As the 2012 Summer Olympic Games wraps up this weekend, I’d like to remind all you movie poster participants that you’re all winners in my book! (IMP)
Category Archives: Movie Poster Smackdown
Como Istas?
DYN-O-MITE!
Is it a popular 1970s TV catch-phrase or an explosive movie poster?
Juicy Fruit?
Looks like The Oranges is getting unzipped…(IMP)
Gaga Kills?
Robert Rodriguez has hired Lady Gaga to be his latest hit-woman in Machete Kills…
Cleopatra’s Beautiful Ruins…
Since there’s only a few more weeks left until Labor Day, you might want to grab Jess Walter’s well-reviewed novel, Beautiful Ruins, for your summer beach read. It has special appeal to vintage movie fans, as the storyline involves a beautiful, mysterious actress visiting the southern Italian coast, fresh off the set of 1962’s epic filming of Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
As an added bonus, check out these equally stunning one-sheets by Mac Gomez (top left) and Howard Terpning.
For A Few Dollars More…
It’s that time of year again –– Heritage Auctions is putting on its Vintage Movie Poster Signature Auction in Beverly Hills, July 25-26.
And if you’re looking forward to Tarantino’s Django Unchained, the godfather of the spaghetti western, Clint Eastwood, will be dialing for dollars!
Vintage Reserve Posters
The new wine label-inspired one-sheet for The Master as well as the epic pub crawl-themed World’s End are looking font-tasty! (Imp/DHD)
Batman Posters
UPDATE: Despite the horrific shooting tragedy at the Dark Knight Rises midnight screening in Colorado, I thought we should shine a bat-light on all of the other previous versions of the famous franchise…
Movie Poster Museum 