Uncle Sams
Hollywood Wants You
In honor of the 4th of July holiday, lets discuss two distinctly American things: Uncle Sam …and ripping off his image to sell movie tickets. (Or rather, pay “homage” to his most … Read More...
The Bad News Bears
Remaking the Bears
For the upcoming 2005 remake of The Bad News Bears, film studio Paramount went with an interesting illustration of Billy Bob Thornton and the rest of the Bears Little League baseball … Read More...
A New Hope
Star Wars Style D “Circus” Poster
With this week’s release of the final Star Wars film, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, we wanted to take some time this week to review Star Wars movie … Read More...
Killer Shark
The Jaws of Seiniger
With the recent announcement of another Jaws Special Edition DVD release of the Steven Spielberg classic film, Guido Henkel of DVD Review notes the Jaws DVD cover design “features the crappy … Read More...
Super Type
Type designer Ed Benguiat
Master typographer Ed Benguiat is one of the most important font and logo designers in the modern era of design and publishing. He has created the lettering used in logotypes for … Read More...
Reefer Madness!
Movie Posters as Propaganda Posters
Cable network Showtime is set to premiere the movie musical Reefer Madness this month. The cable movie is a film version of the hit LA and off Broadway musical Reefer … Read More...
Film Posters of the 50s: The Essential Movies of the Decade
Movie Posters of the Fifties book
In the 1950s the motion picture industry did battle with it’s newest and biggest rival: television. This meant trying everything from gimmicks (“in 3D!”), genre films (such as horror … Read More...
The Peak of Poster Art
Movie Poster Illustrator Bob Peak
There is a very short list of famous movie poster illustrators: So far we’ve mentioned Drew Struzan, John Alvin, and Richard Amsel. Adding to this very short list of commercial … Read More...
Attack of the 50ft Woman
The most famous B-movie poster of all time may be the poster one-sheet for the film Attack of the 50ft. Woman. The 1958 B-movie is about a rich housewife increased to gigantic size by space … Read More...
X-Rated: Adult Movie Posters of the 60s and 70s
Vintage Adult film posters
The X-Rated: Adult Movie Posters of the 60s and 70s book offers adult movie posters from the “golden age” of porn films in the 1960s and 70s, when x-rated movies actually … Read More...
