watch it: “A Trailer for Every Academy Award Winning Movie Ever”
Don’t be drinking anything while you view this:
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watch it: “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”
As related to today’s QOTD: This is a “trailer” for the new book Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon Canada] [Amazon U.K.], which will be released soon. That’s interesting enough — trailers for books? neat — but it’s extra interesting because the Guardian is reporting that a movie is already in … more…
watch it: the 3/13/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
Is our children learning? The answer is still no. The impetus for change has to come from states and local districts? Ha. Look what’s happening in Texas: AUSTIN, Tex. — Even as a panel of educators laid out a vision Wednesday for national standards for public schools, the Texas school board was going in a … more…
watch it: static cat is staticky
(via Jezebel)
watch it: 1960s IHOP commercial
Holy crap: As Margaret at Jezebel puts it: “IHOP Serves Up Pancakes With A Side Of Acid.” I’ve always thought there was something a little… creepy… about IHOP. Perhaps I have subsconscious memories of hearing this commercial in utero.
watch it: “Alice in Wonderland (1903)”
Wherein we see that FX have been a part of cinema from the very beginning. Too bad the film is so damaged: Thank the British Film Institute’s National Archive that the film is in at least passably watchable shape: The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll’s tale has recently been restored by the BFI National … more…
watch it: “Victoria Jackson: ‘There’s A Communist Living in the White House!!’”
This isn’t a joke or a parody. Victoria Jackson, Crazy Person, is totally serious here: (via Jezebel)
watch it: American ‘Spaced’ pilot clips
No. No no no. No. Oh, this is painful. Spaced so does not need to be remade. Certainly not this badly. Why? Why would they do this? This is so wrong. Simon Pegg thinks so too. Fortunately, it appears to have been trashed. Score one for common sense and basic human decency.
watch it: the 3/6/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
“The people’s interest, and the people’s future”? What a crock. As long as for-profit insurance companies are allowed to continue doing business, this bullshit “reform” is in the insurance companies’ interest. Maybe it’s true that the bill on offer prohibits insurance companies from denying you coverage for a preexisting condition, or from dropping you when … more…
