{"id":15353,"date":"2018-04-18T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-james-bond-and-jason-bourne-vs-john-wick-why-we-love-dwayne-johnson-and-more\/"},"modified":"2018-04-18T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-james-bond-and-jason-bourne-vs-john-wick-why-we-love-dwayne-johnson-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-james-bond-and-jason-bourne-vs-john-wick-why-we-love-dwayne-johnson-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: James Bond and Jason Bourne vs. John Wick, Why We Love Dwayne Johnson 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

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

StryderHD imagines John Wick: Chapter 3 <\/em>bringing in James Bond, Jason Bourne and more iconic action heroes to take on John Wick:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Speaking of James Bond, here’s a video by Rossatron that looks at why On Her Majesty’s Secret Service <\/em>is maybe the best 007 movie:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

The shot type known as the Dutch Angle can be seen in so many movies now, but when was it first done? Now You See It examines its origins:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Auralnauts shares a weird retro-sounding Star Wars <\/em>song set to the Sarlacc pit sequence in Return of the Jedi<\/em> (via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Rick Moranis, who turns 65 today, with director Frank Oz and co-star Ellen Greene on the set of the 1986 musical Little Shop of Horrors<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

For Fandor, Jacob T. Swinney highlights the career of Dwayne Johnson and explores why he’s such a beloved movie star:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Weta Workshop’s Leri Greer shares a look at how he designed the kaiju of Pacific Rim: Uprising <\/em>in this behind the scenes effects showcase: <\/span><\/p>\n

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

Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast <\/em>seems like an exact re-creation of the animated version, but Couch Tomato found 24 ways they’re quite different:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Adam Savage showcases some scary versions of Minions in this video interview with effects artist Pat Magee at Monsterpalooza 2018:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Today is the 45th anniversary of the release of Soylent Green<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the sci-fi classic below. <\/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-james-bond-jason-bourne-vs-john-wick-why-we-love-dwayne-johnson-more\/23744?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

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

StryderHD imagines John Wick: Chapter 3 <\/em>bringing in James Bond, Jason Bourne and more iconic action heroes to take on John Wick:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Speaking of James Bond, here’s a video by Rossatron that looks at why On Her Majesty’s Secret Service <\/em>is maybe the best 007 movie:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

The shot type known as the Dutch Angle can be seen in so many movies now, but when was it first done? Now You See It examines its origins:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Auralnauts shares a weird retro-sounding Star Wars <\/em>song set to the Sarlacc pit sequence in Return of the Jedi<\/em> (via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Rick Moranis, who turns 65 today, with director Frank Oz and co-star Ellen Greene on the set of the 1986 musical Little Shop of Horrors<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

For Fandor, Jacob T. Swinney highlights the career of Dwayne Johnson and explores why he’s such a beloved movie star:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Weta Workshop’s Leri Greer shares a look at how he designed the kaiju of Pacific Rim: Uprising <\/em>in this behind the scenes effects showcase: <\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast <\/em>seems like an exact re-creation of the animated version, but Couch Tomato found 24 ways they’re quite different:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Adam Savage showcases some scary versions of Minions in this video interview with effects artist Pat Magee at Monsterpalooza 2018:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Today is the 45th anniversary of the release of Soylent Green<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the sci-fi classic below. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

<\/span>and <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/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-15353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15353","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=15353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}