Why Watch? Space exploration was exhilarating 50 years ago, but even the most mind-exploding stuff about it has become somehow too commonplace. However, videos like this one, where NASA footage falls into the hands of an artist, might just do the trick in convincing a new generation to dream beyond the atmosphere. Forgive the pun, but this is stellar work from Sander van den Berg. What will it cost? Only 2 amazing minutes. Skip Work. You’ve got Time For More Short Films Hat tip to “Little” Jimmy K. for this one.

After Children of Men, Alfonso Cuaron has the unique position in the art form of commanding audiences to see anything he makes ever. If I caught wind of a youtube video of him fly fishing, I’d drop everything I was doing to go see it. And it would probably be a fifteen minute, single take shot of incredible fly fishing action. It appears as if he’ll be heading back in that direction (to science fiction. I have no idea what his vacation plans are.) with Gravity, a thriller set in outer space which sees an astronaut trying to get back home after a catastrophe on board a space station. While Robert Downey Jr is already attached to the script, and Warners is producing, there are two young acting talents that are vying for the lead role as the astronaut lost in space. Blake Lively, who looks to be launching her film career brilliantly with a hard-hitting drama (The Town) and a big budget superhero movie (The Green Lantern), and Scarlet Johansson, who basically did that to get to the level she’s at now, are both in contention as the top two choices.