Today in Movie Culture: Ryan Gosling as Doctor Strange, John Wick vs. Jason Bourne and More

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

Concept Art of the Day:

Remember when Ryan Gosling was up for the lead in Doctor Strange? Here’s concept art by Court Chu creature for Marvel to show what he might have looked like. See another version at /Film.

Mashup of the Day:

John Wick and Jason Bourne are enemies in this fake trailer for an awesome crossover, which also loops in Jack Reacher and Taken at the end (via Heroic Hollywood):

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Reworked Movie of the Day:

How do you turn a Home Alone movie into an R-rated version? Add blood and don’t let the bad guys get up (via Geek Tyrant):

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Frame Analysis of the Day:

For One Perfect Shot, H. Perry Horton looks at the geometry of shots in Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon (via Film School Rejects):

Vintage Image of the Day:

This weekend marks the 70th anniversary of the wide release of It’s a Wonderful Life, so here’s a behind the scenes look at fake snow filling the movie’s fake town set:

Filmmaker in Focus:

Zack Snyder heavily uses POV shots, as seen in this video highlighting his subjective camera (via Cinematic Montage Creators):

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Supercut of the Day:

Just imagine how short this video would be if it wasn’t a collection of slow motion sequences (via Geek Tyrant):

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Marriage Proposal of the Day:

This surprise marriage proposal during a production of Beauty and the Beast is from last fall but new to us and needs to be shared (via Fashionably Geek):

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Toy of the Day:

This Lego version of BB-8 from Star Wars: The Force Awakens doesn’t look mobile but it does still look cool (via /Film):

Classic Trailer of the Day:

This weekend is the 50th anniversary of the wide release of Gambit starring Shirley MacLaine and Michael Caine. Watch an old VHS trailer for the Oscar-nominated classic below. 

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