Today in Movie Culture: The Best Action Scenes of the Year, a History of Movie Posters and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Best of the Year Highlight Reel of the Day:

Editor Sergey Nizhnik showcases the best action scenes of 2017 in this montage video:

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End of Year Recap of the Day:

Here’s another more general montage of the most notable movies of 2017 from editor Clark Zhu:

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Film History of the Day:

Learn about the origins and history of the Hollywood movie poster in the latest video from Filmmaker IQ:

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Movie Cliche of the Day:

Couch Tomato looks at the movie trope of the “chosen one” and how it became a cliche:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Judd Apatow, who turns 50 today, directs Steve Carell during the making of The 40-Year-Old Virgin in 2005:

Actor in the Spotlight:

With him currently starring in The Shape of Water, Doug Jones is showcased in the latest No Small Parts video:

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Fan Art of the Day:

Watch a time-lapse video of artist Steve Richter scultpting a perfect bust of Chewbacca from Star Wars:

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Cosplay of the Day:

Speaking of Star Wars, here’s some adorable couple’s cosplay as older Han Solo and Leia:

Sweet Cosplay, Han Shot First https://t.co/yLN91l7LPXpic.twitter.com/rBX1tQAxUZ

— Cory Doctorow (@doctorow) December 6, 2017

Movie Food of the Day:

Learn how to make the “garbage plate” from The Place Beyond the Pines in this edition of Binging with Babish:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 15th anniversary of the release of Equilibrium. Watch the original trailer for the classic action movie below.

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