

Christopher LantzWow, respect for the cosplay diversity while still observing her traditions.
Noctiluca scintillans, a species of bioluminescent plankton, illuminated a stretch of coastline near Hong Kong yesterday in a stunning display that was captured in long exposure photos by photographer Kin Cheung. Unfortunately, as The Atlantic reports, the glowing bloom is caused by farm pollution. The plankton is also known as “Sea Sparkle.”
photos by Kin Cheung/Associated Press
Christopher LantzFrightening.
Mario Wienerroither (previously) of the DIGITALOFEN audiobakery recently stripped all the music out of the music video for Sia‘s song “Elastic Heart” featuring Shia LaBeouf and Maddie Ziegler. Wienerroither then dubbed over the music video with all sorts of crazy sounds and voices.
Sia’s original music video for comparison:
Although questionable in its genesis, the “hands-in-the-air” gesture has become the de facto slogan of outcry against police brutality and racial profiling tactics across the country, with the latest endorsement from NFL athletes sparking a minor controversy in its own.
Christopher LantzParts being greater than their whole.

It’s that time again: the year-end movie montages are here. In the next six weeks we’ll probably see quite a few examples of people cutting together reels of their favorite film footage from the past twelve months, but two early entries in the 2014 movies supercut race are already available. One is a great edit of footage from 25 of the year’s best films, while the other is a long cut that samples from a couple hundred movie trailers.
First up, let’s have a look at David Ehlich’s nicely-cut look back at the year in film. The Little White Lies contributor and new Associate Film Editor at Time Out New York cuts together a montage of what he considers to be the 25 best films of each year, and the 2014 edit has just arrived.
And then, for the completist who doesn’t have much time to spare, there’s the supercut of one shot from each of almost 200 movie trailers released this year.
That comes from Louis “The Sleepy Skunk” Plamondon, who also does this sort of edit each year. His YouTube page is the source of this cut of 197 movie trailers from 2014. The full list of films featured in the video is available at his Tumblr.
The post VOTD: Revisit the Movies and Trailers of 2014 in Two Impressive Montages appeared first on /Film.
Christopher LantzIt's that time of the year again.
“United States of Pop 2014 (Do What You Wanna Do)” is a mashup by DJ Earworm that combines more than two dozen hit songs from 2014 including “Say Something” by A Great Big World, “Turn Down For What” by DJ Snake and Lil Jon, “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift, and more into one seamless track.
DJ Earworm compiled a similar mashup of popular songs from 2013 as well.
Christopher LantzThis made me chuckle.
In a clip from the 2010 BBC series The Trip, comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon attempt to outdo one another with competing impressions of Michael Caine, topping the iconic actor’s own bad impression of himself.
Michael Caine speaks through his nose, like that. He gets very, very specific. WHEN HE GETS LOUDLY, HE GETS VERY LOUD, INDEED.
The Trip, directed by Michael Winterbottom, also spawned the recent sequel series, The Trip to Italy.
Christopher LantzSuch an impressive visual feat.
Shanks FX (previously), a web series by Joey Shanks and produced by PBS Digital Studios, recently used “in-camera” elements to recreate the impressive CGI black hole from Christopher Nolan‘s newest film Interstellar.
music by Big Fok
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Cut has just released the short film “Grandmas Smoking Weed for the First Time.” In the film, three senior women in Seattle, Washington, where recreational marijuana use is legal, were given marijuana to try for the first time. After smoking from a bong and a phallic vaporizer, the women are given snacks and play Cards Against Humanity.
One participant enthusiastically said, “Yeah, I would try it again… if I can get this bag of chips open!”
Christopher Lantzoh yeah!
Marvel has released a new movie outtake from Guardians of the Galaxy that features Ronan actually accepting Star-Lord’s dance-off challenge. After the two foes exchange a few smooth moves in the dirt, Gamora and Drax the Destroyer decide to get in on the fun dance action.
Christopher LantzProlly #NSFW but since needed sharing.
Our savior! The only appropriate response to Paper’s Kim Kardashian stunt is a salve of Archer’s number one “foul-mouthed, ass-kicking cocaine enthusiast” Pam Poovey. Thank you Uproxx!
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Psst 2: I haven’t announced my Privacy Stickers yet, but we *just* finished the website tonight, half an hour ago!
Christopher Lantzto his credit, he is trying.
Commander Shepard from Mass Effect has seen better days.

photo by Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images
Last weekend, French art group La Machine (previously) staged a spectacular performance in Beijing with two of the group’s gigantic kinetic sculptures, a spider known as La Princesse, and Long Ma, a fire-breathing horse-dragon. The performance, entitled Long Ma, Spirit of the Dragon Horse, marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and China. The Atlantic has an excellent photo gallery of the event. Back in September, we posted about the French premiere of Long Ma.

photo by Reuters/Jason Lee

photo by Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon

photo by Reuters/Jason Lee

photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
via The Atlantic
The 2014 Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze (previously), a Halloween event featuring more than 5,000 illuminated pumpkins arranged into sculptures, is going on now at Van Cortlandt Manor in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, through November 16th. Among the highlights of the 2014 Blaze: an illuminated covered bridge, a pumpkin T-Rex, and a headless horseman. Tickets for the event — which takes place on select evenings throughout its run — are available online. Mommy Poppins has more on this year’s Blaze.
photos via Historic Hudson Valley
via Neatorama, Archie McPhee’s Endless Geyser of Awesome