{"id":16744,"date":"2018-08-29T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-batman-vs-john-wick-goonies-ii-fan-film-the-enduring-legacy-of-fight-club-and-more\/"},"modified":"2018-08-29T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-batman-vs-john-wick-goonies-ii-fan-film-the-enduring-legacy-of-fight-club-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-batman-vs-john-wick-goonies-ii-fan-film-the-enduring-legacy-of-fight-club-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: Batman vs. John Wick, 'Goonies II' Fan Film, the Enduring Legacy of 'Fight Club' and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

\n\tHere are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tHere’s a fake trailer pitting Batman against John Wick, or maybe we should say the Dark Knight and the Boogeyman (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>): <\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tFans of The Goonies<\/em> over at Movie Nerds created a short film teasing the idea for the long-desired sequel:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tDimitri Bitu compares scenes from Ray<\/em> with footage of the actual Ray Charles side by side:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tThat Film Theory examines the theory that Groundhog Day <\/em>is really about Phil’s experience in Hell:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tElliott Gould, who turns 80 today, wears a t-shirt with his own face on it on the set of The Long Goodbye<\/em> in 1972:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tIf you’ve got five minutes, this video by Alex Quinn offers a very nice tribute to Edgar Wright:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tThe latest Film Radar video essay looks at John Carpenter’s The Thing<\/em> and why it’s so dang <\/span>scary<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tFor Fandor, Jacob T. Swinney looks into the lasting impact of David Fincher’s Fight Club<\/em>, which is nearly 20 years old:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tEven better than the news of a Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner movie is this Looney Tunes fan cosplaying as Granny:<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\tGreat cosplay? Or greatest cosplay?<\/span><\/p>\n

You’re never too old. pic.twitter.com\/uIYsWr3Rrg<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\u2014 Heroic Girls – #MoreThanCute (@HeroicGirls) August 28, 2018<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

\n\tToday is the 15th anniversary of the release of Lost in Translation<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the modern classic below. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

\n\t <\/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-batman-vs-john-wick-39goonies-ii39-fan-film-enduring-legacy-39fight-club39-more\/24015?wssac=164&wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/div>\n

\n\tHere are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

\n\tHere’s a fake trailer pitting Batman against John Wick, or maybe we should say the Dark Knight and the Boogeyman (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>): <\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tFans of The Goonies<\/em> over at Movie Nerds created a short film teasing the idea for the long-desired sequel:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tDimitri Bitu compares scenes from Ray<\/em> with footage of the actual Ray Charles side by side:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tThat Film Theory examines the theory that Groundhog Day <\/em>is really about Phil’s experience in Hell:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tElliott Gould, who turns 80 today, wears a t-shirt with his own face on it on the set of The Long Goodbye<\/em> in 1972:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tIf you’ve got five minutes, this video by Alex Quinn offers a very nice tribute to Edgar Wright:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tThe latest Film Radar video essay looks at John Carpenter’s The Thing<\/em> and why it’s so dang <\/span>scary<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tFor Fandor, Jacob T. Swinney looks into the lasting impact of David Fincher’s Fight Club<\/em>, which is nearly 20 years old:<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\n\tEven better than the news of a Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner movie is this Looney Tunes fan cosplaying as Granny:<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\tGreat cosplay? Or greatest cosplay?<\/span><\/p>\n

You’re never too old. pic.twitter.com\/uIYsWr3Rrg<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\u2014 Heroic Girls – #MoreThanCute (@HeroicGirls) August 28, 2018<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

\n\tToday is the 15th anniversary of the release of Lost in Translation<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the modern classic below. <\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

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