Friday 12/5/15

Batman v Superman.

In the not too distant future, Amazon will fly your delivery to you in 30 minutes.

Rain arrives at LACMA, but you won't get wet.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-rain-room-20151028-story.html

David Hasselhoof's music video from Kung Fury.

Tarentino's eighth movie, the Hateful 8.

Friday 11/20/15

Michael Chandler was recently featured on the Creators Project with his hand-drawn GIFs.
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/gif-six-pack-david-michael-chandlers-moody-animations?utm_source=tcpfbus

IP Man 3 battles Tyson for the right to keep his ears.

Zoolander returns in what is possibly one of the funniest movies of all time.

Warcraft moves from the small screen in dorms to the big screen.

And lastly, we saw a fantastic little animated short- Leviathan.
https://vimeo.com/122368314

Friday 10/23/15

This week we had Back to the Future day! A day when all the prophecies were due to come true.

A friend of mine got to make his very own homage alongside Michael Fox and Christopher Lloyd.

Kapanke's friend is the voice of The Good Dinosaur, Disney Pixars' latest.

Star Wars is back, with a new trailer.

Friday 9/25/15

Former ZOO member, Cat Saldana, has been working on a new stop-motion animated series, Super Mansion.

You can watch the preview here:

Or the first episode here:

I recently visited Shambala wild cat preserve in Santa Clarita. Set up by Tippi Hendri, and inspired by her movie Roar. The movie is also being re-released, coming to Blu-ray soon.

Friday 9/18/15- Earthquake special

This week Chile experienced an 8.3 earthquake.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20003k7a#general_summary

Big Bear had a 4.0.

http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/

And we had a tsunami alert for the beaches in Los Angeles. We regularly get earthquakes in California and you can see the latest here:
http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Maps/Los_Angeles.html

In preparation for our annual Shakeout drill, we have the following earthquake special.

Many people don't understand the Richter scale, as the intensity from one magnitude to the next is not logarithmic, but exponential. Compare equivalent energy release from the Northridge (5.6) vs San Francisco (7.8).

USGS put together the Shakeout Scenario to demonstrate a feasible earthquake and the effects it might have. This video puts that study into an alarming reality.

The best advice is always to DROP, COVER & HOLD. L.A. County Fire Department explain why.

Be prepared, and get an earthquake app. It's free and useful.
http://www.redcross.org/mobile-apps/earthquake-app

Friday 9/11/15

You work out the rest of your body. Now it's time to work out your face with Facercise!

Paul recently competed at the National Jitterbug Championships and so we have a few of the dance routines. In third place, Paul's old team LA Shag:

In second place, the Swinging Air Force Squad:

And in first place, Paul's new team, Special Delivery Stomp!

Friday 8/28/15

Disney announces Star Wars land to be created at it's theme parks.

Meanwhile in England, Banksy has opened Dismaland.

Channel 4 News report what Dismaland is like inside.

Friday 8/14/15

Where's the parachute?

Creepy German movie, Goodnight Mommy.

New trailer for the new Bond.

Friday 8/7/15

For anyone who's not jumped on the Banshee bandwagon, here's the official trailer.

SSX Tricky comes to life a skiers with parachutes take on the slopes, snow or no snow.
https://vimeo.com/100522199?outro=1

The pinnacle of human intelligence returns to the big screen for a second outing, 2oolander.

And Deadpool teases us. More soon hopefully...

Friday 7/17/15

Comic Con released a slew of comic inspired movie trailers, including Batman v Superman.

Suicide Squad.

And we also had Lights Out (a short horror).

Friday 7/10/15

It's Shark Week!

There's a whole new Sharknado coming your way.

Along with some other Sharknado potentials.

This week I saw a presentation by professor Keith Porter on reducing the effects of the big one, mitigating earthquake hazards. His full presentation can be found here:
http://www.sparisk.com/pubs/Porter-2015-ACP-OC.pdf

And to see the seismological simulator in action, see here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2t0o3f

Friday 6/19/15

Jurassic Park fail returns to show n tell.

Along with a roaring montage.
https://vimeo.com/130144792

Meanwhile, Jurrassic World is taking the box office by storm.

This week at E3, new game releases included a remake of the classic, Final Fantasy 7.

And the visually stunning Assassin's Creed Syndicate, set in old London.

We also tried to count how many kids made this kung fu inspired music video.

The answer is a lot.
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/36000-kung-fu-kids-star-in-mia-and-gener8ions-new-video

Friday 5/29/15

Point Break returns, but no sign of Keanu Reeves.

To experience the original, checkout Point Break Live:
http://pointbreakla.com/pointbreakla/HOME.html

Lip reading doesn't get any better with the Avengers.

Tour the skies of London.

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/photos-shot-from-6000-feet-in-the-air-reveal-londons-layered-city-lights

New hover board world record.

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/watch-a-man-take-the-longest-hoverboard-ride-in-history

Friday 5/15/15

TED shows us how to use video image to listen to sound and other in perceivable motions.
http://www.ted.com/talks/abe_davis_new_video_technology_that_reveals_an_object_s_hidden_properties

Friday 5/8/15

The British General Election results are in, and it's bad news: more Conservative rule. Here's how it works.

Will Ferrell revives Harry Caray.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/will-ferrell-revives-harry-caray-impersonation-on--the-late-show---video-180715555.html

And Black Widow gets her own movie.

Friday 5/1/15

Classic Jurassic Park music.

Orchestra take on the sound track from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

For those of you who like to watch a movie outdoors, you might want to consider Cinespia or one of the many other fine places across the city, many of which are free.
http://cinespia.org/
http://laist.com/2014/04/09/outdoor_movie_screenings.php

New Mad Max trailer.

And finally, Bad Lip Reading takes on Game of Thrones with Medival Land Fun-Time World.

Friday 4/24/15

Dr Suess exhibition opens tonight in Beverly Hills

http://ecgallery.com/events/hats-off-dr-seuss/

Star Wars returns with episode 7

Dancing with light (using digital projections)

Honest trailers bring you the final installment of The Hobbit

Friday 4/10/15

After several busy weeks, we're back with a few movie trailers to share.

First up, Avengers: Age of Ultron!

You've never seen a movie like this. It's piranhaconda!

Disney continues it's theme of remaking animated classics in live action with Bambi!

And finally, a movie that some of us have been waiting a long time for, James Bond in Specter.

Friday 13th /3/15

Remember Power Rangers? What if they were all grown up and still fighting? It might look something like this epic fan film.

Friday 13th February 2015

It's Presidents Day weekend!

What can you do with 550 marbles and lots of time. Make cool music videos.

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/watch-550-marbles-freak-out-in-this-stop-motion-music-video

Chris shared with us the best movie of the year: The Room.

We saw two hamsters go on a Valentines date.

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/watch-two-hamsters-go-on-a-valentines-date

And if you've already invested in a 4k TV, it's time to upgrade to 10k!

http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/10k-timelapse-of-brazil?utm_source=tcpfbus

Friday 1/30/15 pre-game show

The hand-egg bowl is on this week, and also the most lucrative advertising spots on television to go with it. In preparation, we looks at some of the commerials, old and new, how they were made and even a half time show.

First quarter: Pac Man life size in downtown L.A.

Second quarter: the making of Pac Man.

Half time: the cutest half time show ever.

Third quarter: the third most expensive super bowl commercial ever was for Jaguar.

The final quarter: the Brit's are back selling you cars. This time Bond style.

Friday 1/9/15

We start the year with CES- the consumer electronics show in Vegas.

Top tech revealed there is mostly the same.

We reviewed the year with Indiegogo and Google.

And we saw a trailer for The Shining, re-cut.