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Entertainment March 23, 2016

SXSW 2016 Wrap-Up: Our Favorite Discoveries And Memorable Moments

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After six days of little sleep and a lot of music, the All Songs Considered team is back from Austin with a bucketload of bands and discoveries to share. On this week’s show, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton are joined by NPR Music’s Stephen Thompson to share their favorite finds and memorable moments, from the stadium presence of Israeli singer Ninet Tayeb and party brass band Lucky Chops to the dark, moody folk of Edith Crash and the kick-ass rock and roll of Seratones.

Want to see and hear more from SXSW? We’ve got live concert video including performances by Mitski, Charles Bradley and Anderson .Paak; lullabies from Lucius and Declan McKenna; nightly podcasts taped in the wee hours direct from the streets of Austin and much more.

Songs Featured On This Episode

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Bethlehem Steel

  • Song: Yeah, I’m Okay With My S*** Life
  • From: Docking EP

The Brooklyn-based trio Bethlehem Steel performs a gloriously loud and fuzzy rock that has a “whatever” kind of vibe to it. Our hosts dub the genre “shrug rock.”

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Al Scorch

  • Song: Everybody Out
  • From: Circle Round The Signs

The singer and banjo-player from Chicago plays Prohibition-era-inspired music with incredible intensity and punk rock tempos.

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Sevdaliza

  • Song: Marilyn Monroe
  • From: Children Of Silk – EP

Sevdaliza’s commanding stage show reminded Bob of The xx and Daughter: The mix of organic and electronic sounds make quite the impact.

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Lewis del Mar

  • Song: Malt Liquor
  • From: EP

Lewis Del Mar’s front man Danny Miller is a captivating live performer who never takes his eyes off the crowd. Paired with the group’s unconventional polyrhythms and weird effects, it made quite the compelling performance.

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Ninet Tayeb

  • Song: Child
  • From: Child – Single

Ninet Tayeb is an Israeli singer whose rock star vibes come through both in the studio and her stage show. She has a real stadium presence.

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Valley Queen

  • Song: Who Ever Said
  • From: Who Ever Said – Single

Valley Queen comes from the Neil Young school of great music. They are fronted by Natalie Carol, whose voice is simply amazing.

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Edith Crash

  • Song: Octobre
  • From: Partir

Edith Crash is a French transplant to L.A. who performs bluesy, folky music that is all very dark and strange, complimented by her sultry voice.

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Tacocat

  • Song: I Hate the Weekend
  • From: Lost Time

Four piece Tacocat is led by a cotton-candied haired powerhouse named Emily Nokes, one of three women out at the front of this plain fun band.

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Lucky Chops

  • Song: Best Things
  • From: Best Things – Single

Lucky Chops are a saxophone-focused group who are spiritually related to Moon Hooch; in the live setting, these horn players go wild!

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And The Kids

  • Song: All Day All Night
  • From: Turn To Each Other

Robin loved the playfulness and energy of Tiny Desk alums And The Kids.

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Anderson .Paak

  • Song: The Season / Carry Me
  • From: Malibu

Anderson .Paak brought down the house at Stubbs as part of NPR Music’s SXSW showcase. He seamlessly switches between singing and rapping, hip-hop and soul, all tied up in a full-thought out artistic persona.

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John Congleton and the Nighty Nite

  • Song: Until It Goes
  • From: Until The Horror Goes

Seeing John Congleton live reminded Bob of the best Mountain Goats shows he’s seen. In addition to the great poetry there was an off-kilter, horror-movie soundtrack that made the room feel like it was flipping around.

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Talisco

  • Song: The Keys
  • From: Run

Everything that Parisian trio Talisco does is a celebration of joy and life and love.

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Seratones

  • Song: Necromancer
  • From: Necromancer/Take It Easy

Shreveport, La.’s Seratones is a kick-ass rock band that has all the stage presence in the world.

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Overcoats

  • Song: The Fog
  • From: Smaller Than My Mother

Bob loved Overcoats’ mix of organic and electronic sounds. Of all the discoveries he had at SXSW, this is the one he expects to hear the most from.

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Entertainment March 22, 2016

Today in Movie Culture: 'Batman v Superman' 1995 Version, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Alternate Ending and More

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

Alternate Timeline Movie of the Day:

Here’s what a trailer would look like for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice if it came out in 1995 (via Screen Crush):

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Movie Takedowns of the Day:

Also in honor of Batman v Superman, Honest Trailers takes shots at both the 1989 Batman and the 1978 Superman:

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Supercut of the Day:

Fitting for the week of a new Zack Snyder movie, here’s a showcase of the use of slow motion in movies (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Mashup of the Day:

Let’s give the other big superhero conflict movie of the year a spot today, too. Here’s the Captain America: Civil War trailer redone with footage from the animated series Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (via Geek Tyrant):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

William Shatner, who turns 85 today, in action in his first movie role in The Butler’s Night Out at age 20:

Alternate Ending of the Day:

According to this funny Lego-animated edition of How It Should Have Ended, Star Wars: The Force Awakens would have been a lot different if Luke Skywalker had shown up much earlier:

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Origami of the Day:

Speaking of Star Wars, we recently shared a video showing how to fold an origami X-wing fighter. Now here’s instructions on how to make an origami Darth Vader (via Design Taxi):

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Cosplay of the Day:

We agree with the statement below about this Fantastic Four cosplay. Click on the link to see a gallery of 120 pictures, including great cosplay representing The Fifth Element, Labyrinth, Deadpool, Inside Out and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

This Thing #cosplay from @C2e2 is literally better than any filmed version of The Thing: https://t.co/VAQLlr0vgg pic.twitter.com/wmuvY3oHaO

— Paste Magazine (@PasteMagazine) March 22, 2016

Sound Effect of the Day:

Disney animated movies have their own version of the Wilhelm scream. Movie Munchies pays tribute to 75 years of the Goofy yell:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 20th anniversary of the limited release of David O. Russell‘s Flirting With Disaster. Watch the original trailer for the comedy, which stars Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette, below.

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Entertainment March 21, 2016

Watch: The Top 10 Reasons to See 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'

As if you needed more than the simple fact that Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman were all appearing in the same film together, this video had got you covered.

As Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice gets set to invade movie theaters this week, finally bringing to the screen one of the most anticipated superhero crossover movies since, well, forever, we’re simply looking for more ways to gobble down the DC goodness before it’s time to get our Bat-groove on.

As such, check out this video from our friends at Fandango Movieclips. Here are 10 pretty solid reasons to see Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

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Entertainment March 21, 2016

At South By Southwest, The Sounds Of Cuba Come To Texas

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As President Obama touched down in Cuba over the weekend, Cuban artists were making waves at the SXSW music festival in Austin.

Organizers of the so-called SXAmericas — or South By Americas — series held a “Sounds of Cuba” showcase. Record label reps, music press and Latin music fans got to see rappers, Afro-Latin jazz singers and more from the Cuban music scene. The show was the first of its kind, given the difficulty these artists have getting clearance to go abroad. Many of these Cuban musicians had never performed on a U.S. stage.

NPR Music’s Felix Contreras, host of the podcast Alt.Latino, was at South By Southwest and said to remember one name: Dayme Arocena.

“She’s like a mix of Aretha Franklin and Celia Cruz in the same breath,” he says. “She is working a part of the music scene that is far from the pop world but very artistically complex and compelling. And she’s got this wonderful warmth and personality that comes across, even on record. But live, everybody in the place fell in love with her.”

Contreras says Arocena’s music blends many different aspects of the current music scene in Cuba.

“What she is doing is drawing on all this contemporary music that’s happening in Cuba,” he says. “A mixture of salsa, a mixture of jazz, a mixture of hip-hop, neo-soul — that nice little combination. And then adding elements of Afro-Cuban rumba with music, with vocals, with dancing styles — all of that, and put in this really wonderful package.”

Contreras says Arocena’s song “Madres” is a perfect example of her Santeria and soul influences. The powerful singing in the song might make you think Arocena would be a diva — broad and imposing. But when NPR’s Audie Cornish met up with Arocena, she was surprised by the small, full cheeked young woman with an infectious laugh.

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Arocena is only 24 years old, but already well-known in Cuba, where she has been performing in bands and choirs publicly for a decade.

She says, laughing, that one of the first songs she learned in English, at age 5, was Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You.” She says she was a kid with a loud voice with a huge range.

“I used to get high notes so high,” she says. “Now I have a low voice — really low. But everyone in my neighborhood knew when I was singing because the voice was going everywhere, always.”

Arocena is Afro-Cuban. At SXSW, her head was crowned with a tightly wound white turban. The color is a symbol of her Santeria faith, which encompasses West African and Roman Catholic elements.

People often point to her faith when describing her music, which has been performed in church venues abroad. But she has a harder time when asked to describe her own sound.

“That is always a good question, because I don’t know yet,” she says. “It always has like a jazzy taste. But I am so Cuban, in the Cuban mood. And I think everything is so honest. I try to be honest, always, with myself, and that is why my music sounds like me. When the people get my music, people can get my soul, too.”

She grew up singing in a youth choir whose director taught jazz along with songs from Queen and the Beatles. Her father loved the singing of Ella Fitzgerald.

Arocena also reflects a new generation of Cuban musicians who grew up listening to pirated CDs. She was in the audience of the nearly half-million Cubans who, a few weeks ago, turned out to see EDM superproducer Diplo in Havana.

And finally, Arocena is the product of Cuba’s highly selective music education system. That’s where she learned classic composition and choral arrangements. But, she says, that education had its limits.

“The music school in Cuba is classical stuff; that’s all you get in the school,” she says. “And we don’t have enough money in the country to give instruments to all the kids to study music, or to try music.”

She says this lack of funding means that 20 students per province are selected, via a test, to study music.

“But [the schools] are focused on the music you cannot get in the street,” she says. “Because in Cuba you can get any kind of music in the street. You learn to play to rumba, to play salsa, to play — everything! But to play Bach, to play Mozart, you have to go to the musical school.”

Arocena is hopeful about the future for Cuban musicians. Now that the relationship between the United States and her home country is changing, Arocena says her main hope for Cuban performers is simple: information.

“In Cuba we don’t get enough information from the world,” she says. “Everyone outside — what they are doing, what they are playing, how the people are producing. We need to exchange blood. We need to see the people outside Cuba — how they produce, how they work. And they have to see what we are doing in Cuba, and what we are playing, what we are creating — that we are not still in the ’50s playing songs or Latin jazz. I am not the star; I am not a god — I am just a person. Cuba is a country with 11 million of persons! Come on, we need to be out, the people have to see us!”

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Entertainment March 20, 2016

South X Lullaby: A-WA

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We first fell in love with A-WA in a badass video for their party song “Habib Galbi,” complete with tasseled snapbacks on track-suited dancers. But at midnight during the SXSW music festival, the Israeli sister trio sang us a quiet lullaby in All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen’s hotel room.

Accompanied by an electric guitarist and seated on the side of the bed, “Ya Shaifin Al Malih” is a Yemeni folk song about a love that hurts. The sisters, who pull from their Yemeni Jewish roots, told us that it wasn’t originally written as a ballad, but after explaining its meaning, how could it not be?

“There’s an enjoyable love and there’s a love that gives you heartache,” they said. “There’s a strong love that no doctor can cure.” You can hear that heartache in the gorgeous and haunting three-part harmony that ties a yearning soul in knots, as they sing (translated from Yemeni Arabic), “Have you seen my love / Tell him that he’s my heart and my soul / Because I’ve been looking for him day and night.”

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Entertainment March 18, 2016

Best of the Week: New 'Indiana Jones' Confirmed, SXSW Reviews and More

The Important News

Sequelitis: Indiana Jones 5 was scheduled for July 2019. Anne Hathaway might star in The Princess Diaries 3.

Star Wars Mania: The casting for young Han Solo is down to just a few actors.

Trekkie Time: Shohreh Aghdashloo joined Star Trek Beyond.

DC Delierium: A Lobo is back in development. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice R-rated cut will be three hours.

Marvel Madness: Captain America: Civil War might have three post-credits scenes. Iron Man might be retired after the next Avengers.

New Ways of Seeing: Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Martin Scorsese, J.J. Abrams, Ron Howard and others are endorsing a controversial new VOD service.

Casting Net: John Goodman joined Patriots Day. Ellar Coltrane and Jason Mitchell joined the young Barack Obama biopic Barry. Julia Roberts will star in Train Man. Simon Pegg joined Ready Player One.

Remake Report: Etan J. Cohen is remaking The Cannonball Run. Zack Snyder wants to make a new movie of The Fountainhead.

Adaptation Station: Belinda joined the Baywatch movie. Michael Mann’s Heat is getting a prequel novel.

New Directors, New Films: Danny Boyle might direct the Miss Saigon movie. Eduardo Sanchez is helming Sevenfold.

Box Office: 10 Cloverfield Lane was a success for its brand.

Festival Seasoning: The Arbalest and Tower won the big awards at SXSW.

Theme Parking: Chocolate factories are the new trend in amusement parks.

Incidents and Accidents: Dylan O’Brien was hospitalized from an accident on the set of The Maze Runner: The Death Cure.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: X-Men: Apocalypse, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ben-Hur, The Legend of Tarzan, A Hologram for the King, Now You See Me 2, Green Room, Criminal, The Shallows, Storks, Dead 7, High-Rise and Central Intelligence.

Clip: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

Interview Featurette: Henry Cavill on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. And Ben Affleck on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Watch: Batman v Superman v Captain America v Iron Man mashup trailer. And Batman v Superman redone with kittens.

See: Why Batman could win against Superman.

Watch: The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man responds to the Ghostbusters reboot trailer.

Learn: How a cat was employed in the portrayal of Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Watch: A tribute to Adam Sandler’s dramatic performances.

See: Why all movies are better by ending with “Walk of Life.”

Watch: A breakdown of Deadpool visual effects.

See: Spider-Man dies in a parody of the Captain America: Civil War trailer.

Watch: A short documentary on one of Yoda’s puppetteers.

See: This week’s new movie posters.

Watch: Scenes from The Thing re-scored with new John Carpenter music.

Our Features

Film Festival Guide: The SXSW movies people are talking about.

SXSW Reviews: Sausage Party and Don’t Think Twice.

Interview: Timur Bekmambetov on the origins of Hardcore Harry.

New Movie Review: Pee-wee’s Big Holiday.

Comic Book Movie Guide: The Punisher in movies and TV.

List: Leprechaun movies ranked.

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

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Entertainment March 17, 2016

Today in Movie Culture: Superman's Lack of Fame, New Yoda Puppeteer Documentary and More

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

Invisible Superman of the Day:

Henry Cavill is apparently still not very famous, even though he’s starring in one the biggest blockbusters of the year, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Watch his humbling video (via Geek Tyrant):

Movie Science of the Day:

In honor of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice coming out soon, here’s Nerdist’s Kyle Hill on why Batman‘s grappling gun would actually be quite deadly:

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DIY Build of the Day:

For those who still prefer the Tim Burton Batman movies, here’s instructions on how you can build your own replica of the utility belt worn by Michael Keaton:

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Fan Casting of the Day:

The latest casting imagining from BossLogic is Zac Efron as Shazam, so he can go up against his Baywatch buddy, Dwayne Johnson:

Star Wars of the Day:

Jamie Benning has a must-watch new Filmumentary on Yoda and puppetter Dave Barclay:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Kurt Russell, who turns 65 years old today, in his first screen appearance, a 1962 episode of Dennis the Menace:

Alternate Cut of the Day:

Speaking of Russell, here’s what scenes from The Thing look like re-scored with tracks from John Carpenter‘s new album:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

Watch a mashup of Quentin Tarantino movies collectively reciting Samuel L. Jackson‘s Ezekiel 25:17 speech from Pulp Fiction (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Supercut of the Day:

The sound effects of Sam Raimi‘s Spider-Man trilogy get a nice headphones-recommended compilation from Art of the Film:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, here’s an old trailer for Walt Disney‘s Darby O’Gill and the Little People from its 1977 theatrical re-release:

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Entertainment March 16, 2016

New Trailers: 'Ben-Hur,' 'Now You See Me 2' and 'Central Intelligence'

In this roundup of new trailers, we have a double dose of Morgan Freeman for you. Unfortunately, he’s not in all three, as he’d probably fit in well in Central Intelligence.

Ben-Hur

We’ve seen this story before. More than a few times, actually. But Lew Wallace’s 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is one worth retelling, or re-adapting, over and over. Each time with the latest in cinemtatic technology, be it widescreen spectacle or, now, plenty of CG effects. This one comes to us from director Timur Bekmambetov (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and stars Jack Huston (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) as the title nobleman turned slave turned chariot champion. Also Morgan Freeman with dreadlocks. See it in theaters starting August 12.

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Now You See Me 2

Morgan Freeman is also in the second trailer for this star-studded magician movie sequel, reprising his role from the 2013 original. Also back are Mark Ruffalo and a few of the “Four Horsemen,” illusionists played by Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco, now joined by Lizzy Caplan substituting for Isla Fisher. Daniel Radcliffe is also an addition to the mix, playing a young tech prodigy and adversary for the showy con man quartet. And there’s a new director, Jon M. Chu (Jem and the Holograms). You can’t see it now, but it will be in theaters on June 10.

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Central Intelligence

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart team up as an unlikely pair in this action comedy. Johnson plays a former overweight loser turned “Jason Bourne in jorts,” while Hart’s character was the most popular guy in high school but is now cowering through a CIA-involving plot he wants no part in. Hilarity ensues along with explosions. This one is directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (We’re the Millers) and co-stars Amy Ryan and Aaron Paul, though neither appears in this first full trailer. The movie opens on June 17.

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Entertainment March 15, 2016

Today in Movie Culture: 'Deadpool' VFX Breakdown, Celebrating Serious Adam Sandler and More

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

VFX Reel of the Day:

Just how much CGI is in the big highway action sequence in Deadpool? Atomic Fiction shows off their work in this new video (via Devour):

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GIFof the Day:

With news today related to both the Indiana Jones and Star Wars franchises, here’s a perfect mashup of the two:

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— One. Perfect. Shot. (@OnePerfectShot) March 15, 2016

Photoshop Meme of the Day:

The below poster parody of Indiana Jones is also relevant. It’s part of a current Photoshop meme and contest where one letter in a movie title is swapped for another. See more at Design Taxi.

Actor in the Spotlight:

Adam Sandler is not always a goofball. Here’s a great supercut highlighting his dramatic performances (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Rita Hayworth in an iconic dress in an iconic promotional photo for the classic film Gilda, which opened on this day 70 years ago:

Movie Takedown of the Day:

Honest Trailers is so glad they never have to do an Honest Trailer for another Hunger Games movie. But here’s one last one for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2:

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Fan Build of the Day:

The basket isn’t made to look like Carl’s house, but this Up-inspired hot air balloon is still pretty awesome (via BuzzFeed):

DIY Build of the Day:

Learn how to make your own 3D-printed Ghostbusters ghost trap prop replica (via /Film):

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Supercut of the Day:

Yes, the devil is in the details, evidenced in this new video by Sharon L. Thomas compiling close-up shots in Rosemary’s Baby (via One Perfect Shot):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of Forbidden Planet. Watch the original trailer for the sci-fi classic below.

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Entertainment March 14, 2016

Today in Movie Culture: 'Deadpool' Celebrates Its Monthiversary, Another Reason to Love John Boyega and More

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

Marketing Continuation of the Day:

Deadpool has been in theaters a month, but that’s not stopping the clever marketing. Here’s a new trailer celebrating the “monthiversary”:

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Meme of the Day:

What if every movie ended with the song “Walk of Life” by Dire Straits? The Walk of Life Project has already attached the tune to 50 movies, including Mad Max: Fury Road below. See more at Live for Films.

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Cosplay of the Day:

John Boyega wore his Star Wars: The Force Awakens costume jacket to see an ailing little Stormtrooper named Daniel at the Royal London Hospital, and it’s the most adorable thing ever:

This little stormtrooper Daniel had a wonderful wish after seeing the force awakens. Daniel thank you ?? pic.twitter.com/EXS6B168Jr

— John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) March 14, 2016

Trailer Reaction of the Day:

There has been some negative reactions to the Ghostbusters reboot trailer but for the Stay Puft Marshamallow Man, it’s personal. Watch him watch the spot here (via Geek Tyrant):

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Vintage Film of the Day:

Today is the 80th anniversary of The Bat, a silent film related to the conception of Batman. Watch it in full below.

Filmmaker in Focus:

Speaking of Batman, in anticipation of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, here’s a supercut highlighting Zack Snyder‘s use of slow motion (via Live for Films):

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Lego Build of the Day:

The Toy Store UK is where you’ll find the below Lego Hulkbuster creation inspired by Avengers: Age of Ultron. It is over 8 feet tall and took more than 940 hours to build (via Nerd Approved):

Reimagined Movie of the Day:

Mashable recut the trailer for There’s Something About Mary so it’s now a psychological thriller:

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Film Analysis of the Day:

Aliens from the future watched A Clockwork Orange and they got the point all wrong:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of Ron Howard‘s Gung Ho. Watch the original trailer for the comedy, which stars Michael Keaton, below.

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