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

Dream Casting of the Day:

Russell Crowe has expressed interest in playing Cable in Deadpool 2, so of course BossLogic shows us what that’d look like:

Revised my cable with some @russellcrowe since the idea is being pitched #Deadpoolpic.twitter.com/yjDL3eLQv5

— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) February 28, 2017

Character History of the Day:

Get ready for the release of Logan this weekend with Burger Fiction’s look at the evolution of Wolverine in movies and TV:

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Fake Commercial of the Day:

Since Wolverine is an old man in Logan, Nerdist made a pharmaceutical drug ad befitting the character and movie:

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Movie Franchise Recap of the Day:

Also in honor of the new Wolverine movie, here’s a recap of the entire X-Men franchise in rap form:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Probably the craziest Oscars moment until this year’s Best Picture incident, here’s David Niven, born on this day in 1910, onstage as the infamous streaker runs behind him:

There was a streaker at the Oscars in 1974! pic.twitter.com/osmAGMm0G2

— FactBuffet (@FactBuffet) July 16, 2016

Actor in the Spotlight:

The new episode of the character actor showcase No Small Parts profiles the career of Jeffrey Wright:

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Video Essay of the Day:

Kaptain Kristian looks at the fundamental rules of integrating animation and live action as perfected in Who Framed Roger Rabbit:

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Video Essay Parody of the Day:

Filmmaker Kentucker Audley once again sends up today’s typical cinefile video essays with a look at Richie Rich (via Film School Rejects):

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Bad Film Reading of the Day:

Speaking of film analysis spoofs, here’s a bad reading of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by an alien in the future:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

This week is the 30th anniversary of the release of Some Kind of Wonderful. Watch the original trailer for the John Hughes-scripted ’80s teen movie classic below.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is easily one of the most anticipated movies of 2017. It was #2 on Fandango’s poll, behind only Star Wars: The Last Jedi. And part of the reason for that, aside from the fact that the first movie is so loved, is because Disney and Marvel haven’t been shy with the marketing materials.

They’ve been hyping Star-Lord and his ragtag team’s new adventure for quite a while now, showing off set pics, behind-the-scenes videos, posters, teaser trailers and TV spots. But even with everything we’ve seen so far, they haven’t released an actual, full trailer for the film.

Until now, when we finally get to see a hint of the story, i.e. why the guardians need to save the galaxy again. We see more moments of Baby Groot acting like a baby, more moments shared between Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) and Gamora (Zoe Saldana), more wisecracks by Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) and, yes, we also finally get the see a character reveal that we’ve been eagerly awaiting, right at the end.

Enjoy.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hits theaters on May 5, 2017.

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Actress in the Spotlight:

Celebrate the Best Actress win by Emma Stone by watching Burger Fiction’s career-spanning look at the La La Land star:

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Plot Song of the Day:

Did you know Will Smith had a song during the end credits of Moonlight decribing the movie? See below and also check out Demi Adejuyigbe’s fake Will Smith plot songs for Arrival and Hacksaw Ridge.

does anybody know if Will Smith is gonna perform one of his credits raps at the #Oscars this year? I hope it’s the one he did for Moonlight pic.twitter.com/xXsEbrlGdx

— demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) February 26, 2017

Video Essay of the Day:

Seriously, though, Moonlight uses music very significantly, as explored in the new video essay from Mr. Nerdista:

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Mashup of the Day:

Fun fact: both Crocodile Dundee and Predator are Oscar nominees. Anyway, here’s a fake trailer for Crocodile Dundee vs. Predator:

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Trailer Remake of the Day:

Claymation filmmaker Lee Hardcastle remade the red-band trailer for The Belko Experiment in his preferred animation style, and the movie’s writer/producer James Gunn appreciates it:

This is incredible. Lovely #BelkoExperiment animation by @leehardcastlepic.twitter.com/CCokNG9pdb

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) February 24, 2017

Vintage Image of the Day:

They may have made a big blunder at the Oscars, but don’t forget Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway are terrific in 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde, as well as in this old poster for the movie:

Tribute of the Day:

Storm chasers love Bill Paxton in Twister so much they paid tribute to the late actor using GPS coordinates (via Geekologie):

Fake Movie of the Day:

If Christopher Nolan had made a fourth Batman movie with Joseph Gordon Levitt as Nightwing and Casey Affleck as The Riddler (via Geek Tyrant):

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Film History Lesson of the Day:

Do you ever give movies you disliked a second chance? The latest video from The Royal Ocean Film Society looks at famous films that were hated when released and now are beloved (via Film School Rejects):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Watch the original teaser for the horror sequel below.

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Congratulations to all the winners at the 89th Academy Awards! La La Land was the most-honored of the night, as expected, with six wins. But there were definitely some surprises. Like La La Land not winning even more. And the shocker that it was wrongly announced as Best Picture. Instead it was Moonlight that won the top award.

There were also many records broken. Damien Chazelle is now the youngest winner of the Best Directing Oscar, at age 32. O.J.: Made in America became the longest movie to win an Oscar at 467 minutes. Mahershala Ali is the first Muslim to win an acting Oscar. Soundman Kevin O’Connell finally won with his 21st nomination.

But how about that Moonlight ending?

And here are all the winners:

Best Picture: Moonlight

Best Director: Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Best Actor: Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Actress: Emma Stone (La La Land)

Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis (Fences)

Best Original Screenplay: Manchester by the Sea

Best Adapted Screenplay: Moonlight

Best Cinematography: La La Land

Best Editing: Hacksaw Ridge

Best Production Design: La La Land

Best Costume Design: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Suicide Squad

Best Sound Mixing: Hacksaw Ridge

Best Sound Editing: Arrival

Best Original Score: La La Land

Best Original Song: “City of Stars” (La La Land)

Best Animated Feature: Zootopia

Best Documentary Feature: O.J.: Made in America

Best Documentary Short: The White Helmets

Best Animated Short: Piper

Best Live-Action Short: Sing

Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman

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The Important News

DC Extended Universe: Matt Reeves , The Fate of the Furious, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, The Finest, Power Rangers and My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea.

Behind the Scenes: La La Land, Fences and Kong: Skull Island.

Movie Clips: Beauty and the Beast and Alien: Covenant.

Movie Pics: The Predator cast photo, Han Solo Star Wars Story cast photo and Alien: Covenant cast photo.

Movie Posters: All the new movie posters released this week.

Movie Parodies: Alternate Moonlight ending.

Mashups: J. Jonah Jameson heads The Daily Planet and La La Land mashed with Titanic.

Alternate Universe Movies: David Lynch’s La La Land and Pixar’s Pulp Fiction.

Oscars Montages: Final scenes of 45 Best Picture winners and every Best Picture winner ever.

Our Features

Comic Book Movie Guide: We speculate about the Nightwing movie.

Interviews: Tom Hiddleston on Thor: Ragnarok and Loki’s involvement.

Geek Movie Guide: We suggest some superheroes who need G-rated movies.

Home Viewing: Our guide to everything hitting VOD this week.

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Almost a month ago, President Trump’s immigration ban pushed words with long histories back into the foreground of the public conversation; one was “refugee.” Since then, much analysis and inflated rhetoric has attached itself to that word, but not that many Americans have had (or have taken) the chance to interact directly with those to whom it applies. Music has long provided one way for outsiders to connect with refugees’ hopes and fears. A recent encounter in Nashville reminded me of the revelations it bears.

Scouting cultural responses to the current political moment, World Cafe producer Kimberly Junod and I headed to the Basement East in Nashville one night not long after President Trump had first presented his executive order on immigration to observe a benefit concert for the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition. The evening, co-organized by the spirited soul woman Alanna Royale, featured many local luminaries: Adia Victoria read from the works of Toni Morrison; Ariel Bui, herself the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants to Louisiana, sang of her parents’ experience; rock ‘n’ roll powerhouse Sarah Potenza covered Sam Cooke‘s secular gospel hymn “A Change Is Gonna Come.” But the night’s indisputable high point came when the Syrian father-and-son duo Ahmed and Hasan Alzuabi took the stage.

The Alzuabis arrived in Nashville in August after spending four years in Jordan waiting for their visas to come through. In their homeland, the elder artist trained as a vocalist and oud player; after being blinded in an accident as a young man, the 59-year-old maintained a career performing at parties and other social gatherings. His 21-year-old son, a dazzlingly adept tarabaki player, dropped out of high school when the family was relocated to the South and, along with his father, has been fitfully pursuing a music career here, playing at the hookah bars and restaurants around Nolensville Road, the center of Nashville’s immigrant communities. (There is also a significant Kurdish community here.) Alanna Royale found the Alzuabis through a friend in the Syrian community, and they welcomed the chance to perform for a room full of tattooed hipsters on hand for some protest and a “Nasty Women” art show.

The craft-beer-drinking crowd chattered through most of the evening’s performances, but when the Alzuabis took the stage, they were rapt. People moved toward the front and danced as a couple of family friends cut their own bravado moves onstage. These 15 or so minutes of music might have been the most joyful I’ve experienced in recent months, and Kimberly turned and whispered to me that we should try to book the Alzuabis for a session. Two days later, after a circuitous tangle of communiqués, they joined us at Sound Stage Studios for a brief interview and performance.

Our chat challenged me in ways to which I’m not accustomed. The two friends who had joined the Alzuabis on stage served as translators, and words flew across the microphone-filled room in multiple languages. What I did quickly learn was that Hasan and Ahmed Alzuabi shared the same ambitions that most musicians carry with them to Music City: to make a living through their art, to delight bigger audiences than what greets them at an average Tuesday night bar gig and — in the words of Hasan, whose style and sweet smile would perfectly suit a boy band — to “get famous.” To my ears, the music they performed was mysterious and deeply powerful. When I asked Ahmed what the lyrics were about, what he said proved that these songs are also universal, but in a way I hadn’t expected. “They’re about flirting and loving our homeland,” he said. Just like country music, I thought.

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

Reimagined Movie of the Day:

Samuel L. Jackson voices a character in Pixar’s The Incredibles, so he’d gladly return to the studio for an animated Pulp Fiction, right? See more of Pixar artist Josh Cooley’s children’s book versions of classic movies, including The Terminator, Fight Club and The Big Lebowski at Konbini (via Design Culture).

Movie Comparisons of the Day:

Speaking of Pixar, see how their movies are altered for international distribution in Oh My Disney’s side-by-side comparisons:

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Video Essay of the Day:

In the latest episode of Frame by Frame, Kyle shows how much Vincente Minnelli influenced Oscar nominee La La Land:

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Trailer Mashup of the Day:

Speaking of La La Land, almost 20 years ago, Titanic won Best Picture. Now see how easily that movie fits with this year’s Best Picture frontrunner:

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Engagement Photos of the Day:

Ellen Wleklinski and Corey Collins are such fans of La La Land that they reenacted scenes from the musical for their recent engagement photo shoot. See more at BuzzFeed.

Alternate Ending of the Day:

Now let’s switch to another Best Picture nominee with a parody of the diner scene from Moonlight:

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Vintage Images of the Day:

The disaster movie Volcano starring Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche turns 20 later this year, but here’s reason to celebrate the anniversary early:

I randomly found these publicity shots for Volcano and now you have too pic.twitter.com/bQvgURcha6

— Joannes Truyens (@playthroughline) February 16, 2017

Actress in the Spotlight:

Oscar nominee Isabelle Huppert, one of the frontrunners for Best Actress, gets a career-spanning supercut (via IndieWire):

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Fake Movie of the Day:

In anticipation of her new movie Get Out, Allison Williams stars in a fake trailer for College Humor for a horror movie about being awkward at parties:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

This weekend is the 40th anniversary of the release of Slap Shot. Watch the original trailer for the hockey comedy classic below.

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Alternate Universe Movie of the Day:

La La Land may be Damien Chazelle’s baby, but here’s what it might have looked like if David Lynch directed it instead:

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Remade Movie of the Day:

What if La La Land had an old-school video game? It would look like this 8-Bit Cinema version of the Oscar nominee, also from CineFix:

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Movie Parody Poster of the Day:

And to make it a trio of La La Land items, here’s one of the Oscar nominee parodies made by the makers of Zootopia. See more at /Film.

Oscars Montage of the Day:

Speaking of La La Land, it could very well be the next movie to add to Burger Fiction’s new supercut of all the Best Picture winners ever:

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Film Crew Guide of the Day:

In honor of the Oscars, for Fandor Keyframe, LJ Frezza shows us what different film crew members do:

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Fake Film Crew Member of the Day:

Meanwhile, here’s Above Average with a profile of a guy working as a “scarf wrangler” specifically for Johnny Depp:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Drew Barrymore, who was born on this day in 1975, sits on Steven Spielberg’s shoulders on the set of 1982’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial:

Cosplay of the Day:

Speaking of cute kids, here are a couple of brothers fighting each other as Poe Dameron and Kylo Ren in a special effects-heavy video made by Felt Tip Films:

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Actor in the Spotlight:

Today is also the birthday of Chinese-American character actor James Hong, who is honored with a very long episode of No Small Parts:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of The Incredible Shrinking Man. Watch the original Orson Welles-narrated teaser for the sci-fi classic below.

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