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The Important News

Marvel Madness: The new MCU Spider-Man was finally revealed in the new Captain America: Civil War trailer. Zendaya will co-star in the next Spider-Man movie.

DC Delierium: J.K. Simmons will play Commissioner Gordon in the Justice League movies.

Star Wars Mania: J.J. Abrams admitted to a big mistake with Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Sequelitis: Assassin’s Creed 2 is already in the works. Arnold Schwarzenegger has had talks about the next Predator movie.

Remake Report: Jake Johnson and Annabelle Wallis are joining The Mummy. Daisy Ridley might star in the Tomb Raider reboot.

Adaptation Information: Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are producing a Where’s Waldo movie. Aaron Paul might join The Dark Tower. Tom Taylor has joined The Dark Tower.

Casting Net: Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller will star in Noah Baumbach’s Yen Din Ka Kissa. Michael Keaton will star in American Assassin. Fionn Whitehead will star in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk.

Box Office: Zootopia broke some records for Walt Disney Animation releases.

Awards Season: MTV Movie Award nominees include Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Deadpool.

Distribution Outlet: Netflix is looking to pick up David Ayer’s Bright.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: Captain America: Civil War, Ghostbusters, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, High-Rise, Boo! A Madea Halloween, The Girl in the Photographs, I Am Wrath, Hardcore Henry and The Adderall Diaries.

Behind the Scenes: Daddy’s Home, Camino and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2.

See: New images from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. And new images from Baywatch. And more images from Baywatch.

Watch: Kylo Ren infiltrates other movies. And a new Darth Maul fan film.

See: What J.K. Simmons might look like as Commissoner Gordon. And what Ice Cube would look like as J. Jonah Jameson.

Watch: 10 Cloverfield Lane trailer redone in Lego.

See: How Serbian movie fans are taking back a landmark movie theater.

Watch: Chloe Moretz on the South Korean SNL.

See: Creed as a 1990s movie on VHS.

Learn: How Superman’s heat vision works.

See: Gallery 1988’s art show paying tribute to sports movies.

Watch: A fake commercial for a Playmobil set for The Witch.

Our Features

Film Festival Guide: 2016 SXSW Film Festival preview.

Interview: Dan Trachtenberg on 10 Cloverfield Lane.

Marvel Movie Guide: What’s next for Fox after Deadpool.

Comic Book Movie Guide: All you need to know about the new Spider-Man.

Sci-Fi Movie Guide: Found-footage sci-fi worth a look.

Geek Movie Guide: Everything that geeks need to read and see this month.

List: 8 great sequels you can watch without seeing the original.

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

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

Mashup of the Day:

It’s such a simple gif, but it’s such a perfect gif. Here’s Deadpool‘s reaction to Spider-Man‘s appearance in the new Captain America: Civil War trailer:

Nailed it! #spiderman #CaptainAmericaCivilWar #deadpool pic.twitter.com/fmGLdEFEv6

— Phil Edwards (@Live_for_Films) March 10, 2016

Movie Science of the Day:

With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice arriving very soon, it’s time to learn from Kyle Hill how the Man of Steel’s heat vision works:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Jon Hamm, who turns 45 today, in his first movie appearance in Space Cowboys. He’s on the right playing the part of “Young Pilot #2”:

Fake Toys of the Day:

Let other movies have the Lego treatment, The Witch gets a fake Playmobil playset, complete with a Black Phillip toy (via Geek Tyrant):

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Cosplay of the Day:

Think nobody likes Ghostbusters 2? Tell it to this guy brilliantly cosplaying as the Vigo painting from the sequel (via Fashionably Geek):

Movie Comparison of the Day:

Does J.J. Abrams repeat himself as a producer? Couch Tomato shows us 24 reasons Cloverfield and Super 8 are the same movie:

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Movie Art of the Day:

The below painting inspired by Close Encounters of the Third Kind is from artist Jordan Buckner’s sci-fi landscapes series “Visions of a Past, Present and Future.” See others from Alien, The Fly, Blade Runner, Star Wars and Moon at Live for Films.

Inappropriate Musicals of the Day:

The Late Late Show host James Corden and Martin Short show us what Broadway musical versions of Goodfellas, The Revenant and Gladiator might look like (via Above Average):

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Throwback Collectible of the Day:

Queen of Earth writer/director Alex Ross Perry shares a gift he just received, and retro-loving VHS fans are sure to be jealous (via Robert Greene):

Classic Trailer of the Day:

In honor of today’s return of our friendly neighborhood web head in a movie trailer, let’s revisit the original, pre-9/11 teaser for 2002’s Spider-Man, which had to be removed from distribution for obvious reasons:

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Fake Movie of the Day:

From the guys behind Wet Hot American Summer comes a new spoof on Grindhouse car movies. Watch the trailer (which is also a fragrance ad) for the fake movie The Second Sound Barrier, starring Juliette Lewis as the villain, below (via GQ).

Trailer Remake of the Day:

With 10 Cloverfield Lane arriving this Friday, here’s a redo of its trailer in Lego (via Geek Tyrant):

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Dream Casting of the Day:

With J.K. Simmons now playing DC’s Commissioner Gordon, BossLogic suggests Ice Cube for the role of J. Jonah Jameson in Marvel and Sony’s next Spider-Man movie. Here’s an artist rendering and a NSFW mashup video from Watch Loud in favor of the idea:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Watch a Batman cosplayer vs. a Superman cosplayer for the love of a Wonder Woman cosplayer in this music video for Shaun Canon’s “SuperLove” (via Geek Tyrant):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Oscar Isaac, who turns 37 today, in one of his first movies, 2002’s All About the Benjamins:

Movie Trivia of the Day:

This week is the 20th anniversary of Fargo, so here’s a video commemorating the occasion with things you might not know about the Coen Brothers movie:

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Supercut of the Day:

Movie shots that take inspiration from iconic paintings are featured in this video side by side with the original works (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Alternative Posters of the Day:

Colin Morello created posters for the original Star Wars trilogy and Star Wars: The Force Awakens using their opening shots. See the first one below and the rest at Live for Films.

Filmmaker in Focus:

With her latest film, Certain Women, coming out soon, Kelly Reichardt gets a tribute video essay from Fandor:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

This week is the 25th anniversary of The Hard Way, a movie that was heavily promoted but didn’t perform as well as hoped. Watch the original trailer for the movie, which stars Michael J. Fox and James Woods, below.

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Musical lore has it that Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the iconic South African mbube group, was founded by Joseph Shabalala after a series of dreams in which he heard its sounds. It goes unmentioned whether Shabalala dreamed of 50 years’ worth of worldwide success as perhaps the best-known cultural export of South Africa.

Most people can’t say the group’s name without thinking of Paul Simon, and true to form, at KEXP the group performed its Simon-less version of Graceland‘s “Homeless,” which host Darek Mazzone aptly describes as timelessly evoking a sense of love. Ladysmith Black Mambazo has continued after Joseph’s 2008 retirement under the direction of his son Thamsanqa, and the group came to us with a full roster, including three of Shabalala’s other sons. Enjoy one of the most historically important and musically distinctive groups of the last century as Ladysmith Black Mambazo fills the KEXP studio.

Set List

• “Homeless”

Watch Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s full performance on KEXP’s YouTube channel.

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Fan Film of the Day:

The best new character from the Star Wars prequels gets a great spotlight, as he deserves, in the new fan-made short Darth Maul: Apprentice (via Neatorama):

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Reimagined Ending of the Day:

Captain America helps out the Merc with a Mouth in the How It Should Have Ended for Deadpool:

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Imagined Remake of the Day:

Ignore the fact that there’s a new installment coming out soon; here’s what a remake of The Ring would be like today (via Geek Tyrant):

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Casting Rendering of the Day:

J.K. Simmons has been cast as the new Commissioner Gordon in The Justice League Part One, so BossLogic and ComicBook.com came up with an artist rendering of what he might look like in the role:

Movie Takedown of the Day:

With the next installment coming out soon, Honest Trailers tries to make sense of The Divergent Series: Insurgent:

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Filmmaker in Focus:

This montage of Guillermo del Toro movies highlight’s the director’s most imaginative ideas (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Movie Trailer Comparison of the Day:

We’re still hoping the new Ghostbusters is better than Pixels, but they do look awfully similar when their trailers are viewed side by side — especially when synched up through YouTube Doubler (via Reddit):

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Supercut of the Day:

Speaking of similarities in movies, here’s a supercut of characters asking “what have I done?” or “what have you done?” followed by a montage of the things done:

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Video Essay of the Day:

Channel Criswell has a new video analyzing Spike Jonze‘s Her and its “wants vs. needs” narrative:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 20th anniversary of the limited release opening of Fargo. Watch the original trailer for the Coen Brothers movie, which would go on to win two Oscars:

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Alternate Universe Movie of the Day:

In another universe, Creed came out in the 1990s. Mashable shows us what the VHS trailer looked like:

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Star Wars of the Day:

Kylo Ren would love this video of Kylo Ren inserted into other movies, including The Dark Knight, Pulp Fiction and The Shining (via Geekologie):

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Mashup of the Day:

With news that J.K. Simmons is the new Commissioner Gordon, BossLogic’s new Spider-Man and Batman mashup art is perfectly timed:

Screenwriting Lesson of the Day:

Speaking of Batman, Frame by Frame looks into the right and wrong ways of adapting the Caped Crusader to the big screen:

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Cosplay of the Day:

We haven’t even seen Jason Mamoa in action as Aquaman yet, but here’s cosplayer Raquel Sparrow showing us what the female version looks like (via Fashionably Geek):

Vintage Image of the Day:

Bryan Cranston, who turns 60 years old today, as a one-armed colonel in Saving Private Ryan:

Lego Build of the Day:

There is no official Alien themed Lego playset, but at least now you can follow the directions for the Arvo Brothers’ custom Xenomorph build and make your own (via Geek Tyrant):

Remote Control Build of the Day:

Speaking of toys, check out a custom-made RC flyer below modeled after the balloon-lifted house from Pixar‘s Up. See a video on the project and more at Mental_Floss.

Filmmaker in Focus:

Check out a video highlighting the use of the color blue, in various shares, in the films of Michael Mann (via CInematic Montage Creators):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

This week is the 20th anniversary of the release of The Birdcage. Watch the original trailer for the comedy, which stars Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, below.

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The Important News

The Oscars: Spotlight, Leonardo DiCaprio and Mad Max: Fury Road were among the big winners at the Academy Awards.

Star Wars Mania: Star Wars: The Force Awakens will hit digital then DVD/Blur-ray next month. Daisy Ridley is recording a song with Barbara Streisand. The creator of R2-D2 has died.

X-Movie X-Citement: Gambit has been delayed but Fox scheduled two more X-Men movies. Liev Shreiber has had talks about returning as Sabretooth in Wolverine 3.

Marvel Madness: Disney announced there will be no R-rated MCU movies. The Venom movie got a new writer.

DC Delirium: Suicide Squad 2 is already in the works. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice R-rated-cut content and deleted scenes were revealed.

Casting Net: Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba have beenwere confirmed for The Dark Tower. Miles Teller and Josh Brolin will star in No Exit. Will Smith and Joel Edgerton will star in David Ayer’s Bright.

Franchise Fever: New Alien and Predator movies snagged release dates. James Bobin will direct the 21 Jump Street and Men in Black crossover.

New Directors New Films: Sam Raimi will direct World War 3. Zack Snyder wants to make a movie about George Washington. Jon Turteltaub will direct Meg. James Bobbin will direct the 21 Jump Street, Men In Black crossover.

Sequelitis: Tyler Hoechlin joined Fifty Shades Darker. Lee Toland Krieger may direct The Divergent Series: Ascendant. Surf’s Up is getting a sequel sub-titled WaveMania. Ariadna Gutierrez will play the love interest in xXx: The Return of Xander Cage.

Comedy Corner: The new Lonely Island movie finally got a title.

Remake Report: Diego Luna may join the Flatliners remake. Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton will star in a Suspiria remake. Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano will co-star in the live-action Ghost in the Shell.

First Look: The new Power Rangers unveiled a bunch of first-look images.

Box Office: Deadpool won another weekend.

Ride the Movie: Disney is moving forward on an It’s a Small World movie.

Reel TV: Big Hero 6 will continue as an animated TV series. David Hasselhoff will appear in the Baywatch movie.

Festival Fare: The 2016 Tribeca Film Festival announced a wave of titles.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: Ghostbusters, Finding Dory, Ice Age: Collision Course, A Beautiful Planet, The Angry Birds Movie, Nina, Rio I Love You, The Man Who Knew Infinity and Louder Than Bombs.

TV Spot: The Divergent Series: Allegiant.

Clip: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

Watch: A fan recut of the Ghostbusters trailer.

See: New Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice images. And Ben Affleck dressed up as Batman for kid’s birthday.

Watch: Oscars highlights and movie parodies. And two parodies of Oscar nominee Carol.

See: New Captain America: Civil War images. And new Captain America: Civil War promo posters.

Watch: Keanu Reeves training for John Wick 2.

See: Alternative costume designs for Deadpool. And a mashup of Deadpool and Back to the Future.

Watch: A mashup of Donald Trump and X-Men: Apocalypse. And the best mashup of everything ever.

See: Peter Mayhew’s proof that Han shot first in Star Wars.

Watch: Jurassic Park without the dinosaurs. And a supercut of Steven Spielberg’s most iconic shots.

See: This week’s best new movie posters.

Our Features

Monthly Movie Guide: Above is your guide to everything you need for the month of March.

Geek Movie Guide: How geek movies fared at the Oscars.

Sports Movie Guide: 6 movies about obscure sports.

Horror Movie Guide: Updates and news on horror sequels, remakes and more.

Comic Book Movie Guide: Captain America and Iron Man’s positions in Captain America: Civil War.

Filmmaker Guide: How many good movies does Paul Feig need to make before he’s trusted?

R.I.P.: Remembering George Kennedy and others who died in February.

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

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Political Parody of the Day:

Would Donald Trump‘s election be the end of the world? This X-Men: Apocalypse parody implies yes (via Complex):

Musical Mashup of the Day:

Fans of the Broadway hit Hamilton and Trekkies alike can appreciate this Star Trek-themed parody of the song “My Shot” (via Film School Rejects):

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Everything Mashup of the Day:

Antonio Maria Da Silva has another Hell’s Club short that brilliantly mashes up tons of movie characters, including multiple James Bonds, Terminators, Jean-Claude Van Dammes, Aliens Xenomorphs, Star Wars droids and much more:

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Poster Parodies of the Day:

This gallery of poster parodies and mashups includes plenty of recent Oscar nominees redone in genius ways (via Nerd Approved):

27 Movie Poster Parodies of Best picture Nominees

Film School Lesson of the Day:

RocketJump offers a basic lesson in editing with this video on cuts and transitions

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Supercut of the Day:

Speaking of cuts, here’s a super one from Burger Fiction of movie characters cursing without using real swear words:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

George Miller, who turns 71 today, smokes a pipe on the set of Mad Max in 1977 while getting a shot of Mel Gibson inside the Interceptor:

Cosplay of the Day:

The DIY Costume Squad shows us how to make a great cheap Leeloo getup for fans of The Fifth Element (via Fashionably Geek):

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Filmmaker in Focus:

The new episode of Joshua Maddock’s The Filmmakers is a showcase of Martin Scorsese‘s films:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

With the new Ghostbusters getting its first full trailer today, here’s the very funny trailer for the 1984 original:

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