Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Unused Oscars Musical Number of the Day:
Apparently the guys from The Lonely Island pitched a musical number for this year’s Oscars but it was deemed “financially and logistically impossible,” so they shared the awards-satirizing song online instead:
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Star Wars Parody of the Day:
Charles Barkley stars as a confused Jedi in this also-unaired J.J. Abrams-introduced Saturday Night Live sketch for The Mos Eisley Five: A Star Wars Story:
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Alternative Movie Posters of the Day:
Get ready for the ’80s and ’90s nostalgia explosion of Ready Player One with this gallery of posters pay homage to classic movies of that era:
Commercial of the Day:
Speaking of classic movie tributes, here’s the Academy Museum ad parodying The Shining that aired during the Oscars last night:
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Vintage Image of the Day:
James Ivory, who becamse the oldest Oscar winner in history last night, poses on the set of his movie The Wild Party in 1974:
Filmmaker in Focus:
Fandor celebrates Oscar nominee and lifetime achievement honoree Agnes Varda with this video by Luis Azevedo highlighting the sounds of her films:
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Video Essay of the Day:
The latest Channel Criswell video essay looks at how Requiem for a Dream structures self-destruction:
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Cosplay of the Day:
The sign of a great comic book movie villain is the passion that people put into cosplaying as that character, like here:
This is commitment right here. Every single scar was individually placed. #Killmonger#BlackPanther#ECCC2018#cosplaypic.twitter.com/rL0A5OI6KC
— theblerdgurl @ECCC (@theblerdgurl) March 5, 2018
Movie Food of the Day:
See how to make tiny pawpsicles from Frozen courtesy of Oh My Disney:
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Classic Trailer of the Day:
This week is the 20th anniversary of the release of U.S. Marshals. Watch the original trailer for the classic Fugitive spin-off below.
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