Today in Movie Culture: Han Solo vs. Jar-Jar Binks, 'Harry Potter' Inspires Spider Sc…

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:

Character Battle of the Day: 

Wonder what ever happened to Jar-Jar Binks? It turns out Han Solo took care of him, as shown in this Star Wars mashup from Darren Wallace:

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Genre Study of the Day:

For Fandor Keyframe, Philip Brubaker highlights the ways Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is properly bringing back the space opera:

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New Animal Species of the Day:

Check out this newly discovered spider, the name of which was inspired by the Harry Potter movies (via Geekologie):

@jk_rowling We named a spider, after the sorting hat, from the films! 🙂 Meet Eriovixia gryffindori. Link to paper: https://t.co/XpGcCy4TO6 pic.twitter.com/Qwf1fid7W7

— Javed Ahmed (@curiocritters) December 10, 2016

Year-End Recap of the Day:

We’ve got another video highlighting the year in film to share, this one focused on the best of cinema from The Moviejerk (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Supercut of the Day:

This video doesn’t just highlight the appearance of books in movies. These are books that look great in movies (via Cinematic Montage Creators): 

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Dee Wallace, who was born on this day in 1948, poses with her co-star for a promotional photo on the set of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial:

Actress in the Spotlight:

Margot Robbie is having a moment this year, and Rachel Dratch has to escape it through an obstacle course highlighting the Suicide Squad star’s amazing year with guidance from Billy Eichner:

MARGOT ROBBIE had a big year – now watch Rachel Dratch try to escape it in this huge new obstacle course, ESCAPE MARGOT ROBBIE’S MOMENT! pic.twitter.com/Czcp0qoaIm

— billy eichner (@billyeichner) December 14, 2016

Filmmaker in Focus:

Want to direct movies like David Fincher? The Film Guy shows us some of his signatures if you’re out to imitate his style:

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Video Essay of the Day:

The Nerdwriter is frustrated by how many not good, not bad, just “passable” movies there are lately and explores why that is:

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Classic Trailer of the Day: 

Today is the 15th anniversary of the theatrical release of The Royal Tenenbaums. Watch the original trailer for the Wes Anderson classic below. 

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