The Original Movie Posters Blog - Art of the Movies

Art of the Movies HQ is about 2.5 miles from Warner Brothers Studios Leavesden but, incredibly, until last weekend, the AotM family had never been to their Making of Harry Potter experience.

What an experience it is! Without spoiling any of the magic, here are a few of our highlights. 

The cult comedy The Big Lebowski recently marked its 25th Anniversary, causing Dudes all over the world to break out the White Russians.

To celebrate, in the second half of this two-parter, here are Lee Adams' 20 favourite scenes from the unique world of the Coen Brothers…

The cult comedy The Big Lebowski recently marked its 25th Anniversary, causing Dudes all over the world to break out the White Russians.

To celebrate, in the first half of this two-parter, here are Lee Adams' 20 favourite scenes from the unique world of the Coen Brothers…

Paul Thomas Anderson’s exuberant sophomore feature Boogie Nights turned 25 recently, and in the intervening years he has put together one of the most fascinating filmographies in Hollywood.

This week Lee Adams casts an eye over the career of this modern master.

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...

With Avatar: The Way of Water hitting the big screen and shaping up to be the must-see film of Christmas, Lee Adams takes a look at the blockbuster career of James Cameron…

SPOILER ALERT - He isn't a fan of Pandora!

As British kids growing up on council estates, for many of us our life was parkas and grass-stained shirts, BMX rides, sherbet dabs and jawbreakers.

It was a world away from the impossibly glamorous teenagers of The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink and Ferris Buller's Day Off. But, these comedies gave kids the sense that someone in Hollywood was making movies about them.

So, in this week's wonderful article, Lee Adams takes a look back at the films of John Hughes.

Age is no barrier in Hollywood when it comes to kicking butt, as Keanu Reeves, Liam Neeson, and Tom Cruise have repeatedly proven. Now pushing 60, Brad Pitt stars in the action-comedy thriller Bullet Train.

To celebrate, Lee Adams takes a look at his career to date…

It is clear that Tom Cruise puts his all in to every movie he makes. In every press interview and media experience he is the consummate professional – engaged, smiles and laughter, and never short of time.

A great example of his good humour and passion can be found in his recent interview with BBC film critic, Ali Plumb. 

You can find that and a link to over 140 of  Plumb's filmed interviews here...

Forty years after it crashed and burned at the box office, John Carpenter’s masterpiece The Thing recently made a triumphant return to the big screen.

To celebrate, we take a look at the career of the incredibly influential “Master of Horror”.

This month sees the release of Firestarter, a remake of the 1984 pyrokinetic horror starring Drew Barrymore.

This film is just one of dozens based on the works of Stephen King, so Lee Adams braced himself for jump-scares and put together a list of his favourites…