Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Movie Takedown of the Day:
This week’s Honest Trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens wants to awaken our memory that the trailers for the prequels looked pretty good, too:
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Trailer Mashup of the Day:
And the Star Wars prequels look pretty good again when cut in the style of the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer (via Collider):
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Cosplay of the Day:
Speaking of Star Wars, here’s another one of our favorite Halloween costumes of the year, involving an adorable kid as Han Solo and a Millennium Falcon walker (via Fashionably Geek):
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Movie Recap of the Day:
Get ready for Spectre with an animated guide to the history of the James Bond franchise so far (via Devour):
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Filmmaker in Focus:
Terrence Malick is sort of the focus of Jacob T. Swinney’s video essay “Not Directed by Terrence Malick,” highlighting works clearly influenced by his style, including films by David Gordon Green and Jeff Nichols.
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Movie Trivia of the Day:
Here are seven things you may not know about Luc Besson‘s Leon: The Professional:
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Animated Short of the Day:
Here is the second chapter of Poster Fever, which tells a story using more movie posters in motion:
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Fan Film of the Day:
Perhaps the only way to get a good movie based on a video game is to let the fans make one themselves, as in the case of Metroid: The Sky Calls:
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Movie Recycling of the Day:
See six movies, including Blade Runner and Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, that lifted footage from other movies and passed it off as their own (via Devour):
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Classic Trailer of the Day:
Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of Guys and Dolls. Watch the original trailer for the musical, starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra, below.
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