Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Behind-the-Scenes Video of the Day:
Watch the throne scene from Star Wars: The Last Jedi featuring Andy Serkis performing as Supreme Leader Snoke before the effects were filled in:
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Cosplay of the Day:
Speaking of Star Wars, this Mars Rover driver at NASA who cosplays as Rey at work is a real American hero:
Howdy. I’m NASA Rey. I cosplay as Rey while driving Mars rovers and flying NASA’s TIE fighter. pic.twitter.com/Rw0yAceIfx
— Keri Bean (@PlanetaryKeri) March 7, 2018
Scene Analysis of the Day:
Writer-director Jordan Peele narrates a significant scene from his Oscar-winning movie Get Out care of the latest New York Times Anatomy of the Scene:
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Acting Parody of the Day:
Speaking of Get Out, co-star Bradley Whitford stars in this Funny or Die sketch imagining the idea of an “emotional stuntman”:
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Fan Theory of the Day:
MatPat’s latest crazy film theory explains how the Stephen King adaptation It is a sequel to the new Madeline L’Engle adaptation A Wrinkle in Time:
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Vintage Image of the Day:
In honor of her role in A Wrinkle in Time, here’s a throwback to Oprah Winfrey’s first film role in Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple. In the below publicity photo, she’s with co-star Willard Pugh.
Actor in the Spotlight:
For Women’s History Month, Fandor highlights the career of actress-turned-director Elizabeth Banks:
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Filmmaker in Focus:
One Hundred Years of Cinema highlights the little-known career of the Japanes master filmmaker Hiroshi Shimizu:
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Movie Comparison of the Day:
Does the Oscar-winning animated feature Coco seem familiar? Couch Tomato shows 24 reasons it’s the same movie as Back to the Future:
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Classic Trailer of the Day:
Today is the 45th anniversary of the release of Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye. Watch the original trailer for the classic neo-noir below.
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