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Haywire

Joining a healthy strand of action films following lone 'Black Ops' operators betrayed by their former employers and on the run/out for revenge/rescuing a girl (The American and Spartan being two of the best, and most stylish in different ways; Taken is a guilty pleasure on the other hand...), Steven Soderbergh directs the screen debut of women's MMA fighter Gina Carano leading a stellar cast in Haywire. In this film the girl can look after herself, but let's hope her acting lives up to that of fellow MMA retiree (and The Expendables cast member) Randy Couture.

Prometheus

Ridley Scott returns to Science Fiction, and to Horror, with his prequel (sequel?) to his own seminal, genre-defining classic, Alien, apparently dispensing with the claustrophobia of the original in the process and turning to a much larger canvas. It sports a fantastic cast as well.

The Hitch

Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011

An impassioned opponent of totalitarianism of all kinds, defender of Jeffersonian democracy and a true bon vivant, the world is a better place for his having lived, and his legacy and writings will outlast his all too short life.

Filmography 2011

Daisy Lowe

Daisy Lowe for UK esquire HD from Greg Williams on Vimeo.

No One's Gonna Love You

Shake

Cavalier Noir

Flight of the Frenchies

I Believe I can Fly ( flight of the frenchies). Trailer from sebastien montaz-rosset on Vimeo (h/t David Thompson).

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No Country for Old Men

Masdar City

Green done right: innovation, not taxation. The video below is from Human Planet, an exceptional BBC wildlife documentary strand.

It's the Stupid Economy

Machine.

MACHINE from matt machine on Vimeo.

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Custom Art Deco Motorcycle, 1936

A 1930 K.J. Henderson motorcycle transformed into a work of art like nothing else (h/t KnuckleBuster).

Roman & Williams

Roman & Williams from The Scout on Vimeo.

VJ Day, 1945

VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 from Richard Sullivan on Vimeo.

The Crazy One

Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

Siri is the Future, Now

U.S. Debt

Created by: MBA Online

Jaguar E-Type

The finest car ever produced; beautiful in every aspect, from every angle. Timeless.

Ellen Von Unwerth

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Flotsam & Jetsam

Flotsam & Jetsam from Flotsam and Jetsam on Vimeo.

America

By way of ACL, an advert that centres on selling America's virtues (one of many at the linked post). Inspiring. And on the same theme:

Part of Levi's Go Forth campaign:

And finally, a pitch for Made Right Here about USA made clothes. 

Burning Bridges

"We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered."

- Tom Stoppard

Beat Of My Drum

Dazzle Camouflage

Previously linked to here; more here and here.

Marian Bantjes' Wallpaper* Laser

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