Category: Videos
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Movie theaters are opening on Friday! How to be safe and what we will see
We can’t contain our excitement about movies in theaters coming back! Chances are, if you’re on this site, you’re over the moon as well. Of course we have to be extra careful to distance ourselves, wear masks, sanitize our seating real estate, and not touch our faces, but this should all be second nature by…
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Epic cast reunions – Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, and more
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Watching this gives me the warm fuzzies. It’s so cool to see the cast of Ghostbusters reunited. To get a sense of their camaraderie, even after all these years (plus some behind the scenes tidbits) is a joy to watch. But there are many more reunions to see. Back to the Future with Christopher Lloyd,…
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Jean-Luc Picard Writes a Quarantine Starlog – A playful Star Trek ‘episode’ for troubled times
The newest Star Trek television show, called simply Picard, is not immune to the effects of the world (galaxy?) spanning quarantine. Star Trek: Picard showrunner, writer, and director Akiva Goldsman playfully imagines what Trek would be like in the wake of social distancing and isolation. Here’s our favorite ex-captain, ex-ambassador Jean-Luc himself, drafting a Starlog…
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CoVid-19 News: Astronauts Come Home to Surreal New World
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To the brave men and women orbiting Earth on the International Space Station, coming home will be a “surreal” experience. Quarantining is nothing new to astronauts — as featured in Apollo 13, it’s never a good idea to be sick in space — but it’s new to return to Earth and enter quarantine. As our…
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Shawn of the Dead Reprise – CoVid-19 Advice from Simon Pegg
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“Hey, so what’s the plan?” Bringing back fond memories of everyone’s favorite Zombie comedy Shawn of the Dead, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite to share words of sage CoVid-19 advice. During the world’s real-time quarantine, Shawn and no-longer-zombified Ed chat about the viral apocalypse. Using the same chipper tone as the 2004 classic, Shawn…
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Forget life for a while and watch all 9 episodes of Star Wars… AT ONCE
Thank you Internet, for once again delivering something new and distracting for us. Watch this YouTube video of a nine screen split of Star Wars episodes I – IX. It’s crazy! UPDATE: Well, you actually can’t watch this now. Disney managed to find it overnight and yanked it, stating copyright concerns. Which is their right:…
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Disease Expert Breaks Down Pandemic Scenes From Film & TV
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This is a great scene breakdown of pandemic movies by a CDC expert. What Brian Amman had to say about procedures and equipment was enlightening. I’ll bet this guy has been called up numerous times since making this video to act as a consultant. Brian hit on my personal pet peeve: viruses can’t turn someone…
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SKYWATCH — a Sci-Fi Short on YouTube starring Jude Law
SKYWATCH is a well-made SciFi short video created by young filmmaker Colin Levy. Best of all, he pulled off the impossible: getting A-list actor Jude Law to star in his video. If you’re a fan of SciFi shorts, or Jude Law, I highly recommend watching the short. Then watch the behind-the-scenes video Colin made about…
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Video movie review of Sonic the Hedgehog by a Sonic fan
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Here’s a candid movie review of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie by YouTuber — and Sonic fan — Nick Robinson. [Spoiler alert: he also has some great things to say about the RunPee app near the end of the review. Thanks Nick!] Sonic movie review video: I’m not a Sonic fan myself, so I couldn’t…
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Every Type of Star Wars Stormtrooper, Explained
So, I was making my own list of every type of Stormtrooper we see in Star Wars, and I found a definitive video explaining more types than I ever noticed. And I notice most things in science fiction films. One of the great things about Star Wars is the massive but oft-unmentioned world-building. The more…
