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

Director’s Commentary of the Day:

For the New York Times, writer/director Christopher McQuarrie talks about the Halo jump stunt scene in Mission: Impossible – Fallout:

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Redone Trailer of the Day:

Darth Blender recreated the new Shazam! trailer using footage from the 1970s Shazam! TV series for a retro look:

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Reimagined Movie of the Day:

Speaking of going retro, with Ready Player One now on home video, Damien Kazan imagines the movie as an older title with a VHS release:

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Remade Movie Scene of the Day:

Huxley Berg Studios has released a NSFW clip from its upcoming full-length Lego version of Deadpool:

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Video Essay of the Day:

This Renegade Cut video explores the idea of inherited poverty as presented in The Place Beyond the Pines:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, who turns 71 today, in a fat suit with director Paul Verhoeven on the set of Total Recall in 1989:

Filmmaker in Focus:

For Fandor, Q.V. Hough showcases why Agnes Varda is considered the mother of the French New Wave:

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Character in Close-Up:

In this video essay, Nerdwriter explores what makes Star Wars villain Darth Vader such an iconic character:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Here’s MineralBlu’s video highlighting the best cosplay of this year’s Comic-Con, including get-ups inspired by Guardians of the Galaxy, Back to the Future, Mary Poppins, Inside Out and the upcoming Alita: Battle Angel:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

This week marks the 35th anniversary of the release of National Lampoon’s Vacation. Watch the original trailer for the classic comedy below.

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

BIG NEWS

Robert De Niro joined DC’s standalone Joker movie: Robert De Niro, star of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy, has joined the cast of the DC Comics villain spin-off Joker, which is said to be inspired by Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and The King of Comedy. And he’s playing a character clearly modeled after one from the latter. Read more here.

GREAT NEWS

Toronto and Venice Film Festivals announced this fall’s big awards contenders: Even if you’re not able to attend the big fall film festivals, you have to get excited for the movies they’ve just announced because the best of them will be released in theaters soon enough and could be major awards contenders. Find out which ones to put on your radar, including the Coen Brothers’ latest, which is now a movie, not a TV series, here.

SURPRISING NEWS

Ryan Reynolds is sorta remaking Home Alone: Wait, what? Yes, that’s right, Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds is producing a new twist on the plot of Home Alone, only this time it’s centered on a grown-up (not likely played by Reynolds) who is also a paranoid stoner and it’s called, of course, Stoned Alone. Read more here.

COOL CULTURE

Deadpool and His Super Duper Band: Speaking of Ryan Reynolds, at Comic-Con, Fox released a video promoting the upcoming home video release of the Deadpool 2 Super Duper Cut, and it’s literally just Deadpool participating in an animatronic band’s lip-sync cover of Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.” Watch it below.

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EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY

James Wan explains the Aquaman trailer: We met with Aquaman director James Wan during Comic-Con, and he gave us a lengthy explanation of everything in the movie’s first trailer, which debuted last weekend. Read that interview here and check out the Aquaman trailer and more from Comic-Con below.

MUST-WATCH TRAILERS

Aquaman could be the coolest Worlds of DC movie: The first trailer for DC’s Aquaman, starring Jason Momoa, who is returning as the titular underwater superhero last seen in Justice League, dropped during Comic-Con, and it looks epic and awesome. Watch it below.

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Shazam! looks amazing!: Warner Bros. and DC also unleashed the first trailer for Shazam! at Comic-Con, and it’s a lot lighter fare than we’re used to from the Worlds of DC franchise, more laughs but still plenty of amazing and fun superhero spectacle. Watch it below.

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters is going to be huge: Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the sequel to the 2014 Godzilla remake, also premiered its first trailer during Comic-Con, teasing its addition of classic creatures Mothra, Rodan and King Ghidorah. Watch it below.

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Glass promises a perfect follow-up to Unbreakable and Split: Comic-Con also saw the debut of the first trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass, the sequel to both Unbreakable and Split, and it seems sure to please fans of both of those previous installments of the original superhero trilogy. Watch it below.

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