The Original Movie Posters Blog - Art of the Movies

As Britain’s biggest and most famous city, London has played host to hundreds of both homegrown and overseas movie productions.

This week, our very own expat film buff, Lee Adams, takes a look at how it isn’t all just phone boxes and beefeaters on film…

At the beginning of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull we see the hat before we see our hero.

With that hat playing a key supporting role in this Summer's Dial of Destiny, Lee Adams takes a look at some more of the most iconic costume items of clothing in 20th Century cinema history.

You would be surprised how many movies may have been filmed just around the corner from you.

Helpfully, the BBC’s fantastic film buff Ali Plumb has put together a short series highlighting some of them.

This summer, Barbie gets a big live-action movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. In a year when a new Super Mario Bros adventure has left everything else in its wake at the box office, 2023 looks like the year of toys and games adaptations.

So, Lee Adams takes a look at some other movies, good and bad, that have found inspiration in playthings and family pastimes…

As Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny swings (or shuffles) into theatres, join Lee Adams for a look back at the incredibly popular adventure franchise so far.

Last week, he covered Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom. Now it’s time for The Last Crusade and the Indiana Jones movie that should remain nameless… but is the fourth one all that bad?

After fifteen years, a fifth Indiana Jones film is (quite unbelievably) upon us. To celebrate the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Lee Adams takes a look back at over forty years of Indiana Jones.

This week, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Enjoy!

Documentaries have enjoyed something of a facelift since the turn of the century. 

Suddenly, documentaries were hot and the success of Michael Moore’s films paved the way for a golden age of documentary filmmaking. 

As he sets out to make his own, writer turned film-maker Lee Adams delves in to the world of the documentary movie.

Very few things say “movie magic” more than the dazzling brilliance of Technicolor, brighter than life and capable of banishing the worries of the ordinary world for a few hours.

There are some fantastic examples of Technicolor films, but here are the dazzlingly brilliant Lee Adams' picks.

From the slasher icons to scream queens, action heroes to guitar heroes, New Wave aliens to roller disco relics… strap yourself in for our totally tubular guide to ‘80s cult movies.

This week, part 2!

From the slasher icons to scream queens, action heroes to guitar heroes, New Wave aliens to roller disco relics… strap yourself in for our two-parter totally tubular guide to ‘80s cult movies.

This week, part one!

From Ice Skating at the Wollman Rink and the Fifth Avenue Light Show, to Macy's Santaland and Central Park in the snow, there is no better city to visit in the winter-time.

But, the Big Apple has always had a bruised underbelly.

This week, Lee Adams kicks off 2023 by taking a cinematic look at the gritty New York of the 1970s...