Culture Buzz Although it looks like any of the countless fan-made posters, this is legit. July seems so far away.
Culture Buzz A cog in the hype machine leading up to this weekend's debut of the new trailer, attached to “The Avengers.” This is what you'll find at the official site for The Dark Knight Rises, along with instructions for a viral campaign that will construct the new trailer frame by frame. UPDATE: See the full trailer here!
Politics Buzz This mini-poster sent out to supporters features a list of the Obama Administration's first-term accomplishments. The ending of the Iraq War is there but getting bin Laden is not.
Movie Buzz Hollywood, we need to talk about your remake addiction. If you want to take cult classics and update them, please stop changing huge chunks of plot.
Culture Buzz UK designer Stefvan Zoggel has taken his favorite memes and turned then into feature length film posters. Makes me want to watch them all over again. (via laughingsquid.com)
Movie Buzz Best Actor nominee Jean Dujardin has a new sex comedy hitting theaters in France this month, and advertising regulators have asked that the studio take down the posters for “Les Infideles” because they are degrading to women.
Culture Buzz The one thing Iranian hardliners and British diplomats can agree on: Samuel L. Jackson.
Regardless of what you think about the “Juno” scribe, her next collaboration with director Jason Reitman has produced a pretty rad poster. The film stars Charlize Theron as a washed up author of young adult novels who decides to aggressively stalk her high school sweetheart, now happily married and with child. Oh, and Patton Oswalt is going to be in it. This might make up for “Jennifer's Body.” No it won't.
What was once a harmless meme now keeps you awake all night. Not because it's scary, but I can't imagine the amount of time people are spending on Photoshop with this guy.
Culture Buzz How many Oscars is this going to win? Oh, just like ALL OF THEM. Any movie that proudly boasts “From the cinematographers of 'Crank'” is bound to bludgeon your eyeballs with prestige. (via filmdrunk.uproxx.com)
Movie Buzz In no particular order, here are 25 examples of spoofs, parodies, and other homages to the iconic Jaws movie poster. Okay, it's no Deep Blue Sea, but nothing is.
This poster is more straightforward, using an actual photograph of Oldman and using the ciphers as backdrop. But then that somehow renders it less clever than the first poster, IMHO.
TV Buzz Two And A Half Men knows it has an uphill battle this upcoming Fall and how did they start their marketing campaign? With a poster of Jon Cryer, Ashton Kutcher, and 17 year old Angus Jones in the nude holding only an unfunny tagline to protect your eyes from their 2 1/2 signifiers of manhood. I wiped the tagline from the poster below so you guys can add your own.
Amazing teaser poster for the most anticipated movie of 2012. From the official site.
The First Avenger, throwback style. Awesome! (Via The BurnRed Blog.)
In an elementary school somewhere, a teacher actually posted this on the wall. Determination IS pretty overrated. If we were all a bunch of slackers, the world would probably be a better place.
Passive aggressive Christian note. What's the matter, Christianity? Don't like all the publicity for another bearded son of a god who walked among men? You jelly?
Designer Jamie Wieck's poster for Transport for London is a cheeky play on the classic book The Joy of Sex. What's better than sexual innuendos to inspire getting your spring ride on?
Need help choosing your rap name? Brooklyn's Pop Chart Lab can help! They've broken down 282 sobriquets from the world of rap music and arranged them according to semantics. i.e. Physical or Metaphysical Attributes >> Virtues >> Def >> Mos Def, Def Jam, Def Jef
Culture Buzz A comprehensive compendium of canonical coiffures in pop music. You can buy the poster over at Pop Chart Lab.
Politics Buzz On second thought, let's not go to D.C. It is a silly place. Using satire as his medium, Safwat Saleem takes quotes and statistics and turns them into dark humor.
Artist Brandon Schaefer converted the filmography of Bill Murray into a stylish iconography puzzle. Can you name them all?