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A plethora (what a fun word) of videos to help start your weekend early…

This week’s (March 24 - March 30) Google Picks:

1. Click here to watch the French Connexion
Who knew the world’s best barrels and breaks are in France?

2. Click here to watch TOP TEN THINGS TO DO IN HONG KONG
Count down your top ten list of “Things to Do” in Hong Kong.

3. Click here to watch “The Selling of Vince D’ Angelo”
Danny DeVito directs and stars as the below the belt Congressmen “Vince D’ Angelo.”

4. Click here to watch Dark Shadows - Episode 210
Beware! Werewolves, witchcraft, and ghosts maybe habit forming.

5. Click here to watch Wrestling Titans: Steve Austin
Take a step back in Steve Austin’s career as wrestling’s toughest titans.

6. Click here to watch Magic Tricks - Rope through body magic trick
There’s more to pubs than just pints.

7. Click here to watch Cocktail Shakers- IdeasInFive.com
Jeanne Benedict walks you through the history of martinis.

8. Click here to watch “Starlet” on The Documentary Channel
How do you make it big as a “Starlet” actress in Tinsel Town?

9. Click here to watch X-Men Minimates: Darktide Trailer
A war is being waged… between mutant and humankind.

10. Click here to watch Jill Dupleix: Salmon in light Thai broth
Reel Food for real people.

11. Click here to watch Connie Martinson Talks Books: John Wooden on “My Personal Best”
The “Greatest Coach of the 20th Century” discusses his book, “My Personal Best.”

12. Click here to watch Rodney Yee and the Seated Half-Fish Pose
Tired of doing the downward dog? Open the hips with the half fish pose.

13. Click here to watch Sony’s New NCAA Lo Def TV :60 spot
Relive Kentucky versus Duke in lo fi.

14. Click here to watch DragonflyTV Kids Do Science - Extreme Sounds
How loud are the sounds in your city?

15. Click here to watch NASCAR Driven to Win: ALL-ACCESS: Life in the Pits
Watch NASCAR’s version of an elegant ballet.

Want to learn how to play the guitar? Apply makeup? Do your own home repairs? Learn from the experts…

Have you ever watched a DVD and when it was over, popped in that extra disk that contained “Special Features” such as an interview with the director? Consider this “Behind the Video” segment that extra disk and revel in this personal interview with the creator of the video “What Mocks a Good Movie“.

Click here to watch “What Mocks a Good Movie”
Writer/Director/Producer: Scott Spencer

1) Why did you make this video?

“It was my entry to the CampusMovieFest, a great competition that gives college students a camera, an Apple laptop, and one week’s time to make a five minute movie from start to finish. The film ended up winning 2005’s Atlanta regional competition, defeating hundreds of other
teams.”

2) Who should watch it?

“The film is a solid comedy on its own, but anyone that’s suffered through watching a bad student film will really appreciate the parodies found in ‘What Mocks a Good Movie.’ LEGO fanatics, stop-motion animation fans, and the cult followers of Adult Swim’s ‘Robot Chicken’ will enjoy the project too.”

3) Money, fame, power - which do you hope this video brings?

“Perhaps all three someday? The hardest part about working in film or television is getting your foot in the door. I think that writing/directing this movie and investing 52 hours over one week to film it should prove I’ve got talent and drive. Now I just need the right opportunity.”

4) What’s next (from you, the video creator)?

“I finished my Mechanical Engineering degree at Georgia Tech last year, deferred admission to law school, and have recently been working on the sets of various movies and TV shows. I’d be happy to answer questions about this film and fan mail would be awesome so email me at scott.d.spencer@gmail.com.”

Striving to make your Monday more entertaining with what’s new on Google Video:

An eye-opening experiment on what would happen if everybody followed the speed limit…

A Meditation On the Speed Limit

Created during Campus MovieFest, the world’s largest student movie festival. Check out a higher quality version at www.campusmoviefest.com

Our team from Georgia State University led by Jordan Streiff, Amanda Hunter, Andy Medlin… Competition Rules: use iMovie and make it in a week. The theme was 5. (Description provided by content owner)

Please click here to watch “A Meditation On the Speed Limit”

5 Year Plan
www.campusmoviefest.com
5 min

Browsing through Google Video, you’ll never know what you’ll find…

Originally released in 1922 as Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens, director F.W. Munarau’s chilling and eerie adaption of Stoker’s Dracula is a silent masterpiece of terror which to this day is the most striking and frightening portrayal of the legend. (Description provided by content owner)
1 hr 24 min 19 sec

Click here to watch “Nosferatu”

In this classic horror film, evil aliens attack Earth to resurrect the dead in order to destroy the stupidity of mankind. Directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr., this treasure from the Public Domain will bring you back to the days of great black and white movies.
1 hr 18 min 21 sec

Click here to watch “Plan 9 from Outer Space”

Considered a cult classic, “Reefer Madness” was an old fashioned propaganda film against marihuana made in the 1930s.
1 hr 8 min 17 sec

Click here to watch “Reefer Madness”

Murder to murder, these films are two of the most anticipated of this season’s blockbusters…

Sharon Stone seduces in Basic Instinct 2, where everything’s a lie, including the truth. To view the entire smoldering trailer from Sony Pictures, please click here.
2 min 29 sec

Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, and Sir Ian McKellen lead an all-star cast in The Da Vinci Code. A best-selling novel and directed by the acclaimed Ron Howard, come “seek the truth” May 19th. To view the complete trailer, please click here.
2 min 41 sec

The definition of humanity is as follows: (1) Humans considered as a group; the human race. (2) The condition or quality of being human. (3) The quality of being humane; benevolence. Today’s videos not only study and express humanity, but most importantly, promote it.

ONE.org Click Video (Description provided by content owner)
@radicalmedia

37 sec

After spending a year as a student teacher in a New York City elementary school, documentary filmmaker Lerone Wilson explores the effects of President Bush’s momentous No Child Left Behind Act on schools across the country. (Description provided by content owner)

Boondoggle Films, LLC

56 min 15 sec

Latin America’s divided soul, with its sensual nature and complex history with Spain and Portugal are the focus of David Alan Harvey’s new book, which encompasses 25 years of photography from Madrid to Mexico, and all the colors in between. (Description provided by content owner)
The Photography Channel

2 min 47 sec

Striving to make your Monday more entertaining with what’s new on Google Video:

Actress Natalie Portman promotes her new film “V For Vendetta” by the Wachowski Brothers (creators of “The Matrix”) in this episode of Charlie Rose. Also interviewed include authors Bill Sammon and Tom Perkins.
56 min 40 sec

Go on an amazing elephant safari in Kanha National Park without leaving your seat with this new video from Wilderness Films India.
2 min 32 sec

This independent horror film “Ice from the Sun” will send a chill down your spine. Awaken your senses and your Monday with this stylish video from Image Entertainment.
1 hr 56 min 34 sec