Movie Poster of the Year
The best movie poster of 2006
It’s the end of the year and that can only mean one thing: We give out another award to Lionsgate marketing and Art Machine film ad agency just like … Read More…
Factory Workers
Design a Factory Girl movie poster
The Weinstein Company is running a movie poster design contest to create a Factory Girl movie poster. This poster is for the contest only, not to design the actual … Read More…
50 Cent vs 007
Guns in Movie Posters
Rap star and actor 50 Cent is revisiting the controversy from a year ago when Paramount Pictures (and Clear Channel) decided to take down billboards for his film Get Rich … Read More…
Poster Box Office
Movie Poster Sells Tickets via Cellphone
Korean cellphone provider SK Telecom has introduced a new service that allows people to walk up to a movie poster and use their cell phone to purchase movie theater … Read More…
When Animals Attack!
Horror Movie Poster Creatures
An interesting film poster key art subject matter are the many creatures (and monsters) found in the “wild kingdom”. In honor of the upcoming Halloween holiday, we thought we would post … Read More…
Play It Again Sam
The Good German movie poster visits Casablanca
Whether you choose to call it an homage, rip, or branding, movie posters (like all matter of advertising) frequently emulate designs from other film posters. Occasionally this film … Read More…
Don’t Cross the Red Cross
Red Cross nixes Saw III nurse posters
One of the most popular promotions for the Saw movie franchise has been the annual Saw Halloween Blood Drive. This event seems to be a sly nod … Read More…
John Alvin Art Show
Movie poster illustrator John Alvin (who illustrated the Blade Runner and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial movie posters among others) will be making an appearance this weekend at his one-man art show at the ArtInsights gallery in … Read More…
Poster Branding
This Film Is Not Yet Rated posters censored?
In the new documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated, filmmaker Kirby Dick takes a look at the MPAA and controversies surrounding the film ratings system. The … Read More…
Hezbollah Exodus
Hezbollah flag vs Saul Bass movie poster?
With all the recent events in Lebanon, we came across this post on The Sulla Institute weblog:
I saw the flag used by Hezbollah and it occurred to … Read More…
Wikipedia
Help Define the Movie Poster
We often cite Wikipedia.org in our postings about movie posters because it’s such a great online resource of information on most any subject. For those unfamiliar with the site, Wikipedia … Read More…
Keira’s Breasts
Enlarging Keira Knightley’s Breasts
Actress Keira Knightley, in a recent interview, reminded everyone how her breasts were “digitally enhanced” back in 2004 for the King Arthur movie poster:
“I remember we had an interesting discussion … Read More…
The Works
Discussing Movie Blogs
Matthew Baldwin of the weblog Defective Yeti was a guest on the July 11th episode of the KUOW (the Seattle NPR affiliate) radio program The Works, talking about movie related weblogs. (You … Read More…
Attack of the Movie Poster
Movie Poster Monster t-shirts
You have seen us mention the infamous “Two Big Heads Floating in the Sky” cliché of movie poster design many times in the past. (This “Big Head” type of movie poster … Read More…
Super Head Strip
My Super Ex-Girlfriend poster
The weblog Ironic Sans points out that movie posters for the new Ivan Reitman comedy My Super Ex-Girlfriend are using the same Uma Thurman head strip on two different bodies.
“Someone … Read More…
Peace Signs
The U.S. vs. John Lennon movie poster
The US vs. John Lennon is a new documentary film billed as “a compelling and provocative look at John Lennon’s transformation from beloved musical artist to anti-war activist … Read More…
2006 Key Art Awards Winners
Movie Poster Award Winners
Virgins and illustrators ruled the world of movie poster key art as the winners of the Hollywood Reporter’s 35th annual Key Art Awards were announced in Hollywood on June 16th. Notable … Read More…
