{"id":12062,"date":"2017-06-21T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-spider-mans-drivers-test-what-makes-a-transformers-movie-and-more\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-spider-mans-drivers-test-what-makes-a-transformers-movie-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-spider-mans-drivers-test-what-makes-a-transformers-movie-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: Spider-Man's Driver's Test, What Makes a 'Transformers' Movie and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Franchise Recap of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

With Transformers: The Last Knight <\/em>in theaters, Couch Tomato shows us 24 reasons all Transformers <\/em>movies are the same:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Commercial of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch Peter Parker (Tom Holland) take his driver’s test in a new Audi ad cross-promoting Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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DIY Prop Build of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of Marvel characters, learn how to make your own replica of Thor’s hammer mashed with the look of the xenomorphs from Alien<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chris Pratt, who turns 38 today, in his pre-Marvel days in a 2006 episode of The O.C. <\/em>that just so happens to be titled “The Avengers”: <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Reworked Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Marvel shouldn’t have all the fun. Here’s a version of the Justice League <\/em>trailer with Danny Elfman’s Batman <\/em>music:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Movie Science of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Could a lion really live off a diet of bugs alone, as Simba does in The Lion King<\/em>? MatPat finds out for The Film Theorists:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Also the charitable act of the day, 8-year-old Braeden suits up as a Ghostbusters in this video from For the Win, which granted the bronchomalacia-afflicted child’s greatest wish (via \/Film):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Actor in the Spotlight:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of Alien<\/em> and Ghostbusters<\/em>, here’s an animated Sigourney Weaver in an adaptation of a 2010 Esquire <\/em>interview:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Video Essay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Signature Views makes the case for movies based on books in this video essay (via \/Film<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of Martin Scorsese’s New York, New York<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the classic musical below. <\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:: http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-spider-man39s-driver39s-test-what-makes-39transformers39-movie-more\/22778?wssac=164&wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Franchise Recap of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

With Transformers: The Last Knight <\/em>in theaters, Couch Tomato shows us 24 reasons all Transformers <\/em>movies are the same:<\/span><\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n

Commercial of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Watch Peter Parker (Tom Holland) take his driver’s test in a new Audi ad cross-promoting Spider-Man: Homecoming<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n

DIY Prop Build of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of Marvel characters, learn how to make your own replica of Thor’s hammer mashed with the look of the xenomorphs from Alien<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n

Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chris Pratt, who turns 38 today, in his pre-Marvel days in a 2006 episode of The O.C. <\/em>that just so happens to be titled “The Avengers”: <\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Reworked Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Marvel shouldn’t have all the fun. Here’s a version of the Justice League <\/em>trailer with Danny Elfman’s Batman <\/em>music:<\/span><\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n

Movie Science of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Could a lion really live off a diet of bugs alone, as Simba does in The Lion King<\/em>? MatPat finds out for The Film Theorists:<\/span><\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n

Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Also the charitable act of the day, 8-year-old Braeden suits up as a Ghostbusters in this video from For the Win, which granted the bronchomalacia-afflicted child’s greatest wish (via \/Film):<\/span><\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n

Actor in the Spotlight:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking of Alien<\/em> and Ghostbusters<\/em>, here’s an animated Sigourney Weaver in an adaptation of a 2010 Esquire <\/em>interview:<\/span><\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n

Video Essay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Signature Views makes the case for movies based on books in this video essay (via \/Film<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n

Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of Martin Scorsese’s New York, New York<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the classic musical below. <\/span><\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (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-12062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12062","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=12062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}