Need a quick recap of the past week in movie news? Here are the highlights:

FIRST LOOK

Paramount promotes the women of the Terminator reboot: She’s off to the side, but returning star Linda Hamilton is the star of Paramount’s first look at the next Terminator movie. In general, the reboot’s leading ladies, also including Mackenzie Davis (center) and Natalia Reyes (left), are a powerhouse trio. Read more about the movie here.

GREAT NEWS

Margot Robbie and Nicole Kidman join the Fox News movie: Jay Roach’s movie about the Fox News sexual harassment scandal has cast two more exceptional actresses: Margot Robbie and Nicole Kidman. They join main star Charlize Theron for the story of Roger Aisles’ downfall. Read more here.

SURPRISING NEWS

The Sandlot is getting a prequel: The focus of the movie is unknown — how do you do a prequel about young kids? — but Fox is making another installment of the cult-favorite baseball-focused Sandlot franchise, this time going back to events set before the 1993 original. Read more here.

EXCLUSIVE REVIEW

Christopher Robin review: We reviewed the new Disney live-action feature Christopher Robin, starring Ewan McGregor as the title character and featuring characters from the classic Winnie the Pooh stories and animated movies, recommending it as a perfect entertainment for the whole family. Read the positive review here.

COOL CULTURE

Lego Movie Airline Safety Video: Turkish Airlines got the animated characters (and some of their original voice actors) from The Lego Movie, The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie to star in their new safety video, and it’s a lot of fun. Watch it below.

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MUST-WATCH TRAILERS

Venom offers another startling look at the Spider-Man spin-off: Sony released another trailer for Venom, starring a snarling Tom Hardy as the Marvel Comics supervillain with a connection to Spider-Man. Watch it below.

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If Beale Street Could Talk honors the legacy of James Baldwin: Director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) and Annapurna Pictures celebrated James Baldwin’s birthday this week with the first powerful trailer for the highly anticipated adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk. Watch it below.

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Lizzie looks killer: Kristen Stewart and Chloe Sevigny star in the first trailer for the Lizzie Borden biopic Lizzie, in which Sevigny portrays the eponymous 19th-century serial killer. Watch it below.

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

Easter Eggs of the Day:

Another Venom trailer arrived this week, and with it comes another breakdown of Easter eggs and more from Mr. Sunday Movies:

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Casting Rumor of the Day:

There’s talk of Blake Lively playing Black Canary in DC’s Gotham City Sirens, so BossLogic shows us what that could look like:

#blackcanary @blakelively #gothamcitysirens I can just imagine the fights at home with @VancityReynolds ?? #marvelvsdc pic.twitter.com/bqlJ5hWbUs

— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) August 2, 2018

Movie Recap of the Day:

As you get ready to finally see or re-watch Avengers: Infinity War, recall the plot of Black Panther with this Recap Rap:

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Reworked Movie Scene of the Day:

Mashable redid the sound design for the hallway sequence in Christopher Nolan’s Inception and it’s not as thrilling now:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Myrna Loy, who was born on this day in 1905 with co-star Skippy the dog (aka Asta) on the set of The Thin Man Goes Home in 1944:

Filmmaker in Focus:

Inspired by the BFI’s upcoming program of Agnes Varda movies, Channel Criswell honors the legendary French director:

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Movie Science of the Day:

In the latest Because Science video, Kyle Hill looks into the tactics of the Fast and the Furious movies, with a focus on drifting:

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

For Fandor, David R.L. looks at the similarities between the movies Drive, The Driver and Le Samurai:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Sometimes you love Cinderella so much that you can’t decide whether to cosplay as the title character in her rags or her ball gown so you do both:

Awesome cosplay by Rachel Meikle Cosplay pic.twitter.com/Dshv0KOPt7

— Jenag ???????? (@Jenagsan) July 16, 2018

Classic Trailer of the Day:

This week marks the 65th anniversary of the release of Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Watch the original trailer for the classic horror-comedy below.

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