Today in Movie Culture: 'The Hunger Games' Redone With Kittens, Honest Trailer for 'Star Wars' and More

By Christopher Campbell

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

Movie Series Recap of the Day:

Before you see The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, you’ll need to watch this very punny and not quite faithful retelling of the Hunger Games series starring a kitten named Catniss:

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Movie Trivia of the Day:

Also to help prepare you for the new, final Hunger Games movie, here are seven things you might not know about The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1:

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Cosplay of the Day:

It’s a gekko cosplaying as an AT-AT from The Empire Strikes Back rather than trying to sell you car insurance (via Fashionably Geek):

Gecko AT-AT in glorious battle

Movie Takedown of the Day:

In anticipation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Honest Trailers makes the original Star Wars seem as bad as the prequels:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Rock Hudson, who was born on this day 90 years ago, has a laugh with Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Giant in 1955:

Movie-Inspired Motivation of the Day:

Here’s a video of Billy Zabka, who plays the bad guy Johnny in The Karate Kid (joined by co-star Rob Garrison) giving an anti-bullying speech to a bunch of kids (via Geek Tyrant):

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Fan Build of the Day:

The fan-built Lego creation below represents all four movies in the Jurassic Park series, including this year’s Jurassic World, side by side. See more photos of the clever set at /Film.

Recut Movie of the Day:

Can you make a comprehensive silent film out of a movie as talky as 12 Angry Men? Thanks to Sidney Lumet‘s knack for visual storytelling underneath the dialogue, apparently so (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Movie Poster Mashups of the Day:

There’s all kinds of movie character chaos going on in the latest episode of the movie posters in motion series Poster Fever:

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

Today is the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release of GoldenEye, the first James Bond installment starring Pierce Brosnan in the role. Watch the original trailer for the movie, which had the release slated for Christmas, below.

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