{"id":12753,"date":"2017-08-23T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-christian-bale-as-the-joker-conan-obrien-parodies-tom-cruises-stuntwork-and-more\/"},"modified":"2017-08-23T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-christian-bale-as-the-joker-conan-obrien-parodies-tom-cruises-stuntwork-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-christian-bale-as-the-joker-conan-obrien-parodies-tom-cruises-stuntwork-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: Christian Bale as The Joker, Conan O&#039;Brien Parodies Tom Cruise&#039;s Stuntwork 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-christian-bale-as-joker-conan-o39brien-parodies-tom-cruise39s-stuntwork-more\/23014?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-christian-bale-as-joker-conan-o39brien-parodies-tom-cruise39s-stuntwork-more\/23014?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201708\/fan_riverphoenix_indianajones3_20170823.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><span>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Dream Casting of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>BossLogic proposes <em>The Dark Knight <\/em>trilogy&#8217;s Batman, Christian Bale, for the role of The Joker in the comic book villain&#8217;s newly announced movie and even shows us what he could look like:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>Live long enough to become&#8230;.. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aB2f7WmfY1\">pic.twitter.com\/aB2f7WmfY1<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 BossLogic (@Bosslogic) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bosslogic\/status\/900181304821415936\">August 23, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Parody of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Tom Cruise recently injured himself while making <em>Mission: Impossible 6<\/em>, so <em>Conan <\/em>lampooned an iconic scene from <em>Risky Business <\/em>in which the actor kept getting hurt:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Reworked Movies of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Scenes from the <em>Alien Vs. Predator <\/em>movies are a lot better scored with classical music masterpieces, as seen in this video by Antonio Maria Da Silva:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Remixed Movie of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Pogo&#8217;s latest dance remix of a Disney animated feature samples sounds from <em>Aladdin<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of Disney animated features, here&#8217;s a great Nick Wilde frome <em>Zootopia <\/em>costume: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>When you wake up and feel like you&#8217;re in a cartoon&#8230; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fursuit?src=hash\">#fursuit<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cosplay?src=hash\">#cosplay<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/zootopia?src=hash\">#zootopia<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C3QrkbavD3\">pic.twitter.com\/C3QrkbavD3<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 Don&#8217;t Hug Cacti LLC (@DontHugCacti) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DontHugCacti\/status\/899286744893280256\">August 20, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Takedown of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Never mind that it made a bazillion dollars or has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes rating, <em>Finding Dory <\/em>didn&#8217;t even get an Oscar nomination and so Wisecrack looks into what&#8217;s wrong with the Pixar animated feature:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>River Phoenix, who was born on this day in 1970, receives direction from Steven Spielberg on the set of <em>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade <\/em>in 1988:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>You&#8217;ve seen her this year in <em>The Mummy <\/em>and <em>Atomic Blonde<\/em>, now get to know Sofia Boutella care of Haroon Adalat for Fandor:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Poster Comparison of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>If the new poster for Darren Aronofsky&#8217;s <em>Mother! <\/em>looks familiar, this comparison to the <em>Rosemary&#8217;s Baby <\/em>poster confirms why:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>I&#8217;ve been worried MOTHER! looks like a ROSEMARY&#8217;S BABY riff; this new poster doesn&#8217;t assuage that concern. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rXEcqGHqS5\">pic.twitter.com\/rXEcqGHqS5<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 CinemaGrids (@CinemaGrids) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CinemaGrids\/status\/900231140782592000\">August 23, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of Roger Corman&#8217;s <em>The Trip<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the psychedelic classic below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/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:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-christian-bale-as-joker-conan-o39brien-parodies-tom-cruise39s-stuntwork-more\/23014?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: Christian Bale as The Joker, Conan O&#039;Brien Parodies Tom Cruise&#039;s Stuntwork and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-christian-bale-as-joker-conan-o39brien-parodies-tom-cruise39s-stuntwork-more\/23014?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-christian-bale-as-joker-conan-o39brien-parodies-tom-cruise39s-stuntwork-more\/23014?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201708\/fan_riverphoenix_indianajones3_20170823.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><span>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Dream Casting of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>BossLogic proposes <em>The Dark Knight <\/em>trilogy&#8217;s Batman, Christian Bale, for the role of The Joker in the comic book villain&#8217;s newly announced movie and even shows us what he could look like:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>Live long enough to become&#8230;.. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aB2f7WmfY1\">pic.twitter.com\/aB2f7WmfY1<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 BossLogic (@Bosslogic) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bosslogic\/status\/900181304821415936\">August 23, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Parody of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Tom Cruise recently injured himself while making <em>Mission: Impossible 6<\/em>, so <em>Conan <\/em>lampooned an iconic scene from <em>Risky Business <\/em>in which the actor kept getting hurt:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Reworked Movies of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Scenes from the <em>Alien Vs. Predator <\/em>movies are a lot better scored with classical music masterpieces, as seen in this video by Antonio Maria Da Silva:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Remixed Movie of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Pogo&#8217;s latest dance remix of a Disney animated feature samples sounds from <em>Aladdin<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of Disney animated features, here&#8217;s a great Nick Wilde frome <em>Zootopia <\/em>costume: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>When you wake up and feel like you&#8217;re in a cartoon&#8230; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fursuit?src=hash\">#fursuit<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cosplay?src=hash\">#cosplay<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/zootopia?src=hash\">#zootopia<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C3QrkbavD3\">pic.twitter.com\/C3QrkbavD3<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 Don&#8217;t Hug Cacti LLC (@DontHugCacti) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DontHugCacti\/status\/899286744893280256\">August 20, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Takedown of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Never mind that it made a bazillion dollars or has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes rating, <em>Finding Dory <\/em>didn&#8217;t even get an Oscar nomination and so Wisecrack looks into what&#8217;s wrong with the Pixar animated feature:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>River Phoenix, who was born on this day in 1970, receives direction from Steven Spielberg on the set of <em>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade <\/em>in 1988:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>You&#8217;ve seen her this year in <em>The Mummy <\/em>and <em>Atomic Blonde<\/em>, now get to know Sofia Boutella care of Haroon Adalat for Fandor:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Poster Comparison of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>If the new poster for Darren Aronofsky&#8217;s <em>Mother! <\/em>looks familiar, this comparison to the <em>Rosemary&#8217;s Baby <\/em>poster confirms why:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span>I&#8217;ve been worried MOTHER! looks like a ROSEMARY&#8217;S BABY riff; this new poster doesn&#8217;t assuage that concern. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rXEcqGHqS5\">pic.twitter.com\/rXEcqGHqS5<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2014 CinemaGrids (@CinemaGrids) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CinemaGrids\/status\/900231140782592000\">August 23, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Today is the 50th anniversary of the release of Roger Corman&#8217;s <em>The Trip<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the psychedelic classic below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/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:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\">(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-12753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12753","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=12753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}