Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Oscar History of the Day:
In response to this year’s Oscars controversy, Screen Crush highlights every black actor who has won an Academy Award:
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Charitable Act of the Day:
Watch Darth Vader and some Stormtroopers (really members of the 501st Legion) deliver a 3D-printed bionic arm from Limbitless Solutions to a 2nd grader in need (via io9):
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8-Bit Scenes of the Day:
All the major deaths of the Star Wars movies, including The Force Awakens, are redone in video game graphics below (via Live for Films):
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Cosplay of the Day:
This kid dressed up as Kylo Ren might be acting out a scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens or just throwing a normal toddler tantrum (via Fashionably Geek):
Dream Movie of the Day:
Is there any chance at all of there ever being a Deadpool and Boba Fett team-up, preferably as a partial remake of Pulp Fiction? There’s already a poster thanks to artist Marco D’Alfonso (via Geek Tyrant):
Very Old Movie of the Day:
Today is the 120th anniversary of the Lumiere Brothers‘ comedy short The Gardener (aka Bad Boy and the Gardener), which is a remake of their own film from a year earlier. Watch it below.
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Filmmaker in Focus:
David Fincher‘s use of extreme close up shots gets a new supercut from Jacob T. Swinney:
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Abridged Movie of the Day:
Lost in Translation is shortened to a minute and a half in this edition of 90 Second Cinema:
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Reworked Movie of the Day:
There aren’t enough animated horror movies, but at least we have this scary Disney classic Alice in Wonderland:
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Classic Trailer of the Day:
Today is the 55th anniversary of the release of 101 Dalmatians. Watch the original trailer for the Disney animated classic, which spells out the number, below.
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