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Nike Chinese New Year
The Nike Chinese New Year ad is hilarious, playing on the hongbao tradition. A young girl keeps trying to escape her hongbao-giving aunt. Some context: hongbaos, or red packets, are lucky packets containing cash that are traditionally given out by married people to unmarried people during Chinese New Year (or for guests to give newly-married …
Daniel Craig vs James Bond
Daniel Craig vs James Bond — a hilarious Heineken ad wherein Daniel is mistaken for his most famous film character over and over. We’re not sure how useful the ad really is, given it’s supposedly meant to promote Heineken’s 0.0% non-alcoholic beer but doesn’t even mention it. It’s still a fun, beautifully-shot romp. Via FastCompany: …
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner is a David Chang Netflix series which travels the world with his famous friends eating delicious food. It’s a fun watch, though we kinda prefer his previous series, Ugly Delicious. Via Eater: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, David Chang’s latest Netflix series following last year’s Ugly Delicious, is several shows in one. …
Birds of Prey
The lead Birds of Prey single is out, and it looks great. For those unaware, this upcoming film is part of the DC universe…ish. Via Screenrant: Harley Quinn originated on Batman: The Animated Series, voiced by Arleen Sorkin. Harley proved so popular, however, that she made the jump to the comics in 1993. She has …
Ashfall
Ashfall is a Korean disaster film starring Lee Byung-hun and directed by Lee Hae-jun and Kim Byung-seo, about a volcano erupting. Via Variety: South Korean disaster film “Ashfall” remained on top of the local box office in the first weekend of 2020. The CJ Entertainment release earned $4.25 million from 565,000 admissions between Friday and …
Sam Mendes’ 1917
What we’ve been watching: 1917, a film by the Skyfall director Sam Mendes. It’s a work of technical brilliance set in WW1. Via the Guardian: For his latest movie – an awards-garlanded first world war drama that has already won best picture honours at the Golden Globes – Mendes has returned to the lure of …
A Sony electric car?
Sony showed up at CES, Las Vegas’ annual tech extravaganza, with something unexpected — a gorgeous Sony electric car, the Vision-S. What? Via TIME: The Vision-S, an electric concept car focused on “safety, entertainment, and adaptability,” incorporates Sony’s automotive-focused imaging technology, and is surrounded by an array of sensors Sony is calling the “Safety Cocoon,” …
Don’t F**k With Cats
Things we’ve been watching: Don’t F**k With Cats, Netflix’s new true crime / investigative documentary about tracing a killer. Via Esquire: Netflix’s breakout docuseries, Don’t Fuck with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer, has captured the nation’s attention because, as the title suggests, people do not like when someone messes with the internet’s mascot. In fact, …
Google and Big Oil
Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are all teaming up with Big Oil — using technology to extract more oil from the ground. What could go wrong? Via Vox: Google, Microsoft, and Amazon have been very vocal about their efforts to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. But as the Wall Street Journal and Gizmodo have …