Today in Movie Culture: 'Captain America: Civil War' Opening Credits, Beyonce as Storm and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Fan-made Credits Sequence of the Day:

We still have many months before the release of Captain America: Civil War, so in the meantime here’s a fan-made opening title sequence for the upcoming sequel (via Heroic Hollywood):

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Movie Culture Parody of the Day:

Speaking of movie geek patience, Leigh Lahav sums up a lot of today’s movie culture, mainly the build up of a tentpole release, in her latest fangirl cartoon, “Waiting For That Movie”:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Beyonce as Storm from X-Men! The internet has already declared this cosplay of the year, if not all time. From a costume party in honor of fellow singer Ciara‘s birthday:

Star Wars of the Day:

The latest reactions to the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer come from the characters of Apollo 13:

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Classic Cartoon of the Day:

Today is the 75th anniversary of the classic Merrie Melodies animated short Good Night Elmer, directed by Chuck Jones and starring Elmer Fudd in an effort to fall asleep. Watch the cartoon in full below.

Supercut of the Day:

Have you heard about how movies always look better when shot during the “magic hour” around dawn or dusk? The latest supercut by Jacob T. Swinney for Fandor offers some evidence from films such as Top Gun, Apocalypse Now and of course everything by Terrence Malick:

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Fan Build of the Day:

The DIY Prop Shop shows us how to make our own homemade copy of Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, aka “The Book of the Dead” from Evil Dead (via Bloody Disgusting):

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Movie Mashup of the Day:

What if Disney princesses and princes went to Hogwarts? Below is artist Isiah K. Thompson’s mashup of Aladdin and the Harry Potter movies indicating that broomsticks are more difficult to fly than magic carpets. See more at Cosmopolitan.

Movie Tutorial of the Day:

This supercut offers a lesson in how to kill a zombie, according to the movies (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of the release of Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. Watch a trailer for the sequel, which temporarily brought the great documentarian Joe Berlinger (the Paradise Lost trilogy) into fiction filmmaking, below.

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