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Rocky Ridge Refuge in Northern Arkansas Is A Magical Place Where a Variety of Animals Are Unlikely Friends
“In rescuing animals, I have lost my mind, but found my soul.” These are the words of Janice Wolf who founded Rocky Ridge Refuge 20…
Four Seasons of ‘The Walking Dead’ in Four Minutes
Her relationship status would definitely be “it’s complicated,” if there were such a thing as Facebook. Comedian and host Ethan Newberry quickly summarizes what’s happened…
Jack Vale Surprises Strangers by Accurately Guessing Their Cell Phone Passwords
Prankster Jack Vale recently surprised strangers in an outdoor shopping center by approaching them and accurately guessing their cell phone passwords. Equipped with research from…
TEACH, A New Video Series Featuring Reggie Watts Teaching Kids Nonsense
We live in a dimensional sandwich. Comedian and musician Reggie Watts stars in a new video series from comedy collective Jash called TEACH. The first…
Lady and the Tramp Remade with Cute Costumed Kittens
The Pet Collective has created a remake of Disney’s 1955 animated romance film Lady and the Tramp as told by a little girl and cute…
Giant Panda Gleefully Romps Around In Record Breaking Snowfall at the Toronto Zoo
Giant panda Dao Mao gleefully romps around in the snowfall from the record breaking storm that caused the Toronto Zoo to close early on February…
‘The Zero Theorem’, A New Film by Terry Gilliam That Mathematically Explores the Meaning of Life
Directed by Terry Gilliam, The Zero Theorem is a new science fiction film starring Christoph Waltz as Qohen Leth and Mélanie Thierry as Bainsley. In…
Our RoboCop Remake, A Funny “Scene-For-Scene Retelling” of Paul Verhoeven’s Classic 1987 ‘RoboCop’ Film
50 amateur and professional filmmakers from Los Angeles and New York have joined forces to create Our RoboCop Remake, a funny full-length “scene-for-scene retelling” of…
Reporter, An App Designed to Help Quantify the Unmeasurable
Reporter is an app that provides intriguing visualizations of data gathered through background sensing and triggered surveys that can be customized by the user to…
Birth of Man, A Full-Length Feature Film Set in the Video Game World of ‘Minecraft’
Los Angeles filmmaker Brandon Laatsch and RocketJump are hoping to create Birth of Man, a full-length feature film that will be set in the video…