David Lynch directs more commercials, this time for Gucci’s fragrance, Gucci by Gucci. Featuring models Raquel Zimmerman, Natasha Poly and Freja Beha Erichsen, soundtrack backed by Blondie, naturally. Commercial shorts are quite suiting for Mr. Lynch, who seems to thrive with the large budgets and trying to plugin a feature-length story with his trademark style into every one he’s done.

Wow. What appears to be an old retailer-channel promo video for the MS-DOS 5.0 upgrade has slipped onto YouTube and if I weren’t writing for this blog, I’d be speechless. In between uncomfortable half-laughs, the true brain-washing started to take hold as I found myself tapping my toes while lines like “everybody DOS now” and “MS-DOS 5 upgrade, take the image further, it’s like selling fries with every burger” flashed across my screen. Yes, must upgrade. Must….upgrade. GIMME 5!

Christopher Walken, being all things interesting and cool, naturally loves food and loves to cook. He loves it so much in fact, that he recently auditioned for the Food Network, an excellent channel which caters to the needs of foodies day in and day out in the US of A. Though I don’t see “Cooking With Walken” (my name, not theirs) making it on the air anytime soon (though I’d love to be pleasantly surprised), the audition video has been added to YouTube! I can only think of what a real budget would allow Walken, the video is full of dry humor and quirky Walkenisms, which make me wish this were on 24/7! Someone needs to start a write-in campaign or something and get Walken elevated to the ranks of the Puck’s and Emeril’s of the World.

Can’t…contain……the cuteness! Jessica is a young hippo in South Africa, who has decided to take up residence with a small family, who live by the waterway where nearby wild hippos roam. She’s practically trained as a pet, eating together with the families dogs, opening doors on her own and even walking through the house, heading for the kitchen to beg for more food. Hippos and dogs living together, awwwwww.

Epuron and the German Ministry for the Environment have gotten their heads wrapped around this whole advertising as art thing. A recent campaign to promote, something (I won’t say what, you have to figure it out, though it’s not rocket science) combines the love of minimalist French direction and classic Chaplin-esque plot to create an enjoyable new campaign, which I hope we’ll see more of. Watch and listen carefully and enjoy the thick French accent.

A video simulation showing the air traffic density over a 24 hour period above Europe.

Note to self: Never fly again.

Creep-out city. A recent-ish public service campaign in the US is targeting wired kids, encouraging them to think before they post personal details about themselves on their MySpace, Livejournal or personal blogs. Or in our case, when they aren’t posting (har har har)! The creepy child molester ticket checker asking about her panties? Icing on the cake.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that Columbia University alumnus Matthew Fox (Jack on Lost people!) was asked to do a keynote speech at this year’s Columbia University Class Day festivity. This being a Northeastern university, a small scandal broke out among the student population, with students arguing over whether a more decorated speaker could have been chosen. Fox having graduated with a degree in Economics from Columbia, playing on their varsity football team, being a talented photographer and last but not least, the star of one of the biggest television shows to hit the tubes in recent memory, didn’t seem to be successful enough for many students at one of the nation’s top-10 colleges.

But, Fox pulls it off, giving an amusing, slightly inspiring speech, even though he had to hunch over the podium due to the low microphone. He seemed to connect with the crowd and it’s hard to hear a ‘boo’ anywhere, even when he asks one of his most vocal critics to stand up, wave and say hello, in a nice sort of way.

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Backlash all you want, Will Ferrell is a genius at what little he does when on film. Featuring regular Ferrell partner in crime, Adam McKay and a hot new actress known only as Pearl, “The Landlord” is a stunning testimony to working class citizens everywhere who have to deal with abusive landlords on a daily basis. The way Ferrell cowers under the mighty onslaught of abuse is brilliant in a way that just screams Oscar.

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Blade Runner is one of the most influential films of all time, especially to sci-fi nerds such as myself. Philip K. Dick was a mad genius was both misunderstood and under-valued during his lifetime of writing, a mistake which now appears to be openly recognized, as Hollywood were scrambling for awhile to dump a load of money into glossy, overly-plastic and poorly executed films based on Dick properties. Most failing miserably at trying to achieve the greatness of Blade Runner. This amazing documentary contains interviews with everyone from Philip K. Dick to Daryl Hannah, discussing their experiences as writers and actors in getting Dick’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” into theaters as “Blade Runner”.

Grab some popcorn, sit back and enjoy after the jump..

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