Matrix-Style Flipbook Animation

The following video, which was a TV advert entitled Flipbook for the LG Viewty mobile phone in South Korea, shows a flipbook animation — a book of pictures creating the illusion of movement when pages are flipped quickly — which is played out in the […]

7 Thrillers Set In Small-Town America

1. BLUE RUIN (2013). Upon hearing of the release of a convict, a homeless man (Macon Blair) travels to his hometown to exact bloodthirsty revenge for the deaths of his parents. In Jeremy Saulnier and […]

Guinness Advert: “Surfer” (Dir. Jonathan Glazer)

In 1999, Guinness, the hugely popular Irish dry stout, released an advert entitled Surfer. The advert, which was directed by Jonathan Glazer, whose film credits include Sexy Beast, Under the Skin, and Birth, and who has directed […]

Forget Twilight; These Are Vampire Films

1. THE LOST BOYS (1987). A mother and her two teenage boys move to a small town in northern California. The younger (Corey Haim) of the brothers befriends two local geeks working in the comic-book […]

The Contemporary Creature Feature: 5 Films Which Might Have Escaped You

1. TROLLHUNTER (2010). A group of Norwegian students set out to make a documentary about a series of mysterious bear killings. Initially, their suspicion rests on a local bear poacher, but they soon discover that something […]

6 Films By A-List Directors Which Tend To Be Overlooked… But Shouldn’t Be

1. THE GAME (1997; DAVID FINCHER). As a birthday gift from his estranged brother (Sean Penn), Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas), a hugely successful, albeit introverted, banker, reluctantly agrees to take part in a real-life […]

“Alive In Joburg”: Neill Blomkamp’s Short Film Which Led To District 9

In 2006, while working as an up-and-coming VFX artist and commercial director, producing works for such manufacturers as Nike, Citroën and Gatorade, Neill Blomkamp wrote and directed Alive in Joburg, a 6-minute science-fiction short film which captured the attention […]

Dick Van Dyke Surprises Denny’s Customers With Impromptu Rendition Of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”

In August 2016, Dick Van Dyke, while accompanied by a cappella group The Vantastix, surprised a delighted crowd at a Denny’s restaurant in Santa Monica, California, with a rendition of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”, the Academy Award-nominated […]

Forget Twilight; These Are Vampire Films

1. THE LOST BOYS (1987). A mother and her two teenage boys move to a small town in northern California. The younger (Corey Haim) of the brothers befriends two local geeks working in the comic-book […]

Big Train – Do You Speak English?

The following 1-minute clip, taken from British television programme Big Train, which aired on BBC Two from 1998 to 2002, shows British humour at its driest and most nonsensical. The clip features a woman asking two […]