I’m so happy to see an English-dubbed version of Jan Svěrák’s Czech puppet film finally coming soon to a theater near you. What a beautiful, enchanting trailer. Brings me right back to my childhood adventures in the deep woods.
March 28, 2011
Kooky!
March 23, 2011
Troopers: Jedi Mind Trick
Second funny Star Wars video I’ve seen this week. This one’s smart, managing to relate the Force to Scientology and other knock off self-help religions. Totally cracked me up. Enjoy!
March 16, 2011
Found: Lost Pictures of New York Blizzard
These two videos are wonderfully charming and heart-warming.
Somebody lost a roll of film in New York. Someone else found the roll and developed it, then went online to try and track the people down. This is the video he made:
Two weeks later, the owner of the lost film roll contacted him, and he and his girlfriend went on a road trip through Europe to return the photos. He made another video which is just as sweet and touching, and makes me want to take a European road trip right away:
Pegg and Frost’s Shot-for-Shot Star Wars Remake
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are just genius at celebrating the pop cultural detritus of our childhood while simultaneously creating utterly asinine characters. (See their Zombie Survival Guide video further down on this blog for more proof).
Enjoy this —