Today in Movie Culture: Proposing a 'Star Wars'-Inspired Olympic Sport, a Spotlight on Stunt Performers and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Dream Olympic Sport of the Day:

More people would watch curling at the Winter Olympics if it involved everyone’s everyone Star Wars droid (via io9):

Fan Build of the Day:

Speaking of Star Wars-inspired things, check out how to make an AT-ST high chair for your baby in this Never Not Making video (via Geekologie):

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Reworked Trailer of the Day:

Seeing Solo: A Star Wars Story as being like the Star Trek reboot, War Starts at Midnight added The Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” to the trailer to make it even better (via Geek Tyrant):

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Oscars History of the Day:

Burger Fiction highlights every Academy Award winner for Best Animated Feature in this shorter than most Oscar history supercut:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Luis Bunuel, who was born on this day in 1900, directs Catherine Denueve on the set of his 1967 classic Belle de Jour:

Movie Comparison of the Day:

Last year, Rob Stone compared the opening and closing sequences of Citizen Kane and Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca. Now Will DiGravio responds with more side-by-side looks at the two classics (via Film School Rejects):

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Movie Science of the Day:

What is the toxin on the lips of Poison Ivy from Batman & Robin? Kyle Hill gives a scientific explanation of her deadly powers:

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Movie Job of the Day:

They don’t get to win Oscars, but Mashable honors stunt people by showcasing what it takes to do their job in this video:

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Inspired Look of the Day:

Filmmaker Ava DuVernay shared this tweet from a fan who is halfway to cosplaying as a character from her upcoming movie A Wrinkle in Time:

#AWrinkleInTime@WrinkleInTime “Mrs. Whatsit” inspired look! @RWitherspoonpic.twitter.com/M2eqLbivnP

— Katy Mae (@KatyMaex) February 21, 2018

Classic Trailer of the Day:

This week is the 15th anniversary of the release of Ron Shelton’s Dark Blue starring Kurt Russell. Watch the original trailer for the classic crime film below.

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