{"id":9005,"date":"2016-09-19T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-star-wars-meets-nintendo-blood-simple-criterion-bonus-feature-and-more\/"},"modified":"2016-09-19T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-star-wars-meets-nintendo-blood-simple-criterion-bonus-feature-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-star-wars-meets-nintendo-blood-simple-criterion-bonus-feature-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: 'Star Wars' Meets Nintendo, 'Blood Simple' Criterion Bonus Feature 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

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

Nintendo characters and gameplay are employed in this first part of a retelling of the plot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens <\/em>(via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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

In this video from Free Dad Videos, a 3-year-old girl takes the place of Luke Skywalker during the Death Star trench battle and it’s soooo cute (via Design Taxi<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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

Ahead of the release of their new Blood Simple <\/em>Blu-ray, the Criterion Collection shares a bonus feature<\/a> on the film’s storyboards, with commentary from Joel and Ethan Coen, Barry Sonnenfeld and Frances McDormand: <\/p>\n

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

Watch Angela Lansbury sing “Beauty and the Beast” with piano accompaniment by Alan Menken at a special 25th anniversary screening of Disney’s animated feature (via \/Film<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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

Dragon Con is one of the best places to see awesome cosplay, and Sneaky Zebra makes the best cosplay montages, so this video is a total delight: <\/p>\n

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

Buster Keaton and Francis McDonald in a promotional photo for the Keaton-directed Battling Butler<\/em>, which debuted in theaters 90 years ago today:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

Here’s what Monty Python and the Holy Grail <\/em>would look like if it was a serious, not silly, take on the Arthurian legend:<\/p>\n

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

Learn the hidden meaning of Shrek <\/em>from an alien from the future who totally misundertands the animated comedy:<\/p>\n

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

Michael Mann’s use of windows in his movies is showcased in this video tribute by Matt Adams (via Cinematic Montage Creators<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the film below. <\/p>\n

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

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n

Source:: http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-39star-wars39-meets-nintendo-39blood-simple39-criterion-bonus-feature-more\/21328?wssac=164&wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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

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

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

Nintendo characters and gameplay are employed in this first part of a retelling of the plot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens <\/em>(via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

In this video from Free Dad Videos, a 3-year-old girl takes the place of Luke Skywalker during the Death Star trench battle and it’s soooo cute (via Design Taxi<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Ahead of the release of their new Blood Simple <\/em>Blu-ray, the Criterion Collection shares a bonus feature<\/a> on the film’s storyboards, with commentary from Joel and Ethan Coen, Barry Sonnenfeld and Frances McDormand: <\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Watch Angela Lansbury sing “Beauty and the Beast” with piano accompaniment by Alan Menken at a special 25th anniversary screening of Disney’s animated feature (via \/Film<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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

Dragon Con is one of the best places to see awesome cosplay, and Sneaky Zebra makes the best cosplay montages, so this video is a total delight: <\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Buster Keaton and Francis McDonald in a promotional photo for the Keaton-directed Battling Butler<\/em>, which debuted in theaters 90 years ago today:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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

Here’s what Monty Python and the Holy Grail <\/em>would look like if it was a serious, not silly, take on the Arthurian legend:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Learn the hidden meaning of Shrek <\/em>from an alien from the future who totally misundertands the animated comedy:<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Michael Mann’s use of windows in his movies is showcased in this video tribute by Matt Adams (via Cinematic Montage Creators<\/a>):<\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Today is the 30th anniversary of the theatrical release of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet<\/em>. Watch the original trailer for the film below. <\/p>\n

[embedded content]<\/p>\n

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

Let’s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> (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-9005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9005","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=9005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}