The Original Movie Posters Blog - Art of the Movies

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...

Happy New Year!

Here is our annual look back at the last cinematic year and all of the trailers for the films we are looking forward to in the first half of 2025!

It seems ridiculous to think that in the New Year, it will be fifty years since Steven Spielberg terrified a generation with his man-killer shark thriller, Jaws.

Can you name the person who invented the pneumatic shark that scared us all out of the water?

I thought not.

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With Wicked wowing audiences and winning plaudits worldwide, we take a look back at the production of one of our favourite seasonal movies, The Wizard of Oz.

It may not be a film about Christmas, but is there a more traditional movie to watch over the festive period?

Christmas is traditionally a time for telling scary stories and Bob Clark gave us one of the finest festive horror movies ever made half a century ago.

That film is Black Christmas, and we celebrate its 50th anniversary by taking a look back at the seminal slasher and another seasonal shocker it inspired.

Over the past 12 months there has been a lot of discussion online about whether 1994 or 1999 was the better year for cinema as they celebrated their 30th and 25th anniversaries respectively. 

Great pedigree, but our blogger Lee Adams is here to argue the case for an even better year for celluloid that unfurled half a century ago. Yes, it's 1974!

With Alien: Romulus gaining rave reviews this year, we continue our series looking back at the original four movies in the Alien franchise.

Next up, the most troubled, maligned, debated, and re-appraised film in the entire series: David Fincher’s Alien 3.

It was with great sadness that we learned last week of the passing of artist Greg Hildebrandt. 

If you are a Tolkien or Star Wars fan. You will know the work of The Hildebrandt Brothers.

We’ve talked about Sylvester Stallone’s career path compared to that of his rival Arnold Schwarzenegger in the past, but now it is time to look at the movies in greater detail.

We have ranked his 1980's films. Do you agree with us?

Bloodsuckers have appeared in movies since the 1920's, but between then and 1979, there was very little in the way of innovation.

This week we continue our countdown to Halloween with an exploration of the decade when vampires were everywhere and they didn't all wear capes..

We have a 4th Century monk and a 6th Century Pope to thank for the seven deadly sins.

And, we have David Fincher to thank for 1995's serial killer thriller Seven.

Nearly thirty years later, we continue our countdown to Halloween with a look back at a dark masterpiece that still has the ability to surprise, shock and make us look at modern society a little differently.