The Original Movie Posters Blog - Art of the Movies

As we gear up for the return of clueless cop Frank Drebin (well, his son, anyway) in The Naked Gun, let’s take a look back at how the ZAZ team perfected the art of big-screen buffoonery in the ‘70s and ‘80s…

As Denis Villeneuve is announced as the director of Bond 26, we take a look back at arguably the best film of Daniel Craig's tenure, Casino Royale.

It is still widely regarded as one of the best movies in the entire James Bond franchise. Yet Ian Fleming’s first 007 adventure took a few unusual detours before it landed in the capable hands of Daniel Craig.

You might not know their name but you’ll almost certainly know their faces.

While Hollywood superstars, famous directors and dazzling special effects are the big box office appeal for many cinema-goers, these are the unsung heroes who provide the cinematic glue that holds the whole enterprise together…

... and usually turn in memorable performances along the way.

Jim Sharman’s outrageous counter-culture musical is now half a century old and it is still beloved as a cult movie and an audience participation event.

Let’s take a look at how it all began and how attitudes have changed towards it over the years.

Humans have been drinking alcoholic beverages since around 7,000 B.C. and some of our best writers, thinkers and artists have had plenty to say about its intoxicating effects.

To celebrate the bank holiday weekend and the start of Summer, let’s take a look at some of the finest drinking scenes in cinematic history.

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.

Here is the second half of our countdown of forty of the finest.

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 we begin our two-part countdown of forty of the finest.

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?

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.