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Straight Outta Compton, An Upcoming Biopic Documenting the Rise and Fall of Legendary Rap Group N.W.A.
Straight Outta Compton is an upcoming biopic directed by filmmaker F. Gary Gray (Friday) that charts the rise of fall of the legendary Southern California…
The Silicon Valley Season 2 Teaser Trailer Features the Cast, Expensive Shampoo, and Artisanal Butter
HBO has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming second season of the comedy series Silicon Valley. The teaser features the cast of the show, as…
A Supercut Documenting the Evolution of Batman in Film From Early 1940s Serials to Today
Editor Jacob T. Swinney (previously) is back with another supercut, this time documenting the ways in which cinematic representations of the iconic DC Comics superhero…
Special Effects Video of ‘Action Movie Kid’ Building a Homemade Rocket That Is Then Eaten by a Dinosaur During Launch
Dreamworks animator and father Daniel Hashimoto has created a new special effects video for his ongoing Action Movie Kid series that shows his wife and…
A Train Blankets a Cameraman as It Plows Through a Wall of Snow in the Canadian Countryside
Canadian locomotive enthusiast Darren Gordon captured video of a train barreling through several feet of unplowed snow in an area outside of Salisbury, New Brunswick,…
The Animals’ Classic Rock Song ‘The House of the Rising Sun’ Played on Floppy and Hard Disk Drives
YouTube user Arganalth (previously) has created a new video featuring a number of floppy and hard disk drives playing The Animals‘ classic 1964 rock song…
A Fascinating Field Guide to the Internet Infrastructure of New York City
In her project Seeing Networks, author Ingrid Burrington seeks to better understand the scale and ubiquity of the Internet by examining its physical infrastructure. Her…
AsapSCIENCE Explores the Science Behind Several Illness Remedies That Actually Work
In their latest episode, Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE explore the science of eight illness remedies that–they assure us–actually work.
ABC Is Relaunching the Robot Combat Show ‘BattleBots’ for Summer 2015
BattleBots, the competitive robot combat television show that aired on Comedy Central for five seasons, is returning, this time on ABC.
A Beautiful Aerial Video of Portland, Oregon’s St. Johns Bridge Shrouded in Fog
Portland, Oregon’s striking Neo-Gothic St. Johns Bridge is shrouded in fog and lit by the setting sun in this beautiful video shot by videographer Adam…