The Gun Show

That lovable peacenik, Al Capone, once said in The Untouchables, “They say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word.” Well, you wouldn’t know it by this post, but I’m actually an anti-gun advocate — except, of course, when it comes to the movies! Hypocritical? Definitely. But the (phallic?) symbol of the gun seems to be a universal theme everywhere in the world of movie posters.

So if you like these mean machine sheets, then you might like my other pals, Django, Dillinger, and the Twins.

Scary Phones!

Who you gonna call? Sorry, wrong number! Here’s a terrifying line of some of the scariest (and not so scary) movie posters featuring telephones, including the French versions of Experiment In Terror (Georges Kerfyser) and Phone Call From A Stranger (Roger Soubie).

Illusions of Grandeur

Today’s smackdown features the grandiose illustration work of French poster artists, Hervé Morvan (top right + middle) and Bernard Lancy (top left)…

Of course, this Grand Illusion has nothing to do with the classic 1970’s album by Styx

Movie Posters Separated At Birth…

Frank Sinatra’s The Detective tries to make a clean Getaway with this poster ripoff…or vice versa (since Le Detective did come out four years prior, although it could be a reissue)!

Jane Russell Dies

Jane Russell has died at the age of 89. Having busted out in the 1970’s as the commercial spokesperson for the ‘Cross Your Heart’ bra, the buxom bombshell will be forever remembered for her sultry turns in The Outlaw and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, as well as a whole bounty of smokin’ movie posters…

Remake Monday: Dinner Time!

The original 1998 French comedy release, The Dinner Game, was recently given an American re-makeover with Dinner With Shmucks (2010).

Angelique Smackdown!

Sweet as angelico, sexy as Angelina Jolie…Here’s an International smackdown of the 1964-65 Angelique / Angelica movies — from the Italians (by artists, Ciriello, top left, and Putzu, top far right), the French, Belgian, and Polish.

Remake Monday: Arthur

Russell Brand busts out his boozy take on the Dudley Moore classic…Will he pass or flunk the drunk test? (ImpAwards)