{"id":6286,"date":"2016-01-14T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-star-wars-the-force-awakens-vfx-reel-hologram-versions-of-classic-movies\/"},"modified":"2016-01-14T23:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T07:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-star-wars-the-force-awakens-vfx-reel-hologram-versions-of-classic-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-star-wars-the-force-awakens-vfx-reel-hologram-versions-of-classic-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' VFX Reel, Hologram Versions of Classic Movies"},"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

Visual Effects Reel of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

See why Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> was nominated for a visual effects Oscar today in this reel showing the making of practical and computer-generated spectacle:<\/p>\n

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

This is part of a great photo shoot of Rey<\/strong> cosplay from Star Wars: the Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong>. See more images at KamiKame<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Future of Movies?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Watch a couple of guys make hologram re-creations of scenes from The Big Lebowski<\/em><\/strong>, Apocalypse Now<\/em><\/strong> and more (via Devour<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 120th anniversary of the premiere of Birt Acres<\/strong>‘s Rough Sea at Dover<\/em><\/strong>, the first film publicly screened in England. Watch the then-thrilling short documenting waves crashing below.<\/p>\n

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

Happy birthday to Faye Dunaway<\/strong>, who turns 75 today. Here she is in a promotional photo for one of her first movies, The Happening<\/em><\/strong>, in 1966:<\/p>\n

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

It’s hard to believe Dumb & Dumber<\/em><\/strong> could be sold as a highbrow romantic movie, but Mashable made it happen (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of the classic Merrie Melodies<\/em><\/strong> animated short Bugs’ Bonnets<\/em><\/strong>, starring Bugs Bunny<\/strong> and directed by Chuck Jones<\/strong>. Watch the cartoon below.<\/p>\n

Streaming Service Parody of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

College Humor spoofs the Netflix original documentary series Making a Murderer<\/em><\/strong> and their partnership with Adam Sandler<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Roman Holiday was commissioned by an international agency to make this montage of cinematic bedrooms, which includes bits from Iron Man<\/em><\/strong> and Ghostbusters<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 35th anniversary of the release of David Cronenberg<\/strong>‘s Scanners<\/em><\/strong>. Watch one of the original trailers from the horror classic’s UK run below.<\/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

Visual Effects Reel of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

See why Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong> was nominated for a visual effects Oscar today in this reel showing the making of practical and computer-generated spectacle:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

This is part of a great photo shoot of Rey<\/strong> cosplay from Star Wars: the Force Awakens<\/em><\/strong>. See more images at KamiKame<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Future of Movies?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Watch a couple of guys make hologram re-creations of scenes from The Big Lebowski<\/em><\/strong>, Apocalypse Now<\/em><\/strong> and more (via Devour<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 120th anniversary of the premiere of Birt Acres<\/strong>‘s Rough Sea at Dover<\/em><\/strong>, the first film publicly screened in England. Watch the then-thrilling short documenting waves crashing below.<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Happy birthday to Faye Dunaway<\/strong>, who turns 75 today. Here she is in a promotional photo for one of her first movies, The Happening<\/em><\/strong>, in 1966:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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

It’s hard to believe Dumb & Dumber<\/em><\/strong> could be sold as a highbrow romantic movie, but Mashable made it happen (via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 60th anniversary of the release of the classic Merrie Melodies<\/em><\/strong> animated short Bugs’ Bonnets<\/em><\/strong>, starring Bugs Bunny<\/strong> and directed by Chuck Jones<\/strong>. Watch the cartoon below.<\/p>\n

Streaming Service Parody of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

College Humor spoofs the Netflix original documentary series Making a Murderer<\/em><\/strong> and their partnership with Adam Sandler<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Roman Holiday was commissioned by an international agency to make this montage of cinematic bedrooms, which includes bits from Iron Man<\/em><\/strong> and Ghostbusters<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 35th anniversary of the release of David Cronenberg<\/strong>‘s Scanners<\/em><\/strong>. Watch one of the original trailers from the horror classic’s UK run below.<\/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","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-6286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6286","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=6286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}