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Movie Franchise History Lesson of the Day:

Watch Harry Potter superfan Ezra Miller, who stars in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, recaps a bit from the franchise that might be significance for the upcoming spinoff/prequel (via /Film):

Music Video of the Day:

Darth Blender used footage from X-Men movies, including Logan, to make a music video for Wolverine covering “Hurt”:

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Actor in the Spotlight:

Ranker’s latest actor-focused supercut shows us that Sylvester Stallone is always hanging from things:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

The art of Herk Harvey is celebrated in this video on Carnival of Souls by Philip Brubaker for Fandor Keyframe:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Kate Capshaw, who was born on this day in 1953, is directed by future huband Steven Spielberg on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1983:

Movie Trivia of the Day:

Speaking of Indiana Jones, here’s ScreenCrush with a bunch of trivia you may not know about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade:

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Movie Science of the Day:

Speaking of George Lucas productions, here’s Kyle Hill on whether the Death Star from the Star Wars movies would generate its own gravity:

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Adorable Cosplay of the Day:

Speaking that particular Lucas franchise, Donnie Yen’s kids dressed as Star Wars characters for Halloween and one of them got to be Yen’s character (via Fashionably Geek):

Movie Comparison of the Day:

Also speaking of George Lucas productions, Couch Tomato shows 24 reasons Howard the Duck and fellow Marvel adaptation Thor are the same movie:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 45th anniversary of the release of Fiddler on the Roof. Watch one of the original trailers for the Oscar-winning musical below.

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Movie Recap of the Day:

Revisit the plot of Deadpool in rap form with this NSFW recap of the phenomenally successful X-Men spinoff:

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Scene Re-creation of the Day:

CineFix sweded the power loader scene from Aliens, and it’s still one of the coolest moments in any movie ever:

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Cosplay of the Day:

A boy battling brain cancer got an awesome TIE Fighter wheelchair to go with his Darth Vader cosplay (via Geek Tyrant):

Fan Art of the Day:

Cool posters designed by artist Jordan Bolton showcase objects appearing in movies, including The Royal Tenenbaums. See more, including a few others for Wes Anderson movies plus Amelie and Carol at Sploid.

Video List of the Day:

Cracked spotlights movies that conveniently forgot about certain plot points, including Back to the Future, The Dark Knight Rises and The Wizard of Oz:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Luchino Visconti, who was born on this day in 1906, directs Burt Lancaster, who was born on this day in 1913, on the set of the 1963 Italian classic The Leopard:

Bad Film Analysis of the Day:

David Fincher’s Gone Girl is misunderstood and spoiled by an alien in the future in the latest Earthling Cinema:

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Actor in the Spotlight:

Burger Fiction chronicles the evolution of Tom Cruise from Endless Love to Jack Reacher: Never Go Back:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

Bits of Brad Bird’s commentaries for The Iron Giant, Ratatouille and The Incredibles are compiled for a video on his insights specifically about making animated features:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Speaking of Pixar movies, today is the 15th anniversary of Monsters, Inc. Watch the original trailer for the animated feature below.

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Alternate Soundtrack Choice of the Day:

How It Should Have Ended substitutes “Sabotage” in Star Trek Beyond with what Mars Attacks! used, “Indian Love Call”:

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Mashup of the Day:

Who is more powerful, Hermione Granger or Eleven? See them both in this Harry Potter and Stranger Things mashup:

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Fan Art of the Day:

This retro poster for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is part of a new art exhibit called Super Science Fair – A Pop Culture Experiment. See others, mostly superhero-related, at /Film.

Movie Retelling of the Day:

Between Halloween and Christmas is The Nightmare Before Christmas territory, so just enjoy this retelling with emojis from Disney on a daily basis (via Geek Tyrant):

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Cosplay of the Day:

Watch a guy dressed as Silver Surfer (seen in the movie Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer) navigating New York City and entertaining its Earthling citizens on his longboard (via Geek Tyrant):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Bill Murray and co-star Tai the elephant on the set of Larger Than Life, which opened in theaters on this day 20 years ago:

Actor in the Spotlight:

Character actor showcase No Small Parts looks at the career of Peter Dinklage:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

Using animation, Cracked shows why Stanley Kubrick is the true villain of The Shining:

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Supercut of the Day:

Now You See It highlights the Hero’s Journey in a supercut including The Wizard of Oz, The Lord of the Rings and more:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release of Baz Luhrman’s Romeo + Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. Watch the original trailer below.

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Marcel Khalife is a Lebanese composer, singer and innovator on his instrument, the lute-like oud. Khalife performed his first concerts amid the rubble of bombed-out buildings in Beirut during Lebanon’s civil war. Now, 40 years later, he is one of the most prolific figures in Arabic music. Khalife’s new album, Andalusia Of Love, combines classical, jazz and folk idioms with poetry to create a provocative new work.

Khalife sings with a kind of wistful optimism. He has lived and created amid some of the most terrible and intractable conflicts of our time, yet he continues to dream of peace and reconciliation. In this suite of 14 seamlessly linked pieces, Khalife returns to a touchstone of that dream: Andalusia.

Andalusia is a region in the southern parts of Spain and Portugal, where Muslims, Jews and Christians lived together for centuries during medieval times. For Khalife, that history is an enduring reminder that peaceful cohabitation is possible for people of these faiths. Khalife himself is a Christian, but throughout his career, he has set to music the words of a Muslim writer, the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. On this album, the composer and poet conjure a world they can only imagine, but that burns within them like the memory of a first love.

Khalife performs this suite with his sons, Rami and Bachar, on piano and percussion, and Gilbert Yammine on the jangling, ethereal string instrument called the qanun. Their instrumental textures animate the yearning, nostalgic sentiments in Darwish’s poetry.

This brooding, beautiful, urgent music may call you to spend an hour in a world where peace is not a dream, but a hard-earned reality.

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Weirdified Trailer of the Day:

Aldo Jones’s latest Weird Trailer reworks the new spot for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and it’s a Halloween special:

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Horror Character Assembly of the Day:

The latest brilliant mashup from Antonio Maria da Silva brings all the icons of horror movies together for “Boogeymen’s Anthology”:

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Poster Mashup of the Day:

The latest great redo of the iconic poster for The Breakfast Club celebrates the cult favorite sequel Halloween III: Season of the Witch (via Kindertrauma):

Supercut of the Day:

For Fandor Keyframe, Daniel Mcilwraith compiled “looks of fear” from movies in an appropriate montage:

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Celebrity Cosplay of the Day:

Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead dressed up for Halloween as Scarlett Johansson’s character from Under the Skin. Also check out a video reenactment on her Instagram.

Child Actor Cosplay of the Day:

And here’s another celebrity Halloween costume we need to share: it’s little Jacob Tremblay as Marty McFly in Back to the Future (via Collider):

Animal Cosplay of the Day:

Halloween is never complete without some great pet costumes, like this dog dressed up as Jareth from Labyrinth (via Fashionably Geek):

Vintage Image of the Day:

Peter Jackson, who turns 55 today, dressed as a stabby Santa Claus for his cameo opposite Simon Pegg in 2007’s Hot Fuzz:

Movie Trivia of the Day:

Beetlejuice is a great movie to watch on Halloween, so here’s CineFix with a bunch of trivia about Tim Burton’s classic:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Everyone’s favorite non-horror Halloween classic these days is Hocus Pocus. Watch the original trailer for the 1993 movie below.

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The Important News

X-Men Universe: Deadpool 2 lost director Tim Miller. Fans petitioned for Quentin Tarantino to direct Deadpool 2. David Leitch is the real top choice for Deadpool 2.

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Taika Waititi confirmed Miek is in Thor: Ragnarok.

DC Extended Universe: Ben Affleck says he is trying really hard not to fail with The Batman.

Star Wars: The solo Han Solo movie will be about him winning the Millennium Falcon. Rogue One will feature a familiar kind of relationship.

Indiana Jones: The fifth movie will have a proper quest and won’t have George Lucas involved.

Sherlock Holmes: The third movie has compiled an impressive writers’ room.

James Bond: Mexico City is starting a Day of the Dead parade inspired by Spectre.

Godzilla-Kong Universe: Michael Dougherty will direct Godzilla 2.

Horror: Friday the 13th producers want the franchise to have its own Force Awakens.

Sci-fi: Peter Jackson will direct Mortal Engines. Alien: Covenant revealed a new name for its creatures. God Particle was revealed to be a Cloverfield movie. The Cosmere books are being turned into a mega-franchise.

Comedy: The makers of Bad Moms teased up to 10 sequels.

Action: Gerard Butler will return for the sequel Angel Has Fallen.

Biblical Epics: Joachim Ronning will direct Tom Cruise in Methuselah.

Biopics: Jennifer Lawrence will star in a Zelda Fitzgerald movie. Scarlett Johansson will also star in a Zelda Fitzgerald movie. Mel Gibson says there’s an hour of unseen Braveheart footage. Jack O’Connell will star in an Alexander McQueen biopic.

Family Films: Margot Robbie joined the voice cast of Peter Rabbit. Shaun the Sheep Movie is getting a sequel. The Incredibles 2 is coming sooner than expected. Kevin Hart will play Santa Claus for Disney.

Video Game Movies: Shawn Levy will direct Uncharted.

Box Office: Madea beat Jack Reacher in their opening weekend.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Split, Rules Don’t Apply, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, Man Down, Always Shine and Kill Command.

See: The 2016 World Series depicted via baseball movies.

Watch: Dwayne Johnson sings a new Lin-Manuel Miranda song in Moana. And they both tell theater audiences to silence their cell phones.

See: Tom Hanks revisits scenes from Big. And his David S. Pumpkins character invades classic horror movies.

Watch: The Logan trailer redone with X-Men animated series footage.

See: Early test footage for the original Halloween. And Halloween redone in video game graphics.

Watch: A weird version of the Doctor Strange trailer.

See: All the live-action Batmans in one movie.

Watch: Donald Glover talks about Star Wars on Ellen.

See: Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man again.

Watch: Sausage Party redone as a Pixar movie.

See: All of this week’s best new posters. And Jar Jar Binks takes over the Rogue One poster.

Our Features

Movie Reviews: Doctor Strange proves Marvel movies are evolving.

Interviews: Andrew Garfield on why he’s glad he’s no longer Spider-Man.

Comic Book Movie Guide: The discord of Deadpool 2 tells us about the sequel.

Studio Preview: Our guide to Paramount’s upcoming movies as previewed this week.

Movie Theater Preview: Our tour of the new Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn.

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

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Character Reprisal of the Day:

Andrew Garfield doesn’t officially play Spider-Man in the movies anymore, but he returned to the costume for a bit on Jimmy Kimmel Live (via Heroic Hollywood):

Our favorite Hollywood Blvd. Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield TONIGHT! pic.twitter.com/dro940viCN

— Jimmy Kimmel Live (@JimmyKimmelLive) October 27, 2016

Mashup of the Day:

All the live-action Batmans of the big screen are united together for a league of superheroes in this Darth Blender mashup:

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Movie Takedown of the Day:

The five stages of watching the Purge movies entail asking a lot of questions:

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Cosplay of the Day:

One-legged paralympian and motivational speaker Josh Sundquist always has great Halloween costumes involving his handicap. This year’s is inspired by Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (via Fashionably Geek):

Halloween Prep of the Day:

Get inspired for Halloween with this woman’s time-lapse video showing how she transforms herself into Han Solo, James Bond and Meryl Streep with makeup (via Geek Tyrant):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Ivan Reitman, who turns 70 years old today, directs Rick Moranis in a scene from 1984’s Ghostbusters:

Actor in the Spotlight:

Ranker shows us how Kevin James is always falling in the movies with this slapstick-filled supercut:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

Candice Drouet compiled all of Martin Scorsese’s opening shots to show how he likes to open a movie (via One Perfect Shot):

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Supercut of the Day:

The art of the match cut is given props with this supercut featuring scenes from movies including Psycho and of course 2001: A Space Odyssey:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 10th anniversary of the release of Alejandro G. Inarritu’s Babel. Watch the original trailer for the Best Picture nominee below.

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Poster Parody of the Day:

Obligatorily, the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story poster has been redone with Jar Jar Binks everywhere, this one by artist Olly Gibbs (via Heroic Hollywood):

Mashup of the Day:

Watch the 2016 World Series depicted by mashing Major League and Rookie of the Year plus a few other movies (via Geek Tyrant):

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Timely Promotion Image of the Day:

Speaking of the World Series, Pixar celebrated the digital release of Finding Dory and the start of this year’s baseball championship event with a cute new image of Dory and Hank (via Twitter):

Halloween Prep of the Day:

Learn how to make your own chainsaw hand from Evil Dead II to go as Ash for Halloween:

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Cosplay of the Day:

We’re hoping this little girl hasn’t actually seen the movie her cosplay is based off, but regardless she does a great Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad (via Fashionably Geek):

Screenwriting Lesson of the Day:

Tales from the Screenplay looks at Stanley Kubrick and Diane Johnson’s script for The Shining and how the scares started on the page:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Inferno star Tom Hanks with future wife Rita Wilson, who was born on this day in 1956, and John Candy, whose birthday is Monday, on the set of the 1985 comedy Volunteers:

Movie Comparison of the Day:

Couch Tomato shows how Insidious: Chapter 2 is basically the same movie as Poltergeist II: The Other Side:

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Meme Art of the Day:

Artist Austin Light was inspired by a meme where one letter is removed from a movie title to make something new, and this is his depiction of “Ron Man,” with TV character Ron Swanson as Iron Man. See more at Nerdist (via /Film).

Classic Trailer of the Day:

This weekend is the 35th anniversary of the release of the original Halloween II. Watch the trailer for the sequel below.

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Talk Show Appearance of the Day:

Tom Hanks went on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, was reunited with the Zoltar machine from Big and wished he could be 30 again:

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Musical Movie Recreation of the Day:

Speaking of Tom Hanks revisiting parts of Big, here he is performing the childhood rap from the movie with some fans:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Morgan Freeman poses for a production continuity Polaroid while a cast member of The Electric Company, which was first broadcast 45 years ago today. See more Polaroids at A.V. Club.

Halloween Prep of the Day:

Disney Style shows four quick and easy Disney costumes for girls, including characters from Alice in Wonderland and The Incredibles:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Speaking of Disney costumes, here’s a cover of “Sally’s Song” from The Nightmare Before Christmas from cosplaying fans. See photos at Fashionably Geek.

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Movie Takedown of the Day:

Speaking of The Nightmare Before Christmas, this week’s Honest Trailer musically roasts the movie (and Hot Topic) on an open fire:

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Retold Classic of the Day:

Watch the original Halloween, which came out 38 years ago today, redone with video game graphics in the latest from 8 Bit Cinema:

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Star Wars Merchandise of the Day:

You music-loving Star Wars fans probably already have Princess Leia hairdo headphones, but now you need to own this levitating Death Star speakers (via the Fowndry):

Movie Comparison of the Day:

Fandor Keyframe spotlights similarities between two of this year’s awards contenders, Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight and Vikram Gandhi’s Barry:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of Curly Sue, the final movie directed by John Hughes. Watch the original trailer for the comedy below.

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Remade Trailer of the Day:

You’ve seen the first trailer for Logan. Now watch it again with the footage replaced perfectly with clips from X-Men: The Animated Series and X-Men: Evolution (via io9):

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Mashup of the Day:

Two wealthy playboy superheroes go head to head in Screen Rant’s fake trailer for Batman v Iron Man: Dawn of Billionaire Justice:

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Strange Trailer of the Day:

Aldo Jones has made a Weird Trailer for Doctor Strange, making the real thing seem a lot less surreal:

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Car Ad of the Day:

Clive Owen is back as The Driver in a new BMW Films short called The Escape from director Neill Blomkamp:

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Cosplay of the Day:

This woman was apparently born to cosplay as Honey Lemon from Disney’s Big Hero 6. Read more of her story at Fashionably Geek.

Halloween Prep of the Day:

If you’re still not sure what to be for Halloween this year, how about a Stormtrooper using the DIY Costume Squad’s tutorial to make yourself a good get-up cheaply:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Kevin Kline, who turns 69 today, on the set of the 1982 musical The Pirates of Penzance:

Actor in the Spotlight:

The latest episode of character actor showcase No Small Part focuses on magician and disembodied hand performer Christopher Hart, who plays Thing in the Addams Family movies:

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Actor Parody of the Day:

The best Tom Cruise impersonator you’ll ever see stars in this video sketch in which the movie star is a Pokemon trainer:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

With the latest Madea movie a hit, let’s revisit the original trailer for her film debut, the 2005 Tyler Perry movie Diary of a Mad Black Woman:

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