Rudy Franchi of MOPO came across this Oh No You Didn’t post on the trends and tribulations of modern movie posters, including such commonly-known styles as “The Giant Faces In the Clouds”, “Sexy Back”, “Run For Your Life”, and many more, including this one below, “Is That Your Face or Are the Drugs Kicking In?”
It’s almost as funny as that old Funny or Die floating heads video.
With this weekend’s release of the Bernie Madoff scandal-inspired caper comedy, Tower Heist, I’d love to see Amy Poehler return to SNL to do her best Ruth Madoff impression since Madam Madoff’s recent appearance on 60 Minutes…
From now until November 22, the Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco is presenting an art show-based-on-a-film(s) called Bad Dads: A Tribute to the Films of Wes Anderson, featuring one of my personal faves, The Royal Tenenbaums…
Speaking of Brokeback Mountain, here’s a funny New Yorker magazine cover spoof of the 2006 cowboy classic by one of my favorite modern day illustrators, Mark Ulriksen.
Move over, Drew Struzan — here comes something a little bloodier. The Goonies + Slap Shot = GOON !
By the way, the artist that did the 1970s Slap Shot poster is Craig Nelson (not Craig T. Nelson of Coach) and he also created John Wayne and The Cowboys — and unfortunately got caught up in the notorious Moscow On The Hudson-Saul Steinberg one-sheet scandal.
While perusing the IMP, I came across a new release this weekend called The Mighty Macs — and I can hear the pitch now: “Sister Act meets Hoosiers…It’s a slam dunk!”
In honor of the upcoming Edgar Allen Poe-inspired The Raven, here’s a few more movie poster birds to gawk at, including The Birds by French artist, Boris Grinsson, as well as the Saul Bass masterpiece, The Birdman of Alcatraz (middle, in orange).
The new teaser poster for The Three Stooges just came out and it looks a little shady!
Judging from the trailer, it looks like Marilyn Monroe is getting the Notting Hill treatment in the new movie, My Week With Marilyn.
Oh yeah, and check out the new flip-throughable MM book by photographer Bert Stern (and Norman Mailer) from Taschen!
Movie Poster Museum 