The Original Movie Posters Blog - Art of the Movies

We all love rooting for our screen heroes but they would be nothing without a great villain to go up against. Almost since the very beginning, cinema has provided plenty of memorable antagonists for us to boo and hiss, as well as a fair few that give us sleepless nights.

This week be begin our two-part countdown of forty of the finest.

Last month we were sad to learn of the passing of movie poster legend Robert E. McGinnis. 

In a career of nearly eighty years, he created over seventy movie posters, including some of the most iconic of the second half of the twentieth century.

Each year, the great and the good of film production, distribution and exhibition gather for the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, CinemaCon.

This year some incredible new movie trailers were released. Here is our pick of the best of them!

Last week we popped along to the incredible Star Wars toy convention, Echo Base Live. The amazing collection of original figures took us back to childhood and the heady days of the '70s and '80s.

Back then the appearance of a Star Wars actor on the BBC was quite something. Luckily the Beeb has pulled some of the best bits together for us.

Enjoy!

Over 30 years after it was first released, the almost universal love felt towards Shawshank is all the more remarkable considering it flopped hard at the box office.

Why does Frank Darabont’s prison tale strike such a chord with so many people?

Seeing as The Matrix didn't make our list of the greatest trailers, we thought we should redress the balance!

So, this week Lee Adams takes a look at how the Wachowskis’ groundbreaking cyberpunk action thriller became an iconic pop culture moment that still speaks to viewers today.

Blown away by the trailer for Danny Boyle's upcoming zombie sequel, 28 Years Later, Lee Adams decided to take a look back at some of the Greatest Movie Trailers Ever Made.

Did your favourite make the list?

Back in June we reported on an exciting exhibition at New York's Poster House. THE ANATOMY OF A MOVIE POSTER: THE WORK OF DAWN BAILLIE showcased the career of Art Director extraordinaire Dawn Baillie. 

If you missed it, there is still a chance to see this land-mark exhibition!

A 30 second half-time TV advert during this year's Super Bowl cost a whopping $8M!

That didn't worry movie studios though and the show was packed with new trailers for some of the biggest films to be released in the next few months.

You can watch all of the trailers here!

It is thirty-one years since Schindler’s List swept the Academy Awards with seven wins, earning Steven Spielberg Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director.

In the week that commemorates Holocaust Memorial Day and to celebrate the important success of this landmark film, Lee Adams takes a look at its long journey to the screen and how the story of Schindler’s Ark continues today.

Since his eye-catching calling card Memento in 2000, Christopher Nolan has become one of the most influential and profitable filmmakers of the 21st Century.

Over almost 25 years, it hasn’t escaped anyone’s notice that he repeatedly comes back to one obsessive theme: Time and its all-encompassing effect on our lives. 

Let’s take a look at the Nolan movies where chronology plays a major part in how the narrative unfolds.

Seven years after The Dude first appeared in the Coen Brothers' Big Lebowski, an entire religion had sprung up: Dudeism, or The Church of the Latter-Day Dude.

This made us wonder why another beloved ‘90s movie character doesn’t have more of a following in these terms: Forrest Gump. After all, he is arguably even more Dude than The Dude...