Today in Movie Culture: All of Christian Bale's Physical Transformations, a History of Italian Horror and More

By Christopher Campbell

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


Music Video of the Day:

Footage from Return of the Jedi merges with retro ’80s-influenced graphics in this music video for “Sunrise on Endor” by Gemini Sunset (via Geekologie):

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Video Essay of the Day:

For Fandor, Leigh Singer examines Dogtooth, the breakout movie of The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos:

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Movie History of the Day:

One Hundred Years of Cinema chronicles the history of Italian horror movies, including the original Suspiria:

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Movie Comparison of the Day:

Couch Tomato shows us 24 reasons that Pixar’s Incredibles 2 is basically the same movie as Ghostbusters II:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

JoBeth Williams, who turns 70 today, in a promo shot with Craig T. Nelson, Oliver Robins and Heather O’Rourke on the set of Poltergeist in 1981:

Actor in the Spotlight:

In honor of Christian Bale’s transformation for Vice, Vulture chronicles his weight change over 12 roles:

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Screenwriting Lesson of the Day:

The latest video from Lessons from a Screenplay looks at the script for Good Will Hunting and how it puts the psychology of its main character on the surface:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Now all Captain Marvel cosplay is apparently required to include a cat, as per the one in the new trailer:

Update: Milo was NOT ready to cosplay with me. He was quite mad. #CaptainMarvel #MiloContent pic.twitter.com/tCq4j4TGBh

— Lee (@leiladaisyj) December 5, 2018

Easter Eggs of the Day:

Speaking of Captain Marvel, here’s another video highlighting the new trailer’s Easter eggs via ScrenCrush:

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Classic Movie Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 45th anniversary of the release of The Wicker Man. Watch the original trailer for the classic horror movie below.

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