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First Trailer Released for ‘Arrowhead’, An Interstellar Jekyll and Hyde Sci-Fi Film
Three years ago, filmmakers Jesse O’Brien and Samuel Baulch released a low budget short film titled Arrowhead: Signal. The full-length feature adaptation, simply called Arrowhead,…
Door-to-Door Salespeople Are Surprised by a Living Human Door Knocker
Door-to-door salespeople are surprised by a living human door knocker in a commercial for Energy Online. The unsuspecting victims are shocked when the door knocker comes…
An Exploration of the Visual Symmetry Between John Carpenter’s Films ‘Escape From L.A.’ and ‘Escape From New York’
Los Angeles-based filmmaker Pablo Fernández Eyre has created a great new video that explores the visual symmetry between John Carpenter’s classic science fiction action films…
‘Everything Is a Remix’ Celebrates Its Five-Year Anniversary With a Remastered Release and New Merchandise
The popular web series Everything Is a Remix by filmmaker Kirby Ferguson is celebrating its five-year anniversary with a remastered release and new merchandise. The…
Creative Husband and Wife Make a Horror Movie Trailer to Announce That They Are Having a Baby
Judy and Gavin Holt, creative husband and wife wedding photographer team, recently came up the clever idea of making a creepy horror movie trailer to…
The Backyard Scientist Pours Molten Aluminum Into a Cantaloupe and a Honeydew Melon To See What Would Happen
The Backyard Scientist, an audacious experimenter who often tests out ideas submitted by viewers, poured molten aluminum into the cores of a cantaloupe and a…
Filmmakers Create a 7 Mile Wide Scale Model of the Solar System in the Desert With Marble Sized Earth
In “To Scale: The Solar System” filmmakers Alex Gorosh and Wylie Overstreet spent 36 hours meticulously creating a seven-mile-wide scale model of the Sun and…
Casey Neistat and Friend Build a $12 Burger at the McDonalds ‘Create Your Own Burger’ Kiosk in NYC
Filmmaker Casey Neistat and his friend Oscar Boyson recently paid a trip to the “fancy McDonalds” on 3rd Avenue near 58th Street to test out…
Stunt Driver Defies Gravity by Completing the World’s Largest Ever Loop-the-Loop in a Car
British stunt driver Terry Grant recently set a world’s record by completing the largest loop-the-loop ever in a car at the Niederrad racecourse in Germany.…
Season 7 of Shark Tank To Feature New Judges Ashton Kutcher, Troy Carter and Chris Sacca
The new season of popular reality show Shark Tank announced that they will be adding new judges to its lineup – actor Ashton Kutcher, media…