Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Role Reprisal of the Day:
The semi-retired Rick Moranis vocally revisted his role as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs for this scene from a new episode of The Goldbergs:
VFX Breakdown of the Day:
Weta Digital shares a breakdown of their Oscar-nominated visual effects work on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2:
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Cosplay of the Day:
Speaking of Guardians, BBC’s The Social profiled a cosplayer whose Nebula and Harley Quinn are worthy of attention:
These Harley Quinn and Nebula cosplay looks are UNREAL.@karengillan@MargotRobbiepic.twitter.com/Hwvt0047zL
— BBC The Social (@bbcthesocial) May 8, 2018
Fan Theory of the Day:
For Nerdist, Dan Casey examines the ridiculous fan theory that there are two different Luke Skywalkers in the Star Wars universe, of different sizes:
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Movie Comparison of the Day:
You love Pixar’s Up but not Despicable Me 3? But they’re the same movie, as Couch Tomato shows with 24 piece of evidence:
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Vintage Image of the Day:
Albert Finney, who turns 82 today, receives direction from Tim Burton on the set of Big Fish in 2003:
Character in Close-Up:
In the latest episode of IMDb’s Awesome Bad Guys, Patrick Epino puts the spotlight on Regina George from Mean Girls:
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Supercut of the Day:
This cinematic tribute to voiceover narrators consists of clips from Darkest Hour, The King’s Speech and more movies where a character has to speak into a microphone:
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Movie Influencer of the Day:
For Fandor, Jacob T. Swinney looks at the influence of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo on the 60th anniversary of its premiere:
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Classic Trailer of the Day:
Today is the 15th anniversary of the release of the Wachowskis’ Speed Racer. Watch the original trailer for the underrated classic below.
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