Awesome Leisure

We can say with certainty that we’ve never heard Blue Öyster Cult’s (Don’t Fear) The Reaper like this before. But we’re impressed with the surf rock treatment that musician Bruce Lindquist gave to the 1976 smash prog rock hit, even if it could use more cowbell.

Prop weapon maker Blackfish shows us how to build the least dangerous rocket-propelled grenade ever, using cardboard, wooden skewers, rubber bands, wire, tape, and glue. It doesn’t just look cool either – it can actually fire a projectile that explodes on impact.

Tim from Gud Nuse presents a surprising stripped down performance of Bruno Mars and Cardi B’s hit song Finesse, featuring only his layered vocals, recorded in an echo chamber for added impact. Don’t they look good together?

(PG-13) “Do more punk to me.” An adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s eponymous science fiction short story. Set in 1977 London, How to Talk to Girls at Parties sees a shy punk fan meet a fellow rebellious teenager, who just happens to be an alien. Premieres 5/28/18.

The Mad Titan is here to wipe out half your annual toy budget. Hot Toys’ new Thanos action figure is over 16″ tall and comes with two interchangeable LED-lit left fists that are wearing the Infinity gauntlet. It also has an extra head and four swappable hands.

If you haven’t seen Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs yet, it’s definitely well worth a watch. In this behind-the-scenes clip, go inside UK-based Arch Model Studio, home to the talented men and women who handcrafted the film’s intricate puppets for over 800 on-screen characters.

The OneUp is a personal flotation device that comes packed into a case about the size of a soda can. It’s designed to automatically inflate when it comes into contact with water. It can be reused by replacing its CO2 cartridge and folding it back into its case.

Join Old Spice Guy Terry Crews for a livestream on Monday April 9, 2018 at 3pm Eastern. Learn how to be the manliest man you can be, as Terry performs 80 manly tasks in 80 minutes to celebrate 80 years of Old Spice and their new 80th Anniversary Capsule Collection.

In this Mad Max-inspired post-apocalyptic action flick, a man must venture out into the wasteland to find medicine for a queen, and ends entangled with a deranged warlord after an encounter with his prized cyborg. James Franco, Milla Jovovich, and Lucy Liu star.

Flat-pack wooden model maker UGEARS presents 11 awesome new creations, each of which features gear and rubber band mechanisms. The new models include a wind-up horse, windmill, stagecoach, flying aircraft contraption, big rig, steam train, and more.

“Yeah, I know a guy. He’s the best smuggler around.” The best look we’ve had so far at the Han Solo spin-off movie, which despite a major directorial change mid-shoot appears to be on the right track in the capable hands of Ron Howard. The Millennium Falcon looks so clean.

This comprehensive gameplay video of Jurassic World Evolution shows us its construction, research and management aspects. Learn about its realistic dinosaur behavior, weather, and research, educational material such as real-world dig sites, and more.

Our friends at Michelin recently sent us to the famed Sebring International Raceway to experience the 12 Hours of Sebring – America’s greatest endurance race. Rather than bore you with words, here’s a little taste of what we saw and heard on the track and in the pits.

Musician Andy Rehfeldt loves to turn metal songs into jazz tunes. His latest makeover? Transforming Metallica’s magnum opus Master of Puppets into something even dear old Mom and Dad would enjoy. Though at 5:00, we thought it was gonna segue into Get Lucky.

Elton John and Bernie Taupin are widely regarded as one of the greatest songwriting duos of all time. 13 pop, rock, and alt artists come together in this new album to bring their own flavors to everything from Your Song to Goodbye Yellow Brick Road to Tiny Dancer.

The Nintendo Switch is a pretty nifty gaming system all on its own, but there are a couple of ways in which it could be improved. LEGO builder vmln8r shows off a few accessories they built to enhance the system. The controller rail is a 3D printed part you can download here.

A superbly challenging wood and acrylic puzzle box for storing away small keepsakes. It features a complicated locking mechanism which requires each of its parts to be moved in an exact sequence to access its contents. Solution at 1:46.

Sideshow Collectibles shows off the work that went into what is likely the most impressively-detailed scale replica of the queen from Aliens ever made. Designed with the help of Legacy Effects, this incredible sculpture will look great alongside your $1000 Alien King.

(PG-13: Language, Gore) Logan Marshall-Green stars in this low-budget action flick about a man who gets upgraded with an brainstem implant that turns him into a deadly killer, hellbent on revenge against the criminals who murdered his wife and turned him into a quadriplegic.

Musician John Tracey presents a medley of some theme songs from classic kids TV shows from the 1980s and 1990s, performed with a smooth fingerstyle vibe on his acoustic guitar. We can still never get enough of those DuckTales and Inspector Gadget themes.

Based on the excellent short film of the same name, Martin Freeman stars in this Netflix film about a man who finds himself stranded in the middle of rural Australia in the midst of the zombie apocalypse, and is left alone to care for his infant daughter. Drops 5/18/18.

Great Big Story presents a short interview and documentary about Nolan Bushnell, the man who not only gave birth to the video game industry, as founder of Atari, but who also founded numerous other companies, including Pizza Time Theater, home to Chuck E. Cheese.

After a brief public beta, Epic Games’ cartoonish battle royale game is now available for select iOS devices. Fortnite Mobile is still the 100-player free for all mode that’s become so popular, with added conveniences such as auto-aim. An Android port is coming soon.