This is a series of unrelated social films, which I guess means they involve some interaction with people on social media sites, so viewers play some part in the storytelling, or whatever. That's a concept that I think is neat in theory, but it's kind of too much work for me. I'm more interested in just watching the actual finished product. (The "Inside" films are initially broken up into episodes, so I feel it's more accurate to consider each film a limited webseries, though after their initial runs, the various series can be watched as complete films.) Actually, the only one of them that I've seen is the fourth, "What Lives Inside," which was originally released on Hulu in 2015 (and at some point thereafter, it seems to have been removed from Hulu, but you can still watch it on YouTube). I don't remember whether or not I was aware of any of the first three "Inside" films before the fourth one came out. I think they were released on different platforms (not Hulu). Maybe one of these days I'll get around to watching them. I also need to say that the Inside films are part entertainment and part product placement (for Intel, hence the "inside" title, which has long been part of their slogan). But it would be unfair to simply think of them as commercials. Also, I think they're all sort of different genres. So while I'm putting "Inside Films" as a whole in the "anthology" section, I may end up linking to this page from specific genres for each film/miniseries.
Inside (aka "The Inside Experience")
IMDb; Pereira O'Dell
The first film/miniseries was released in 2011, and Intel partnered with Toshiba to make it. I couldn't tell you anything specific about it, except that it starred Emmy Rossum.
The Beauty Inside
IMDb; Pereira O'Dell
The second was released in 2012, once again involving a partnership between Intel and Toshiba. The stars include Topher Grace, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Anna Akana.
The Power Inside
The Power Inside; Pereira O'Dell
The third was released in 2013, again involving a partnership between Intel and Toshiba. And I don't know what else to say about it.
What Lives Inside, on Hulu (but it has been removed from that site)
IMDb; Intel; Pereira O'Dell; YouTube
This is the fourth film/miniseries, released in 2015. And as I said earlier, it's the first one I've seen. It's also the first one for which Intel partnered with Dell, rather than Toshiba.
The story begins with news of the death of Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney (J.K. Simmons), a much-beloved puppeteer who had created the long-running TV series "The World Beyond." (I got the immediate impression that Pops was based on Jim Henson.) His son, Taylor (Colin Hanks) returns home for the funeral, and to comfort his mother, Sarah (Catherine O'Hara). He's accompanied by his childhood friend, Dave. Taylor clearly has mixed feelings about his father's death, since Pops was always too busy to spend any time with him when he was growing up. (And he seems to resent the fact that his father's many fans saw him as more of a father than Taylor himself did.) While at the wake, Taylor goes into his father's workshop. There he discovers a new Intel-powered Dell Venue 8 7000 Series tablet (yay, product placement!) But more importantly, he discovers a small, mysterious door that leads to a spacious, dark, creepy room full of his father's framed sketches, which morph into fully realized paintings with just a touch. And then he finds that the room leads into a magical world in which all the surreal creatures and things from "The World Beyond" are actually real. Over the course of four episodes, Taylor travels back and forth between the two worlds, though the way he gets to the other world isn't always the same, and his return to the "real" world is always sudden and unexpected, like waking from a dream.
Anyway, I didn't like the series quite as much as I'd hoped, because I felt that too little time was spent in the magical world, and the story was too simplistic, with "Field of Dreams"-level sentimentality. But... the visuals were pretty good, and the important thing is that the other world served its purpose; the series isn't about some magical adventure, it's really a story of self-discovery for Taylor. It all leads to a completely predictable epiphany that will change his life in the real world. But even if nothing about it was particularly surprising or original, it was nevertheless a happy ending. And, you know, sometimes the ending you see coming from the very beginning is exactly the ending that the story requires. (And even if the "lesson" Taylor learns is about as clichéd as lessons get, it's still a good lesson.) So, I guess the series was worth watching, especially considering that all told, it adds up to just 45 minutes.