Obama "narrates" an upcoming animated film

Son of Strelka, Son of God is an upcoming animated epic featuring narration put together from carefully edited clips of the audiobook of Barack Obama's memoir, Dreams From My Father. Judging by the rough animatic seen here the results are pretty amazing, with our Commander in Chief presenting a surprisingly jazzy, almost beatnik look at the dawn of civilization.

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Christopher Walken reads Poe's THE RAVEN

We've all gotten so used to thinking of Christopher Walken as that funny old rascal with the weird accent that it's easy to forget that the man can be fantastically creepy when he wants to be.

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Beautiful Swear Words

Does what it says on the tin. Elegant graphic design applied to playground profanity. These words may not safe for work... But they are beautiful.


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Harrison Ford has an awkward reunion with Chewbacca

In this clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live, we learn about Harrison Ford's tragic falling-out with Chewbacca. (It's been a long time since I've seen Ford put this much energy into a performance!)

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FRANK SIDEBOTTOM'S PROPER TELLY SHOW IN B/W

Frank Sidebottom was... Well, he was a British comedian who was sort of a papier mache-headed, living cartoon. It's hard to explain Frank adequately, so perhaps I should let the clip above speak for itself.

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SAVE PRINCE PLUTONIUM!

Prince Plutonium has been kidnapped by robot space pirates, and only two heroic little tween girls can save  him! Low-budget filmmaking genius Richard Svensson returns with another backyard epic featuring his oddball wit and fantastic little stop-motion beasties. His making-of movie is almost as much fun as the actual film.

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SHATNER SUNDAY: Comic-KHAAANNNNN!

William Shatner re-enacts one of his greatest screen moments (with the aid of 3,000 or so friends) at this year's Comic-Con.

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Oh my glob! ADVENTURE TIME!

This week I went to the San Diego Comic-Con with my girlfriend, our first time there in years. It was even more noisy and crowded and sweaty and feet-hurt-y than I remembered, but it sure is a thing to see. We met Richard Hatch (the Apollo/Tom Zarek Richard Hatch, not the naked Survivor guy Richard Hatch) and he was just as nice as could be. We also got to gawk in awe at this beauty, a gigantic inflatable display promoting the Adventure Time cartoon. If you're not watching this cartoon, you are wasting your life.

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