{"id":14798,"date":"2018-02-26T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-how-solo-a-star-wars-story-should-begin-how-to-win-best-picture-and-more\/"},"modified":"2018-02-26T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-how-solo-a-star-wars-story-should-begin-how-to-win-best-picture-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-how-solo-a-star-wars-story-should-begin-how-to-win-best-picture-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: How 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Should Begin, How to Win Best Picture 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<\/p>\n

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

Solo: A Star Wars Story <\/em>probably won’t have an opening crawl, so Reddit user SushiShishkebab proposes this way of starting the movie (via THR<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of an opening crawl…<\/a> from r\/StarWars<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

With less than a week until the 2018 Oscars, Burger Fiction chronicles every Best Picture winner from 1927 through 2017 plus a look at this year’s contenders:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Speaking of the Best Picture winners, here’s Vanity Fair’s visual explanation of how a movie wins the top Academy Award:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Old School <\/em>just turned 15 years old, so CineFix compiled some obscure trivia about the comedy:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Jackie Gleason, who was born on this day in 1916, receives direction from Robert Rossen on the set of The Hustler <\/em>in 1961:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Mexican sculptor Ruben Orozco Loza created this small but finely detailed bust of current Oscar nominee Guillermo del Toro (via Drew McWeeny<\/a>): <\/span><\/p>\n

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Hyperrealistic sculpture small format #GuillermoDelToro<\/a>#Mexico<\/a>#hyperrealism<\/a>#sculpture<\/a>#mexicansculptor<\/a>#rubenorozcoloza<\/a>#escultor<\/a>#hiperrealista<\/a>#Jalisco<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/slqJPuRM2f<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ruben Orozco Loza (@rubenorozcoloza) February 26, 2018<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Watch a scene from Annihilation <\/em>featuring commentary from director Alex Garland breaking it down:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Find out the “hidden meaning” of The Truman Show <\/em>according to an alien in the future in the latest edition of Earthling Cinema:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

We’re still hoping the invisible jet makes it into the Wonder Woman <\/em>sequel, but for now we’ve got this amazing, adorable cosplay take on the idea:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cosplay win! pic.twitter.com\/lE1vo5C5q6<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rob Williams (@Robwilliams71) February 26, 2018<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of Falling Down<\/em>, so here’s a classic moment from the movie involving common complaints about fast food restaurants at the time:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Source:: http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-how-39solo-star-wars-story39-should-begin-how-to-win-best-picture-more\/23597?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<\/p>\n

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

Solo: A Star Wars Story <\/em>probably won’t have an opening crawl, so Reddit user SushiShishkebab proposes this way of starting the movie (via THR<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of an opening crawl…<\/a> from r\/StarWars<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

With less than a week until the 2018 Oscars, Burger Fiction chronicles every Best Picture winner from 1927 through 2017 plus a look at this year’s contenders:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Speaking of the Best Picture winners, here’s Vanity Fair’s visual explanation of how a movie wins the top Academy Award:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Old School <\/em>just turned 15 years old, so CineFix compiled some obscure trivia about the comedy:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Jackie Gleason, who was born on this day in 1916, receives direction from Robert Rossen on the set of The Hustler <\/em>in 1961:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Mexican sculptor Ruben Orozco Loza created this small but finely detailed bust of current Oscar nominee Guillermo del Toro (via Drew McWeeny<\/a>): <\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Hyperrealistic sculpture small format #GuillermoDelToro<\/a>#Mexico<\/a>#hyperrealism<\/a>#sculpture<\/a>#mexicansculptor<\/a>#rubenorozcoloza<\/a>#escultor<\/a>#hiperrealista<\/a>#Jalisco<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/slqJPuRM2f<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ruben Orozco Loza (@rubenorozcoloza) February 26, 2018<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Watch a scene from Annihilation <\/em>featuring commentary from director Alex Garland breaking it down:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Find out the “hidden meaning” of The Truman Show <\/em>according to an alien in the future in the latest edition of Earthling Cinema:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

We’re still hoping the invisible jet makes it into the Wonder Woman <\/em>sequel, but for now we’ve got this amazing, adorable cosplay take on the idea:<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Cosplay win! pic.twitter.com\/lE1vo5C5q6<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rob Williams (@Robwilliams71) February 26, 2018<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of Falling Down<\/em>, so here’s a classic moment from the movie involving common complaints about fast food restaurants at the time:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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