Archive for the ‘Pop Culture’ Category

Mamma Mia?

May 8, 2012

Amanda Seyfried, the star of such teen films as Red Riding Hood and Mamma Mia!, has undertaken an undeniably more hardcore role in her upcoming flick, Lovelace, in which she portrays Linda Lovelace, the troubled 1970′s porn star of Deep Throat.

To find out the skinny on this scandalous time in American film history, check out the trailer of the 2005 doc, Inside Deep Throat, and, of course, don’t forget that legendary scene from Robert Redford in All The President’s Men. (ImpAwards)

Old Black Widows…

May 4, 2012

With ScarJo’s return as Black Widow in The Avengers, I thought you might like to see two vintage widows…(EMoviePoster)

Hipster Disney Posters?

April 30, 2012

Looks like Liverpool graphic designer, Rowan Stocks-Moore, has pared down the Disney classics with some intriguing new hip, minimalist takes on the enduring children’s storybook tales…available on Etsy.

Engaging Apatow…

April 27, 2012

With this weekend’s Five Year Engagement, it looks like Judd Apatow’s eight year winning streak at the box office will continue as the prolific comedy director-producer of raunch’n'romance has been the life of the party ever since 2004′s Anchorman…(ImpAwards)

The White Stuff?

April 24, 2012

Spider City!

April 23, 2012

The Amazing Spider-man has already taken over Broadway, so it’ll only be a matter of time before it weaves its web all over the world’s cineplexes. And Magnificent Mel of MoviePosterCollectors.com has pointed out the new teaser’s clever homage to the original 2002 Spider-man one-sheet (left), each poster respectively reflecting on two of NYC’s greatest landmarks, The World Trade Center and Empire State Building.

Hop-kock!

April 20, 2012

Anthony Hopkins (pictured right) is slated to become Alfred Hitchcock (aka Hop-Kock!) in an upcoming biopic on The Master of Suspense. Hopefully, the one-sheet won’t go to The Birds and will be as mysteriously elegant as vintage French-Cock.

Pretty In Pink

April 19, 2012

Pink is the new black — at least when it comes to the trendy font flavor of the movie poster. Needless to say, the color has been around for a while ever since it got its start on Jack Rickard’s Pink Panther one-sheet back in 1963 and continued its hot streak up through the 1980s with a string of John Hughes movies. (ImpAwards)

Mondo Movie Posters!

April 18, 2012

“It’s sexy time!”, to paraphrase Borat, as we delve into the strange, sensational, hyper-sexualized film genre known as Mondo (not to be confused with the other Mondo gang at Alamo Drafthouse).

Before Reality TV, the creation of Italian mondo cinema in the 1960s gave birth to a weird world of exploitation documentaries that covered many taboo subjects, including sex, death, and pretty much anything else that could either turn you on or creep you out (thank you, Russ Meyer!).

But the one good thing to come out of all this depravity is a remarkably gorgeous portfolio of movie posters, featuring artwork from such mainstream International designers as Manfredo Acerbo and Constantin Belinsky. (Images courtesy of Film Art Gallery and EMP.)

Django Bass!

April 16, 2012

Quentin Tarantino has gone Saul Bass on our ass (or perhaps it was a combo platter of Rene Ferracci’s Wild Bunch and Thief of Paris that caught his eye) with the new teaser for his upcoming spaghetti western, Django Unchained. (ImpAwards)


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