Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Experts of the Day
Crawl is now in theaters and garnering terrific reviews. But how realistic is the new disaster horror movie? Two handlers from Florida made a video featuring their alligator friends to share their expertise about the misunderstood animals and where Hollywood appears to have gotten them wrong once again:
Movie Message of the Day
Spider-Man: Far From Home topped the box office again over the weekend. Presumably a lot of fans are seeing the Marvel superhero sequel multiple times and starting to really catch on to its deeper and maybe even hidden themes. For those who haven’t, Ryan Arey of ScreenCrush explains one of them in a new video:
DIY Fan Art of the Day
If you’ve seen Spider-Man: Far From Home and really wish you could have your own version of the Iron Man mural in the movie, why don’t you just make one? Cardboard Cosplay has a tutorial on how you can construct a replica of the mural using cheap materials and some basic tracing skills:
Fan Art of the Day
Now here’s some fan art you may not be able to — nor should you — replicate at home. A fan created this impressive and gorgeously colored but also potentially spoilery alternate poster for Spider-Man: Far From Home showcasing the character Mysterio and the Elemental monsters:
[OC] Some Far From Home Fan Art after I watched the movie this weekend! from r/marvelstudios
Movie Food of the Day
Want more works of art linked to Spider-Man: Far From Home? How about one you can also eat? For Marvel and with help from filmmaker Kevin Smith, Justin Warner shows fans how to create a healthy snack inspired by a certain character from the new Spidey sequel served in a fishbowl:
Easter Eggs of the Day
Ari Aster’s Midsommar continues to haunt audiences in theaters, some of whom might not realize a lot of details that are easily missed on first viewing. To help, here’s Zac Morris for CZs World breaking down the new horror movie’s hidden symbols, moments of foreshadowing and other Easter eggs:
Director Commentary of the Day
If you still haven’t seen Midsommar and maybe aren’t even aware of it, you should check out the movie’s trailer. Better yet, watch the trailer with an audio commentary from writer/director Ari Aster, in which he acknowledges the horror movie’s specific sub-genre and sets up proper audience expectations:
Cosplay of the Day:
Midsommar does already have a lot of fans, of course, and those fans have been seen around conventions and screenings cosplaying as the main look of the movie, white dress and flower crown. This woman is one hundred-percent correct that superhero movies aren’t the only kind that inspire fans to dress up:
Wore a flower crown to see @MidsommarMovie, because cosplay isn’t just for superhero movies. #Midsommar ?????????? pic.twitter.com/knacjYVCJ1
— Alia Moore (@yoawla) July 13, 2019
Fan Theory of the Day
Have you ever wondered about Woody’s past, before the events of the Toy Story movies? Until Pixar decides to give us a prequel showing what really happened over decades before he met Andy, here’s That Film Theory with an idea of his secret backstory and why Toy Story 4 perfectly concludes his character arc: