Amazing Poster for Kubrick Movies

Check out these amazing looking posters for our favorite Kubrick movies by Tracie Ching:

For more cool posters: http://www.tracieching.com/

The Frame - Trailer

Here is the trailer for The Frame, a new movie by Jamin Winans, the director of Ink, which was an exceptionally well done low budget action/fantasy. Ink was an indie hit so this time around Jamin had a bigger budget and more possibilities. Judging by the trailer he made yet another interesting film:

Hyperlapse

It's been a while since I've seen anything really interesting and new on the "filming" scene, now here is a great idea and execution, a software which creates amazing looking steady cam like videos from your go-pro footage, check it out:

Atari: Game Over Trailer

The AVGN movie is coming out in a few months with a story revolving around the mystical landfill where thousands of E.T. cartridges can be found. For years this was an urban legend, there was no real information out there about this. So this year next to the AVGN movie we get a documentary about Atari's demise and the magical landfill, here is the trailer for it:

MAD MAX - Fury Road

MAD MAX is back and this time he's played by Tom Hardy. The new Mad Max movie was in development hell for several years, usually when this happens it has a great impact on the quality of the movie but that doesn't seem to be the case this time around. George Miller delivers amazing visuals and a gripping atmosphere with spectacular action - what more can we ask for? Let's just hope the movie itself will live up to the trailer, here it roams:

Wierd Al is back

Wow, almost a month since the last post. I've been busy with some new stuff. Good stuff.

Anyways. Weird Al Yankovic is back, not ,that he ever was really away but he says all of his albums are comeback albums. He's releasing eight videos in eight days, four of them are already out, they are great with some fun guest stars but so far this is my favorite. It's very fast and creatively done lyric video, Word Crimes, enjoy, you might even learn something:

Video Games: The Movie

Here is a brand new documentary about the history of video games - looks really interesting and well done, check out the trailer:

Ben Sack

Ben Sack is an american graphic artist creating extremely busy and detailed, realistic looking images. You can spend minutes, even hours looking at all the details. I guess you need a lot of patience to do this. I only have one question, where's Waldo?

Perturbator - 16bit Music Video

It's really trendy these days to create something new with a retro feel to it, even go as far as using the limited technologies of a bygone era, limited resolution, limiter color palette. For my eyes these kind of experiments are a treat, but guess the younger generation, who never played the Sega MegaDrive or the SNES might find these odd.

Demo for the SNES

The retro gamer scene and the demoscene has quite a few common members, but it's still rare to scene a demoscene product on a gaming system. Here is one from this year, Nu by Elix for the Gathering 2014 demoscene party, enjoy.

Ghost in the Shell - Project 2501

Here is a very interesting project from Ash Thorp. He and his team created a very special photo series as a homage to Ghost in the Shell. They recreated the legendary "Making of a Cyborg" scene from shot to shot, the results are really amazing.

Here is a short making of video: 

Visit the project's website:
http://www.gits2501.com/

Short Films by Gints Zilbalodis

Gints Zilbalodis is an animator / filmmaker from Latvia. He's creating amazing looking animations / short films with great atmosphere, interesting storylines and unique visuals. He made several short films already but still not many people know about his work, his videos only have a few hundred views yet they deserve a lot more:

Interstellar Trailer

A very good looking trailer for the new Christopher Nolan movie Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey. There are just enough movies about wormholes out there, I'm really looking forward to see where this movie will take us.

AKIRA - Fan Trailer

Here is a cool looking trailer for Akira, one of the greatest animes ever created. There were many rumors about a film being in development but so far this is best we can get:

Gotham - The Series Trailer

This is the age of comic book movies and tv shows and for a geek like me that's a very good thing. After so many movie adaptations here comes a tv series about the origins of Batman and many other well known characters. I'm really looking forward to this, the trailer looks promising and the cast is fantastic, it's good to see Donal Logue in another great show after Vikings. Check it out:

Fixed Perspective 3D Bike Course

Check out this great video, without spoiling too much it's worth it to watch the video till the end when the big "twist" happens.

Meet Boomer

Boomer is a little robot dinosaur and he is amazing. I've seen a lot of different robotic animals from the hex bugs to the huge dog like robots but nothing compares to Boomer, he really looks like he's alive and interacting with you. I would like to have one for myself.

A Trip out to Sea

A Trip out to Sea is an interactive website and it simulates what happens if you fall out of a boat in the middle of the sea. It's quite atmospheric and scary actally, check it out:

http://sortieenmer.com/

Pyro Board

An interesting new way to visualize your music:

Major Lazer Lyric Video

It's always fun to see how some people can expand already existing genres or styles. Here we have a rather different take on the trendy lyric-video craze:

Sound Waves Visualized

In the latest episode of Cosmos they visualized sound waves with animation to make us understand what happens when we hear a sound. In this video they did the same but no animation was needed, through their special camera you can see too what happens when you clap your hands:

I Origins and Gone Girl - Trailer

I Origins is the new movie from the director of Another Earth, Mike Cahill. Another Earth was a breath of fresh air with a great basic idea and clever execution so I'm glad to see that he has a new movie. Luckily I Origins also looks very interesting with great images and many deep questions.

Great looking trailer for the new David Fincher movie starring Ben Affleck. It's good to see Fincher back with a darker movie.

The Psychology of Color

Here is a great little infographic about the psychology of colors, check it out if you're about to paint your house or office:

Original site: http://paintersoflouisville.com/the-psychology-of-color/

Super Mario Cat

It's not that interesting and not that funny at all, so I don't really know why I'm posting this. Maybe because it's a cat + Super Mario. And motion tracking though. Anyway, here it is, check it out:

Superman with a GoPro

This great little video shows how it looks to fly around like Superman in POV. Really great idea I think, I hope the next Man of Steel feature will have some scenes like this.

Fargo on TV

I'm big fan of the Coen brothers, I think they make exceptional movies, certainly not for everyone, but perfect for me. When I first heard that they want to make a TV Series from their movie Fargo I was sceptical, mostly these feature to TV conversations turn out the be lousy aftertastes, but after checking out the numerous trailers and teasers for the show I have to say I'm interested. There is a great cast (Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, Colin Hanks and Bob Odenkirk just to name a few) and a genuine atmosphere. In less then two weeks we will see if it was worth the wait.

Trailer:

Steak:

Cast:


Shopping cart:

Roads:

DarkPsychedelic - Online Kaleidoscope

Did you have a kaleidoscope when you were a kid? I sure did have one and it was great fun pointing it towards the light and screwing around with it. So many shapes and colors.

Here is an online kaleidoscope, it's still fun and beautiful:

http://darkpsychedelic.ru/

More trailers, again...

24 was one of the first tv shows that changed my mind about TV in general, it was fast, bold, brutal and very entertaining, I loved all the way through and I never cared about the over the top action scenes or the main character's immortality, 24 is not about accuracy, it's about fun. Many years after the final episode in just a few weeks we get a special 12 episode season called Live Another Day - which really sounds like a title for a Bond movie - and it looks like Jack Bauer is going to kick ass again!

The second trailer for today is from Hercules which is looking a lot better than the other Hercules movie just a few months ago. The movie was shot here in Hungary and I had the chance to have a walk among the sets after the shooting, it looked cool there and it looks cool in the trailer too.

More Trailers for March

Here are a few more new trailers, check them out:

Firstly we have The Signal, a new sci-fi flick starring Laurence Fishburne and it looks interesting, let's hope it'll stay that way:

Next is The Giver which looks like another entry in the "kid heroes" category which is a trend that should die, but at least there great adult actors in it as well like Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard - I just hope they have more screen time than the teenagers:

Lastly here is a teaser trailer for the Peanuts movie. As a kid I loved the comics about Snoopy and Charlie Brown, they had a strange atmosphere to them. The teaser looks interesting, it's 3D, but not your traditional one - let's see how it works for an hour and a half.

The Maze Runner

Here is a trailer for an interesting looking movie: The Maze Runner. One of my first great film experiences was the movie Labyrinth and ever since that I have a soft spot for puzzle based movies. The first Cube movie was great, but it's not a very popular theme among filmmakers. Now here is this quite good looking little trailer, this even might be a decent movie... I just had enough with kids saving the world. Anyways, check it out:

Turn Down for What - Music Video

Wow, and I thought the Big Bad Wolf video was strong and then comes this. Turn Down for What from Lil John & Dj Snake. Hold on to something...

Work in Progress Illustrations

Ricardo Solis is a Mexican artist creating these interesting images. From far they look like normal paintings but from up close you can see little people working on the picture Gulliver style. Great idea, good execution.

Check out his Behance site:

https://www.behance.net/artesolis

My New Portfolio is Online

It's been many years since I had my own online portfolio, it just didn't seem like I need it, but last year I started to work on a new one. The design has been changed a few times and I'm still tweaking it here and there, but the biggest issue is to find all my old graphics, videos, animations, etc. - there is a lot. Now still a lot of my works are missing but it's enough to put the site online. Slowly I will add more and more stuff to it.

www.demeterlorant.com

Side Scrolling on the Streets

Christian Åslund is a Stockholm-based photographer who turned the streets of Tokyo into side scrolling games screens. Great tribute to retro video games.

Check out his website: http://www.christian.se/commercial

Supermoine Holypop

Wow, so much energy in such a short animation, the sheer craziness is just soaking through the screen while you watch this little... I don't even exactly know what this is, but it's fun indeed, check it out:

Simon Stålenhag's Digital Paintings

Check out these great looking and atmospheric digital paintings from Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag. Every image is calm and peaceful in a way, showing landscapes, cityscapes with people and vehicles. But then there are the scifi themed parts, a robot here and there, a part of some kind of machine. These elements never overshadow the main panting, they give a strange scifi feel to them without being a cliché. Great stuff, check it out.

Check out his website: http://www.simonstalenhag.se/

And tumblr site for more images: http://simonstalenhag.tumblr.com/

Life After Pi

Rythm & Hues Studios is one of the classic VFX studios in Hollywood, they worked on countless productions bringing fantastic locations and characters to life, creating extraordinary illusions. They got an oscar award for their work on Life of Pi but soon after the company went bankrupt. It's a really sad story and they are not the only ones. Support the VFX industry, don't let these fantastic teams go to waste. Here is a short documentary with the story:

50 Years of Space Exploration

Here is a neat little infographic showing how far into space our spacecrafts ventured already. It's interesting to see just how many different missions there were over the years, for example I would have never thought that there were as many as 49 missions exploring Venus alone, even more than to Mars.

Li Hongbo - Moving Statues

Li Hongbo is a chinese artist working in Beijing. He had exhibitions all over the world showcasing his unique approach to statues. His sculptures are not fixed, they can morph into different characters creating new shapes, forms, emotions. Interesting stuff indeed.

Godzilla - Feature Trailer

Here is the full trailer for the upcoming Godzilla feature and it doesn't disappoint, no jokes, no cheesiness just full blown mayhem, it's gonna be good:

Weird Video Game Tribute Video

As a big fan of retro video games it's always a treat for me to see a tribute to the 8bit or 16bit era, this is a little bit too weird though... but what do I expect from Japan anyway?

Ghostcube

Blocks are cool, just think about the Rubic cube or Minecraft. Erik Aberg found yet another way to make them even cooler, check it out:

Guardians of the Galaxy - First Trailer

I was skeptical about this movie when I've seen the first images and characters, I was afraid that they are going to take it too seriously. After watching the trailer it seems that it's quite the opposite, Guardians of the Galaxy is going to be a fun and entertaining, can't wait to see it:

Rachel Baran - Surrealistic Selfies

Rachel Baran is only 20 years old yet her pictures already conquered a lot of blogs, news sites, galleries etc. There is a very strange, surreal feel to them yet they are all very conceptual and beautifully composed.

Check out her tumblr and flickr page for more images.

The Most Influential Movie That Was Never Made - Jodorowsky's Dune

The first movie I've seen from Jodorowsky was Holy Mountain and his style immediately hit me, it was so different from anything I've seen in movies. Since then I've watched all of his movies and read stories about his life and he became even more interesting.

One movie that always came up was Dune, there are loads of concept arts, storyboard sketches on the internet and it's obvious that it would have been something extraordinary if it gets finished. Sadly that wasn't the case but here is a documentary which might give a little more insight about this extremely influential but non existent movie:

Sabotage - Red Band Trailer

As a big fan of Arnold I have to post this new hardcore trailer for Sabotage, I'm really looking forward to seeing this film, go Arnie!

Chimpnology - New Cyriak Madness

Not much to say... Cyriak went crazy again, which is awesome!

Animated Wind Map of the Earth

Check out this online animated wind map for the earth, you can zoom in, rotate and enjoy the thousands of little moving lines on your screen. Not very useful but very beautiful indeed:

http://earth.nullschool.net/

A Million Ways to Die in the West - Trailer

Here is the trailer for the new Seth MacFarlane vehicle and though it looks a bit forced at moments, it still feels like it's going to be great fun. When I heard about his previous film Ted for the first time I was worried that after Family Guy how can you successfully switch to live action features, but he did a great job, the movie was really entertaining and it even had some Family Guy moments. A Million Ways to Die in the West:

The Zero Theorem - Trailer

Terry Gilliam is one of the most interesting and visually unique filmmakers out there who gave us such classics as Brazil, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Tide Land or The Fisher King among many. It's been five years since he completed his last feature and now he's back on track with his unmistakable visuals, weird characters and spectacular special effects. The Zero Theorem:

Dead Snow 2 - Full Trailer

The first Dead Snow movie was great fun with lots of gore and action, every horror fans dream. Most of the time the sequels don't match the movies they are following, but this new trailer looks absolutely amazing and hilarious, can't wait to see the film:

Tracking the Flight Paths of Birds

Here is a really interesting visual experiment from Dennis Hlynsky, a visual artist. He put frames he recorded in sequence and added the darkest pixels together to create a fascinating visualization showing the flight paths of individual birds, check it out:

1 2014 starlings 00011 from Dennis Hlynsky on Vimeo.

The Raid 2 - New Trailer

Here is a new kickass trailer for the sequel of The Raid: Redemption, it's actually being screened for a big audience for the first time today on the Sundance Film Festival, go Iko, go Gareth! The Raid 2: Berandal

Photoshopped Music Video

Here is a great little Hungarian music video for the photoshop fans. It's such a simple idea that it's strange it's never been done before. Congratulations to the creators!

Beans

A great and fun commercial for Haynes Baked Beans:

Winter Olympics 2014 - Trailer - BBC Sport

This must be one of the coolest tv promos ever made. Dark with a Game of Thrones feel to it, great images and the voice of Charles Dance, congrats BBC, great stuff! Check it out:

Seaboard GRAND

This is a very interesting instrument, not visually though - but I still would happy to fool around with it for a few hours:

True Detective Opening Scene

Last year I've started to post interesting opening credits from tv shows but to be honest there aren't that many really good ones out there so it's always a pleasure to see a new tv series with a great opening. True Detective premiered on a few days ago on HBO and though the show itself is pretty good it's opening is a masterpiece, beautiful colors, great compositions, simple yet effecting, check it out:

Isometric Animated Short

Here is a little animated short from Mirai Mizue. Back in the days when they first tried to introduce 3D to the games the popular solution was the isometric method. It's 3D in a way but really it isn't because it doesn't have perspective. I really enjoyed games with this style so I have soft spot for these kind of animations. Modern. Enjoy:

Stalingrad VFX Reel

Unfortunately the movie itself wasn't really good, a plot full of holes with weak and stereotypical characters, I expected a lot more - but that doesn't take away from the real strength of the movie: the visuals. Here is a very cool VFX reel for the movie, Stalingrad can be missed, but if you're into CG you should check this video out:

Omnicorp 2027 CES Presentation

As a part of the new Robocop movie's marketing campaign here is a fake presentation from Omnicorp, the company which brought us Robocop and the other cool killing machines from the movie series.

They even created a website, so if the presentation is not enough for you, you can browse through the "products" they are offering here: www.omnicorp.com

8 Bit Cinema

CineFix has started it's 8 Bit Cinema project a while ago and already they have loads of movies turned into 8 bit video games. Check these out if you are also a retro video game fan, it's really fun to watch the 8 bit recreation of iconic scenes from iconic movies:

Pulp Fiction:

The Shining:

Blade Runner:

For more 8 bit movies check out their YouTube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1AXWu-gGX6LNsfQ-KkeGPxL76CFONTom

Kung Fury - Trailer

Here is a trailer for a really crazy looking movie: Kung Fury. It's a crowd funded project on Kickstarter and it already has more than double the goal amount was, so quite possibly it will be produced and we can see it on the silver screen soon enough. It looks pretty awesome, I just hope it won't be too much to handle.

Jason Oda aka JODA!

Jason Oda is a one-man-army visual artist specialized in web based games and online viral campaigns. He's a big fan of retro games: Atari, Nes, Genesis etc. and if you have a soft spot for these kind of games as well you are going to enjoy what this guy is doing.

He created many great games for different clients varying for agencies, bands and entertainment websites.

Lately he released a client independent game called Continue?9876543210... You are a dead, failed video game character wandering through the recesses of the Random Access Memory, trying to find peace in the final moments of your existence before being deleted forever…

Sounds interesting enough? Interested in experimental video games, check this one out for sure:

Check out his website for more interesting games:
http://jasonoda.com/