Today in Movie Culture: New 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Animated Shorts, John Cena as Shazam! and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Short Films of the Day:

New Star Wars: The Last Jedi characters BB-9E and a porg have some fun with BB-8 in new animated “blips” cartoons:

The Mirror Match. #StarWarsBlipspic.twitter.com/Gi05f5gNBm

— Star Wars (@starwars) September 2, 2017

Looks like Chewie may have a new wingman. #StarWarsBlipspic.twitter.com/vjpW2vh8QV

— Star Wars (@starwars) September 4, 2017

Casting Rendering of the Day:

John Cena has been rumored as a frontrunner for the lead in DC’s Shazam! so here’s BossLogic with what that could look like:

Can you or ‘CAN’T you SEE’ @JohnCena as #shazam ? @WWEpic.twitter.com/LyJZyFGzhc

— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) September 5, 2017

Movie Parody of the Day:

Speaking of superheroes, ArtSpear Entertainment parodies scenes from Thor: Ragnarok in this animated video:

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Custom Build of the Day:

Speaking of Thor: Ragnarok, the guys at Baltimore Knife and Sword forge replicas of Thor’s dual swords in the latest edition of Man at Arms: Reforged:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Werner Herzog, who turns 75 today, literally eats his shoe during the making of the Les Blank documentary Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe in 1979:

Mashup of the Day:

Pickle Rick from Rick and Morty is huge right now, enough that someone inserted him into Pixar’s Ratatouille (via Geek Tyrant):

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Movie Takedown of the Day:

After Jordan Vogt-Roberts slammed CinemaSins, it was only natural that Honest Trailers have their fun with Kong: Skull Island — and then for Vogt-Roberts to join them in the fun::

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Cosplay of the Day:

Wonder Woman is a timeless superhero movie classic, and so are its fans (via Patty Jenkins):

I can save the day but you can save the world. The lovely @CosplayParents as Diana Prince and Steve Trevor. pic.twitter.com/dXbSFrYZKa

— Katie Y (@KatieBePhoto) September 3, 2017

Movie Food of the Day:

It’s back to school time, so it’s Back to School time with Binging with Babish and the hors d’oeuvres sandwich Rodney Dangerfield makes in the movie:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 70th anniversary of the release of Dark Passage starring Humphrey Bogart. Watch the original trailer for the classic film noir below.

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