Don't get me wrong; I enjoy ads that make me think, but sometimes, I just want a car ad to be a car ad. If you feel the same way, you might want to avoid the 2:45 online video, created by Grey New York, for the Volvo S90. "Song Of The Open Road" follows a struggling writer as he travels the country while voiceover Josh Brolin recites the Walt Whitman poem of the same name. Is the writer at a fork in the road? Will he choose the path less traveled? Wait, that's Robert …

I'm not sure how I missed this campaign when it first launched this summer. But if you did, too, take a look at this video for Wildlife Conservation Film Festival, an organization that fights to save endangered species. "Endangered Love" takes a different approach beyond simply asking Millennials to donate. DDB New York created an online video -- set to the Lonely Island tune "I Just Had Sex" -- of endangered panda bears saving their species by having lots of sex. DDB also created an e-commerce site full of merchandise like shirts, tote …

Random iPhone App of the week: Anytime I see an app that offers the swipe left or right option, I immediately anoint it the Tinder of whatever industry it represents. The Upitch is like Tinder for journalists, allowing them to browse and swipe through story pitches and releases that are 400 characters long. Swipe right if the pitch is for you and left if not a fit. The app is free and lets users select the industry they work in, along with their beats. Since its hard launch earlier this year, the app has …

How much is that doggy in the window should be changed to how much cruelty does the doggy endure behind closed doors, in an online video for the Animal Hope Project in Brazil. "Ain't cute," created by Leo Burnett Tailor Made, shows the dark side to pet store animals, complete with illegal breeding and animal cruelty. Dogs are housed in small, dirty cages and females have one job: popping out puppies continually. The animated dogs are hard to watch -- many are born deformed and discarded. The puppies that actually survive the trauma are …

Carmichael Lynch created a pair of TV ads for Ooma, promoting landlines: They still exist! Ooma blocks those annoying telemarketer calls so you don't have to deal with them. A man comes home carrying groceries and runs into his babbling "Neighbor," who helps him with the groceries and follows him to the house. Who knows when the neighbor will leave. If he were a telemarketer, he'd have been blocked almost instantly, according to Ooma. It's not easy getting a kid dressed and out the door, so when you do leave, Ooma rings your …

A double dose of Cam Newton. Don't text and drive. Let's launch!

I look forward to the day when ads like this don't have to be made. For the sixth year in a row, AT&T launched a TV spot to deter drivers from looking at their phone while driving. "The Unseen," the latest ad under the "It Can Wait" umbrella, features a man driving with a kid in the backseat. The man's phone dings, denoting a new text, email, Facebook post, who knows? The man is tempted to check his phone, but doesn't, because there's a kid in the car and he would NEVER do that. …

Gatorade launched an online video starring Cam Newton, quarterback of the Carolina Panthers, leading up to the rematch between last year's Super Bowl teams: Panthers and Broncos. Spoiler alert: the Panthers lost by one point. "Let it Shine" follows Newton at a low point in his life: a devastating Super Bowl loss and being brandished a sore loser. Created by TBWA, the 1:45 video follows his off-season regimen of weightlifting, football drills, ice baths, interacting with fans and shaking off the negative barbs thrown his way.

Maybe it's because I recently watched "Stranger Things" in one day, but I think the latest Under Armour ad, starring Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton, has a similar vibe to the popular Netflix series. The global campaign "It Comes From Below," features a voiceover by Cam's mother, Jackie Newton, and highlights fancy footwork as an important key in overcoming obstacles on the field and off. "Prince with 1,000 Enemies" follows Newton as he overcomes obstacles in a dark forest with his skilled footwork. With the sound of wolves on his tail, Newton runs hard and …

Dos Equis revealed its new "Most Interesting Man" in the 30-second ad, "Cantina." Think of a younger version of the original "Most Interesting Man" with less gray in his beard. Actor Augustin Legrand takes over for Jonathan Goldsmith. From what little we see of the new most interesting guy, he's a fan of quirky things and a chick magnet. He karate-chops a watermelon in half with his hand, steals a pig, explores the insides of a sea monster and fetches a soccer ball from inside a well. This guy's off to an interesting start. …