A metropolis and landscape of paper transform, fold, twist and turn. The animation is amazingly smooth and must have too a lot of time to animate. This “Paper City” animated short is by Maciek Janicki.
Starbucks Coffee Perfection
June 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
How does Starbucks get that nicely brewed coffee in your hands? Rogier Wieland tells this animated story for Starbucks Coffee Asia Pacific Ltd.
Wreck-It Ralph Deleted Scene: Extreme Easy Living
June 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
If you haven’t seen Wreck-It Ralph – you need to see it. Buy the DVD, the Bluray or stream it. Here’s a deleted scene exclusive from Total Film – Wreck-It Ralph in Extreme Easy Living.
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Pacific Rim Robots
June 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Keep a look out for Variety magazine’s July 2013 issue.
RETRENDERS highlight trailer for Big Wow Comicfest & FanimeCon
June 2, 2013 by 1 Comment
Continue to check back with RETRENDERS for upcoming segments from Big Wow ComicFest and FanimeCon!
Viral Video Friday: Hong Kong is Home
May 31, 2013 by 1 Comment
I just can’t enough of time-lapse videos and this is a neat video on the city of Hong Kong by Javin Lau
Spacebound
May 29, 2013 by 1 Comment
A little boy and his dog in spacesuits fly around outer space. Check out this cute short animation by Ellen Su and Kyle Moy.
Viral Video Friday: Pig Box
May 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
Here’s a cute animated short about a blue bird and sleepy deprived porcupine.
Arrested Development Outline of Jokes
May 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This Sunday on Netflix 15 episodes of Arrested Development Season 4 finally kicks off. If you’re new to the series and want to know what this running joke about the various characters is about, go to: Recurring Developments for a outline map of all the running jokes from Seasons 1-3. This should be helpful if you’re not going to have a Arrested Development DVD marathon before it Season 4 premieres on Sunday.
Go to: Recurring Developments – Outline Map of Running Jokes.
Viral Video Friday: Montreal by Winter
May 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
One of the most picturesque cities in Canada is Montreal and here’s an artsy project by Stephane Hoareau for Timecode Lab. The short film video project showcases Montreal in the winter weather and some neat time-lapse scenes.
Pictogram Movie Posters
May 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
With the summer movie season underway, let us enjoy some simple, yet cool movie posters by artist Viktor Hertz.
Arrested Development Season 4 Trailer
May 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Arrested Development is back with season 4 exclusively on Netflix on May 26, 2013.
MC Frontalot – “I’ll Form The Head”
May 13, 2013 by 1 Comment
My nerdcore hip-hop tune for the week – MC Frontalot with “I’ll Form The Head” featuring Dr Awkward and ZeaLouS1. A cool tribute to the iconic ’80s Voltron Lions cartoon.
Adidas Unite All Originals – Snoop Dogg & 2NE1
May 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Adidas has been rocking a solid PR campaign with “Unite All Originals” line-up of kicks and apparel wear.
A couple of weeks back, Adidas sponsored a concert featuring rapper Snoop Dogg and Kpop power girl group 2NE1 who are known to rock Adidas Originals x Jeremy Scott sneakers and clothing.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
May 13, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Well, after months of fanboy speculation and rumors, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is a reality. ABC network has picked up the series and here’s the teaser trailer:
‘Nuff said!
Street Fighter Stop-Motion Fun
May 11, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This Street Fighter-inspired stop-motion animation short “Maker vs Marker” is by Jonny Lawrence and music by Brian Sadler.
3D Musical Mapping of Tokyo Rocks
May 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Jake Shimabukuro – Life on Four Strings
May 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A couple of members on our Retrenders team loves playing the ukulele all day all the time and especially our host Eddie for Ramen & a Half. I bet you he will DVR this new documentary showing on PBS about ukulele maestro Jake Shimabukuro. Filmmaker Tad Nakamura took 3 years filming Jake on his ukulele journey.
LEGO Breaking Bad Video Game
May 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
For fans of Breaking Bad, the LEGO video game version. Very funny.
The Art of Epic
May 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
If you not familiar with animation house Blue Sky Studios they are the team that brought you Ice Age and Rio, and this summer movie season they have teamed up with 20th Century Fox Animation for Epic. Based on William Joyce’s book “The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs”, Epic features an inspiring witty heroine in Mary Katherine and her eccentric father Professor Bomba in researching the “Leafmen” who protect the forest from the forces of evil. Mary finds herself transported into this magical world by touching glowing leaves and thus, her adventure begins.
Classic Martial Arts Film Posters
April 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Like the Wu-Tang Clan, as a kid growing up I saw many kung fu flicks with gravity defying kicks, flying swords and super speed punches. And if you are in the LA area, The Academy of Motion Picture & Sciences is showcasing classic martial arts film posters from Bruce Lee to Kill Bill. This huge 800 film poster collection & related materials was donated by producer & screenwriter Stephen Chin in 2011 to the Academy. This exhibit will run through August 25, 2013 and it’s FREE.
Viral Video Friday: [Touhou] Bad Apple! on Sega Megadrive
April 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here’s something hackable you can do with the SEGA Megadrive/Genesis, just watch this cool video playing:
SEGA: Castle of Illusion back this Summer 2013!
April 15, 2013 by 1 Comment
Way back in the 1990s, SEGA released a neat little 2D platformer game with Disney character Mickey Mouse. The Castle of Illusion side-scroller was a hit game for the Genesis/Mega Drive and found it’s way onto the Master System and Game Gear consoles too. Two sequels would also come – Land of Illusion (1992) and World of Illusion (1993).
Introducing the Cosplay pop outfit: the Super Dolls
April 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
What happens when you put together a World Famous Cosplayer, a World Cosplay Summit Grand Champion, and Cosplayer/Singer/Voice Actress together? You get the – Super Dolls featuring Alodia, RiE, and Fujaara with their first single: “アジアの変身（Asia no henshin)” The album drops May 2013 in the Philippines and June 5th, 2013 in Japan.
Video Viral Friday: Stop Motion TMNT Opening 1987
April 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A neat stop motion video using TMNT action figures for the 1980s classic TMNT cartoon series!
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