{"id":14175,"date":"2018-01-02T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-dunkirk-as-a-silent-film-star-wars-the-last-jedi-as-a-16-bit-video-game-and-more\/"},"modified":"2018-01-02T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-dunkirk-as-a-silent-film-star-wars-the-last-jedi-as-a-16-bit-video-game-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-dunkirk-as-a-silent-film-star-wars-the-last-jedi-as-a-16-bit-video-game-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: &#039;Dunkirk&#039; as a Silent Film, &#039;Star Wars: The Last Jedi&#039; as a 16-Bit Video Game 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-39dunkirk39-as-silent-film-39star-wars-last-jedi39-as-16-bit-video-game-more\/23445?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-39dunkirk39-as-silent-film-39star-wars-last-jedi39-as-16-bit-video-game-more\/23445?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201801\/fan_cubagoodingjr_boyzinthehood_20180102.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>\n<p><strong><span>Reworked Movie of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Christopher Nolan&#8217;s <em>Dunkirk <\/em>is such a marvel of visual storytelling that Like of Stories of Old reworked it so it&#8217;s a black and white silent film:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Reworked Movie Scene of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Hopefully you&#8217;ve seen <em>Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/em> already so now you can watch its climactic fight scene again in video game graphics form via Mr. Sunday Movies:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Video Essay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of <em>Star Wars<\/em>, Pop Culture Detective makes a case that Jedi teachings are problematic:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>End of Year Recap of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>We&#8217;re into 2018 but there are still some great recaps of 2017 at the movies, such as this one for One Perfect Shot by Sleepy Skunk:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Cuba Gooding Jr., who turns 50 today, with co-star Ice Cube and writer\/director John Singleton on the set of <em>Boyz n the Hood <\/em>in 1990:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Stan Lee, who just turned 95, isn&#8217;t an actor but he&#8217;s been in numerous movies. Here&#8217;s a montage of all his cameo appearances (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2018\/01\/superheroes-every-stan-lee-cameo-ever-vi.php\">via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Takedown of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>One of the biggest hits for kids last year is also the one that will mess them up the most, according to this Honest Trailer for <em>The <\/em><em>Boss Baby<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Bad Film Analysis of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of animated movies, here&#8217;s the &#8220;hidden meaning&#8221; of Pixar&#8217;s <em>Up <\/em>according to an alien in the future:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Filmmaking Lesson of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>This video essay from Film Radar shows how editing shapes story using <em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind <\/em>as an example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>This week marks the 40th anniversary of Michael Crichton&#8217;s <em>Coma<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the classic thriller below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/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-39dunkirk39-as-silent-film-39star-wars-last-jedi39-as-16-bit-video-game-more\/23445?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: &#039;Dunkirk&#039; as a Silent Film, &#039;Star Wars: The Last Jedi&#039; as a 16-Bit Video Game and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39dunkirk39-as-silent-film-39star-wars-last-jedi39-as-16-bit-video-game-more\/23445?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-39dunkirk39-as-silent-film-39star-wars-last-jedi39-as-16-bit-video-game-more\/23445?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201801\/fan_cubagoodingjr_boyzinthehood_20180102.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>\n<p><strong><span>Reworked Movie of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Christopher Nolan&#8217;s <em>Dunkirk <\/em>is such a marvel of visual storytelling that Like of Stories of Old reworked it so it&#8217;s a black and white silent film:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Reworked Movie Scene of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Hopefully you&#8217;ve seen <em>Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/em> already so now you can watch its climactic fight scene again in video game graphics form via Mr. Sunday Movies:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Video Essay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of <em>Star Wars<\/em>, Pop Culture Detective makes a case that Jedi teachings are problematic:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>End of Year Recap of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>We&#8217;re into 2018 but there are still some great recaps of 2017 at the movies, such as this one for One Perfect Shot by Sleepy Skunk:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Cuba Gooding Jr., who turns 50 today, with co-star Ice Cube and writer\/director John Singleton on the set of <em>Boyz n the Hood <\/em>in 1990:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Stan Lee, who just turned 95, isn&#8217;t an actor but he&#8217;s been in numerous movies. Here&#8217;s a montage of all his cameo appearances (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geekologie.com\/2018\/01\/superheroes-every-stan-lee-cameo-ever-vi.php\">via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Movie Takedown of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>One of the biggest hits for kids last year is also the one that will mess them up the most, according to this Honest Trailer for <em>The <\/em><em>Boss Baby<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Bad Film Analysis of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking of animated movies, here&#8217;s the &#8220;hidden meaning&#8221; of Pixar&#8217;s <em>Up <\/em>according to an alien in the future:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Filmmaking Lesson of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>This video essay from Film Radar shows how editing shapes story using <em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind <\/em>as an example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>This week marks the 40th anniversary of Michael Crichton&#8217;s <em>Coma<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the classic thriller below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/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-14175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14175","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=14175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}