before the great quake and fire of 1906. Makes you think how far we’ve come in 100 years.

John Nolan’s Animatronics

John Nolan’s Animatronics

(NSFW: Brief Nudity) Last we saw from animatronic wiz John Nolan, he made a mouse pump iron. Check out more of his mind-blowing and creepy mechanical creations in his latest showreel.

Wiener Dog Smile

Wiener Dog Smile

There’s not a whole lot to be said about this 9-second clip, other than the fact that it deserves just as many views as Dramatic Chipmunk. Plus, it’s got “wiener” in the title.

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Freddie’s Claymores

Freddie’s Claymores

Freddie Wong is back, taking on all comers thanks to a handy set of claymore mines, a bunch of the Action Factory stunt team flying through the air, and the requisite Freddie dose of After Effects.

Emerson is Not Amused

Emerson is Not Amused

Remember how scary mommy’s nose was for baby Emerson? Turns out that’s not the only thing that the tot has his eyes fixed on. At least he finds a little something to laugh about.

Tricycle vs. Bus

Tricycle vs. Bus

MyDamnChannel’s Mark Malkoff decides to take to the streets of New York on a kid’s trike to see if he can beat an MTA bus in a one-mile race across 42nd Street. Guess who gets to the finish line first?

When Harry Met Sally 2

When Harry Met Sally 2

(NSFW: Language) Billy Crystal wants to play Harry Burns again. The executives think it’s a good idea, but they have a couple of suggestions to help the movie appeal to today’s discerning moviegoer.

Literal Crysis 2 Trailer

Literal Crysis 2 Trailer

YouTube user Tobuscus – the man who sang about the Dead Island and Halo: Reach trailers – continues to make fun of dramatic video game commercials. Hide in a park and murder people!

Thor Hand-to-Hand Combat

Thor Hand-to-Hand Combat

The thunder god gets down and dirty while still in his mortal – albeit still above average – form in this excruciatingly short clip from the movie. Watch out for a certain sharp-shooting Avenger.

Carl Sagan’s Fictional Cosmos

Carl Sagan’s Fictional Cosmos

Carl Sagan takes a look at the various lifeforms throughout the known universe, their idiosyncrasies and idiotic customs, in this educational video that just gets weirder and weirder by the second.

If Trailers Were Spoilers

If Trailers Were Spoilers

You know how they say that previews sometimes give away the best part of movies? Well, what would happen if trailers actually revealed the biggest secrets in movies too? Spoiler alert x5.

Rejection Letter, Circa 1875

Rejection Letter, Circa 1875

Check out this vintage rejection letter from journalist Lafcadio Hearn to his paramour; their relationship ended when she sent him a photograph of her in a low-cut dress. Harsh. (Thanks Billy!)

Nat Geo: Cultural Differences

Nat Geo: Cultural Differences

National Geographic offers a fascinating series of videos that showcase young men from Sudan and their cultural observations of America, as they are introduced to it for the first time. (Thanks Tyler!)

Adidas Break-Up Service Ad

Adidas Break-Up Service Ad

A story about a man with a unique job – he’s just like a process server, except he deals with more personal matters. This could be spun off into a short film or a sitcom. Directed by Kosai Sekine.

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