Category Archives: Funny

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Steven Spielberg’s Obama

In a video made for this weekend's White House Correspondents Dinner, Steven Spielberg (the real one) describes a follow-up to last year's Lincoln featuring Daniel Day-Lewis in the role of President Barack Obama.

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Variations on a Hail

If we told you a forthcoming app will allow you to hail a cab with your phone — in New York City, no less! — wouldn't you think it sounds too good to be true? Well, that's why Manhattan production … more »

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Spy vs Guy

Wait — is there a cool new tool from Red Giant? Then there must be a cool new short film to go along with it. Director Seth Worley's latest, "Spy vs Guy," was made using Red Giant's new BulletProof software, … more »

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Hello There

He didn't always have his own HBO specials and a show on FX to use as a creative outlet. Check out this early (1998) short film from Louis C.K. about the alienating effects of not-so-modern technology.

Patton Oswalt’s Star Wars Episode VII Filibuster

Shot at full-length for this week's episode of NBC's Parks and Recreation, here's an improvised "citizen filibuster" by comic (and noted Star Wars fan) Patton Oswalt, whose character crashes a city council meeting with his ideas for a Star Wars/Marvel … more »

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Every Woody Allen Stammer from Every Woody Allen Movie

Are you a Woody Allen fan? Do you have three quarters of an hour to kill? Indulge in this montage — in chronological order! — of each stuttering, stammering moment of screen time logged by the legendary actor-director-comic and quintessential … more »

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Trailer: Life of Pi 2

With the VFX industry seemingly on the ropes, these Internet jesters imagine what we might expect from a CG-animation-free sequel to Life of Pi.

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Game of Thrones: 1995 Style

Counting the days until the runaway HBO hit Game of Thrones comes back on the air? Kick back and enjoy this show open from an alternate universe where the series aired back in the halcyon 1990s …

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The Postal Service Auditions

To promote its new tour and album re-release, The Postal Service released a new video — but not a music video. Director Tom Scharpling enlisted a range of indie-rock luminaries for this wry short film purporting to show how producer … more »

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Fix It in Post

Autodesk hopes this fanciful short film will keep the reality-bending power of its Smoke 2013 editing and compositing system at the front of your mind.