{"id":4190,"date":"2015-07-14T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-looking-back-at-the-40-year-old-virgin-trivia-bad-practical-special-effects-and-more\/4190\/"},"modified":"2015-07-14T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-looking-back-at-the-40-year-old-virgin-trivia-bad-practical-special-effects-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-looking-back-at-the-40-year-old-virgin-trivia-bad-practical-special-effects-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: Looking Back at 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' Trivia, Bad Practical Special Effects 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:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

In honor of Judd Apatow<\/strong>‘s Trainwreck<\/em><\/strong> and the Paul Rudd<\/strong>-starring Ant-Man<\/em><\/strong> both coming out this week, CineFix shares seven things you probably don’t know about The 40-Year-Old Virgin<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Best Superhero Selfie of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s that selfie taken at Comic-Con of Stan Lee<\/strong> with all of Fox’s superhero movie casts, from X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em><\/strong>, Deadpool<\/em><\/strong>, Wolverine<\/em><\/strong>, Gambit<\/em><\/strong> and Fantastic Four<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

New Horizons<\/em><\/strong> is a film made Erik Wernquist<\/strong> for the National Space Society to promote today’s historic arrival at Pluto by the New Horizons <\/em>space probe. Watch it below.<\/p>\n

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

This group dressed as the Redneck Avengers<\/strong> is not from the <\/em>Comic-Con but from the recent Minnesota CONvergence Convention (via Neatorama<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

French street artist OakOak specializes in clever pop culture grafitti, such as the following tributes to the classic films Yellow Submarine<\/em><\/strong> and King Kong<\/em><\/strong> (via Design Taxi<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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

Someone took the acid trip scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas<\/em><\/strong> and made it even trippier by running it through Google’s Deep Dream interface (via Press Play<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Buster Keaton<\/strong> as a witch doctor in a promotional still for How to Stuff a Wild Bikini<\/em><\/strong>, which opened in theaters 50 years ago today. This was one of few beach party movies Keaton appeared in and one of the silent comedy legend’s final movies before he died.<\/p>\n

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

Given all the celebration at Comic-Con of Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> using mostly practical special effects, here’s a list from WatchMojo.com of the 10 all-time worst practical effects in movies, including The Terminator<\/em><\/strong>, Beetlejuice<\/em><\/strong> and Jaws 3D<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Alternative Art of the Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In honor of its 30th anniversary this week, Explorers<\/em><\/strong> gets a cool new screen print from Francesco Francavilla and Grey Matter Art (via TheBlotSays.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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

Possibly Bill Murray<\/strong>‘s most underrated comedy, Quick Change<\/em><\/strong> is a brilliant New York City odyssey, and it opened in theaters 25 years ago this week. Watch the original trailer and seek it out if you’ve never seen it.<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Send tips or follow us via Twitter:<\/p>\n

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

This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service – if this is your content and you’re reading it on someone else’s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org\/content-only\/faq.php#publishers.<\/em><\/p>\n

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

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

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

In honor of Judd Apatow<\/strong>‘s Trainwreck<\/em><\/strong> and the Paul Rudd<\/strong>-starring Ant-Man<\/em><\/strong> both coming out this week, CineFix shares seven things you probably don’t know about The 40-Year-Old Virgin<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Best Superhero Selfie of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s that selfie taken at Comic-Con of Stan Lee<\/strong> with all of Fox’s superhero movie casts, from X-Men: Apocalypse<\/em><\/strong>, Deadpool<\/em><\/strong>, Wolverine<\/em><\/strong>, Gambit<\/em><\/strong> and Fantastic Four<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\n<\/blockquote>\n

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

New Horizons<\/em><\/strong> is a film made Erik Wernquist<\/strong> for the National Space Society to promote today’s historic arrival at Pluto by the New Horizons <\/em>space probe. Watch it below.<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

This group dressed as the Redneck Avengers<\/strong> is not from the <\/em>Comic-Con but from the recent Minnesota CONvergence Convention (via Neatorama<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

French street artist OakOak specializes in clever pop culture grafitti, such as the following tributes to the classic films Yellow Submarine<\/em><\/strong> and King Kong<\/em><\/strong> (via Design Taxi<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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

Someone took the acid trip scene from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas<\/em><\/strong> and made it even trippier by running it through Google’s Deep Dream interface (via Press Play<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Buster Keaton<\/strong> as a witch doctor in a promotional still for How to Stuff a Wild Bikini<\/em><\/strong>, which opened in theaters 50 years ago today. This was one of few beach party movies Keaton appeared in and one of the silent comedy legend’s final movies before he died.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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

Given all the celebration at Comic-Con of Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> using mostly practical special effects, here’s a list from WatchMojo.com of the 10 all-time worst practical effects in movies, including The Terminator<\/em><\/strong>, Beetlejuice<\/em><\/strong> and Jaws 3D<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Alternative Art of the Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In honor of its 30th anniversary this week, Explorers<\/em><\/strong> gets a cool new screen print from Francesco Francavilla and Grey Matter Art (via TheBlotSays.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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

Possibly Bill Murray<\/strong>‘s most underrated comedy, Quick Change<\/em><\/strong> is a brilliant New York City odyssey, and it opened in theaters 25 years ago this week. Watch the original trailer and seek it out if you’ve never seen it.<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

Send tips or follow us via Twitter:<\/p>\n

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

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