{"id":10038,"date":"2016-12-20T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-21T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-a-yule-log-for-horror-fans-a-gingerbread-house-for-star-wars-fans-and-more\/"},"modified":"2016-12-20T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T07:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-a-yule-log-for-horror-fans-a-gingerbread-house-for-star-wars-fans-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-a-yule-log-for-horror-fans-a-gingerbread-house-for-star-wars-fans-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: A Yule Log for Horror Fans, a Gingerbread House for &#039;Star Wars&#039; Fans and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-yule-log-for-horror-fans-gingerbread-house-for-39star-wars39-fans-more\/21859?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\">Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-yule-log-for-horror-fans-gingerbread-house-for-39star-wars39-fans-more\/21859?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201612\/gingerbread-death-star-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Yule Log of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Instead of the usual old yule log videos, here&#8217;s one perfect for horror fans that features Chucky from <em>Child&#8217;s Play <\/em>on fire for seven hours (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/watch-chucky-roast-for-seven-hours-for-the-ultimate-holiday-horror-yule-log\">via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Festive Movie Food of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Following up last week&#8217;s gingerbread <em>Enterprise<\/em>, here&#8217;s a gingerbread Death Star just in time for <em>Rogue One <\/em>(<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2016\/12\/a-giant-gingerbread-death-star.php\">via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Reworked Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Need another holiday classic movie tradition? CineFix cut a trailer for <em>Fargo <\/em>that makes it look like a feel-good Christmas comedy:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Festive Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Every cosplayer should have a holiday version of their favorite movie character at the ready for this time of year, like the Catwoman below. See more pics <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/fashionablygeek.com\/costumes\/christmas-catwoman-cosplay\/\">at Fashionably Geek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Holiday Card of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <em>Batman <\/em>characters, here&#8217;s some seasons greetings from the Caped Crusader and Robin from <em>The Lego Batman Movie<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There&#8217;s nothing like celebrating the holidays with your butler and over-enthusiastic sidekick. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LEGOBatmanMovie?src=hash\">#LEGOBatmanMovie<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dgxzPBpD58\">pic.twitter.com\/dgxzPBpD58<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LEGO Batman (@LEGOBatmanMovie) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LEGOBatmanMovie\/status\/809474360926879744\">December 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Irene Dunne, who was born on this day in 1898, with Cary Grant for a fun publicity shot for 1937&#8217;s <em>The Awful Truth<\/em>, which netted her a third Oscar nomination:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201612\/awful-set.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With <em>Passengers <\/em>opening tomorrow, ScreenCrush shares some trivia about Jennifer Lawrence:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movies Takedown of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In honor of the release of <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/em>, Honest Trailers comes for the souls of awful video game movies <em>Mortal Kombat <\/em>and <em>Mortal Kombat: Annihilation<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Year-End Recap of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The latest great 2016 in film supercut comes to us from Fernando Andres for One Perfect Shot (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/never-let-you-go-the-year-movies-embraced-everyone-9655fbe62ef5#.67johw7j4\">via Film School Rejects<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 25th anniversary of the theatrical release of Oliver Stone&#8217;s <em>JFK<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the classic conspiracy drama below. <\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-yule-log-for-horror-fans-gingerbread-house-for-39star-wars39-fans-more\/21859?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: A Yule Log for Horror Fans, a Gingerbread House for &#039;Star Wars&#039; Fans and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-yule-log-for-horror-fans-gingerbread-house-for-39star-wars39-fans-more\/21859?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-yule-log-for-horror-fans-gingerbread-house-for-39star-wars39-fans-more\/21859?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201612\/gingerbread-death-star-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Yule Log of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Instead of the usual old yule log videos, here&#8217;s one perfect for horror fans that features Chucky from <em>Child&#8217;s Play <\/em>on fire for seven hours (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/watch-chucky-roast-for-seven-hours-for-the-ultimate-holiday-horror-yule-log\">via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Festive Movie Food of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Following up last week&#8217;s gingerbread <em>Enterprise<\/em>, here&#8217;s a gingerbread Death Star just in time for <em>Rogue One <\/em>(<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2016\/12\/a-giant-gingerbread-death-star.php\">via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Reworked Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Need another holiday classic movie tradition? CineFix cut a trailer for <em>Fargo <\/em>that makes it look like a feel-good Christmas comedy:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Festive Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Every cosplayer should have a holiday version of their favorite movie character at the ready for this time of year, like the Catwoman below. See more pics <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/fashionablygeek.com\/costumes\/christmas-catwoman-cosplay\/\">at Fashionably Geek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Holiday Card of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <em>Batman <\/em>characters, here&#8217;s some seasons greetings from the Caped Crusader and Robin from <em>The Lego Batman Movie<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There&#8217;s nothing like celebrating the holidays with your butler and over-enthusiastic sidekick. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LEGOBatmanMovie?src=hash\">#LEGOBatmanMovie<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dgxzPBpD58\">pic.twitter.com\/dgxzPBpD58<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LEGO Batman (@LEGOBatmanMovie) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LEGOBatmanMovie\/status\/809474360926879744\">December 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Irene Dunne, who was born on this day in 1898, with Cary Grant for a fun publicity shot for 1937&#8217;s <em>The Awful Truth<\/em>, which netted her a third Oscar nomination:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201612\/awful-set.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With <em>Passengers <\/em>opening tomorrow, ScreenCrush shares some trivia about Jennifer Lawrence:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movies Takedown of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In honor of the release of <em>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/em>, Honest Trailers comes for the souls of awful video game movies <em>Mortal Kombat <\/em>and <em>Mortal Kombat: Annihilation<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Year-End Recap of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The latest great 2016 in film supercut comes to us from Fernando Andres for One Perfect Shot (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/never-let-you-go-the-year-movies-embraced-everyone-9655fbe62ef5#.67johw7j4\">via Film School Rejects<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 25th anniversary of the theatrical release of Oliver Stone&#8217;s <em>JFK<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the classic conspiracy drama below. <\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}