This poster for Zombieland has an abundance of land, but a clear lack of Zombies. I mean, it does a pretty good job of setting a carnival ride feel, of setting the worldwide scope of the threat and it’s a nice teaser image to boot. But it still feels more like Disasterland or Fireland. It [...]

The first poster for Jennifer’s body suffered from a certain lack of originality. Still, it was a crisp display of the sex + danger = fun equation. Well, here we have the second poster and, although it works well on the sex front, the danger is almost totally gone. In its place we have some [...]

Brad Pitt as Nazi killing machine, and some vaguely humorous text. This is the most crystal clear case for why you might want to see this film I have seen so far. It’s not necessarily my favorite design, as I’m quite fond of the character posters with the white and red background that have cropped [...]

The thing that really caught my attention about this poster is the little Cannes logo. It’s sort of jarring to see a film starring Jim Carrey associated with the symbol that screams “art-house” and “indie”. Especially because it otherwise seems like a pretty typical “Jim Carrey making a goofy face” poster. Although one with an [...]

So, here we have a film starring Vince Vaughn, with a side of Jon Favreau. As the trailer makes it clear, this is a comedy. Based on that, shouldn’t the poster be more fun? A bunch of people sulking inside a body of water doesn’t really spell barrel of laughs to me. At least not [...]

Theory: The T-Rex has been overused in movies, and really overused in marketing materials. True or False? (Via TrailerAddict)

Let this be a lesson to all the kids out there: sure, that face tattoo looks narly now. But once you grow older, pudgier and much less threatening it will look very very silly. It will probably help the poster for that film you have a small part in stand out more though. In general [...]

I’ve been torn about Bruno since the project was announced. I mean, Borat was tons of fun, but a part of the fun was that it felt fresh when it came to the big screen and became a cultural sensation, despite the fact that the show had been going on for a few years in [...]

[removed by request of the author] So, you have seen the official poster for Taking Woodstock. But now here you see John Malloy’s alternate version which the studio ultimately didn’t pick. It’s obvious from these two that they always wanted the poster to be quite psychedelic. In the end they went with an image that [...]

I’m not saying this is a great poster, but it is much, much better than the last poster. The new poster at least shows some humor and creativity in the attempt to convey and sell the movie’s premise. Also: basic skills in the use of colors. (Via IMPAwards)