Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Franchise Analysis of the Day:
With the sequel Jigsaw out this Friday, Wisecrack explores the philosophy of the Saw movies:
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Fan Theory of the Day:
Cracked takes a guess that Thanos will wind up defeating himself in Avengers: Infinity War in this video about the villain’s big weakness:
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Reworked Movie of the Day:
Is Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice better with sports commentators talking over the superhero fight? See Auralnauts’s new video below:
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Musical Number Redo of the Day:
Here’s a great alternative version of the opening musical number from La La Land by foreign language school students in China (via Filmbrain):
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Vintage Image of the Day:
The very tall author-turned-filmmaker Michael Crichton, who was born on this day in 1942, towers over stars Michael Douglas and Genevieve Bujold while directing a scene for Coma in 1977:
Filmmaker in Focus:
Fandor answers the question of who is Spike Jonze in this video highlighting his work as an actor, director, Oscar-winning screenwriter, skateboarder and more:
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Filmmaking Lesson of the Day:
In the first part of a new series, video essayist Patrick Willems uses a Wallace and Gromit short to show how to make a perfect action scene:
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Cosplay of the Day:
Cosplayers go bowling in this Mineralblu video of a New York Comic Con after party featuring fans of It, Deadpool and more:
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Alternative Poster of the Day:
Speaking of It, here’s one of the latest entries in artist Matt Talbot’s 31 horror posters project for this month:
My poster for today’s #31DaysOfHorror is IT! The 2017 version. Which I loved. #31daysofhalloween#ITpic.twitter.com/Oxz4ZDSSpY
— Matt Talbot (@mattrobot) October 20, 2017
Classic Trailer of the Day:
Today is the 25th anniversary of the limited release of Quentin Tarantino’s feature debut, Reservoir Dogs. Watch the original trailer for the classic crime film below.
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