Posters

New poster trend alert: Just add motion blur

Following on from posters with sparks, posters with diagonals and 16 poster traditions that need to die in a fire, here are some... wait, do we do this too much?

If internet memes were movie stars

Internet memes. They're in our computers. They're in our email attachments. How long before they're in our cinemas too? Tremble upon this vision of the future of movies, where the stars of the internet are more popular than the stars of Hollywood. Tremble I say.

Movie poster taglines R.I.P.

'Carrie - You will know her name' and '3 Geezers - A funny movie' mark the day the movie poster tagline died. #NeverForget (via IMP)

This story is not true

A story being circulated today claims that Fox are having to replace "over 50%" of their bus shelter posters for The Wolverine, due to theft. That'd be interesting, except it's 100% not true.

Well someone's in a strop with Mr Photographer, aren't they?

Jeez guys, the least you could do is look at the camera while having your poster taken. Sung Kang? More like Sulk-King! #LOL (Large pic here)

How to make Elysium appeal to the under 12s

It's the ultimate buddy movie! He's a man with machine parts, his partner is a robot... who just wants to be human! Directed by Shawn Levy!

Shock: Movie posters used to be much nicer to look at

I spend approximately eight hours per day staring at film posters, and the other sixteen thinking about the various ways I hate them. It's always nice, then, when I'm given an excuse to figuratively go back in time and look at the film posters of yesteryear, specifically the one-sheet for Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, which is 50 years old this week.

The posters for the Alan Partridge movie titles that could have been

A-ha! The long-awaited film featuring North Norfolk Digital's finest chatistician finally has a teaser trailer, and already we have reason to dust off our Photoshop and Google Alan Partridge's best poses. Hoorah for funny stuff!

More like Iron TAN, am I right guys?

Here's the latest character poster for Iron Man 3, showing Guy Pearce's scientist, Aldrich Killian (full size here). Been hitting the tanning salon much, Aldrich? You're making the Tanning Mom jealous.

New Iron Man 3 poster arguably looks even better upside nmoo

Maybe he's not falling after all? Look at that determined face! Go Tony! Gony! (Right side up pic at IMPawards.com).