Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Movie Characters in Real Life:
Deadpool exists on the edges of the movie world and the real world, and he (via actor Ryan Reynolds) offered up a NSFW response to a petition to get the character to host Saturday Night Live:
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Filmmaker Parody of the Day:
J.J. Abrams has already repaired the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises. Now he’s on to The Matrix, Indiana Jones, Saw and more:
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Vintage Image of the Day:
John Wayne looks upon a geiger counter on the set of The Conqueror, which opened 60 years ago today. The film was shot on a nuclear test site, which is said to be the blame for the deaths of Wayne and much of the rest of the cast and crew.
Political Satire of the Day:
Practical Folks explains why Hillary Clinton is The Revenant, Donald Trump is Mad Max: Fury Road, Bernie Sanders is The Big Short and more analogical pairings of 2016 presidential candidates and 2016 Oscar nominees for Best Picture:
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Best Picture Reenactment of the Day:
Speaking of the big Oscar nominees, here’s a shot from Mad Max: Fury Road redone with children. See more of these “Oscar Babies” in a photo spread at Vanity Fair.
Oscar Montage of the Day:
Art of the Film shows us why this year’s cinematography Oscar winner is so hard to predict in a compilation of shots from all five movies:
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Screenwriting Appreciation of the Day:
Words, a short film made by the Writer’s Guild Foundation in 1987, is a great, lengthy yet fast-paced awards-ceremony-style montage celebrating the craft of screenwriting (via Filmmaker IQ):
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Reworked Movie of the Day:
Everyone knows The Martian is really a comedy. But now it’s been reworked by Mashable to be a musical comedy:
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Actor in the Spotlight:
The new episode of the character actor showcase series No Small Parts should help you better appreciate Crispin Glover:
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Classic Trailer of the Day:
Today is the 25th anniversary of the clever rom-com He Said, She Said. Watch the original trailer for the movie, which stars Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth Perkins, below.
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