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Want to experience great filmmaking - simple concept, no effects but great editing and direction? Check out the Curse of the Little Brother by Michael Skiny Power. This is part of the Filmaka Online web site spotlight on video makers. Its great!
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Fresh from the Free Range  Studio, their  latest creation:
BACKWARDS HAMBURGER! This one's posted up on
YouTube. Learn what's behind the fast food facade
in this funky cartoon chronicling the life of a hamburger
in reverse. Free Range has teamed up with Participant
Productions, makers of the upcoming film Fast Food Nation,
to expose a nasty industry.

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OK - the elections are over but maybe it is time for a new political party. The Vagina Party. This flick is amazingly clever and funny and has the ring of truth. Doesn't it sound like a party you would like to be invited to?
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This is really cute = "PS3 versus Wii" - Which game system are you going to pick? yes this is a commercial and yes it exploits women's bodies to sell products. But someone has to help Santa decide what goes under the tree this Holiday season.

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Return To Purgatory
Where do dead rock stars and celebrities go when they die? To the quaint little town of Purgatory of course, a metaphysical truck stop on their highway to heaven or hell. The second installment of this series answers the age-old question "What career path would Jimi Hendrix of chosen if he'd never played guitar and had George C. Scott as his Guidance Counselor?

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Video Dating is still a great way to meet the possible person of your dreams. Whether its via MySpace, YouTube, or a video dating service, there is nothing better than showing the real you using video. Or is there? Check out Perfect Dating. BTW - as some of our staffers used to produce dating videos, this is so reallllllll. Try to cut around this.
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How does your community fight speeding and the breaking of speed laws. In the cutting edge nation of Denmark, they are trying something a bit different. Bikini Bandits. This might work to hold the speeds down. Personally, I can't wait to see what they are going to rollout to combat the ever more serious crime of running red lights.
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Fresh from the Free Range  Studio, their  latest creation: BACKWARDS HAMBURGER! This one's posted up on YouTube. Learn what's behind the fast food facade
in this funky cartoon chronicling the life of a hamburger in reverse. Free Range has
teamed up with Participant Productions, makers of the upcoming film Fast Food Nation,
to expose a nasty industry. This one will take you back-- back to the drive thru,
back to the slaughterhouse, back to the cow...

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Do you like cats? Do you like New York City? Are you an actor. Put them all together and you get the wonderfully funny and very well made film "Lunky Business." This is part of the Its Your Show competition. Here's a bunch of new You and Pet Videos to check out

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Thanksgiving Prayer - Gus Van Sant directs literary giant William S. Burroughs in his wonderfully sardonic tribute to Thanksgiving from 1986. watch video »

More Thanksgiving Videos

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This is the winner of the MTV Flash Video Award at the BitFilm 2006 Festival. Great animation and technique

Blow - by Hermes Mangialardo

In this 3 minute video, the God of War advances on his chart full of death and destruction? Who will be able to stop him? Perhaps a little is enough... a blow. More Flash Video Contest Finalists

This is a winner at the new NBC online program, Its Your Show.
Have you ever tried Internet Dating - you make the connection with
someone who sounds really hot - you agree to meet at the park? Now
turn that into a well produced musical, "Date Park - The Musical". Watch it
and laugh.

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So the republicans are out and the Dems are in. Donald Rumsfeld got fired and "cut and ran". Have you ever wondered why he decided to abdicate? Check out this little video and you may get some great insight.

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A group of teenage boys ruin a grown man's attempt to impress his smokin' hot girlfriend during a visit to the bumper car arcade. Strong temperaments — and cars — collide in this chic film from Oscar-nominated director Nacho - Choque (Crash)

If you like bumper cars, you'll love this

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This is poignant, funny and extremely well made. Sweetnightgoodheart - from the UK is a short 9 minute flick that tells the story of Pete who is finding out that breaking up is definitely hard to do. Especially when his break up dinner is mistaken for a proposal and things spiral way out of control.

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"A Cruisemas Carol" is a new short film from
the VELCRO troupe. It stars Skyler Stone, Alanna Ubach and Zach Johnson. It is a spoof about the most ridiculous celeb couple out there today - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. It takes place on Christmas Eve.

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This is the winner of the MTV Flash Video Award at the BitFilm 2006 Festival. Great animation and technique

Blow - by Hermes Mangialardo

In this 3 minute video, the God of War advances on his chart full of death and destruction? Who will be able to stop him? Perhaps a little is enough... a blow. More Flash Video Contest Finalists

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This is not so new but it is still pretty funny. Captain Jack Sparrow for Verizon Wireless - arggh me matey, pirates with cell phones Pirates of the Caribbean phone commercial.

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Making a movie is not very glamorous. There's a lot of hard work, a lot of grunt work, a lot of sitting around and waiting. However, it pales when compared to the arduous nature of making animation, Checkout this "making of" / behind-the-scenes sneak peak at the upcoming movie "Annihilation".

... so I had to make a movie about my failure to complete the movie, and turn that in instead.

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This is brilliant. Using the old fashioned pixilation stop motion technique of animation, this short flick - Web 2.0 is great. And if you are an internet nerd or spend too much time in front of your computer, you will love it even more.

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One of the most popular videos to litter the online video sharing sites has been countless variations of the Mentos and Soda film. Mix them together - it goes fizz bigtime. Ok. Now what would happen if you had a VERY big bottle of soda and TOO many Mentos? Watch

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Men With Cramps. The Bowels Of History - Part I (2006)
The true meaning of mankind's oldest cave paintings
tell about the trials and tribulations of early Man.
1 min 43 sec . Watch all seven episodes at iFilm

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"When you work retail you should always be nice because you don't know who is standing across the counter from you." Its the latest JerryTime movie - "The Texas Chainsaw Customer" at (http://www.itsjerrytime.com)

It's based on a true tale from the life of Jerry in which he is trapped in a store for two hours with a man who was accused of murdering two in Texas with a bandsaw. They have information about the now-deceased ex-con who spent two years on Texas' death row on their blog. (http://ozonetv.wordpress.com/)

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Halloween Music videos rock - From the classic Michael Jackson Thriller to this new video from Naked Ape which combines a bit
of sex, a bit of animation and some great dancing zombies. Naked Ape's song Fashion Freak. Don't miss the vampire dog. We love the car wash parody... Scary.....

And if you like Thriller, check out Michael Jackson Vs Apu. Thriller edition the ultimate battle between an American star and a Bollywood legend!

Scary Mary Poppins (2006)
The Disney classic is recut as a horror film by Chris Rule.
1 min 6 sec THIS IS GREAT BUT REALLY SCARY!

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This is incredible. It is amazing what you can do with some make-up and Photoshop. 
Check this out. The Evolution of Beauty

The Long Version at Campaign for Real Beauty - Why can't we be happy with how we
really look?

This is a great film to share with your kids. Get them off the beauty trap before
they get eternally sucked in.

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Have you ever wanted to be famous? To be a superhero - with your own TV show and feature film. Check out the Diary of SuperDude and Friend. The longer you watch it, the better it gets. Watch out evildoers, here comes George Bush ... oops I mean SuperDude...

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You want to see something really scary? So cute that you might die from a sugar overdose? Check out the Halloween episode of GirlTalkTV. Starring Abigail Mavity and Steffani Brass

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This is sort of cute with some very interesting effects. Simple story but well done. Check out what happens when The Toilet Paper Roll Monster battles the Water Bottle Monster.

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Check out, "I Wanna Be Famous", a great short animation music video by Jessica Delfino. Directed by Nick Fox-Gieg, www.itslikespiders.com).

Also read her article about her struggle to get her video made and posted at YouTube.

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George Bush... love him or hate him, you got to admit he is great fodder for parody and humor. Checkout this hilarious short flick - TooMuchBush

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Orgy at French Disneyland?

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhvjd_lorgie-de-mickey The Walt Disney Company has lodged a furious complaint over a saucy joke video doing the rounds on the Internet, shot by staff at Disneyland Paris in the guise of well-known cartoon characters.

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Halloween Videos served up by Brightcove:

• New Dan Myrick Movie - On October 31st, visit www.brightcove.com to see an exclusive premiere of Dan Myrick's upcoming film, SOLSTICE, his first full-length theatrical feature since THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. Set in New Orleans, this supernatural thriller centers on a group of friends who vacation together at a lake house before splitting up for college.
  

• The Horror Channel - For original horror programming, the place to go is The Horror Channel, the world's first-ever online horror programming service. The Horror Channel features an array of original series—including the web's first horror series, Shadow Falls, and the upcoming Heartland Horrors—as well as 250 classic and contemporary independent horror films available via video on demand. See it all at www.horrorchannel.com.
  

• Fangoria.tv and the Fuse Fangoria Chainsaw Awards - What serious fright night TV fan would miss the newest offering from Fangoria.tv? Since 1978, FANGORIA has been the world's most trusted name for horror news, information and entertainment. The next innovation in horror, FANGORIA TV, screams onto broadband, completely immersing you in your favorite genre. Fangoria.tv is an Internet TV service that features video-on-demand content along with free programming for horror fans of all ages, and a premium service providing uncut and uninterrupted programming for viewers 18 and up. Fangoria.tv and MTVN's fuse.tv teamed up together to offer the Fuse Fangoria Chainsaw Awards - check out the winners and at http://fuse.tv/chainsaw/home/home.php

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Check out this wonderful flick from iKlipz. El Mago - the Magician. Is he a wizard or ain't he? Professionally produced with slick editing, cinematography and acting. This is great and will make you want to watch it again.