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Awkward Junket Parody of the Day:

Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart faux-awkwardly interview each other in this junket-parodying promo for American Ultra:

Trailer Analysis of the Day:

Mr. Sunday Movies breaks down the new Red Band trailer for Deadpool, showing or speculating about six things you may have missed:

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

In honor of a new Fantastic Four opening this week, Couch Tomato shows us 24 ways the 2005 version of Fantastic Four is the same movie as the 1986 The Fly remake:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Marilyn Monroe at Dodgers Stadium on her birthday, June 1, 1962, which was also her last public appearance before her death two months later, on August 5.

Video Essay of the Day:

Lewis Bond’s essay on color in storytelling in movies is obviously very pretty to look at — and also, yes, educational (via First Showing):

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PSA of the Day:

Kevin Bacon is here with a very important message: movies need more male nudity, and he’ll preferably provide it (via Neatorama):

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Cosplay of the Day:

Marie Fredeique shares a few images of herself as Katniss from The Hunger Games (via All That’s Cosplay):

@AllThatsCosplay I have a really cool Spider-Gwen coming up and last month, I did Katniss ?? enjoy! pic.twitter.com/tsfVxRmQMB

— Marie Frédérique J. (@shmuberry) August 4, 2015

A Capella Tribute of the Day:

Four singers honor composer Hans Zimmer with a-cappella versions of his scores, including Inception and The Dark Knight, with their own lyrics added:

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Movie Redo of the Day:

It’s time for another episode of 8-bit cinema, this time redoing District 9 as if it were an old-school video game:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 55th anniversary of the release of Roger Corman‘s Little Shop of Horrors, which stars a young Jack Nicholson. Watch the original trailer for the original film below.

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Update: Hop to the bottom of this post for the full Deadpool trailer.

The trailer for a trailer has become the lamest trend in movie marketing. Nobody wants to see a 15 second clip that exists just to tease when you’re going to be able to watch a 90 second clip. That said, Deadpool has just dropped the mic on trailers for trailers. If anyone is going to do one from here on out, it has to be better than this. And good luck, because it’s not going to be easy to top.

The full trailer will be online tomorrow after a broadcast-safe version of it premieres on Conan O’Brien’s late night show tonight, but to whet your appetite, here’s star Ryan Reynolds once again proving how this Deadpool is going to be very, very different from the Deadpool who showed up in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

Warning, some language in this is NSFW.

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This month’s picks for international sounds run the gamut of ideas and emotions. They range from a deeply thought-provoking documentary film to a viral sensation from India that pokes fun at club culture. Think of them as the aural equivalents of a meaty long read to some lightest-of-light beach novels.

In his documentary Beats of the Antonov, Sudanese director Hajooj Kuka delves into the civil wars in Sudan, using music to explore issues of self-identity, both cultural and gender-based. Most of the music we hear is created for the community by the community, though we do meet a woman identified as Sarah Mohamed, a Sudanese musicologist — who is becoming known internationally as the singer Alsarah, whom we’ve profiled before in Latitudes.

Although the perspective is very much from the point of view of those who oppose the regime in Khartoum, Kuka has made a gripping work that presses deeply into issues of race, ethnicity and how people try to sustain their cultures, even under the most terrible circumstances. The full film premieres on TV this week on the PBS series POV and will also be streaming all month on their website.

Even though this song came out several months ago, it took me a while to discover Alo Wala — but I promptly became obsessed. The band is fronted by a Chicago-born singer of South Asian heritage who apparently enjoys lo-res graphics and sonic mashups (think MIA back in the early days of “Arular”), paired with a Danish producers who clearly adore Jamaican dancehall. Their song “Cityboy” is compulsively danceable.

Speaking of late discoveries: I only came across Riff Cohen via a cover of her song “Dans Mon Quartier” (“In My Neighborhood”) that’s just now hitting the Turkish pop scene. It’s a version by the singer Simge called “Mi? Mi?.” Born in Tel Aviv to a father of Tunisian Jewish background, and an Algerian Jewish mother raised in France, Cohen integrates all these elements into her music, as on her debut single “A Paris” (“In Paris”). Her newest single, “Hélas” (“Enough”), is a lot of fun, with its quirky aesthetics and a sonic sensibility that marries alternative with North African sounds.

“Cannes mein kya word seekha tha?” — “What was that word we learned in Cannes?” — “SWAG.” That’s the setup for a video from Indian comedy group All India Bakchod (AIB) and actor Irrfan Khan that taxonomizes the hip hop-flavored excesses of the current Indian pop charts (Yo Yo Honey Singh, it’s pretty clear they’re looking straight at you, not just for one song but for your whole oeuvre).

Finally, a local spin on a globally famous tune: my buddy Felix from Alt.Latino passed along a version of Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make Me Feel” — sung in Quechua by the teenaged Renata Flores Rivera, and recorded in front of a famed Incan temple in Ayacucho, Peru. The Peruvian paper La República reports that the video is part of a local initiative to get young people interested in the indigenous Quechua language. (Another fascinating linguistic project closer to us is a weekly radio program broadcast in Quechua from New York, which was profiled last summer in the New York Times.)

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

Supercut of the Day:

In honor of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Cinema Blend has compiled every mask removal from the M:I franchise:

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Movie Character Super Karaoke of the Day:

Let’s be thankful that there are people with so much extra time on their hands that we can have videos where movies are cut together so their characters help sing a cover of “Uptown Funk.” The best part is actually the use of dance scenes from Napoleon Dynamite, Mac and Me and others for the instrumental moments.

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Celebrity Good Deed of the Day:

The cast of the new Ghostbusters movie — Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon — paid a visit to a children’s hospital in their new costumes:

Creator Clash of the Day:

Who is responsible for more of your favorite movie characters, Stan Lee, Jim Henson or Walt Disney (all of them now a part of Disney, of course)? Root for your pick as the icons go up against each other in a rap battle:

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Fan Art of the Day:

Quickly after news came of Jena Malone‘s role as Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl, in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, artist BossLogic made this piece depicting the portrayal (via Heroic Hollywood):

Movie Mashup of the Day:

For a new series titled “Soundtrack Swap,” Sean Blevins of House By the Video Store mashed up It Follows and Psycho, exchanging their scores (via The Playlist):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Would you know this clean cut gentleman is Mick Jagger if we didn’t tell you? It’s a publicity shot from his performance in Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg‘s Performance, which turns 45 today.

Classic Cartoon of the Day:

Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy star together as fire fighters in Mickey’s Fire Brigade, which hit theaters on this date 80 years ago. Watch it below.

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Cosplay of the Day:

It’s not Halloween yet, but here’s an early reminder that you can make any character and costume into a “sexy” version. Here’s a cosplayer as a “sexy” No Face from Hayao Miyazaki‘s Spirited Away (via Fashionably Geek):

Classic Trailer of the Day:

On this day 60 years ago, Alfred Hitchcock‘s To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, had its world premiere in Los Angeles. Watch the original trailer for the movie below.

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The Important News

Franchise Fever: Tom Cruise said he won’t do Top Gun 2 with CGI jets. Tom Cruise is also working on Edge of Tomorrow 2. Christopher McQuarrie revealed a big stunt idea for Mission: Impossible 6. Ivan Reitman claimed there is only one Ghostbusters movie in the works.

Casting Net: Rachel McAdams confirmed she’s in talks for Doctor Strange. Chris Pine signed on to play Wonder Woman’s love interest. Tommy Lee Jones is joining the next Bourne movie. Jake Gyllenhaal is joining the Boston Marathon bombing movie Stronger.

Remake Report: Shaft is being rebooted again as a comedy.

New Directors/New Films: Christopher Nolan’s next film is a short documentary on the Quay brothers. Richard Linklater might direct Jennifer Lawrence in The Rosie Project.

First Looks: Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult in Equals.

Box Office: Ant-Man defended the top spot against Pixels.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, Room, The Night Before, American Ultra, Black Mass, Spotlight, The 33, We Are Your Friends, The Diabolical and Tremors 5: Bloodline.

Movie Clips: Fantastic Four.

Watch: The Fantastic Four reboot trailer redone with footage from the 1994 version. And the Ant-Man trailer redone homemade by fans.

See: New images from Deadpool, Batman v Superman and the next Wolverine.

Watch: Kevin James learns that his Smurf-killing scene in Pixels was given to Michelle Monaghan.

See: The most dedicated movie-loving parents in the world.

Learn: How a horror movie led police to locate a wanted fugitive.

Watch: The endings of Halloween and Star Wars accompanied by audio of 1970s audiences watching them.

See: Tom Cruise re-create a scene from Top Gun on The Tonight Show. And a supercut of all his intense stares in his movies. And his craziest stunts in the Mission: Impossible movies.

Watch: Simon Pegg describes Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation using only emojis. And an honest trailer for the Mission: Impossible movies.

Learn: 50 things you might not know about the Mission: Impossible movies.

See: How Inside Out should have ended.

Read: The original Vacation short story by John Hughes.

Watch: A parrot sing “Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie.

Learn: How J.J. Abrams broke his back making Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

See: This week’s best new movie posters.

Our Features

Fall Film Fest Guide: Proof that 2015 has too many exciting movies.

Geek Movie Guide: 100 geeky movies everyone should see.

Comic Book Movie Guide: Ranking Marvel’s Phase Two movies.

Unmade Movie Guide: The poisonous power of great unmade movies.

Discussion: Your top-three summer camp movies.

Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And here’s your guide to everything hitting DVD and Blu-ray this week. And here’s our guide to everything hitting Netflix Watch Instantly in August.

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Stunts Showcase of the Day:

With Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation opening this weekend, io9 presents a look at all of Tom Cruise‘s crazy stunts from the movie series:

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Actor Profile of the Day:

Speaking of the Mission: Impossible series, here’s a video showing us how to be Tom Cruise, specifically as Ethan Hunt (via Montage Creators):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Marlon Brando on the set of A Streetcar Named Desire. The still is now being repurposed to promote the acclaimed new documentary Listen to Me Marlon, which opened in theaters this week.

Movie Fan of the Day:

There’s a chance the voice we hear singing “Everything Is Awesome” in the following video is not in fact the parrot on screen but some faker off camera, but we want to believe this bird is truly a fan of The Lego Movie (via Nerd Approved):

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Classic Cartoon of the Day:

Today is the 80th anniversary of the release of the animated short Sinbad the Salor, based on the legendary tales and directed by Ub Iwerks. Watch it in full below.

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Fan Photoshop of the Day:

Did you notice that McDonald’s in the background during Mad Max: Fury Road? The Tumblr High Street Shops in Sci Fi Films wants us to see product placement that doesn’t exist in movies such as Moon, The Thing and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Movie Mashup of the Day:

Speaking of Mad Max: Fury Road, the latest fan mashup of that movie and something else stars Batman and The Joker (via Live for Films):

Retrospective Review of the Day:

Oliver Harper packs a lot of detail into this 30-minute video essay/review/history lesson/analysis of Back to the Future (via The Playlist):

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Cosplay of the Day:

Taco Bell is probably crazy enough to somehow turn this clever Beauty and the Beast cosplay into a new menu item, if only Disney would approve (via Reddit):

Classic Trailer of the Day:

This weekend is the 30th anniversary of the release of the John Hughes teen fantasy Weird Science. Watch the original trailer, which must have really appealed to any early Bill Paxton fans, below.

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

In honor of the release of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Couch Tomato amusingly presents 24 reasons Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is the same movie as If Looks Could Kill.

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Supercut of the Day:

Speaking of Tom Cruise movies, here’s a new clip compilation from Jacob T. Swinney for Slate of the actor staring intensely:

Fan Art of the Day:

Artist Dave Pollot continues to add pop culture characters to paintings he finds in thrift stores, such as this one with Groot and Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy. See more at Geek Tyrant.

Movie Takedown of the Day:

Inside Out could have ended much, much earlier than it did. But that might not have been good for Riley. Watch a video of how the Pixar feature should, or could have ended:

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Movie Analysis of the Day:

Here’s another celebration of how well Mad Max: Fury Road is directed, analyzing two scenes to show how George Miller keeps our eyes focused in the midst of many things going on at once:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

The Beatles meet Princess Margaret at the Royal World Premiere of Help! on this day 50 years ago:

Video Essay of the Day:

Don’t take doors in movies for granted. Inspired by parts of Foxcatcher, Darren from Must See Films explores all the different things doors and doorways can do and mean in cinema:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

See all of Hayao Miyazaki’s movies and characters come together in a wonderful tribute to the animation legend (via The Film Stage):

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Cosplay of the Day:

As usual, Sneaky Zebra has found and compiled some really great cosplay, this time from this month’s London Film & Comic Con:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Not only is a new Vacation movie out in theaters today, but the original National Lampoon’s Vacation opened exactly 32 years ago on this date. Watch the original trailer from 1983 below.

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Movie Takedown of the Day:

With Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation out this week, of course Honest Trailers has to drop a bomb on the whole M:I movie franchise:

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Comic Strip of the Day:

Here’s a funny look at how Ant-Man will fit in with the rest of the team in the Avengers movies. Wait until he finds out they only like schawarma (via Neatorama).

Trailer Remake of the Day:

Watch a homemade redo of the Ant-Man trailer from CineFix. In another video they show you how to make the awesome homemade Ant-Man costume, too.

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Movie Mash-Up of the Day:

More Ant-Man! This time the Marvel superhero movie is crossed with Zoolander for a funny joke:

Fan Art of the Day:

It’s still a long time before we see Ezra Miller star in DC’s The Flash movie, so here’s a fan’s rendition of the actor in action (via Heroic Hollywood):

Filmmaker in Focus:

In the second installment of his four-part video series on Paul Thomas Anderson, editor Jacob T. Swinney compiles the extreme close-up shots from the director’s movies:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Sandra Bullock orders pizza online in The Net, which opened 20 years ago today. It’s not that old an image, but in internet terms everything in this movie is ancient. Well, the idea of ordering pizza online is actually kind of modern.

Supercut of the Day:

Don’t watch this video compiling the most memorable food moments in film on an empty stomach (via Montage Creators):

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Cosplay of the Day:

With the Jurassic World toys erring with the gender of the Velociraptors, it’s great to see some people respecting the fact that they’re supposed to be females (via Ink 361).

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Watch the original trailer for Waterworld, which opened in theaters 20 years ago today, and you may wonder why it wasn’t actually as big a bomb as people think it was.

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Movie Trivia of the Day:

Think you know all about the Mission: Impossible franchise? Mr. Sunday Movies humorously lists 50 facts about these movies:

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Trailer Remake of the Day:

Vulture has redone the trailer for the new Fantastic Four movie with footage from Roger Corman‘s cheap 1994 version:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Since Mad Max: Fury Road is all about the women characters, why not turn Immortan Joe female, too? Well, here you go (via Fashionably Geek):

Supercut of the Day:

In honor of Paper Towns, editor Jacob T. Swinney compiled scenes of teens climbing through others’ windows for Slate. Movies featured include Heathers, Scream and Scary Movie, and there are TV shows like Clarissa Explains It All, too.

Movie Analysis of the Day:

Barry Lyndon isn’t quite a forgotten masterpiece, but it’s not the most widely discussed of Stanley Kubrick‘s classics. Must See Films wants that to change:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Remember when Matthew Broderick was in The Godfather? Wait, no, just kidding, this is an image of Broderick and Marlon Brando from The Freshman, a movie completely built and sold around its making Brando look like Don Corleone again. The movie opened in theaters 25 years ago today.

Movie History of the Day:

This is more of a supercut than a history lesson, but Digg offers up a nice video tour of aliens in the movies:

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Classic Cartoon of the Day:

Today is the 75th anniversary of the theatrical release of Tex Avery‘s Oscar-nominated Merrie Melodies animated short A Wild Hare, which is considered the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon. Watch it below.

Comic Strip of the Day:

Did we find out all of the components of the Indominus Rex DNA in Jurassic World? Here’s a funny comic that shares a few more ingredients (via Geek Tyrant):

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the limited-release opening of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. Honor the occasion by viewing the movie’s original trailer below.

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