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Twitter Movie Trailer: Rated Awesome

Aug 13 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Art & Photography, Cultural Observation, Humor, Satire, Streaming videos

tags: Twitter Movie Trailer: Rated Awesome, cultural observation, twitter, satire, parody, comedy, humor, funny, film trailer, movies, technology, Gregory Brothers, I Can Tweet song, music video, streaming video

This is the funniest video I’ve seen all week! If Hollywood can make an overly dramatic film about the early years of Facebook, why hasn’t anyone made an overly dramatic movie about Twitter? Or at least the trailer to that movie! Well, someone has! Check out the exclusive (parody) trailer for “The Twit Network” right here on Rated Awesome!
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HEY!

Aug 07 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Art & Photography, Humor, Paleontology, Satire, Streaming videos, Your Inner Child

tags: Hey!, dinosaurs, Jurassic Park, movies, film, satire, silly, funny, Alexander Foster Brady, George Michael Brower, streaming video

What would Silly Saturday be without a few dinosaurs to help us get into the mood?
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AT-AT Day Afternoon

Jul 03 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Art & Photography, Humor, Pets, Satire, Streaming videos, Your Inner Child

tags: AT-AT Day Afternoon, movies, Star Wars, humor, funny, satire, cute, silly, pets, streaming video

This NYC-dog-walker-on-hiatus-and-star-wars-fan loves this video! If this video doesn't make you pee your pants by the end, well, you've clearly not had enough to drink!

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The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies

May 24 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Art & Photography, Cultural Observation, Politics, Streaming videos, Teaching

tags: The Bechdel Test for Women in Movies, feminism, film, movies, entertainment industry, pop culture, cultural observation, Bechdel Test, Allison Bechdel, streaming video

The Bechdel Test is a simple way to gauge the active presence of female characters in Hollywood films and just how well rounded and complete those roles are. It was created by Allison Bechdel in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For in 1985. It is astonishing the number of popular movies that can't pass this simple test. It demonstrates how little women's complex and interesting lives are underrepresented or non existent in the film industry. We have jobs, creative projects, friendships and struggles among many other things that are actually interesting in our lives... so Hollywood, start writing about it!

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The Peeps

Mar 31 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Brain & Behavior, Humor, Satire, Streaming videos

tags: marshmallow peeps, The Peeps, The Birds, easter, parody, humor, funny, silly, movies, streaming video

This is a hilarious trailer for the spoof, "The Peeps": a parody of Alfred Peepcock's ... erm, Hitchcock's ... "The Birds." This film documents the biggest marshmallow threat to humanity since the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.

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Tour of Chirpendale

Mar 16 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Art & Photography, Humor, Streaming videos, Your Inner Child

tags: Bill and Coo, Tour of Chirpendale, film, movies, silly, funny, humor, fucking hilarious, animal training, birds, parrots, streaming video

I have never seen nor heard of Bill and Coo (1948), but it's a real treat. It features an all-bird cast (trained by George Burton) acting out a story involving Taxi Driver Bill Singer wooing his beloved Coo whilst fighting off a parakeet-devouring crow! This clip features a tour of the town of Chirpendale and its inhabitants. Oddly enough, the film won a special Academy award "In which artistry and patience blended in a novel and entertaining use of the medium of motion pictures".

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Universal Trailer For Every Oscar-Winning Movie Ever Filmed

Mar 09 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Art & Photography, Humor, Satire, Streaming videos

tags: movies, oscar-winning movie trailer, Academy Awards, spoof, humor, funny, parody, offbeat, social commentary, streaming video

This video is an amusing trailer for every Oscar-winning movie ever made!
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Scary Mary?

Jan 02 2010 Published by grrlscientist under Cultural Observation, Streaming videos, Your Inner Child

tags: Scary Mary, Mary Poppins, spoof, film, parody, Chris Rule, Nick Eckert, streaming video

This recut of the original Disney film, Mary Poppins by Chris Rule and Nick Eckert, raises an interesting question about the film goer's perspective and how a scary film is set up differently from one that is not scary.

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Food, Inc. (Official Trailer)

Oct 27 2009 Published by grrlscientist under Ethics, Green/Frugal Living, Streaming videos

tags: Food, Inc., food industry, factory farming, health, documentary, film, movie trailer, Eric Schlosser, streaming video
This is the official trailer for a 2008 documentary based on Eric Schlosser's research (Fast Food Nation DVD or book). It identifies, describes and details the problems of the food industry, its effects upon our health and provides us -- the consumer -- with strategies for changing the way the food industry operates so farmers can earn a living wage and all of us can enjoy improved health outcomes.

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Movie Premiere in NYC

Jul 18 2009 Published by grrlscientist under Harry Potter, Streaming videos

tags: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Movie Premiere in NYC, interview, celebrity gossip, funny, streaming video
This is a streaming video of the new Harry Potter movie: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and its premier in NYC. All commercials are removed, so you can sit down and watch this with your coffee uninterrupted. I recommend that you see this film, if you haven't done so already. This film is so good that I am already planning to watch it again on the big screen [32:24]

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