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Ramen is apparently quickly overtaking cigarettes as the most prized form of prison currency in jail. This video looks at why that’s the case. For more information, via the Guardian: Ramen noodles are overtaking tobacco as the most popular currency in US prisons, according a new study released on Monday. A new report by Michael […]
Netflix has a beautifully filmed high production new series about… dogs, each episode following a different dog. Spoiler alert: They are all good dogs. Via E News: Dogs, they’re great companions, even better viral video stars and just generally lovable fluff balls. They’re also Netflix’s newest stars in the appropriate titled documentary series Dogs. The […]
Coin Operated is an award-winning 5 minute science fiction short film about a young boy with dreams about exploring the galaxy. Via Short of the Week: A young boy, like many others, dreams of going out to space and explore the galaxy. A simple coin operated space ship at a corner of a street will […]
John Cena is every member of a boyband for this bizarre, hilarious ad for Skyy. We’re not entirely sure what it’s about but we’re down. Via Adweek: Ask 30 different Americans how they choose to exercise their patriotism, and you will likely get 30 different responses. And you should. That array of perspectives is what […]
Elton John is the star of John Lewis’ widely awaited 2018 Christmas ad, titled the Boy and the Piano, a short film about a gift that changed his life. The Independent goes behind the scenes: The short YouTube video features a number of key players who helped produce the ad, including David Furnish, who is […]
MARS is a thrilling National Geographic series following the quest to colonise Mars by 2032, featuring guest interviews with Elon Musk. Via Space: National Geographic’s “Mars” returns for a second season on Monday (Nov. 12), bringing a blend of extraterrestrial drama and real-life insights about humanity’s future on the Red Planet. The docudrama premiered in […]
This Planet Earth clone by Netflix has also collected David Attenborough as a voice over. Not sure how that got legally worked out. Via Gizmodo: No one will ever say there’s too much Planet Earth. Sir David Attenborough, the voice of some of the greatest nature documentaries ever, has almost exclusively spent his career at […]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, world-famous actor from iconic films such as Inception and 500 Days of Summer, geeks out about Magic: The Gathering in this video. Never heard of Magic: the Gathering? Via the Guardian: The game originated in the early 1990s in the mind of Richard Garfield, at the time a graduate student working towards a […]
Captive State is a space alien invasion film where the aliens win, taking place after the invasion and with a great cast, directed by Rupert Wyatt. Via Collider: Ten years ago, they took our planet. Today, we take it back. From the director of RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, watch the new teaser […]
Generation Voice is a campaign for New Zealand telecom company Spark, involving children adorably fact-checking their parents. Via Campaign Brief: Spark and Colenso BBDO have launched a new campaign, continuing its Little Can Be Huge platform. This time it’s to celebrate the power and opportunity the next generation will have, thanks to voice technology. The […]