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Movie Theater Lobby Poster Lineup
Finding hidden messages and then labeling it as subliminal advertising has a long history in our culture. Hidden images and messages have also appeared in movie posters (some being obvious and not-so-obvious) as well.
Apparently the staff of a Galaxy movie theatre (or someone with Photoshop) took it upon themselves to [...]
Smokin’ Aces poster designs
Smokin’ Aces director Joe Carnahan’s official site features a weblog written by the film’s creator about the upcoming film. For the past few months, Carnahan has been posting Smokin’ Aces poster designs that didn’t make the cut. It’s a rare opportunity to see all the unproduced movie posters that never make it [...]
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 poster
Walt Disney Pictures has released a new teaser poster for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest teaser one-sheet is essentially a reworking of the existing “Jolly Roger” style skull key art from previous Pirates of the Caribbean teaser posters. This [...]
Charlize Theron as Aeon Flux
Originally a stylized cartoon on MTV’s 1991 ground-breaking animated show Liquid Television, Aeon Flux was a series of animated shorts following a sexy female assassin. It’s surreal plots and gritty futuristic style made it a fan favorite.
After many years and false starts, the property is finally coming to the big screen. [...]
Revenge of the Sith Hidden Vader Teaser Poster
We end our Star Wars poster week with the end of the Star Wars saga… or rather the middle of it: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Episode III), which was released in theatres this week.
We’ve already covered the final Revenge of the Sith one-sheet illustrated by Drew [...]
The Da Vinci Code Teaser Poster
No, Mona Lisa isn’t sporting a milk mustache for the latest Got Milk? print ad campaign. It’s the teaser poster for the book publishing phenomenon turned motion picture known as The Da Vinci Code. The film, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, is a mystery thriller about the [...]
Jodie Foster and the Skull Orgy
As some of you may know, there is nothing we love more than discussing hidden imagery in movie poster one-sheets. It’s like Hollywood’s version of a hidden 3D poster you saw at the mall as a kid: stare at it long enough, and you are bound to find something. An [...]
Phalic Symbols in Posters
We’ve covered hidden (and perhaps unintentional) sexual imagery in movie posters before, but film studios often make phallic imagery front and center as part of a marketing hook. The most recent example is the leaning penis tower of Pisa as a visual pun in the new poster for Rob Schneider’s upcoming comedy [...]
Hidden Images and In-Jokes in Posters
In honor of April Fool’s Day, lets review a few hidden images and in-jokes found in movie posters. Artists have long hidden images, words, and other symbols in their work, although the vast majority of modern examples rely more on the viewers imagination than anything else. For example, is that [...]
