From executive producer Ryan Murphy and director Andrew Rossi, Netflix presents a breathtakingly expansive, six-part portrait of the remarkable life of Andy Warhol, chronicled from an intimate vantage point offered by the artist’s own posthumously published diaries.
Flashback Friday: First airing in Melbourne on the 28th February 1983 and recorded on Betamax, McDonald’s Australia served us up a nice big budget, yet slightly schlocky, Broadway style production number inspired by earlier 1970s American television advertising. Well done, Macca’s – it’s this high level of fast food aspiration that has earned you a place in Australian pop cultural hearts forever.
Created and produced by Laura Gorun, Cooper Roussel & Dimitri Basil, we love Obsession – Joywave – Director’s Cut which presents us with fictional movie title screens referencing various film genres throughout the decades.
Check out the new selection of amusing creations from artist Dan Cretu, who continues to divert famous paintings, pop cultural icons, and everyday objects to create surreal and tongue-in-cheek images.
YouTuber –zach– has created this very clever mashup of the theme song from classic sitcom Full House and Avengers footage from the popular Marvel films. Great work 🙂
Set for release in February 2017, we love the teaser trailer for Zaschitniki (Guardians), an upcoming Russian superhero film directed by Sarik Andreasyan, that follows a motley group of Soviet superheroes who fight villainous foes in the USSR during the cold war. Da da da! 🙂
In the heat of the New York summer, Gothamist associate editor Rebecca Fishbein and videographer Jessica Leibowitz spent a day in Coney Island, Brooklyn visiting the World of Swimming‘s Mermaid School. The skilled instructors at the school teach the students how to swim like a mermaid, a feat that requires a great deal of core strength, and in doing so, encourage self-confidence and pride. Ummm ok, sure…it’s all fun and games until someone drowns. Merman…Merman! 😉
Film editor Himker Rovde has created a brilliant montage using super hero television shows and films from the 1970s and 1980s to create a real-looking promo for an early version of ‘The Avengers‘ which even includes Hawkeye 😉 Clever clogs – love it 🙂
Check out Marvel‘s first official trailer for their upcoming Netflix original series Luke Cage – this bulletproof ex-con superhero takes on the bad guys and begins cleaning up the streets of New York City. All season one episodes will be available for streaming from the 30th September 2016.
UK film critic Ross John Fearnley of The Unusual Suspect has created this awesome supercut video of The Offspring smash hit ‘Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)’ being sung by 230 different movies. Fantastic stuff! 🙂
