Awesome Videos

Daniel Musashi and David Barron used fire dancing and other spinning tricks to embody the ways of the Sith and the Jedi in the latest short from Kuma Films. The Dark Side user has flashy and aggressive moves while the Light Side disciple flows with his blade.

A documentary about James Cochran, whose job is to shut down a drive-thru holiday light show each night. He loves it. Like many adults, he doesn’t exactly hate Christmas, but there’s this resigned acknowledgment that there’s not much to be happy about.

Downhill mountain biker Stevie Smith recently took on one of the more awe-inspiring locations we’ve seen – riding along the edge and side of Japan’s Miyake-jima volcano, which last erupted back in 2000. Check out the behind-the-scenes photos over at Red Bull.

YouTuber Kara West made lemonade out of anesthesia. The numbing drug administered to her for a dental crown operation left half her face numb, making her look like Two-Face.

Charpu FPV prefaces this video by saying, “No crazy tricks on this one…” But that only serves to showcase his quadcopter piloting skills. Watch him fly his QAV 210 quadcopter through an abandoned factory using the FatShark Dominator video goggles.

Cracked combined the U.S. Republican and Democratic presidential debates and imagined what would happen if the candidates actually spoke their minds. The result would be just as pointless but more entertaining. #killallthefish

RCScaleAirplanes shot this video of an imposing 18ft.-long (1:13 scale) Boeing 747-400 model plane. Model Airplane News says builder Adi Pitz spent over 2,000 hours making it. Its jet engines sound as amazing as they perform.

Two neighbors engage in a war of Christmas lights. Jeroen Houben’s very short film will grab your attention and hold the smile on your face from star to finish, thanks to its superb production and editing.

Here comes the candy cane pain train. Machinima master Tyrannicon turned Santa Claus into post-apocalyptic Boston’s Judge Dredd. Who needs a sleigh when you have power armor? Check out the video’s description for the list of mods used.

“Can you spell your last name for me?” “No… I’m smart.” YouTuber Gapehorner managed to book a hotel room using a soundboard of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lines from Kindergarten Cop (and a few others.) Major props to the incredibly patient agent.

YouTube and Hollywood are melding into one universe. Actor Daniel Stern slips into his character Marv the bandit from Home Alone and tries to reach out to his partner in crime Harry after seeing how Kevin McAllister turned out.

Relax, sit back and drink in the warm glow of the yule log, done in the style of dozens of different animators, in this annual tradition orchestrated by Daniel Savage. Check out, then loop each of the individual short films here. James Wignall’s Yule Dog is our favorite.

…aka Darth Vader. Forget about getting gifts. If he were Santa Claus, Christmas would be the worst day of the year, regardless if you were naughty or nice. Wrenthereaper took over for Corridor Digital’s Sam and Niko for this holiday episode. Making-of here.

Santa Claus tries to stay one step ahead of an apartment complex’s spooked but determined caretaker. This Pink Panther-esque 360º animated short film from Aardman is best viewed on a mobile device via the YouTube app, although Firefox or Chrome will do.

YouTuber carsandwater dips a red hot nickel ball into flame-retardant tinsel, which immediately turns into The Ghost of Cancer Yet to Come. Also, can we all just pause and marvel at this ball’s staying power? Good for you ball. You deserve that cup of coco.

Frijoles & Frescas tacos are so good it turns people into criminals. So goes this funny PSA and commercial combo that the restaurant made using security footage of a recent break-in. We like how the thugs have gloves but not masks. One step at a time, we guess.

Fresh from the factory, a Mazda MX-5 Miata comes with just North of 100 hp. But drift racer Mad Mike Whiddett outfitted his “RADBUL” Miata with a 1500 hp twin-turbo rotary engine. While the stock MX-5 hugs corners, the RADBUL scorches them instead.

Clippers court commander Chris Paul and Packers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers hung out with the professional excited guys of Dude Perfect to promote their charities and show off their inhuman precision.

Battlefield 4 has tons of Easter eggs, and one of its toughest – if not the toughest – secrets will give even puzzle enthusiasts a hard time, thanks to its absurdly hidden switches and randomized codes. Kudos to jackfrags and his buddies for solving it.

If you’ve ever wondered just how much stress an airplane can handle in turbulence, you’ll feel a whole lot better after you watch this test footage from Airbus as they push the wings and fuselage of their A350 XWB jet to the extreme. The water ingestion tests are amazing too.

(PG-13: Language) For The Onion, film critic Peter Rosenthal, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will never be as good as the first movie in the series. But he knows that for many horny teens, it – and heck, potentially any movie – will be their best movie ever.

A mom tries to guilt trip and blackmail her bickering teenage kids into settling their differences. Go on an emotional roller coaster ride in this dark and twisted unaired skit from Saturday Night Live‘s 2015 holiday episode.

Like weddings, Valentine’s Day and Christmas, dying has become needlessly expensive because of marketing and our desire to conform. Adam Ruins Everything reminds us that the dead don’t need to be embalmed and they certainly don’t need a swanky coffin.