Another couple of great mini docs. Now go out into the sun and don’t forget to wear some sunscreen.

Danny Trejo ain’t your average actor as you might know. The man we all know from a huge list of movies (From dusk till dawn, Point blank, xXx, Grindhouse, Delta Farce, …) has had a turbulent life before finding shelter amongst Hollywood’s finest.

A kid from the street, Trejo was a drug addict and criminal, finding his way in and out of jail for 11 years. It was there, while serving time in San Quentin, that he won lightweight and welterweight boxing titles while he was imprisoned for armed robbery and drug offenses. At that point he successfully completed a 12-step rehabilitation program that changed his life. After having served his time, by coincidence he found his way into the film industry. A friend of his & fellow inmate asked him to use his boxing skills and train Eric Roberts for a fight in a movie scene. The rest is history as other projects followed.

With Machete (you know this exciting release we mentioned a while back) coming out soon SA Studios was commissioned by 20th Century Fox to produce several videos starring Danny Trejo in order to promote the film “Machete” .  The first lifestyle video features Mister Cartoon and Danny Trejo lowriding through East LA.  Its the beginning of what I assume will become a great series with one of my favorite actors. And we’re out.

Back in November I wrote about “The Ritual Project“, a timelapse which showcases each of nine laborious steps behind the perfect glass of Stella. Following my post I received a nice mail from Jon, one one the people behind the project, thanking me for what I wrote and telling me that he would keep me posted on the finished product

Well that moment was like a couple of minutes ago when I opened my mailbox to find a couple of Vimeo links. The first one features the timelapse. Great to see what 3 weeks of hard work deliver.

The second features a trailer for a documentary called “Up There”, which follows the wallpainters. Out.

Electronic music in all its forms (and yes I really mean all its forms) can tickle my senses once in a while.

Couple of days ago my eyes fell upon a documentary film based on the Electro(nic) music scene in the US of A. Its called The Electro Wars and judging on the trailer it is worth a check when its released somewhere in May. Right now we just have got a hunch. Great to see how Europe & lately even more Africa has such an impact across the pond when it comes to electronic music.

For the mixtape lovers out here, you can download their official Electro Wars mixtape. It features some great stuff. Out.

Bridging the Gap Vol.1 from Joseph Lobato on Vimeo.

“Wax on… wax off. Wax on… wax off.” is one of the memorable quotes of the karate kid. Mr Miyagi explaining the ideal car waxing technique and how it teaches you karate moves. Hilarious (or at least when I was a kid it was). Mr Miyagi always was a figure that interested me as a kid. The whole karate/kung-fu shizzle on tv was fascinating. Kids and their dreams Anyways just found out they are going to release a new karate kid flick next year. Trailer looks cool. The new kid is Will Smith‘s son btw. Out.

Wolverine, the Hulk, Flash … all superhero favorites. Well soon, in april, another ‘hero’ movie will be hitting theatres: Kick-Ass!

It tells us the story of an average teenager whi goes by the name Dave Lizewski, a comic-book fan, who decides to take his obsession to the next level. Inspired by his comics he decides to become a real-life superhero. Just like any other superhero, he picks a name “Kick-Ass” and assembles a suit and matching mask to wear before he starts fighting crime. But… there’s only one problem, as he  absolutely has no superpowers.

The trailer looks great, so it made me wonder if this movie is going to be kick-ass… Out.

A French ad agency/collective called H5 drew my attention yesterday evening with a trailer for a really interesting film they released called Logorama. Now, I previously had never heard of them but seems they’re the creatives behind several music vids, with Alex Gopher’s The Child & Röyksopps Remind Me being the most known.

Logorama is “a short film, which visualizes and explores the way that logos are increasingly embedded in our existence.” In it, you’ll see the Michelin Man, the Haribo kid, Bob’s Big Boy, Mr. Pringle and Ronald McDonald, but in some very unfamiliar roles playing classic movie archetypes of good and bad guys.

Thefilm earned the Best Short Film honor in the Cannes Critics’ Week Competition at this years film festival, which means that the embeded clip of the trailer is more than worthwhile. The second clip seems to be the opening scene btw. Enjoy. Out.

I won’t promise that this is the last time I’ll blog about fixed gears, as there’s tons of great footage about it out there. In the maintime I can only conclude that summer has hit Europe hard and its about time I get my own gears out for a ride once in a while. Out.