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A More Honest Trailer for Les Misérables Screen Junkies finally takes down the musical

After a bevy of requests from fans, Screen Junkies has finally released an Honest Trailer for Les Misérables, and it … sucks. Well, it doesn't quite suck, but it definitely…

March 29, 2013, 9:11 AM EDT

Traumatized Man Speaks Only in Advertising Slogans in New Indie Movie Ad genius is consumed by his craft

How many times have you busted out a well-known advertising slogan because it seemed to be the wittiest thing to say in a conversation? Never? Fine, wordsmith, but the rest…

March 28, 2013, 2:51 PM EDT

Silent Film Festival's Trailers Use Instagram Scrolling to Simulate Look of Old Movies Everything new is old again

I'm sure some folks will enjoy Cossette's Instagram campaign promoting the Toronto Silent Film Festival, but I think it works better in theory than in practice. The flipbook-style fusion of…

March 26, 2013, 11:31 AM EDT

Robot Copters Hovering Over London Form Starfleet Logo to Promote Next Star Trek Film Do not fear these drones

Considering how much you hear about drones these days, it's surprising we haven't seen more marketing stunts using remote-controlled hoverbots. But Paramount Pictures pulled off an interesting trick this weekend…

March 25, 2013, 4:28 PM EDT

Man Proposes to Woman With Custom Horror-Movie Trailer at Theater Aww, isn't that romantic and/or awful?

So, you really love your girlfriend, and you want to ask her to marry you. But the old ring-in-the-champagne-flute has been done to death. What to do? Obviously, you try…

March 13, 2013, 11:49 AM EDT

Shocking Attempted Murder Turns Out to Be Just Another Marketing Stunt What if you were ambushed like this?

So, you're feeling kind of blah and waiting for the elevator and sipping your latte, and the door opens and some guy is choking some other guy on the floor,…

March 6, 2013, 11:58 AM EST

Ad Agency That Put 10-Year-Olds in Charge Has Now Made a Feature Film A 90-minute experiment for Labatt

Not content with the traditional advertising methods of TV spots and simple product placement in movies, Canada's Labatt Brewing is financing a feature-length film through its Kokanee brand. The film…

February 28, 2013, 2:30 PM EST

Dead Girl Haunts Beauty-Salon Patrons in Chilling Stunt for Horror Movie Thinkmodo bends over backwards

Scaring the crap out of people in their everyday lives is horror-movie marketing 101. There are countless examples—my favorite probably being the old Ring Two stunt that sent people a…

February 27, 2013, 11:19 AM EST

Some of the Best Movie Campaigns—From Blair Witch to Hunger Games Technology and social media give Hollywood ads real star power

The Oscars are back this Sunday, for the 85th time, and once again the world gets set to witness the motion picture industry honor its best, brightest and most beautiful—while…

February 18, 2013, 7:54 AM EST

Oscar Strikes 85 Best-Picture Poses on This Year's Poster Great work by Olly Moss

For those of you who didn't get enough inane speeches, fashion-shaming and dumb celebrity catfights at the Grammys, don't worry. The Oscars are coming! This year's official Academy Awards poster—designed…

February 12, 2013, 11:37 AM EST

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