August 8, 2018

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Today in Movie Culture: 'Avengers: Infinity War' as a '90s Movie, 'Venom' Starring Topher Grace and More

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

Reimagined Movie of the Day:

In honor of its home video release, here’s what Avengers: Infinity War would have looked like as a ’90s movie newly out on VHS:

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Redone Trailer of the Day:

Darth Blender shows us what the new Venom trailer would look like if Topher Grace was still playing the title role:

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Movie Science of the Day:

In honor of this week’s release of The Meg, Vulture got an expert to talk about how realistic shark attacks are in shark movies:

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Truthful Marketing of the Day:

Also in honor of this week’s release of The Meg, Honest Trailers lampoons the cult classic shark movie Deep Blue Sea:

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

In honor of Jason Statham having a new movie out, Couch Tomato shows 24 reasons why Death Race is basically a remake of Redline:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

The Meg director Jon Turteltaub, who turns 55 today, on the set of one of his earliest movies, the 1992 family action flick 3 Ninjas:

Filmmaker in Focus:

This Discarded Image video essay looks at how Jean-Luc Godard revolutionized cinema in the 1960s:

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Supercut of the Day:

New York Magazine compiled a look at 20 characters who changed their lives by cutting their hair:

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Cosplay of the Day:

For International Cat Day, here’s a fan of Disney’s Zootopia cosplaying as Officer Clawhauser:

Happy #InternationalCatDay ! From your favorite feline Officer of the Law….#Clawhauser #Cosplay #Disney #DisneyCosplay #Zootopia pic.twitter.com/L0oFoaG6PH

— Tim Wyckoff (@SamuraiSimba) August 8, 2018

Classic Trailer of the Day:

This week is the 25th anniversary of the release of The Meteor Man. Watch the original trailer for the classic superhero comedy below.

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New York City Passes Legislation Restricting Growth Of Ride-Hailing Apps

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Pregnancy Debate Revisited: To Induce Labor, Or Not?

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New Challenges To Californians' Beach Access

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