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Film Face-Off of the day:

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of RoboCop 2, so it’s fitting that there’s a new video pitting RoboCop vs. The Terminator. In a rap battle (via Geek Tyrant):

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Fan Film of the Day:

Get out your tissues: Parkour athlete Mike Wilson made the following Spider-Man (er, Spider-Dad) short in honor of his Spidey-loving son who died in December (via Geek Tyrant):

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Movie Mash-Up of the Day:

We’ve seen Jurassic World‘s raptor taming scene influence zookeepers and Chris Pratt‘s latest children’s hospital visit. Here we have one with The Avengers, which could be a nod to Pratt being in future Avengers movies or a joke about the box office record. Either way is fine. (via Empire Magazine)

Cosplay of the Day:

There’s no better way to officially ring in the summer solstice than with a guy dressed jokingly as a seasonally appropriate take on Captain America: The Winter Soldier (via Screen Crush)

Short of the Day:

Workprint is a neat new series of short films made entirely out of stock footage from Catch & Release. Here is the first (via Design Taxi):

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Fan Art of the Day:

Imagining other Disney Princesses as mermaids. Look, Belle is still reading books underwater. See more animated images at Design Taxi:

Supercut of the Day:

Yet another great montage of great dance scenes from movies, compiled by editor and dancer Klara Tavakoli Goesche:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Woody Allen makes his on-screen debut in What’s New Pussycat, which he also wrote. The comedy opened in theaters 50 years ago today.

Toy of the Day:

While not an official product yet, the latest movie-related proposal for Lego is to make a Spaceballs playset. Yes, please (via Geek Tyrant):

Classic Cartoon of the Day:

Rudolph Ising’s The Milky Way, which was the first non-Disney animated short to win the Oscar in that category, was released to theaters 75 years ago today. Watch it in full below.

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Who owns the Hulk

A lot of fans have been wondering when we’d be getting a new Hulk movie, and while the answer isn’t any more definitive today than it was last week, we at least know a few more details about who would actually be releasing the movie, if it were ever made.

We already knew that Universal, who put out both the Eric Bana and Edward Norton Hulk movies, still held a claim to the character, but now Forbes is reporting that Universal only has the distribution rights to any hypothetical movies. Or, more specifically, Universal has the rights of first refusal, meaning that if Marvel does ever make another one, Universal gets to decide if they want to release it. And since Marvel movies make approximately a quadrillion dollars each, it’s a pretty safe bet that Universal wouldn’t turn down a Hulk movie.

So, once again, the hold up on a Hulk movie is on Marvel’s end.

Chris Pratt, breaking your heart again and again

Chris Pratt has become — seemingly overnight thanks to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy — the most charming person in America. And now his onslaught on the hearts of everyone, everywhere continues with a visit to Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, where Pratt recreated his own Jurassic World raptor-taming meme with some of the patients in the hospital.

Is this Spidey showing off?

The clock is ticking on when Marvel and Sony will need to launch their new live-action Spider-Man series, but they still haven’t actually cast Spider-Man. One of the big contenders is Ender’s Game star Asa Butterfield, but despite some persistent rumors, he has not been officially cast.

Another one of the rumored actors is Tom Holland. He hasn’t been as persistently buzzed-about as Butterfield, but his name has also been in the mix, and now he’s having fun with his fans by showing off some of his own stunt work. Is he toying with fans or just, as his Instagram says, bored? Probably the latter, but hey — let the speculation continue!

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The Important News

Box Office: Jurassic World had the best opening of all time.

Director Hirings: Rupert Wyatt will helm Gambit. Kenneth Branagh will remake Murder on the Orient Express. Mark Romanek will direct a Norco Bank Robbery movie. Eli Roth will helm a giant prehistoric shark movie. Rob Zombie will make a Groucho Marx biopic.

Casting: Katherine Waterston joined Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Forest Whitaker joined Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. Woody Harrelson will portray LBJ. Tom Hanks will portray Captain Sully. Vin Diesel will still play Kojak on the big screen.

Franchise Resurrection: Kindergarten Cop is getting a reboot. Halloween is returning with a retconned reboot. Maleficent is getting a sequel. Kick-Ass may get a prequel then another sequel. Indiana Jones is rumored to be getting a new sequel in 2018.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: The Peanuts Movie, Sicario, The Falling, The Runner, The Secret Life of Pets, Hotel Transylvania 2, Daddy’s Home, Boulevard and Kung Fu Panda 3.

TV spots: Sinister 2.

Watch: Fan-made trailers for Doctor Strange and Captain America: Civil War.

Watch: An honest trailer for Toy Story.

Look: How Marvel Studios congratulated Jurassic World on their box office record. And how real zookeepers are re-creating a shot from Jurassic World.

Watch: Arnold Schwarzenegger explains his Terminator: Genisys “Guardian” character. And Arnold Schwarzenegger prank people as the Terminator.

Read: The X-Files episode that became Final Destination.

Watch: All six Star Wars movies played on top of each other. And Star Wars mashed with Ocean’s Eleven.

Rank: All the Pixar movies from best to worst.

Learn: 5 stages of watching a Pixar movie.

Watch: A new making-of video for Spectre.

Listen: How dope is the Dope soundtrack?

Watch: Psycho‘s shower scene redone with cats.

See: This week’s best new movie posters.

Our Features

Movie Parody: Imagining Jurassic World‘s sponsored dinosaurs.

Film Face-Off: Is Jurassic World better than Jurassic Park?

Sequel Speculation: Two directions the next Jurassic Park sequel could go.

Genre Guide: A brief history of movies that go inside the nightmare of the human body.

Sci-Fi Movie Guide: Why Passengers should be on your radar.

Horror Movie Guide: Pros and cons of splitting The Stand into TV and theatrical parts.

Geek Movie Guide: 6 ideas for the Transformers writing room.

List: 10 ways to geek out on Jaws.

Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And here’s our guide to all the best new indie and foreign DVD releases.

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Father’s Day is this weekend, but if you’re a dad who happens to love Will Ferrell comedies, then one gift has come early. It’s the first trailer for Daddy’s Home, starring Ferrell as a step-dad who thinks he’s finally making progress with his wife’s kids, only to have their biological dad enter the picture again.

That plot may have the makings of a drama, but that’s just not the case with Daddy’s Home. Mark Wahlberg plays the kids’ hunky dad, and their obvious affection for him drives new dad Ferrell crazy. So he does the natural thing and enters an increasingly outlandish battle for the kids’ love.

But since this is a Will Ferrell comedy, that battle goes a touch beyond just buying the kids a pet. Check it out.

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Daddy’s Home hits theaters on December 25, 2015.

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

Fan-Made Trailer of the Day:

Check out a pretend-leaked teaser for Captain America: Civil War (via Geek Tyrant):

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Science Lesson of the Day:

Could Jurassic World ever happen? Screen Junkies talked to the experts to find out the scientific reality:

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Movie Mash-Up of the Day:

Here’s a ridiculous variant cover for the comic book crossover that will ruin two levels of your childhood, Archie vs. Predator (via Topless Robot):

Vintage Image of the Day:

David Lynch directs Isabella Rossellini, who turns 63 today, on the set of Blue Velvet:

Movie Parody of the Day:

Learn to play guitar from the Doof Warrior from Mad Max: Fury Road (via Geek Tyrant):

Animation Studio Tribute of the Day:

Studio Ghibli turned 30 this week, so it’s fitting that we present the following sleeve tattoo paying tribute to many of Hayao Miyazaki‘s movies (via Fashionably Geek):

Animation Studio Roast of the Day:

Prepare for this weekend’s release of Inside Out by going over the five stages of watching a Pixar movie:

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Cosplay of the Day:

While not quite cosplay, this little girl’s dad made her eyepatch look like part of Michaelangelo’s mask to complete her Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles look. See more of her fun eyepatch transformations at Fashionably Geek.

Star Wars of the Day:

You know you want these cute little R/C flying Star Wars ships, even if the propellars make them look a little weird (via Geekologie)

Vintage Trailer of the Day:

This Sunday is the 30th anniversary of the release of Return to Oz. Watch the original trailer, which promised we’d want to watch it again and again, below.

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We assume Sicario is already on your radar because we also assume you remember it being on our list of 2015 Movies That Need to Be on Your Radar. If, however, it isn’t, we’re guessing it will be after watching the first trailer for it, which just hit online.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners, Enemy, and the upcoming Blade Runner sequel), Sicario stars the always impressive Emily Blunt as a rising FBI agent who is sent to Mexico to help the CIA take down a drug cartel. As is often the case with trying to topple drug-fueled empires, things don’t go so well, and our bushy tailed agent finds herself caught up in a war that seems to have enemies on all sides.

Sicario also stars Josh Brolin, Benecio Del Toro, Victor Garber, and Jon Bernthal. It hits theaters on September 18, 2015.

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

Movie Take-Down of the Day:

Honest Trailers doesn’t play around with its roast of Toy Story, and they got Will Sasso involved to give us more of his Randy Newman impersonation:

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Meme of the Day:

Zookeepers all over are re-creating the shot from Jurassic World where Chris Pratt is holding off his raptor squad. There’s also a meme associated with the shot, which you can see more of at BuzzFeed.

Movie Spoof of the Day:

Mad Max: Out of Gas shows us what happens when the Mad Max franchise runs out of fuel, literally and figuratively (via Topless Robot):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Here’s Ralph Bellamy, who was born on this day in 1904, poutily earning his Oscar nomination for The Awful Truth:

Posters of the Day:

These two new posters for Captain America: The First Avenger by Marko Manev went on sale at today at Grey Matter Art.

Movie Comparison of the Day:

Did you notice how Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the same movie as Iron Man? CinemaSins provides 24 pieces of evidence:

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Cosplay of the Day:

If we didn’t know any better, we’d think these were stills from the live-action remakes of Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid (Belle via Fashionably Geek, Ariel via KamiKame).

Toy of the Day:

ReAction pays tribute to the first major summer blockbuster with these interconnected figures from Jaws (via Topless Robot):

Star Wars of the Day:

There are probably plenty Star Wars-loving bikers who would love to have this on a t-shirt (via Neatorama):

Vintage Trailer of the Day:

Russ Meyers‘s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, featuring a screenplay by Roger Ebert, opened 45 years ago today. Watch the original filmmaker-focused trailer:

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Chances are you won’t ever look at your dogs, cats, birds, rabbits and fishes the same way again after watching this adorable first trailer for The Secret Life of Pets, from the humans who brought us the Despicable Me and Minions movies.

Ever want to know what your pets do after you leave home for the day? Well… you can start by watching this.

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Cute, right? We’ll wait here while you hide the TV remote and throw a padlock on your refrigerator just in case.

The Secret Life of Pets officially hits theaters on July 8, 2016, and it’ll feature a voice cast that includes Louis C.K., Albert Brooks, Lake Bell, Ellie Kemper, Kevin Hart, Eric Stonestreet, and at least one poodle who totally knows how to rock out hard.

As to what the movie will be about, expect a funny tale (with lots of tails) about friendship and adventure, as our hero Max (Louis C.K.) must learn to live with a new family pet, as well as help foil a rabbit’s scheme to exact revenge on all the happy-owned pets and their owners.

Check out the poster below, then go give your favorite pet a belly rub and a stern talking-to about rocking out too hard in the living room when you’re not at home.

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

Prank of the Day:

Polish pranksters SA Wardega scared Chris Pratt with dinosaurs, which shouldn’t be so easy after Jurassic World (via World Wide Interweb):

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Movie Trivia of the Day:

In honor of the opening of Pixar‘s Inside Out this week, here are some things you probably don’t know about the Toy Story movies:

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Cosplay of the Day:

This cute couple dressed as Astrid and Hiccup from How to Train Your Dragon — now they just need some dragons. (via KamiKame):

Easter Eggs of the Day:

With the second season of True Detective hitting HBO this weekend, take a look at all the movie references in the first season (via Press Play):

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Fan Film of the Day:

With Marvel vs. DC – The Ultimate Crossover, Saruhan Saral gives us a crudely animated look at a movie that you know will happen one day (via Geek Tyrant):

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Fan Art of the Day:

From former DreamWorks animator Jason Porath’s series of “Rejected Princesses,” here’s a proposal for a Disney feature on Filipino guerilla fighter Kumander Liwayway, whose life he describes as being John Hughes turned Quentin Tarantino. See more of the series at Design Taxi.

Star Wars of the Day:

“Akbar’s Eleven” mashes Return of the Jedi and Ocean’s Eleven for a parody of the upcoming Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One (via Cinema Blend):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Vilmos Zsigmond, who turns 85 today, shooting Close Encounter of the Third Kind. Note Devil’s Tower in the distance.

Movie Spoof of the Day:

Two cats redo the famous shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho (via The A.V. Club):

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Today’s Anniversaries:

Blues Brothers premiered 35 years ago, Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho premiered 55 years ago and Walt Disney‘s Lady and the Tramp premiered 60 years ago. Watch the original trailer for the animated feature below.

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