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(NSFW: Language) Did you know that US President Franklin Roosevelt got polio from a werewolf bite? True story. Or at least according to this hilarious red band trailer for FDR: American Badass.

Adrien Brody plays a teacher who refuses to form bonds with people. He realizes that like his students, he is in need of guidance as well. Directed by Tony Kaye (American History X).

For those of you who only have one minute for fun today: Matthijs Vlot reinterpets Lionel Richie’s Hello in a most creative way here with clips from a boatload of familiar films. (Thanks James!)

The official trailer for the Spanish-language comedy Casa de mi Padre promises more over-the-top telenovela tropes. Starring promising actor Will Ferrrrel. And Nick Offerman and his mustache.

Watch two minutes of Andy Serkis emotive performance in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, before the application of CGI – proving yet again why there should be a special Oscar just for him.

An Oscar hopeful for Best Foreign Language Film, about a battle right before the ceasefire shortly before the end of the Korean War with the threat of betrayal looming on the South Korean side.

Bond 50 collects all 22 feature films of 007 – from 1962’s Dr. No to 2008’s Quantum of Solace – in one high-definition collection. Makes us realize that Bond is the alpha male version of Dr. Who.

Travis Pastrana and the rest of Nitro Circus take their Jackass-with-vehicles antics to the big screen – and in 3D, naturally. We’re sick of the Angry Birds gimmick, but the other tricks are enticing.

You might have a whole new type of weird crush on your favorite Disney princess thanks to these realistic character renderings from Finnish design student Jirka Väätäinen.

Harrison Ford watches Indiana Jones for the first time and is utterly blown away. Or not. Dogfood Films mashed up scenes from Indy movies with the equally strange video of Ford playing Uncharted 3.

Elizabeth Olsen stars in this remake of another movie that was inspired by actual events. Silent House is presented as a single take, with the duration of the movie playing out in real time.

Kirsten Dunst kisses an upside-down man again. Directed by Juan Diego Solanas, the French-produced film features two worlds divided by gravity. We hope the story lives up to the visuals.

A great compliment to Everything is a Remix. YouTuber StooTV spent 20 years gathering footage and 2 years editing for this comparison of Raiders of the Lost Ark and 30 other films.

Ridley Scott returns to science fiction, sending a team of explorers on a journey to discover the origins of mankind. Scott denies the film is an Alien prequel, but it takes place in the Alien universe.

The long-anticipated prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Here’s the first look at Peter Jackson’s fantasy spectacle, the story of Bilbo Baggins, to be told in two parts in 2012 and 2013.

The offbeat director created this low-budget “sweded” version of Scorsese’s classic Taxi Driver, played prior to the French premiere of Scorsese’s slightly more family-friendly Hugo.

In 1915 Norway, a teenager accused of murder is sent to a remote ice-bound island reform school, and plots revenge against the cruel director in Marius Holst’s coldly intense King of Devil’s Island.

Face forward, eyes open, dolly in. You know exactly what we’re talking about. The master filmmaker pulls at our heartstrings, conveying wonder and intense emotion with one simple visual device.

Here’s another cinematic retrospective for 2011 by YouTuber genrocks, whose trademark unified approach made 230 of the year’s films blend into one glorious, fantasy-sci-fi-dance epic.

Hollywood’s fairy tale bandwagon keeps on chugging with this re-telling of that children’s story about a douchebag who kept stealing magical stuff from a poor giant and never got punished for it.

Matt Shapiro’s compilation of some of the movies released this year. His editing and choice of music make the video a joy to watch. Check out his channel for Cinescapes of the past 5 years.

(NSFW: Language) A man convicted of espionage is offered freedom if he rescues the president’s daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates in MS ONE Maximum Security.