The Important News

Star Wars: Alden Ehrenreich was officially confirmed as the new Han Solo.

Star Trek: Anton Yelchin will not replaced in the next Star Trek movie.

Bourne: Paul Greengrass revealed Matt Damon has only 25 lines in Jason Bourne.

Now You See Me: China will get its own spinoff of the franchise.

Pokemon: Legendary Pictures is making a new Pokemon movie.

Box Office: The Secret Life of Pets beat out Ghostbusters to keep the top spot.

Mouse Guard: Matt Reeves is producing a movie based on the graphic novel.

Remakes: Common is producing a new version of Cooley High. Kirsten Dunst will direct Dakota Fanning in a new version of The Bell Jar.

Divergent Series: Ascendant is going to finish out the series as a TV movie.

Viewing Formats: Barco Escape might be the future of movie theaters. VCRs are no longer being made after this month.

Musicals: The Wicked movie is finally moving forward.

Animation: Seth Rogen announced plans for The Sausage Party 2.

R.I.P.: Garry Marshall died at age 81.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: The Magnificent Seven, xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, Snowden, In a Valley of Violence, The Girl On the Train, Hell or High Water, Star Trek Beyond, For the Love of Spock, Moana, Before I Wake, A Tale of Love and Darkness, Operation Avalanche, Skiptrace and The Edge of Seventeen.

See: Alden Ehrenreich in disguise on the Star Wars Celebration floor. And the best cosplay from Star Wars Celebration.

Watch: Suicide Squad TV spots and character trailers. And an honest trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

See: New photos from Wonder Woman. And the first official Wonder Woman poster. And the Joker and Robin in The Lego Batman Movie.

Watch: Conan O’Brien visits a superhero movie costume studio.

See: A gallery of costumes and other goodies from the Comic-Con floor.

Watch: Dogs and cats star in a Star Trek parody. And a supercut of Captain Kirk’s kills in movies.

Learn: Which movie presidents moviegoers love the most.

Watch: Michael J. Fox plays songs from Back to the Future with Coldplay.

See: T.J. Miller’s audition tape to star in EmojiMovie: Express Yourself.

Watch: Matt Damon teaches you how to fight in a movie.

See: Another look at the new Power Rangers costumes.

Watch: Pokemon Go invades all your favorite movies.

See: The best new posters of the week.

Watch: The Hunger Games mashed up with the Republican National Convention.

Our Features

Fan Convention Reports: Exclusive coverage from Star Wars Celebration. And coverage of Comic-Con day one.

Fan Convention Guides: The superhero movies in Hall H at Comic-Con 2016.

Geek Guide: 10 things we want to see at Comic-Con.

Reviews: Don’t Think Twice. And a Trekkie’s take on Star Trek Beyond.

Horror Movie Guide: All the latest horror news, trailers and more.

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

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Supercut of the Day:

With Star Trek Beyond out this week, Mr. Sunday Movies tracks all of Captain Kirk’s kills in movies over the decades:

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Fake Movie Poster of the Day:

Started as a joke at Sundance this year by entertainment writer Mike Ryan, now that Kristen Wiig has finally addressed and joked about making AbracaDeborah, there’s a fan-made poster for the fake movie (via Twitter):

Cosplay Tutorial of the Day:

Just in time for Comic-Con, here’s a video showing how to make your own Leeloo costume from The Fifth Element:

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Abridged Movie of the Day:

Ranker cuts The Karate Kid down to just two minutes of people fighting, saying each other’s names and yelling “banzai!”:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Ernest Hemingway, who was born on this date in 1899, talks to actor Spencer Tracy on the set of John Sturge’s adaptation of The Old Man and the Sea in 1956:

Custom Car of the Day:

Hot Wheels made a life-size race car designed after the X-wing Fighter from Star Wars (via /Film):

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Home Furnishing of the Day:

Speaking of Star Wars, you don’t need a coffee table book to appeal to guests when your Boba Fett escaping from the Sarlacc Pit coffee table is attention-getting enough (via Geekologie):

Film Studies Lesson of the Day:

Court of Source explores the significance of color representation of good and evil in movies (via Geek Tyrant):

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Filmmaking Tip of the Day:

For RocketJump Film School, filmmaker Kevin Klauber, highlights the importance of test screenings and revisions:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 10th anniversary of the release of Monster House, which holds a significant place in the history of modern 3D cinema. Watch the original trailer for the animated feature below.

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Movie Takedown of the Day:

Just when you think nobody can beat the movie up more than it has been, here’s Honest Trailers v Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: The Ultimate Edition:

Mashup Fan Build of the Day:

What if you want a time machine but love Back to the Future and Hot Tub Time Machine equally? You make a hot tub (time machine) out of a Delorean:

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Cosplay of the Day:

We have to keep the little girl Ghostbusters cosplay going or the haters win (via Fashionably Geek):

She asked for this costume to be made when she was 3 1/2, so she’s literally waited half her life for a new GB! pic.twitter.com/kpz4dDKU8p

— Joyce Chin (@TJoyceChin) July 17, 2016

Supercut of the Day:

With a new Ghostbusters in theaters, Slate presents a chronological evolutionary supercut of slime in the movies:

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Filmmaking Lesson of the Day:

In anticipation of Jason Bourne, Matt Damon shows us how to pull of a fake fight (via Geek Tyrant):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Benedict Cumberbatch, who turns 40 today, is pictured below at age 12, which is when he made his debut on the stage as Titania in a school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Actor in the Spotlight:

The new (NSFW) episode of No Small Parts focuses on late character actor Pete Postlethewaite:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

Jorge Luengo showcases Pedro Almodovar’s obsession with art with a side by side look at shots and the paintings they pay homage to:

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Genre Study of the Day:

Frame by Frame looks at Japanese horror cinema and explains how those specific movies scare us:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. Watch the original trailer for the excellent sequel below.

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Movie Parody of the Day:

Part animal cosplay (aka “paws play”), part animal movie parody, check out dogs and cats in space in Rawr Trek Into Barkness:

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Adorable Cosplay of the Day:

This little girl was inspired by the new Ghostbusters to make her own costume with a cute homemade proton pack (via Paul Feig):

Fan Art of the Day:

Comic artist Amy King is also a fan of the new Ghostbusters and suggests a new cartoon, perhaps in her style (via Twitter):

Fake Movie of the Day:

It’s so simple but so perfect if you’re also a fan of the new Ghostbusters, here’s a poster from our own John Gholson for the imagined spinoff Mike Hat (via Twitter):

Soundtrack Covers of the Day:

At the request of Chris Martin’s son, Moses, here’s Coldplay with special guest guitarist Michael J. Fox performing “Earth Angel” and “Johnny B. Goode” from Back to the Future at MetLife Stadium in NYC last night (via Geek Tyrant):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Vin Diesel, who turns 49 today, hangs out on the set of Saving Private Ryan with Barry Pepper, Adam Goldberg and Giovanni Ribisi in 1997.

Tweet of the Day:

Chris Miller, who is co-directing the Han Solo prequel, offers some help to Rian Johnson, director of Star Wars Episode VIII:

Hey @rianjohnson Here’s a bold pitch for your movie’s opening crawl, plus a classy title suggestion! pic.twitter.com/yLzEcm7FoT

— Chris Miller (@chrizmillr) July 18, 2016

Mashup of the Day:

When you find a video of nude yoga in the forest where Return of the Jedi was shot, you have to do a NSFW mashup of the two:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

Green is literally highlighted in the work of the Coen Brothers in this video by Jacob T. Swinney:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 30th anniversary of Aliens. Watch the original trailer for James Cameron’s blockbuster sequel below.

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The Important News

Star Wars: New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story footage, poster and concept art were revealed. More Star Wars Land concept art was unveiled.

Star Trek: Chris Hemsworth will return for Star Trek 4.

DC Extended Universe: Kiersey Clemons, Rita Ora and Lucy Boynton are up for the female lead in The Flash.

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Spider-Man: Homecoming will be partly set at a dance. New Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 concept art revealed the new team.

X-Men Universe: Fox is developing another X-Men TV show.

Universal Monsters: Javier Bardem will be Frankenstein’s Monster.

The Dark Tower: Some major characters from the books will not be in the movie.

Ghostbusters: The new Ghostbusters will get an extended version on home video.

Horror: Michael and Peter Spierig will direct Saw: Legacy. New Line unveiled a first look at the new Pennywise from It.

Musicals: Barbra Streisand will star in a new version of Gypsy. Zendaya joined The Greatest Showman on Earth.

Remakes: John Carpenter might score the next Halloween remake. Colin Farrell will star in a remake of The Beguiled.

Casting: Gillian Jacobs joined Life of the Party. Misty Copeland will star in Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.

Video Game Movies: Steve Pink will direct a Rent-A-Hero movie. Legendary Pictures might make a new Pokemon movie.

YA Adaptations: Jessica Yuh Nelson will direct Darkest Minds.

Box Office: The Secret Life of Pets was the first original movie ever to open with more than $100 million.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: La La Land, Loving, Boo! A Madea Halloween, A Monster Calls, Rules Don’t Apply, The Hollars, Goat and Tallulah.

TV Spot: Star Trek Beyond.

Clips: Star Trek Beyond and Pete’s Dragon.

Behind-The Scenes: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Watch: An honest trailer for Ghostbusters II. And a video of Ghostbusters II trivia.

See: The cutest Ghostbusters cosplay. And the cutest Harry Potter cosplay.

Watch: A video essay on the sexism of Ghostbusters.

See: A baby who knows the Rocky II training montage by heart.

Watch: How Superman: The Movie should have ended.

See: The best new movie posters of the week. And a bunch of Rogue One poster parodies.

Watch: The Bourne series recapped.

Our Features

Movie Review: Ghostbusters is just and funny as the original.

Interview: Gareth Edwards on the uniqueness of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

DC Movie Guides: Everything you need to know about Jared Leto’s Joker. And 5 great changes in the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition.

Marvel Movie Guide: What the Spider-Man: Homecoming casting says about the movie.

Sci-Fi Movie Guides: The best of the unused concept art for Independence Day: Resurgence. And an appreciation of Ghostbusters.

Convention Guide: 5 things we want to see revealed at Star Wars Celebration.

List: 10 great scary-funny movies.

Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week.

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1984’s Ghostbusters is a comedy, first and foremost. However, the real brilliance of the film and its lasting appeal can be attributed to how each gag services the characters and their world. Even when Bill Murray is cracking wise and Dan Aykroyd is being a big goofball, the threat at the center of the film – a threat of “biblical proportions” – isn’t in on the joke. When an ancient demonic destroyer takes on the form of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, the threat being imposed upon New York City isn’t lessened – it just looks absolutely hilarious. Like Back to the Future and later genre-infused comedies like Shaun of the Dead, Ghostbusters isn’t afraid to embrace the fact that it’s a ghost story. It’s just spooky enough, its ghosts just frightening enough.

But after revisiting Ghostbusters to prepare for the opening of Paul Feig’s new reboot, I realized that Ivan Reitman’s original film isn’t just a comedy punctuated with elements of horror: it is practically a science fiction film. At the very least, it’s a film that has tremendous respect for the eggheads who save the world.

It’s common knowledge the original version of the film dreamed up by Aykroyd was more openly sci-fi, following a team of a ghost hunters who travel across time and space and jump between various dimensions in pursuit of their supernatural foes. While the film was drastically rewritten so it could be made for a more manageable cost, the final film remains distinctly geeky, especially in an era where the leads of major Hollywood films were more likely to shove a nerd into his locker than save the day. After all, the most important element of Ghostbusters, the core idea that often seems to get lost as people discuss the film, is that the three main characters are scientists.

The initial three Ghostbusters (they’re eventually joined by the working class Winston) work for a university. Their fear of the unknown is always overwhelmed by their curiosity. They do not fight with brawn, but with technology they have developed in their own lab. There is nothing suave about them – Aykroyd’s Ray is an enthusiastic loser and Harold Ramis’ Egon a literal-minded master of the accidental deadpan – and that is why they stand out from so many other genre heroes. Decades before people were proud “science nerds,” the Ghostbusters were making technology and physics and making them look like, well, fun. Sure, the movie never offers an actual explanation for how a proton pack works, but the film’s depiction of science as hard, fulfilling, and even blue collar work is weirdly romantic. It’s the kind of thing that helps remind you that the men and women who actually do the heavy lifting in making the impossible possible work far outside of your high school science textbook. They’re getting their hands dirty. Hell, they’re busting ghosts for a living.

Ghostbusters‘ depiction of its heroes as working scientists who rely entirely on their knowledge of theoretical physics and their home-brewed tech ends up creating one of my all-time favorite genre collisions: when science is the only thing that stands in the way of an indefinable supernatural threat. On one end of the spectrum, you have the work of H.P. Lovecraft, whose tales often center on scientists, researchers, and professors who must cling to logic, reason and scholarly judgment if they want to retain their sanity and overcome (or at least survive) a force that exists outside of human knowledge. On the other end, you have Ghostbusters, a second cousin twice removed that sees something impossible (Gozer the destroyer! A green slime ghost!) and announced: “Hey, let’s science our way out of this problem.”

At the time I’m writing this, I have not yet seen Paul Feig’s new Ghostbusters. I hope I will like it. However, I’m heartened by certain aspects of the trailer, namely the focus on how each member of the new team has a different specialization, a mastery of a certain corner of the scientific realm (or in Leslie Jones’ case, her knowledge of New York City history). Punching and shooting is the solution in most major studio movies, so it’s refreshing to see cinematic heroes who defeat the bad guy because they knew the right equations to build a miniature nuclear reactor and strap it to their back.

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Movie Poster Parody of the Day:

This parody of the original poster for 1978’s Halloween is an official poster for Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween:

Controversy Buster of the Day:

Nobody cares if some bros aren’t happy with a female Ghostbusters, but how about we hear from female ghosts, including those of historical women Harriet Tubman and Amelia Earhart, on the matter:

Movie Trivia of the Day:

With the Ghostbusters reboot out this week, here’s ScreenCrush with a bunch of trivia about Ghostbusters II:

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

And here’s 24 pieces of proof that Pixels is already basically a remake of Ghostbusters II:

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Party Performance of the Day:

Mark Hamill posted this video of dancing Stormtroopers (the crew inside the costumes is called Boogie Storm) at the cast and crew wrap party for Star Wars: Episode VIII:

Cosplay of the Day:

Speaking of Star Wars, here’s a video tutorial from the DIY Costume Squad on how to make your own Force Awakens Poe Dameron X-wing fighter pilot suit:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

A boom microphone partially blocks our view of Harrison Ford, who turns 74 today, as he films a memorable scene from The Empire Strikes Back with Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Peter Mayhew in 1979:

Filmmakers in Focus:

Darren of Must See Films highlights how well the Russo brothers direct action in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War:

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Fan Art of the Day:

Here’s what Scream would look like as a pulp magazine cover story, from artist Stephen Andrade:

Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 15th anniversary of the release of Legally Blonde. Watch the original trailer for the Reese Witherspoon comedy below.

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Movie Takedown of the Day:

With the Ghostbusters reboot hitting theaters this weekend, Honest Trailers slimes Ghostbusters II:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Maybe this is a good week to only feature Ghostbusters cosplay. Here’s Jiff the dog in costume on the red carpet of the movie’s premiere:

Hollywood Blvd shut down for the #GhostbustersPremiere. This is Jiff. He ain’t ‘fraid of no ghosts. pic.twitter.com/J7Ycq6KNBj

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) July 10, 2016

Alternate Ending of the Day:

Somewhat related to the Ghostbusters reboot (you’ll see), here’s an animated look at what probably happened after the end of the 1978 Superman:

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Mashup of the Day:

Imagine Quentin Tarantino doing a Pixar movie. Or just take a look at the fan-made poster for Reservoir Dolls (via Twitter):

DIY Disneyland of the Day:

It’s probably cheaper to build your own version of Disneyland in your backyard as this family did than take the whole family to the real thing (via Neatorama):

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Nerdiest Fandom Display of the Day:

Computer hardware covers the “Imperial March” from Star Wars in this contender for the geekiest video ever (via Geekologie):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Tod Browning, who was born on this date in 1880, directs Bela Lugosi and Helen Chandler on the set of Dracula in 1930:

Bad Film Analysis of the Day:

Watch an alien from the future badly explain and analyze Dawn of the Planet of the Apes:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

For Fandor Keyframe, the great video essayist Kevin B. Lee presents the results of his effort to make a supercut in tribute to the late Abbas Kiarostami:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 25th anniversary of Boyz n the Hood. Watch the original trailer for the classic film, John Singleton’s debut feature, below.

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Cosplay of the Day:

We knew there’d be cosplay at the Ghostbusters premiere, but everybody’s talking about these young, inspired girls in costume on the red carpet:

Adorable Movie Fan of the Day:

Even cuter than the Ghostbusters girls, though, is this toddler imitating the training montage from Rocky II (via Neatorama):

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Film Franchise History of the Day:

In a new series, ChrisCrossMedia looks into the scrapped attempts to make a Jurassic Park animated series (via /Film):

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Mashup of the Day:

In this mashup video essay, Bram Luyten highlights movies where a main character thought to be the protogonist dies very quickly. There are spoilers for Scream, Psycho, The Hurt Locker and The Place Beyond the Pines.

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Movie Trivia of the Day:

With Star Trek Beyond hitting theaters next week, CineFix shares seven bits of trivia about the previous two Star Trek installments:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Yul Brynner, who was born on this date in 1920, and Anne Baxter receive direction from Cecil B. DeMille on the set of the 1956 epic The Ten Commandments:

Supercut of the Day:

It’s a nasty habit, but spitting is a staple of the Western genre, as shown in this supercut from Semih Okmn (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Ensemble Appreciation of the Day:

Slate presents some deep analysis on how the deep voices of the Fast and Furious franchise. Find out which actor has the deepest below.

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Filmmaker in Focus:

Jean-Pierre Jeunet really loves the colors green, yellow and red, as evidenced in this video essay by Ivet Garcia (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

This week is the 25th anniversary of the release of Point Break. Watch the original trailer for the original below.

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