Although The Key Art Awards for 2011 are not until October, I thought I’d jump the gun and feature some vintage key movie posters for your consideration…
Category Archives: Movie Poster Smackdown
Meansheets Wants You…
…to have a fantastic 4th of July weekend! So whether you are from the good ol’ USA or the lovely UK or Europe or somewhere else in this great big beautiful world, I thought I’d celebrate the upcoming American holiday with a slew of Uncle Sam-themed movie posters!
(Btw, the Burt Reynolds Paternity poster is by one of my favorite US artists, the greatly underrated Mr. Birney Lettick.)
Summer Poster Smackdown!
This summery day matchup of Summer With Monika lightens up the Bergman film with the bright, beautiful works of Gilbert Allard versus the equally beautiful version by French fearsome foursome, J. Fourastie…
Straw Dogs
ImpAwards has the new poster for the upcoming Straw Dogs remake. To paraphrase The Who, “Meet the new dog…same as the old dog!”
Gee, I wonder why they didn’t rip off the old French poster (below) — oh yeah, the MPAA wouldn’t dare touch a one-sheet with such prominent boobs!
Who’s the Big Winner of this Poster Ripoff?
Moneyball Movie Posters
Moneyball, the new Brad Pitt as Billy Beane (Oakland Athletics GM) baseball flick from Sony has come out with a new trailer, but no one-sheets yet, except for these sporty spoofs below from the Meansheets archives.
Can’t wait to see what the real deal looks like!
Smokey Horror Picture Show
Is it just me or do those new anti-smoking labels mimic bad horror movie posters?
Is It Art or Just A Movie Poster?
You don’t have to be a Van Gogh to have a movie about you, but sometimes the finer arts just don’t translate well onto the silver screen as you can see below with some of these recent famous artist biopics…
International Movie Poster Friends?
I think this French version of The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie coupled with the German version of The American Friend (by Sickert) proves that even movie posters are truly universal.
Movie Poster Museum 