{"id":17746,"date":"2018-12-06T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-all-of-christian-bales-physical-transformations-a-history-of-italian-horror-and-more\/"},"modified":"2018-12-06T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T04:30:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-all-of-christian-bales-physical-transformations-a-history-of-italian-horror-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-all-of-christian-bales-physical-transformations-a-history-of-italian-horror-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: All of Christian Bale&#039;s Physical Transformations, a History of Italian Horror 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-all-christian-bale39s-physical-transformations-history-italian-horror-more\/24180?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-all-christian-bale39s-physical-transformations-history-italian-horror-more\/24180?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201812\/fan_jobethwilliams_poltergeist_20181206.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<br \/><strong><span>Music Video of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Footage from <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em> merges with retro &#8217;80s-influenced graphics in this music video for &#8220;Sunrise on Endor&#8221; by Gemini Sunset (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/geekologie.com\/2018\/12\/sunrise-on-endor-a-music-video-inspired.php\">via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Video Essay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>For Fandor, Leigh Singer examines <em>Dogtooth<\/em>, the breakout movie of <em>The Favourite<\/em> director Yorgos Lanthimos:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Movie History of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>One Hundred Years of Cinema chronicles the history of Italian horror movies, including the original <em>Suspiria<\/em>: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Movie Comparison of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Couch Tomato shows us 24 reasons that Pixar&#8217;s <em>Incredibles 2<\/em> is basically the same movie as <em>Ghostbusters II<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>JoBeth Williams, who turns 70 today, in a promo shot with Craig T. Nelson, Oliver Robins and Heather O&#8217;Rourke on the set of <em>Poltergeist<\/em> in 1981:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>In honor of Christian Bale&#8217;s transformation for <em>Vice<\/em>, Vulture chronicles his weight change over 12 roles:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Screenwriting Lesson of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>The latest video from Lessons from a Screenplay looks at the script for <em>Good Will Hunting<\/em> and how it puts the psychology of its main character on the surface:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Now all <em>Captain Marvel <\/em>cosplay is apparently required to include a cat, as per the one in the new trailer:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n\t\t<span>Update: Milo was NOT ready to cosplay with me. He was quite mad. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CaptainMarvel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CaptainMarvel<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MiloContent?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MiloContent<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tCq4j4TGBh\">pic.twitter.com\/tCq4j4TGBh<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t<span>\u2014 Lee (@leiladaisyj) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leiladaisyj\/status\/1070107276227289094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2018<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Easter Eggs of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Speaking of <em>Captain Marvel<\/em>, here&#8217;s another video highlighting the new trailer&#8217;s Easter eggs via ScrenCrush:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Classic Movie Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Today is the 45th anniversary of the release of <em>The Wicker Man<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the classic horror movie below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/span><\/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-all-christian-bale39s-physical-transformations-history-italian-horror-more\/24180?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: All of Christian Bale&#039;s Physical Transformations, a History of Italian Horror and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-all-christian-bale39s-physical-transformations-history-italian-horror-more\/24180?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-all-christian-bale39s-physical-transformations-history-italian-horror-more\/24180?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201812\/fan_jobethwilliams_poltergeist_20181206.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<br \/><strong><span>Music Video of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Footage from <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em> merges with retro &#8217;80s-influenced graphics in this music video for &#8220;Sunrise on Endor&#8221; by Gemini Sunset (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/geekologie.com\/2018\/12\/sunrise-on-endor-a-music-video-inspired.php\">via Geekologie<\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Video Essay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>For Fandor, Leigh Singer examines <em>Dogtooth<\/em>, the breakout movie of <em>The Favourite<\/em> director Yorgos Lanthimos:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Movie History of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>One Hundred Years of Cinema chronicles the history of Italian horror movies, including the original <em>Suspiria<\/em>: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Movie Comparison of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Couch Tomato shows us 24 reasons that Pixar&#8217;s <em>Incredibles 2<\/em> is basically the same movie as <em>Ghostbusters II<\/em>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>JoBeth Williams, who turns 70 today, in a promo shot with Craig T. Nelson, Oliver Robins and Heather O&#8217;Rourke on the set of <em>Poltergeist<\/em> in 1981:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Actor in the Spotlight:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>In honor of Christian Bale&#8217;s transformation for <em>Vice<\/em>, Vulture chronicles his weight change over 12 roles:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Screenwriting Lesson of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>The latest video from Lessons from a Screenplay looks at the script for <em>Good Will Hunting<\/em> and how it puts the psychology of its main character on the surface:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Cosplay of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Now all <em>Captain Marvel <\/em>cosplay is apparently required to include a cat, as per the one in the new trailer:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n\t\t<span>Update: Milo was NOT ready to cosplay with me. He was quite mad. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CaptainMarvel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CaptainMarvel<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MiloContent?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MiloContent<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tCq4j4TGBh\">pic.twitter.com\/tCq4j4TGBh<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t<span>\u2014 Lee (@leiladaisyj) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leiladaisyj\/status\/1070107276227289094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2018<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Easter Eggs of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Speaking of <em>Captain Marvel<\/em>, here&#8217;s another video highlighting the new trailer&#8217;s Easter eggs via ScrenCrush:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span>Classic Movie Trailer of the Day:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>Today is the 45th anniversary of the release of <em>The Wicker Man<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the classic horror movie below. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span>[embedded content]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/span><\/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-17746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746","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=17746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}