Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Movie Recasting of the Day:
We’ve seen a mashup recasting Pierce Brosnan in the Spectre trailer, now it’s Roger Moore‘s turn (via /Film):
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Movie Takedown of the Day:
In honor of Straight Outta Compton coming out this week, Honest Trailers slams the Eminem movie 8 Mile:
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Production Diary of the Day:
From the 2012 documentary Too Young to Die, Heath Ledger‘s father offers a glimpse at the actor’s journal used while preparing for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight (via Legion of Leia):
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Classic Cartoon of the Day:
Today is the 65th anniversary of the theatrical release of the animated short Popeye Makes a Movie, in which Popeye makes a movie. Watch it in full here:
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Star Wars of the Day:
One of the most clever fan-made food items based on the Star Wars movies is a tauntaun cookie with candy guts that you can tear out of its belly. But now you need a candy Luke Skywalker to stuff into the vacancy (via Neatorama).
Supercut of the Day:
If you like Arnold Schwarzenegger movies just for the explosions, all you need is this video (via Devour):
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Filmmaker in Focus:
Supercut master Jacob T. Swinney presents all of Spike Lee‘s head-on (usually fourth-wall-breaking) shots in three minutes for Press Play:
Movie Trivia of the Day:
In honor of another stoner comedy coming out (American Ultra), CineFix lists seven things you probably don’t know about Dazed and Confused:
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Video Essay of the Day:
Now You See It explores sexual, particularly phallic, symbolism in film, featuring parts of Alien, A Clockwork Orange and more:
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Classic Trailer of the Day:
10 years ago today, Judd Apatow premiered his feature debut, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, in Hollywood. Watch the original trailer, which doesn’t make it seem nearly as funny as it really is, below.
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