CineFix’s Clint Cage takes a look over and gives a great analysis of five brilliant action scenes from some badass films which grip you from the get go.
The films he delves into are Mad Max: Fury Road, The Raid: Redemption, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and The Bourne Ultimatum.
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When you get a new pet you may decide to get it from a shelter, a local breeder, a pet shop, or you may choose to buy it online through a classified ad site. That last option comes with risks that buyers might not be fully aware of.
International animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS carried out research on 42 classified ad sites and found evidence of sites offering illegally imported puppies, banned breeds, and endangered and wild caught species.
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Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer of special FX YouTube channel Corridor Digital turn an ordinary baseball game into a crazed live-action anime-style short film.
So that means lots of OTT anime effects and music, plenty of hyped up drama, and internal monologues explaining what the hell is going on.
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Norwegian comedy group Pistol Shrimps ponder what it might be like if Professor Xavier’s school for mutants had open auditions.
So just like TV talent show contestants, mutants get to show why they think they deserve to be one of the X-Men. It results in some hilariously imagined mock superpowers.
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Host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight and UK comedian John Oliver takes a more reasoned look at the implications of what might happen if the UK chooses to leave the European Union.
Amongst all the craziness being bandied about by both sides it’s one of the more measured takes on a Brexit—Oliver then gets a barbershop quartet to sing about a better option.
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IIIIINGEEERLAAAAAND! The English national football team have beaten Wales in their second match, which means the entire nation must celebrate like we won the tournament.
Might as well enjoy it while it lasts though and what better way to get your swagger on then with this classic anthem from the 1990s. All together now, VINDALOOO! VINDALOOO! RA-RA-RA-RA! LA-LA!
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As dreams go wanting to fly in a wingsuit over an active volcano is a ballsy one, in fact it probably doesn’t get more ballsy.
But that’s what Italian base jumper Roberta Mancino wanted to do and after several years training here she is doing it, flying through the sulfur-infused smoke that pours from the crater of Chile’s Villarrica stratovolcano.
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Taken from Bo Burnham’s latest Netflix comedy special ‘Make Happy’ the comedian amusingly rants against the diameter of Pringles cans, going to the gym, burritos, and more.
Using some autotune it takes as its inspiration none other than Kanye West, except Burnham’s rants are all about daft ‘first world problems.’ It’s hilarious.
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