After the jump, I’ve got a short film by Edson Oda, a Brazilian doing his MFA in film and TV at USC, called Malaria. He posted it to Vimeo almost a month ago, but I hadn’t seen it, so I’m remedying that today for all of us.

MALARIA tells the story of Fabiano, a young Mercenary who is hired to kill Death. This short film combines Origami, Kirigami, Time lapse, nankin illustration, Comic Books and Western Cinema.

I’m not sure I’d want to watch a feature-length film in this style, but it’s perfect for a short. It’s really everything a short should be – cool, stylish form with a short, punchy story. It’s kind of like a modern version of La Jetee incorporating animation. Can’t deal with actors or afford locations? You can always do something like this. You know, assuming you’re really good at illustration and scrapbooking and have about a million hours of free time.

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Things are going just great for Ashton Kutcher right now, with the gossip rags reporting that he’s finally moving out of his mom’s house and getting a place of his own. He also may have slept with a random girl after Danny Masterson’s bachelor party (Vince was there) last month, and may even be the father of January Jones’ bastard child. Supposedly that’s enough to cost a guy his high-profile marriage. What happened to America?

Luckily for the “Two and a Half Men” star, his fans are still behind him all the way. In fact, a young girl in Brazil recently Tweeted that she absolutely loves Kutcher. How much does she love him? That’s her tattoo up there.

Kutcher’s fan from Brazil tweeted this picture of her latest ink to the Two and a Half Men star saying, “This is a way of expressing my love for @aplusk.”

So what does one superfamous actor say to such an extreme gesture? “All i can say is wow,” he tweets.

(Via E!)

If he Tweeted that, he deleted it, because I didn’t see it on his Twitter feed this morning, when I woke up and shouted, “I wonder what Ashton Kutcher is thinking!” (As I do). Of course, I can totally understand Kutcher’s eagerness to hide such a beautiful fan from his wife, what with their marriage on the rocks.

But this inspired me to get a tattoo of my own to send a special message to one of my favorite people…

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Hey, no one ever accused Gary Busey of not suffering from brain damage. 

Also starring Tae Kwon Do champ André Lima, Beyond the Ring tells the story of a little girl with cancer and the sweaty men who kick each other’s face to save her.  It’s a heartwarming story of triumph of the will, and modern-day gladiators who’ll kill for money and fame. 

It looks like it was shot in someone’s living room with actors they found loitering at Dairy Queen.  But hey, it’s based on a true story!  Reminds me of the time my uncle got the gout so I pushed an old lady in front of a train – violence solves everything!   

And yes, that was the bad guy from Karate Kid. Lookin’ good, hoss.

Thanks to “The Luchador” for the hot tip.