{"id":12802,"date":"2017-08-28T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-the-shining-as-a-musical-ilms-kong-skull-island-vfx-breakdown-and-more\/"},"modified":"2017-08-28T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-the-shining-as-a-musical-ilms-kong-skull-island-vfx-breakdown-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-the-shining-as-a-musical-ilms-kong-skull-island-vfx-breakdown-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: 'The Shining” as a Musical, ILM's 'Kong: Skull Island' VFX Breakdown 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

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

What if The Shining <\/em>was a musical? Here’s a number between Jack and Grady reworking a scene in Stanley Kubrick’s classic:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

ILM posted a breakdown of the visual effects they produced for Kong: Skull Island<\/em> (via \/Film<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

You’ve seen the trailer for American Made<\/em>, now watch it again with commentary from director Doug Liman via IMDb:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Watch a Jumanji <\/em>fan make a perfect replica of the movie’s board game in this time-lapse video (via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Daniel Stern, who turns 60 today, with co-star Ellen Barkin and director Barry Levinson on the set of Diner <\/em>in 1981:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Filmmaker in Focus:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Editor Catherine Grant pays tribute to the late Tobe Hooper with a look at three of his most terrifying scenes, from Salem’s Lot <\/em>and Poltergeist<\/em> (via Film School Rejects<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

The latest video essay from Now You See It explains how to properly write (and how not to write) a plot twist:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Wait, is this really not actually Emma Watson in an acutal shot from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<\/em>? That’s some perfect cosplay:<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Currently editing my Hermione Deathly Hallows Cosplay ?? @jk_rowling<\/a>@EmmaWatson<\/a>@MuggleNet<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/msHru1x6a7<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Megan Flockhart (@meganflockhart) August 28, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Fandor shows the similarities and differences between the original Oldboy <\/em>and its remake, side by side:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of Honeymoon in Vegas<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the Nicolas Cage classic 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

Source:: http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39the-shiningquot-as-musical-ilm39s-39kong-skull-island39-vfx-breakdown-more\/23030?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

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

What if The Shining <\/em>was a musical? Here’s a number between Jack and Grady reworking a scene in Stanley Kubrick’s classic:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

ILM posted a breakdown of the visual effects they produced for Kong: Skull Island<\/em> (via \/Film<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

You’ve seen the trailer for American Made<\/em>, now watch it again with commentary from director Doug Liman via IMDb:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Watch a Jumanji <\/em>fan make a perfect replica of the movie’s board game in this time-lapse video (via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Daniel Stern, who turns 60 today, with co-star Ellen Barkin and director Barry Levinson on the set of Diner <\/em>in 1981:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Filmmaker in Focus:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Editor Catherine Grant pays tribute to the late Tobe Hooper with a look at three of his most terrifying scenes, from Salem’s Lot <\/em>and Poltergeist<\/em> (via Film School Rejects<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

The latest video essay from Now You See It explains how to properly write (and how not to write) a plot twist:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Wait, is this really not actually Emma Watson in an acutal shot from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows<\/em>? That’s some perfect cosplay:<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Currently editing my Hermione Deathly Hallows Cosplay ?? @jk_rowling<\/a>@EmmaWatson<\/a>@MuggleNet<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/msHru1x6a7<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Megan Flockhart (@meganflockhart) August 28, 2017<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Fandor shows the similarities and differences between the original Oldboy <\/em>and its remake, side by side:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of Honeymoon in Vegas<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the Nicolas Cage classic 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-12802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12802","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=12802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}