Today in Movie Culture: 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' VFX Breakdown, The Rock in the…

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

VFX Reel of the Day:

See how much CG work went into the Oscar-nominated visual effects of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in ILM’s newly shared breakdown reel (via The Playlist):

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Cosplay of the Day:

That time a lightsaber battle broke out at Dragon Con between some Jedi, some dinosaurs and Deadpool (via Dragon Con):

Some @DragonCon fun last night pic.twitter.com/HePNNm1eYi

— Cabrina (@ariel1_33705) September 5, 2016

Fan Art of the Day:

Artist Juan Hugo Martinez has seamlessly inserted Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam into a DC Extended Universe scene with Batman and Superman (via Geek Tyrant):

Alternate Ending of the Day:

If Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows wasn’t so set on being a kids’ movie with no violent killings, it could have ended a lot easier:

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Reworked Movie of the Day:

Remember Nine Lives, the new movie where Kevin Spacey is turned into a cat? Maybe you would have seen it if the trailers sold it as a horror movie, like this CineMash job:

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Vintage Image of the Day:

Elia Kazan, who was born on this day in 1909, directs Carroll Baker and Karl Malden for a scene in Baby Doll, which turns 60 this year: 

Filmmaker in Focus:

With A Monster Calls due out at the end of this year, Jorge Luengo looks at J.A. Bayona’s trilogy of mother and son movies, also including The Orphanage and The Impossible:

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Actor in the Spotlight: 

Ranker pays tribute to Tim Curry with a supercut of the actor laughing in his movies: 

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Supercut of the Day:

Revisit the 1980s with this collection of old production company logos, including Cannon, Carolco and Orion (via One Perfect Shot):

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Classic Trailer of the Day:

The Battle of Algiers recently turned 50, and there’s an anniversary restoration version screening free at the Toronto International Film Festival this Friday. Watch the trailer for the 2004 re-release of the classic foreign film below.

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