{"id":9409,"date":"2016-10-25T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-tom-hanks-revisits-big-scenes-musical-nightmare-before-christmas-tributes-and-more\/"},"modified":"2016-10-25T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-tom-hanks-revisits-big-scenes-musical-nightmare-before-christmas-tributes-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-tom-hanks-revisits-big-scenes-musical-nightmare-before-christmas-tributes-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: Tom Hanks Revisits &#039;Big&#039; Scenes, Musical &#039;Nightmare Before Christmas&#039; Tributes 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-tom-hanks-revisits-39big39-scenes-musical-39nightmare-before-christmas39-tributes-more\/21518?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-tom-hanks-revisits-39big39-scenes-musical-39nightmare-before-christmas39-tributes-more\/21518?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201610\/a-morgan-freeman-makeup-continuity-polaroids-from-pbs-electric-company..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>Talk Show Appearance of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tom Hanks went on <em>The <\/em><em>Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em>,<em> <\/em>was reunited with the Zoltar machine from <em>Big<\/em> and wished he could be 30 again:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Musical Movie Recreation of the Day: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Tom Hanks revisiting parts of <em>Big<\/em>, here he is performing the childhood rap from the movie with some fans:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Morgan Freeman poses for a production continuity Polaroid while a cast member of <em>The Electric Company<\/em>, which was first broadcast 45 years ago today. See more Polaroids <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/article\/amazing-polaroids-capture-morgan-freeman-during-hi-235107\">at A.V. Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Halloween Prep of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Disney Style shows four quick and easy Disney costumes for girls, including characters from <em>Alice in Wonderland <\/em>and <em>The Incredibles<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Disney costumes, here&#8217;s a cover of &#8220;Sally&#8217;s Song&#8221; from <em>The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em> from cosplaying fans. See photos <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/fashionablygeek.com\/costumes\/a-cosplay-cover-of-sallys-song\/\">at Fashionably Geek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Takedown of the Day: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <em>The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em>, this week&#8217;s Honest Trailer musically roasts the movie (and Hot Topic) on an open fire:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Retold Classic of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch the original <em>Halloween<\/em>, which came out 38 years ago today, redone with video game graphics in the latest from 8 Bit Cinema:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong><em>Star Wars <\/em>Merchandise of the Day:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>You music-loving <em>Star Wars <\/em>fans probably already have Princess Leia hairdo headphones, but now you need to own this levitating Death Star speakers (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefowndry.com\/products\/star-wars-death-star-levitating-speaker\">via the Fowndry<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201610\/screen2_3f455765-0934-4c6c-b3b7-625650307d09_grande.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Comparison of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fandor Keyframe spotlights similarities between two of this year&#8217;s awards contenders, Barry Jenkins&#8217;s <em>Moonlight <\/em>and Vikram Gandhi&#8217;s <em>Barry<\/em>: <\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of <em>Curly Sue<\/em>, the final movie directed by John Hughes. Watch the original trailer for the comedy below. <\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/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:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-tom-hanks-revisits-39big39-scenes-musical-39nightmare-before-christmas39-tributes-more\/21518?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: Tom Hanks Revisits &#039;Big&#039; Scenes, Musical &#039;Nightmare Before Christmas&#039; Tributes and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-tom-hanks-revisits-39big39-scenes-musical-39nightmare-before-christmas39-tributes-more\/21518?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-tom-hanks-revisits-39big39-scenes-musical-39nightmare-before-christmas39-tributes-more\/21518?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201610\/a-morgan-freeman-makeup-continuity-polaroids-from-pbs-electric-company..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>Talk Show Appearance of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tom Hanks went on <em>The <\/em><em>Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/em>,<em> <\/em>was reunited with the Zoltar machine from <em>Big<\/em> and wished he could be 30 again:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Musical Movie Recreation of the Day: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Tom Hanks revisiting parts of <em>Big<\/em>, here he is performing the childhood rap from the movie with some fans:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Vintage Image of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Morgan Freeman poses for a production continuity Polaroid while a cast member of <em>The Electric Company<\/em>, which was first broadcast 45 years ago today. See more Polaroids <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/article\/amazing-polaroids-capture-morgan-freeman-during-hi-235107\">at A.V. Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Halloween Prep of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Disney Style shows four quick and easy Disney costumes for girls, including characters from <em>Alice in Wonderland <\/em>and <em>The Incredibles<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Disney costumes, here&#8217;s a cover of &#8220;Sally&#8217;s Song&#8221; from <em>The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em> from cosplaying fans. See photos <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/fashionablygeek.com\/costumes\/a-cosplay-cover-of-sallys-song\/\">at Fashionably Geek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Takedown of the Day: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <em>The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em>, this week&#8217;s Honest Trailer musically roasts the movie (and Hot Topic) on an open fire:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Retold Classic of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch the original <em>Halloween<\/em>, which came out 38 years ago today, redone with video game graphics in the latest from 8 Bit Cinema:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong><em>Star Wars <\/em>Merchandise of the Day:<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>You music-loving <em>Star Wars <\/em>fans probably already have Princess Leia hairdo headphones, but now you need to own this levitating Death Star speakers (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefowndry.com\/products\/star-wars-death-star-levitating-speaker\">via the Fowndry<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/\/mdcsite\/images\/featured\/201610\/screen2_3f455765-0934-4c6c-b3b7-625650307d09_grande.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Comparison of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fandor Keyframe spotlights similarities between two of this year&#8217;s awards contenders, Barry Jenkins&#8217;s <em>Moonlight <\/em>and Vikram Gandhi&#8217;s <em>Barry<\/em>: <\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today is the 25th anniversary of the release of <em>Curly Sue<\/em>, the final movie directed by John Hughes. Watch the original trailer for the comedy below. <\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/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:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(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-9409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9409","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=9409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}