Today in Movie Culture: Deadpool Goes Pink for Charity, 'Ready Player One' Video Game Easter Eggs and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Charity Promotion of the Day:

Deadpool, whose super powers keep his own cancer at bay, wears a pink version of his suit in a new NSFW promotion for Deadpool 2 and Omaze as he campaigns for his “F**K Cancer” fundraiser:

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Easter Eggs of the Day:

For Wired, author Ernest Cline personally explains every video game referenced in Ready Player One:

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Supercut of the Day:

This video essay from Thomas Flight spotlights the prominence and significance of cars in cinema and how they’re never just simple vehicles for transportation (via Live for Film):

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Bad Movie Analysis of the Day:

Find out the “hidden meaning” of the Stephen King adaptation It from an alien in the future:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Craig T. Nelson, who turns 74 today, discusses his role as Mr. Incredible with director Brad Bird during the voice recording for Pixar’s The Incredibles in 2003:

Actor in the Spotlight:

Fandor celebrates the physical resilience of Ryan Gosling in this supercut of the actor getting hit in the face in various movies:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

For Little White Lies, Luis Azevedo and the dogs of Isle of Dogs look at other Wes Anderson movies and focus on how dogs die in many of them:

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Behind the Scenes Parody of the Day:

Nerdist made a very authentic-looking (but not real) making-of featurette about the creation of the Thala-Siren creature for Star Wars: The Last Jedi:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Speaking of Star Wars, there’s some good cosplay in this trailer for the upcoming Star Wars fandom series Looking for Leia, and that’s a good enough excuse to share it here:

Six episodes. A galaxy of stories. We’re about to fem-splain #StarWars fandom. Be part of the saga on @seedandspark: https://t.co/JWEqHBz9BP ??? pic.twitter.com/fxVnldhHKx

— Looking for Leia (@LookingForLeia) April 3, 2018

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of the Blake Edwards comedy The Party. Watch the original trailer for the Peter Sellers classic below.

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