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

Mashup of the Day:

This fan art by Mike S. Miller has us wanting Deadpool 2 to just be a remake of Back to the Future starring Deadpool and Cable (via Live for Films):

Movie Comparison of the Day:

You think Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down are the same? Here’s Couch Tomato with 24 ways they’re different:

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Fake Movie of the Day:

There’s a Reddit user who’s turning postings of photos and art and turning them into fake movie posters. In honor of London Has Fallen, below is one starring Gerard Butler. See more at io9.

Filmmaker in Focus:

Edited by the great Jacob T. Swinney, here is Steven Spielberg‘s career summed up in 30 shots from 30 movies, from Duel through The BFG:

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Reworked Movie of the Day:

Speaking of Spielberg, here’s what Jurassic Park looks like without any dinosaurs (via Devour):

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Spoilers of the Day:

If you think you’ve seen every major movie of last year, you might find it safe to watch the annual Fine Brothers rundown of their spoilers. Watch if you dare:

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Supercut of the Day:

Speaking of spoilers, here’s a video that tries to tell a story using the final lines from 129 movies (via Devour):

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Star Wars of the Day:

Time to throw away your Snuggie and get yourself one of these Star Wars-inspired crocheted X-wing fighter blankets (via Geekologie):

Cosplay of the Day:

Check out Sneaky Zebra’s compilation of cosplay from this year’s London Super Comic Con, which includes plenty of Star Wars: The Force Awakens costumes:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

In honor of Zootopia, here’s an old VHS trailer for Disney’s 1973 animated feature Robin Hood, which is said to be a huge influence on the studio’s new release:

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Alternate Universe Movie of the Day:

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a long time coming, but here’s what it could have looked liked as a silent film released almost a century ago:

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Fake Deleted Scene of the Day:

Speaking of Batman v Superman, here’s a deleted scene gag starring Jimmy Kimmel with Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill via Jimmy Kimmel Live:

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Oscar Winner Parody of the Day:

See another talk show host, Seth Meyers, as a War Boy named Reasonable Max in a Mad Max: Fury Road parody from Late Night:

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Independent Spirit Award Winner Parody of the Day:

In addition to the Oscars, last weekend was host to the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which featured this Carol parody starring hosts Kate McKinnon and Kumail Nanjiani:

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Visual Effects Reel Parody of the Day:

With seemingly every movie today employing extensive computer-generated effects, here’s another Carol parody from Funny or Die imagining if it was mostly made with CG:

Reimagined Movie of the Day:

Speaking of lesbian romance dramas, Mashable recut a trailer for Mean Girls to make it look like a more serious movie:

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Mashup of the Day:

Everyone seems to have a Back to the Future style DeLorean these days, but one unique fan has this Knight Rider style Back to the Future style DeLorean (via Geek Tyrant):

Filmmaker in Focus:

The gaze of Stanley Kubrick movie characters are collected in the latest supercut montage edited by Jorge Luengo:

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Movie Takedown of the Day:

With London Has Fallen arriving this week, here’s a look at everything wrong with Olympus Has Fallen:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of Oliver Stone‘s The Doors. Watch the original trailer for the rock music biopic, which stars Val Kilmer, below.

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

Best Oscar Nominee Parodies:

From the show itself, here are the hilarious parodies of Joy, The Revenant, The Danish Girl and The Martian featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan and Chris Rock:

Best Alternate Ending to an Oscar Win:

It’s a good thing the bear from The Revenant wasn’t actually at the Oscars, because Leonardo DiCaprio‘s win for Best Actor could have gone more like this [via Above Average]:

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Best Oscar Winner Sequel Idea:

Speaking of The Revenant, in the sequel Leonardo DiCaprio is apparently miniaturized and this time attacked by a hamster:

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Best Use of the Oscar Speech Thank You Scroll:

In case you missed it, Inside Out director Pete Docter used the new thank you scroll as an opportunity to give his kids a special message [via Cinema Blend]:

Best TV Ad for an Upcoming Movie:

Disney‘s Zootopia parodied the titles of some of this year’s Oscar nominees in a new TV spot that ran during the awards show:

#Zootopia‘s biggest night in film is almost here! See it in theatres this Friday! Get tix: https://t.co/GGBCDUchyXhttps://t.co/kx7s9yaRtH

— Zootopia (@DisneyZootopia) February 27, 2016

Best Print Ads for an Upcoming Movie:

Also getting in on the nominee poster parody idea was the upcoming comedy Keanu, via Twitter:

It’s a tough race for the A-cat-emy Awards this year. #KEANU pic.twitter.com/McDVFLVHEL

— #KEANU (@KeanuMovie) February 26, 2016

Best Misunderstanding of an Oscar Winner:

See an alien from the future analyze the multiple Oscar winner Mad Max: Fury Road in the latest episode of Earthling Cinema:

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Best Oscar Party Cosplay:

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill donned some Mad Max: Fury Road cosplay while watching the awards:

I’m in a fierce mood these days. When your family #Oscarnight costume game on point. #MadMax pic.twitter.com/F9f4WXYE45

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) February 28, 2016

Best Oscar Presenter Craving:

Morgan Freeman seems to have developed a certain craving from his old PBS children’s television colleague Cookie Monster. Watch him grab a Girl Scout Cookie from Chris Rock after presenting the Best Picture award to Spotlight [via Cinema Blend]:

You can tell Morgan Freeman is a cookie savage #Oscars pic.twitter.com/jW2DflHZ3M

— Andrew Jerell Jones (@sluggahjells) February 29, 2016

Best Oscar Nominee Montage:

What’s next for the 2016 Oscars? How about a movie adapted from and piecing all of the nominees together? Here’s its trailer (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Oh, February. It’s the month that feels like it will never end, leap year or not. The air is cold and damp, the sky is gray, the sidewalks are slushy and I just want to be transported far, far away.

So for this month’s edition of Latitudes, I chose five songs I hope will lift your end-of-winter blues — because they definitely hit the spot for me.

If you know Portuguese music at all, you probably know the wistful, dark-hued, sadness-soaked music called fado. And one of fado’s greatest stars is singer Ana Moura — heck, even Prince is a fan. Moura certainly knows how to work a song, and in her latest, “Dia De Folga” (Day Off), she applies her smoke-and-whisky contralto to something surprising: a tune as light and sweet as a French macaron. “There are so many reasons/for the sadness to take a day off,” she sings — and pulls you into her sugar rush.

Just as in the U.S., reality TV singing competitions now launch local stars around the globe. One of them is singer Shayma Helali, who in 2007 made it to the semifinals of “Star Academy Arabia,” which cultivates aspiring entertainers from all over the Arab world. Though she is originally from Tunis, Helali has mostly gone of late for glossy, over-the-top ballads with pan-Arab mainstream appeal. But for this current song, “Aalamak,” she takes on the distinct sound and rhythms of the Gulf’s khaleeji music. The video is, admittedly, quite cheesy, but this project — featuring a female singer and dancers as well as Gulf men of different races — shows off a culture that doesn’t get a lot of airtime in the West.

Even though the video for this song was released last summer, French-born singer Jain‘s “Come” is just now hitting the Billboard‘s tally of the French digital song charts. With its quirky visuals and catchy chorus, “Come” is a charming little diversion (though the lyrics, which she is singing in English, are a bit hard to understand.) And Jain has bigger horizons in mind. Part Malagasy, she was raised in locales as far-flung as Dubai and Congo, and says she grew up with “Youssou N’Dour and Fela Kuti in her ears,” and plans to incorporate some African sounds into her alt-jazzy milieu down the road. She’s only 24, so hopefully she will have lots of opportunities to spin her past into her future.

The Nigerian music scene is making a big play right now for North American attention. Sony BMG just signed their first African musician to a worldwide deal: It’s pop star Davido, the son of a very wealthy man and the godson of a man whom Forbes has named as the richest in Africa (with about $15 billion in assets). Davido has become the Nigerian king of bling-bling, a worldview that’s front and center in songs like “The Money.” (“Life is all about the money,” in case you miss his point.) More endearing — though with its share of video vixens — is the bouncy love song “Panya” from the duo Bracket, featuring Tekno. At any rate, count on seeing more Nigerian artists around the scene in the rest of 2016.

Lastly: Since St. Patrick’s Day is nearly upon us, it’s a perfect time to revisit the music of the stunningly good all-star band The Gloaming. Their new album, 2, was released just this past week, and opens with this tune, “The Pilgrim’s Song.” The Gloaming’s marriage of old instruments and new textures is so cozy and magical that maybe they’ve given me a reason to hang on to winter for just a tad bit longer.

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With six Oscars, Mad Max: Fury Road collected the most amount of Academy Awards on Hollywood’s biggest night, but it was Spotlight that snuck away with Best Picture and not the heavily predicted The Revenant. The latter film did collect awards for Best Director (Alejandro González Iñárritu), Best Actor (Leonardo DiCaprio, who won his first Oscar) and Best Cinematograpy (Emmanuel Lubezki), but that was it.

The night’s other major awards went to Brie Larson (Best Actress for Room), Alicia Vikander (Best Supporting Actress for The Danish Girl) and Mark Rylance (Best Supporting Actor, Bridge of Spies), who may be responsible for this year’s biggest snub, as Sylvester Stallone (Creed) missed out. (Yo Adrian… I didn’t do it!)

Our favorite moments?

Overall Favorite Moment: Chris Rock’s opening monologue

Not only did host Chris Rock come right out and confront the controversial lack of diversity among this year’s nominees, but he did so with hilarity and poignancy — and he wasn’t afraid to go right at the realities of Hollywood — going so far as to point out the fact that Leonardo DiCaprio gets great roles every year — while also making a point to say it’s not about boycotting anything, it’s about simply wanting more opportunity.

Favorite Friend Moment: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s message to Sylvester Stallone

When Sly lost the Oscar, his pal Arnold was quick to post this sweet video championing, well, the champ.

.@TheSlyStallone To me, you’re the best, no matter what they say. pic.twitter.com/zs4ZLl1nhY

— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) February 29, 2016

Favorite Surprise Moment: Ex Machina winning Best Visual Effects

And how about the little sci-fi movie that could snagging a major Oscar from big-budget competition like Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Mad Max: Fury Road.

Most Powerful Moment: Lady Gaga’s performance of “‘Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground.

Gaga’s powerful performance ended with he singer flanked by rape survivors. The entire crowd was on their feet, wiping away tears. Brie Larson even took the time to hug each and every survivor as they exited the stage.

Brie Larson hugged every survivor from @ladygaga‘s #Oscars performance (via @chrissGardner)pic.twitter.com/zCSvYs0XCK

— Mic (@micnews) February 29, 2016

Favorite Record Set: At 87 years of age, Ennio Morricone — who took home an Oscar for scoring The Hateful Eight — becomes the oldest winner of a competitive Oscar ever.

Biggest Record Set — With his Best Director win, Alejandro González Iñárritu becomes the first to win back-to-back directing Oscars in 65 years — and only the third person to ever accomplish that feat.

Favorite side story: Margaret Sixel, George Miller’s wife, wins Best Editing for Mad Max: Fury Road. She had never edited an action movie before. Well done, mate!

And the Oscar goes to…

Best Picture
The Big Short
Bridge Of Spies
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight — WINNER

Best Director
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – The Revenant — WINNER
Adam McKay – The Big Short
George Miller – Mad Max Fury Road
Lenny Abrahamson – Room
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Brie Larson – Room — WINNER
Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston – Trumbo
Matt Damon – The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant — WINNER
Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale – The Big Short
Tom Hardy – The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight
Mark Rylance – Bridge Of Spies — WINNER
Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara – Carol
Rachel McAdams – Spotlight
Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl — WINNER
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

Best Original Screenplay
Matt Charman, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen – Bridge Of Spies
Alex Garland – Ex Machina
Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve – Inside Out
Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer – Spotlight — WINNER
Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savage – Straight Outta Compton

Best Adapted Screenplay

Drew Goddard – The Martian
Nick Hornby – Brooklyn
Adam McKay & Charles Randolph – The Big Short — WINNER
Phyllis Nagy – Carol
Emma Donoghue – Room

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins – Sicario
Edward Lachman – Carol
Emmanuel Lubezki – The Revenant — WINNER
Robert Richardson – The Hateful Eight
John Seale – Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Boy And The World
Inside Out — WINNER
Shaun The Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There

Best Documentary Feature
Amy – WINNER
Cartel Land
The Look Of Silence
What Happened Miss Simone
Winter On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom

Best Film Editing
Hank Corwin – The Big Short
Margaret Sixel – Mad Max: Fury Road — WINNER
Tom McArdle – Spotlight
Stephen Mirrione – The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Score
Carter Burwell – Carol
Ennio Morricone – The Hateful Eight — WINNER
Thomas Newman – Bridge Of Spies
Johann Johannson – Sicario
John Williams – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Foreign Language Feature
Embrace Of The Serpent
Mustang
Son Of Saul — WINNER
Theeb
A War

Best Production Design
Bridge Of Spies
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road — WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant

Best Visual Effects
Ex Machina — WINNER
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Animated Short Film
Bear Story — WINNER
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World Of Tomorrow

Best Documentary Short Film
Body Team 12
Chau, Beyond The Lines
Claude Lanzmann: Spectres OF The Shoah
A Girl In The River — WINNER
Last Day Of Freedom

Best Live-Action Short Film
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
Stutterer — WINNER

Best Song
“Earned It” from Fifty Shades Of Grey
“Manta Ray from Racing Extinction
“Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground
“Simple Song 3” from Youth
“Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre — WINNER

Best Costume Design
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road — WINNER
The Revenant

Best Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road — WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Sound Mixing
Bride Of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road — WINNER
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Mad Max: Fury Road — WINNER
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out THe Window And Disappeared
The Revenant

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The Important News

Star Wars Mania: Disney released more concept art and other details on Star Wars Land. Star Wars: Episode VIII is fighting off set spies with drones. Star Wars: The Force Awakens will hit iTunes next month.

Marvel Madness: Crossbones made an official debut in new images from Captain America: Civil War. Finn Jones is Marvel’s Iron Fist for Netflix.

DC Delirium: Justice League – Part 1 received a shooting start date. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will have an R-rated version available on video. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice might have received rewrites from Ben Affleck.

Franchise Fever: Demian Bichir joined the cast of Alien: Covenant.

Sequelitis: Pacific Rim 2 will move ahead with director Steven S. DeKnight. Brant Daugherty will play Anastasia’s bodyguard in Fifty Shades Freed. Lin-Manuel Miranda may co-star in the Mary Poppins sequel. Both Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 3 and Cloverfield 3 might happen.

Remake Report: Michael B. Jordan will star in a new version of The Thomas Crown Affair. James Mangold will direct a prequel reboot of a new 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Casting Net: Emily Ratajkowski will co-star in In Darkness. Jon Bernthal joined the cast of Baby Driver. Tyler Sheridan will star in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One.

Reel TV: Amy Adams will star in the TV adapation of Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects. Jean-Claude Van Damme will star in a comedy series for Amazon.

New Directors/New Films: Joe Wright will direct the supernatural thriller The Ruins. Ava DuVernay will direct Disney’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time. Chris Weitz will helm a movie about infamous Nazi Adolf Eichmann.

Writers Block: Dan and Kevin Hageman are now writing Guillermo del Toro’s Scary Stories.

First Look: Zac Efron’s enlarged muscles made a big splash in a new Baywatch image.

Box Office: Deadpool broke more records last weekend. And it became the biggest X-Men movie.

Celebrating the Classics: FerrisFest, honoring Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, will be held in Chicago in May.

Tie-in Time: Morgan Freeman’s voice is now available for your GPS system. Fake tie-in product Slusho will return in 10 Cloverfield Lane.

Awards Season: Moviegoers chose The Revenant as the favorite to win Best Picture.

The Videos and Geek Stuff

New Movie Trailers: Pete’s Dragon, Alice Through Looking Glass, Kill Your Friends, Precious Cargo, I Am Wrath and The Light Between Oceans.

Clip: Rise of the Legend.

Behind the Scenes: The makers of The Big Short explain how to make sense of financial nonsense.

See: Deadpool‘s last-minute Oscar campaign ad.

Watch: Deadpool answers fans questions.

See: Mysterious Spaceballs sequel ads posted in NYC subways.

Watch: J.J. Abrams fixes more franchises in a parody video.

See: Best Picture nominees aligned with which presidential candidate. And Best Picture nominees told as emojis. And kids explain what they think the Best Picture nominees are about.

Watch: Parodies of Best Picture nominees The Martian and Mad Max: Fury Road. And a parody of Spotlight.

See: Every Leonardo DiCaprio movie in one supercut.

Watch: An in-depth profile of character actor Crispin Glover.

See: A first look at the new Universal Studios ride based on Kong: Skull Island.

Watch: A celebration of the Coen Brothers and a comparison between the Fargo movie and show.

See: This week’s best new movie posters.

Our Features

Oscar Nominee Guide: Where and when you can find this year’s Oscar nominees On Demand. Geeky recommendations for old movies starring current Oscar nominees.

Sci-Fi Movie Guide: Revisiting Star Wars: the Force Awakens at the end of its theatrical run.

Comic Book Movie Guide: About that R-rated Batman v Superman cut.

Filmmaker Guide: An appreciation of Triple 9 director John Hillcoat.

Foreign Film Guide: Why you need to know about Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid.

Home Viewing: Here’s our guide to everything hitting VOD this week. And here’s our guide to everything hitting HBO Now next month. And here’s our guide to everything hitting Netflix next month.

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Oscar Montage of the Day:

Today’s supercut of this year’s Best Picture nominees involves Lego versions of Room, The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road and the rest:

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Best Picture Parody of the Day:

Gooky Gak! From the brilliant minds at Funny or Die, here’s a horse carcass sleeping bag based on Best Picture nominee The Revenant, plus a bonus gag involving action figures based on the movie’s production:

Rest up for Sunday’s Oscars in The Revenant Horse Sleeping Bag! Kids love it.https://t.co/PPhVlYSxam

— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) February 25, 2016

Fake Toy of the Day:

There are plenty of fans of The Witch who would totally buy this talking Black Phillip toy if it was real (via Midnight Marauder):

Custom Toy of the Day:

Check out the fan-created Lego set for a genuinely rolling BB-8 from Star Wars: The Force Awakens (via Gizmodo):

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Vintage Image of the Day:

A youngish Alfred Hitchcock directs a scene from one of his early pre-Hollywood films, The Skin Game, which was released in the UK on this day 85 years ago:

Re-release Trailer of the Day:

Here is a new trailer for the 4K restoration of Akira Kurosawa‘s Ran, which opens in NYC today (via The Playlist):

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Fan Theory of the Day:

The Film Theorists explore ideas how Deadpool can actually be killed. Not that Fox would have any interest in him dying anytime soon:

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Mashup of the Day:

Speaking of Deadpool, Batman isn’t very happy about the guy and his R-rated record-breaking box office success. Watch:

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Roundtable Parody of the Day:

“Unknown” actress and comedian Molly Hawkey inserted herself into the 2014 THR Actress Roundtable, taking over Reese Witherspoon‘s spot next to Julianne Moore, Laura Dern, Patricia Arquette, Hilary Swank, Amy Adams and Felicity Jones and it’s kind of awkward (via The Film Stage):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

This weekend is the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of Pretty in Pink. Watch the original trailer for the teen movie classic below:

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Oscar Montage of the Day:

Get ready for this weekend’s big awards ceremony with a mashup supercut of all eight movies nomimated for the Oscar for Best Picture from Fandango Movieclips:

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Oscar Movie Translation of the Day:

Below is what The Martian looks like told as emojis. See the rest of the Best Picture nominees translated this way at Thrillist.

Red Carpet Fashion Throwbacks of the Day:

Bjork‘s swan dress from the 2001 Academy Awards is celebrated in the below piece by artist Ellen Jin. See more of her takes on iconic Oscar fashion at Fandango.

Puzzle of the Day:

See how long it takes you to find the Oscar hidden in this Star Wars: The Force Awakens-inspired cartoon from Mental Floss:

There’s an Oscar Among These C-3POs. Can You Spot It? — https://t.co/NIOWfgWieI pic.twitter.com/c8RuVH1oCa

— Mental Floss (@mental_floss) February 25, 2016

Cosplay of the Day:

If you want to look like General Leia from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, follow this tutorial to get the hair right:

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Alternative Posters of the Day:

We can never have too many exceptional triptych-style series of Star Wars Trilogy posters, as proven by these new prints from artist Matt Ferguson (via /Film):

Filmmakers in Focus:

Every Frame a Painting showcases the brilliant way the Coen Brothers work with the traditional shot/reverse shot set up in their movies:

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Mashup of the Day:

Speaking of the Coens, watch scenes from the movie Fargo and the TV series Fargo cut together for a spoiler-heavy comparison and a multilayered story (via The Playlist):

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Movie Comparisons of the Day:

See scenes from movies side by side with how they were handled in their remakes in this video by Jaume R. Lloret (via Devour):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 75th anniversary of the premiere of the Oscar-nominated classic The Lady Eve. Watch the original trailer for the film, which stars Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda, below.

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Franchise Recap of the Day:

Get ready for Captain America: Civil War with MCU Exchange’s supercut of scenes that lead us to the new movie’s plot (via Geek Tyrant):

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Oscar Nominee Parody of the Day:

Above Average lampoons the way Spotlight spotlights Boston as such a terrible place:

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Reworked Trailer of the Day:

The Revenant is sort of a remake of 1971’s Man in the Wilderness, so here’s a trailer for the earlier version in the style of the new (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Actor in the Spotlight:

Get ready for Leonardo DiCaprio to finally win an Oscar this weekend by watching a supercut of all his movies:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Like DiCaprio, his Titanic co-star, Billy Zane made one of his first screen appearances in a Critters movie — the first one. See the actor, who turns 50 years old today, being eaten by one of the Krites here:

Filmmaker in Focus:

Nerdwriter explores how Christopher Nolan is both immersive and metacinematic, focusing on how he “hides in plain sight,” most blatantly with The Prestige:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Whether you’re in need of accessories for your comic-con outfit or just want daily wear inspired by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, these Rey-style armwarmers are pretty fabulous (via Fashionably Geek):

Look what I whipped up last night!! Some #Rey inspired arm warmers! I’m thinking of making more, would anyone be interested?? I can do #kyloren inspired ones in black, too! Email or DM if interested! I need your bicep & forearm circumference! 🙂 ??Tag your friends who love Rey! We should all get a chance to be her! ?? #starwars #starwarslove #starwarsfashion #starwarstheforceawakens #forceawakens #tfa #theforceawakens #skywalker #jedi #geek #geeks #fangirls #geekchic #geekbound #geekgirl #geekfashion #sewing #handmade #diy #seamstress #sew #spandex

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Mashup of the Day:

This short film reimagines Pac-Man as inspired by the movie The Warriors (via Geek Tyrant):

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

Couch Tomato compares and contrasts Revenge of the Nerds and Monsters University:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

In honor of MGM’s announcement of another remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, here’s the classic trailer for the 1968 original starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway:

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Oscar Nominees Breakdown of the Day:

Kids say the darnest things, and here they explain what they think this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Picture are about. The best is the assumption that The Revenant is about an elephant:

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Oscar Nominees Takedown of the Day:

Instead of focusing on one specific movie, this week Honest Trailers takes shots at all eight Best Picture nominees:

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Movie Parody of the Day:

Speaking of Best Picture nominees, How It Should Have Ended has a new animated parody of The Martian:

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Abridged Movie of the Day:

And here’s more Best Picture nominee goodness. Mashable has recapped Mad Max: Fury Road in animation in under three minutes:

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Fan Art of the Day:

Artist Amanda Lee draws fantastic dual portraits for Disney and Studio Ghibli movies, including the below piece featuring a mashup of Frozen‘s sisters Anna and Elsa. See the rest at Design Taxi.

Vintage Images of the Day:

Today is the 115th anniversary of the release of Edwin S. Porter and Thomas Edison‘s actuality short Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King, in which not-yet-president Theodore Roosevelt kills a mountain lion on camera. Watch it in full below.

Movie Trivia of the Day:

In honor of its 25th anniversary and the Oscars, here are nine things you might not know about The Silence of the Lambs:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Now it’s much easier for women Star Wars fans to cosplay as Stormtroopers with this FEM 7 armor on display in a group photo. Find more images plus info on how to get your own at Fashionably Geek.

Adaptation Parody of the Day:

Mashable presumes you’ve only seen the Harry Potter movies in this totally wrong exploration of how they’re different from the books:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 20th anniversary of the UK release of Trainspotting, months ahead of its U.S. opening. Watch the original trailer for the movie below.

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