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Will Ferrell Pitches 'Casa de mi Padre' by Doing Interviews Only in Spanish Jimmy Kimmel plays along

Has Will Ferrell gone Method on us? Nah. He's just marketing his latest flick, Casa de mi Padre, by doing interviews entirely in Spanish on English-language TV talk shows. It's…

March 15, 2012, 2:48 PM EDT

The Force Is With These Rejected 'Star Wars' Merchandise Ideas Yes, George Lucas did turn down some concepts

Considering George Lucas's impressive mercenary instincts, it's amazing that this list of rejected Star Wars merchandise ideas exists at all, let alone that there's so much gold on it. Who…

March 2, 2012, 10:01 AM EST

Environmentalists Seethe as the Lorax Speaks for Mazda Movie tie-in with Seuss character is blasted as greenwashing

Would the Lorax ever love an SUV, even one with something called "revolutionary SkyActiv technology"? Environmentalists sure don't seem to think so. Bloggers and YouTube commenters are accusing Mazda of…

February 28, 2012, 8:59 AM EST

10 Great Ads That Used to Be Movies To celebrate Oscars weekend, grab some popcorn and enjoy these commercial homages to Hollywood films

Everyone loves a good movie reference, and advertising is full of them. Witness the success, most recently, of Honda's tribute to Ferris Bueller's Day Off on the Super Bowl. There…

February 24, 2012, 12:01 PM EST

Infographic: Designing the Perfect Blockbuster Movie Poster The psychology behind the creative

You think you just randomly ended up in that movie-theater seat watching things explode? No, that was the end result of a meticulously crafted propaganda campaign by the movie studio,…

February 13, 2012, 9:19 AM EST

Was This the Best Movie Poster of 2011? Chris Ware's effort for 'Uncle Boonmee' gets props

Online film magazine Notebook's picks for the best movie posters of 2011 make for an interesting list. Most of them are for movies I've never heard of, but that's due…

February 8, 2012, 10:38 AM EST

Flying People Spotted Over NYC in Movie Promotion Stunt Somehow, they aren't shot down

Thinkmodo kept with its "Do a weird thing in New York" approach to viral marketing by remote-piloting three person-shaped RC planes around the city for the upcoming movie Chronicle. Since…

January 31, 2012, 3:57 PM EST

Great Movie Posters Reimagine Modern Films With Vintage Casts Delightful series from Peter Stults

This great poster series by designer Peter Stults imagines modern Hollywood hits with classic casts from bygone eras. The effect is frequently dizzying and delightful, a potent pop-culture mashup that…

January 18, 2012, 9:11 AM EST

'Blue Busters': Apple's 'Ghostbusters' Spoof From 1984 Internal sales-meeting video surfaces

You want me to watch some company's goofy internal sales-meeting video from 1984 based on Ghostbusters? Thanks, but I'll pass. Wait, it's from Apple? OMG, lemme see! In October of…

January 3, 2012, 6:54 AM EST

'Fight Club' Soap Now a Real Product But it's not made from fat liposuctioned out of rich women

The first rule of Fight Club soap used to be that you couldn't actually buy Fight Club soap. That's now changed. In today's defictionalized product news, Omni Consumer Products has…

December 15, 2011, 12:37 PM EST

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