{"id":5518,"date":"2015-11-05T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-the-real-story-of-spectre-jar-jars-star-wars-the-force-awakens-character-posters-and-more\/5518\/"},"modified":"2015-11-05T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-the-real-story-of-spectre-jar-jars-star-wars-the-force-awakens-character-posters-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-the-real-story-of-spectre-jar-jars-star-wars-the-force-awakens-character-posters-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: The Real Story of &#039;SPECTRE,&#039; Jar Jar&#039;s &#039;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&#039; Character Posters 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-real-story-39spectre39-jar-jar39s-39star-wars-force-awakens39-character-posters-more\/19495?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-real-story-39spectre39-jar-jar39s-39star-wars-force-awakens39-character-posters-more\/19495?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201511\/melissamathison.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Analysis of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Onion&#8217;s review of <strong><em>SPECTRE<\/em><\/strong> argues that it&#8217;s a movie about an alcoholic named <strong>James Bond<\/strong> (<strong>Daniel Craig<\/strong>) and his sponsor, played by <strong>Christoph Waltz<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Parody of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <strong>James Bond<\/strong>, the character&#8217;s inability to not wreck beautiful cars he&#8217;s driving is satirized in the following sketch from <strong>Daniel Craig<\/strong>&#8216;s recent appearance on <strong><em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/stephen-colbert-james-bond-sketch\/\">via \/Film<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Influencer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mario Bava<\/strong> gets the spotlight in this video essay from The Film Theorists on how he influenced <strong>Guillermo del Toro<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Crimson Peak<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Screenwriter <strong>Melissa Mathison<\/strong>, who died of cancer at age 65 yesterday, on the set of <strong><em>E.T. the Extra Terrestrial<\/em><\/strong> with <strong>Henry Thomas<\/strong> in 1981. R.I.P.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Science of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For Nerdist&#8217;s <em>Because Science<\/em>, Kyle Hill explains how hoverboards (from <strong><em>Back to the Future Part II<\/em><\/strong> and now in real life) work:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Reynolds<\/strong> dressed as his own character, <strong>Deadpool<\/strong>, for Halloween and hilariously hung out with some kids dressed as <strong>X-Men<\/strong> characters (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/watch-ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-curse-out-children-dressed-as-x-men-1638681\/\">via Geek.com<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Poster Parodies of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jar Jar Binks<\/strong> has already been thrown into the <strong><em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> trailers and the primary poster, so it&#8217;s essential he make his way into the new character posters, too (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePlaylist\/status\/662290086835408896\">via The Playlist<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201511\/CTDtUucXAAAt85t.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201511\/CTDtUZjXIAAC4BQ.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jorge Luengo showases the voyeurism of <strong>Alfred Hitchock<\/strong> movies in his latest supercut:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Lover Fantasy of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This commercial for UK cable channel Sky Movies has us wishing we could wander into our favorite movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With <strong><em>The Peanuts Movie<\/em><\/strong> opening this weekend, let&#8217;s take a look at the gang&#8217;s first full-length motion picture. Watch the original trailer for <strong><em>A Boy Named Charlie Brown<\/em><\/strong> below.<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service &#8211; if this is your content and you&#8217;re reading it on someone else&#8217;s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org\/content-only\/faq.php#publishers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-real-story-39spectre39-jar-jar39s-39star-wars-force-awakens39-character-posters-more\/19495?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: The Real Story of &#039;SPECTRE,&#039; Jar Jar&#039;s &#039;Star Wars: The Force Awakens&#039; Character Posters and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-real-story-39spectre39-jar-jar39s-39star-wars-force-awakens39-character-posters-more\/19495?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-real-story-39spectre39-jar-jar39s-39star-wars-force-awakens39-character-posters-more\/19495?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201511\/melissamathison.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Analysis of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Onion&#8217;s review of <strong><em>SPECTRE<\/em><\/strong> argues that it&#8217;s a movie about an alcoholic named <strong>James Bond<\/strong> (<strong>Daniel Craig<\/strong>) and his sponsor, played by <strong>Christoph Waltz<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Parody of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <strong>James Bond<\/strong>, the character&#8217;s inability to not wreck beautiful cars he&#8217;s driving is satirized in the following sketch from <strong>Daniel Craig<\/strong>&#8216;s recent appearance on <strong><em>The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em><\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/stephen-colbert-james-bond-sketch\/\">via \/Film<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Influencer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mario Bava<\/strong> gets the spotlight in this video essay from The Film Theorists on how he influenced <strong>Guillermo del Toro<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Crimson Peak<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Screenwriter <strong>Melissa Mathison<\/strong>, who died of cancer at age 65 yesterday, on the set of <strong><em>E.T. the Extra Terrestrial<\/em><\/strong> with <strong>Henry Thomas<\/strong> in 1981. R.I.P.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Science of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For Nerdist&#8217;s <em>Because Science<\/em>, Kyle Hill explains how hoverboards (from <strong><em>Back to the Future Part II<\/em><\/strong> and now in real life) work:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Reynolds<\/strong> dressed as his own character, <strong>Deadpool<\/strong>, for Halloween and hilariously hung out with some kids dressed as <strong>X-Men<\/strong> characters (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/watch-ryan-reynolds-as-deadpool-curse-out-children-dressed-as-x-men-1638681\/\">via Geek.com<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Poster Parodies of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jar Jar Binks<\/strong> has already been thrown into the <strong><em>Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> trailers and the primary poster, so it&#8217;s essential he make his way into the new character posters, too (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThePlaylist\/status\/662290086835408896\">via The Playlist<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201511\/CTDtUucXAAAt85t.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201511\/CTDtUZjXIAAC4BQ.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jorge Luengo showases the voyeurism of <strong>Alfred Hitchock<\/strong> movies in his latest supercut:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Lover Fantasy of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This commercial for UK cable channel Sky Movies has us wishing we could wander into our favorite movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With <strong><em>The Peanuts Movie<\/em><\/strong> opening this weekend, let&#8217;s take a look at the gang&#8217;s first full-length motion picture. 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