July 11, 2018

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Today in Movie Culture: Superman vs. The Terminator, the History of Disaster Movies and More

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:

Mashup of the Day:

It’s superhero versus cyborg in this stop-motion animation featuring Superman and RoboCop battling the Terminator (via Geek Tyrant):

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Cosplay of the Day:

If you’ve seen Incredibles 2, you should appreciate this fan cosplaying as Edna Mode babysitting Jack-Jack:

This amazing Edna Mode and Jack-Jack cosplay!!! pic.twitter.com/UTH81oAoNw

— Sasaki Time (@SasakiTime) July 11, 2018

Cover Song of the Day:

Speaking of cosplay, here’s a bunch of guys in Marvel superhero costumes singing an a capella cover of the Avengers score:

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Film History of the Day:

Moon Film chronicles 85 years of disaster movies, from Deluge to Geostorm, in this historical supercut:

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Film Studies Lesson of the Day:

Find out what an alien from the future thinks Black Swan is about in this edition of Earthling Cinema:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Tab Hunter, who would have turned 87 today had he not passed away this week, with Natalie Wood on the set of their 1956 movie The Girl He Left Behind:

Actor in the Spotlight:

In honor of her minor return in Ant-Man and the Wasp, IMDb’s No Small Parts celebrates the movie and TV career of Judy Greer:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

For Fandor, Q.V. Hough profiles the work of legendary Italian neorealist filmmaker Vittorio De Sica:

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Video Essay of the Day:

Wisecrack looks at the scene in Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street that suddenly changes the meaning of the movie:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 10th anniversary of Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Watch one of the original trailers for the superhero sequel below.

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Papa John's Founder Quits As Chairman After Using The N-Word During Conference Call

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