Today in Movie Culture: Deadpool's Super Duper Band, 'Shazam!' Trailer Easter Eggs and More
Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Lip Sync Performance of the Day:
From Comic-Con, Fox shares a video of Deadpool and his Super Duper Band promoting Deadpool 2‘s Super Duper Cut:
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Easter Eggs of the Day:
The first trailer for Shazam! debuted during Comic-Con over the weekend, and it features tons of DC comic book and movie Easter eggs, which Mr. Sunday Movies amusingly highlights here:
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Fake Documentary of the Day:
In honor of Comic-Con, Conan O’Brien made a fake trailer for a music documentary about the Cantina Band from Star Wars:
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Cosplay of the Day:
Speaking of Comic-Con and Star Wars, The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson shared a group photo of Rose Tico fans, many cosplaying as the character:
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— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) July 21, 2018
Fan Theory of the Day:
Just in time for the Glass trailer debut, That Film Theory explores the idea that Split is a sequel to more M. Night Shyamalan movies than just Unbreakable:
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Vintage Image of the Day:
Emil Jannings, who was born on this day in 1884, won the first Academy Award for Best Actor for his performances in The Last Command and the lost film The Way of All Flesh, pictured below.
Actor in the Spotlight:
With The Dark Knight celebrating its 10th anniversary this month, Jacob T. Swinney and Fandor showcase Christian Bale’s work as an actor there and elsewhere:
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Filmmaker in Focus:
The latest video essay from Channel Criswell focuses on the deep honesty of screenwriter and filmmaker Charlie Kaufman:
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Mashup of the Day:
Dimitri Bitu pieces together depictions of the assassination of Paul Castellano from the unrelated 1996 and 2018 Gotti movies plus Witness to the Mob and Boss of Bosses:
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Classic Trailer of the Day:
This week is the 30th anniversary of Big Top Pee-wee. Watch the original trailer for the cult classic Pee-wee Herman movie below.
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