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

Movie Trailer Remake of the Day:

With Terminator: Genisys out in theaters this week, it’s time for a homemade version of its trailer:

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Study of an Actor:

Also in honor of the latest Terminator movie, Matt Singer spotlights his favorite action hero auteur, Arnold Schwarzenegger, for Screen Crush:

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Fan Art of the Day:

Also in honor of the latest Terminator movie, here’s a neat tribute to good and evil robots of cinema by artist Chris Hebert for Fandango:

Movie Take-Down of the Day:

With Magic Mike XXL out in theaters this week, it’s time for Honest Trailers to size up the original:

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Supercut of the Day:

Gotta get that boom boom boom. Cars, trucks, tanks and trains drive off cliffs in this supercut by Petrick (via Live for Films):

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Movie Meals of the Day:

What emotion does it trigger when you eat one of these edible-art bento boxes inspired by the Pixar movies Inside Out and Wall-E? See many more Disney character bento boxes on the Instagram page of Mike Kravanis (via Design Taxi).

Desserts of the Day:

And a woman made Rambo Gizmo and Gremlin cakes, and then she acted out a whole scene with them. Check out her entire slideshow (via Fashionably Geek):

I made a Gremlins cake…

Filmmaker in Focus:

Martin Scorsese‘s film career is showcased via only close-ups in this video essay from Max Winter at Press Play:

Star Wars of the Day:

This fake documentary about the Battle of Endor is what you might find on the Star Wars Galaxy’s version of the History Channel (via /Film):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

30 years ago today, Apollo 13 opened in theaters. The historical drama is one of the three highest grossing movies of 1995, earned nine Oscar nominations (including one for Best Picture) and added “Houston, we have a problem” to the list of the most memorable movie quotes of all time. Watch its original trailer below.

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Two years ago the only people who would recognize the name Edward Snowden were his friends and family. Today he’s widely recognized as the guy who didn’t just blow the lid off of the American government’s internal surveillance programs, but who continues to blow the lid off things the American people don’t know their government is up to. He was, and still is, a bit controversial, to say the least. And as we all know, Hollywood revels in controversy.

The superb, must-see Snowden film Citizen Four already won the Oscar this year for Best Documentary, but don’t expect the cinematic exploration of one of the most important political figures in recent memory to end there. Snowden’s life is also getting the dramatic treatment, from none other than JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, and Wall Street director Oliver Stone. Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be playing the NSA contractor in the film, and today we’ve got our first teaser trailer for it.

The trailer doesn’t actually offer us a look at Gordon-Levitt in the movie (you can see him in the above still, though), but it does set the ominous, conspiratorial tone for what will probably be one of this winter’s most talked about movies.

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Snowden, also starring Shailene Woodley, Scott Eastwood, Melissa Leo, and Nicolas Cage, hits theaters on December 25, 2015.

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This month, some very old songs from India and England rub shoulders with new sounds from Madagascar and Japan — along with one emerging Hawaiian hit, courtesy of Pixar and Disney.

Unfortunately, the summer touring schedule has been wracked by visa problems for international artists trying to enter the U.S. Among the performers caught up in the current cycle of delays seem to be India’s Barmer Boys, a group of Sufi folk musicians from Rajasthan, India, who have had to cancel their U.S. tour. (They were able to keep their Canadian dates.) If you have to miss out on seeing them now, this should give you a tantalizing preview of their full-hearted shows before their next attempt to reach these shores.

If you’ve seen Pixar’s newest hit Inside Out, you’ve already heard the song “Lava” — it’s the basis for the short that precedes the film. Written by James Ford Murphy, this sweet, Hawaiian-style ode is performed by two stars from the Hawaiian music scene, Kuana Torres Kahele and Napua Greig. It’s about a lonely volcano who yearns for his one true love. And it wouldn’t be surprising if “Lava” becomes nearly as much of a favorite as another Hawaiian ukelele performance widely beloved amongst mainstream music fans, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole’s version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

I’m head over heels for the work of London-based singer and “song collector” Sam Lee, who’s made it his life’s work to find and learn the music of the Roma (Gyspies) and Irish Traveler communities in the UK — and then to perform them with gorgeously framing textures, as in this performance of “Blackbird.” Another of Lee’s performances, of the Napoleonic-era tune “Bonny Bunch of Roses,” has made it onto our massive mid-year list of Songs We Love, and I’ll bet you will be hearing even more of him in the months ahead.

What’s burning hot in Japan right now: a band named Gesu no Kiwami Otome, whose style has been described as playful. But I hear something more in their music, as on their track “Not a Me Other than Me” — which shares deep, deep musical DNA with Weather Report and prog rock. This track reached No. 3 on the Japanese charts back in May; their latest single, “Romance ga Ariamaru,” has reached No. 2 and counting.

Our friends and colleagues over at the public radio program Afropop Worldwide like to go deep in cultures — “Hip Deep,” as they say. Their latest adventure was in Madagascar, the tantalizingly multicultural island off the east coast of Africa. While there, they captured the breathless sound of tsapiky (pronounced “tsah-PEEK”), an electric guitar-based dance music rooted in the southwest of the island.

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Today is a good day for geek franchises. We’ve already gotten some Marvel tidbits, most notably that the new standalone Spider-Man movie would be taking notes from John Hughes’ high school movies, and now there are even more morsels on the way. And, surprisingly, they’re not all Marvel related!

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

That’s the official title of the next Guardians of the Galaxy, which was first revealed by Kevin Feige during this past weekend’s Ant-Man press day and later confirmed by returning writer-director James Gunn. But, really, that’s all the extra that we know.

Yes, the official title for the @Guardians sequel is GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2. Nice detective work, @colliderfrosty, etc! You got us!

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) June 29, 2015

Star Trek Beyond

Star Trek Beyond has been bandied about as a possible title for the next Star Trek movie, including by co-writer Simon Pegg, but no one was officially calling it that just yet. That changes today, though, with director Justin Lin tweeting not only the title, but the first look at a Starfleet uniform from the movie.

It’s also worth noting that Lin declared “Let the next Starfleet voyage begin!” which would seem to confirm that the new movie will definitely journey deep into space and not be quite as Earthbound as the last two movies.

Let the next Starfleet voyage begin! #StarTrekBeyond #LLAP pic.twitter.com/VZh9YvJgqA

— Justin Lin (@trailingjohnson) June 29, 2015

Ghostbusters

Star Trek wasn’t the only franchise to get in on the costume game today. Ghostbusters director Paul Feig tweeted a picture hashtagged #whatyougonnawear, showing off the first look at the outfits Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Kiif, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones will wear in the movie. It’s not much, but if you want to obsessively compare them to the ’80s versions, now is your chance.

#whatyougonnawear pic.twitter.com/o5oyHeIaSx

— Paul Feig (@paulfeig) June 29, 2015

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