{"id":10063,"date":"2016-12-22T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-rogue-one-opening-crawl-spider-man-vs-birdman-and-more\/"},"modified":"2016-12-22T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T07:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-rogue-one-opening-crawl-spider-man-vs-birdman-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-rogue-one-opening-crawl-spider-man-vs-birdman-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: &#039;Rogue One&#039; Opening Crawl, &#039;Spider-Man&#039; vs. &#039;Birdman&#039; 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-39rogue-one39-opening-crawl-39spider-man39-vs-39birdman39-more\/21870?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-39rogue-one39-opening-crawl-39spider-man39-vs-39birdman39-more\/21870?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201612\/83cgow5.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>Alternate Opening of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do you wish <em>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story <\/em>had an opening crawl? Here&#8217;s a perfect one made by fan Andrew Shackley (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/rogue-one-opening-crawl-makes-feel-more-like-star-wars-958585\">via<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/star-wars-opening-crawl-creator-is-disappointed-rogue-one-doesnt-have-957567\">THR<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Mashup of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Because Michael Keaton is playing a winged supervillain in <em>Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/em>, of course there&#8217;s a mashup with <em>Birdman <\/em>(<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/spider-man-homecoming-gets-a-birdman-mashup-trailer\">via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Science of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Is Groot really a tree? Kyle Hill explains what the <em>Guardians of the Galaxy <\/em>character must be made of:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Promo of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of tree men, to get us ready for the adaptation of <em>A Monster Calls<\/em>, Liam Neeson, who voices the title creature, reads the first pages of the book:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Abridged Remake of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In honor of today being the day Kevin is left home alone, here&#8217;s a retelling of <em>Home Alone <\/em>in 8-bit video game-style animation:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ralph Fiennes turns 54 today, so here&#8217;s a behind the scenes photo from the set of <em>Schindler&#8217;s List <\/em>in 1993:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Actors in the Spotlight:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The BFI pays tribute to black actresses throughout film history, young and old, in this montage promoting their Black Star project:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Role Models of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Need a new year&#8217;s resolution? How about trying to swim like Ariel, run like Aladdin and train to be as fit as other Disney heroes care of Misfit and Oh My Disney:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Year-End Recap of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The latest essential look at 2016 in film is Mr. Nerdista&#8217;s video list of the top 15 movies of the year:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s <em>The Wrong Man<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the film noir classic 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-39rogue-one39-opening-crawl-39spider-man39-vs-39birdman39-more\/21870?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: &#039;Rogue One&#039; Opening Crawl, &#039;Spider-Man&#039; vs. &#039;Birdman&#039; and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39rogue-one39-opening-crawl-39spider-man39-vs-39birdman39-more\/21870?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-39rogue-one39-opening-crawl-39spider-man39-vs-39birdman39-more\/21870?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201612\/83cgow5.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>Alternate Opening of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do you wish <em>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story <\/em>had an opening crawl? Here&#8217;s a perfect one made by fan Andrew Shackley (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/rogue-one-opening-crawl-makes-feel-more-like-star-wars-958585\">via<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/star-wars-opening-crawl-creator-is-disappointed-rogue-one-doesnt-have-957567\">THR<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Mashup of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Because Michael Keaton is playing a winged supervillain in <em>Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/em>, of course there&#8217;s a mashup with <em>Birdman <\/em>(<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/spider-man-homecoming-gets-a-birdman-mashup-trailer\">via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Science of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Is Groot really a tree? Kyle Hill explains what the <em>Guardians of the Galaxy <\/em>character must be made of:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Promo of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of tree men, to get us ready for the adaptation of <em>A Monster Calls<\/em>, Liam Neeson, who voices the title creature, reads the first pages of the book:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Abridged Remake of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In honor of today being the day Kevin is left home alone, here&#8217;s a retelling of <em>Home Alone <\/em>in 8-bit video game-style animation:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ralph Fiennes turns 54 today, so here&#8217;s a behind the scenes photo from the set of <em>Schindler&#8217;s List <\/em>in 1993:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Actors in the Spotlight:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The BFI pays tribute to black actresses throughout film history, young and old, in this montage promoting their Black Star project:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Role Models of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Need a new year&#8217;s resolution? How about trying to swim like Ariel, run like Aladdin and train to be as fit as other Disney heroes care of Misfit and Oh My Disney:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Year-End Recap of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The latest essential look at 2016 in film is Mr. Nerdista&#8217;s video list of the top 15 movies of the year:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s <em>The Wrong Man<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the film noir classic 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-10063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10063","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=10063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10063\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}