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 a like [...]

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 [...]

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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 felt a [...]

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)

I guess this trend from a couple of years ago isn’t quite dead yet. Although this is a really painful turn for the genre.
I do have to wonder about the effectiveness of this. Sure, it might get a few giggles. It might get noticed. But it makes the movie appear juvenile and alienates a good [...]

Is it possible to get an acid trip just from looking at a poster?
It’s almost impossible to read anything on this poster, with the exception of the title. And even that is a little hard on the eyes. So you might not get the tagline “A Generation Began in His Backyard”. You might not notice [...]

Poor Donald Faison, not only has Mos Def suddenly become a bigger star than him, the guy also stole his arms!
Tough luck, but are you going to do, right Donald?
(Via Black Voices and IMPAwards)

Andre James from Row Three alerted me to this poster for My Life in Ruins and to the visual resemblance it has with this poster we saw not long ago for Mamma Mia!
Initially I thought that maybe the poster for My Life in Ruins was somehow referencing or parodying the Mamma Mia! one. But looking [...]

… or does this make anybody else think “Superbad: The Later Years”?
(Via IMPAwards)