The Original Movie Posters Blog - Art of the Movies

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…

Jim Carrey made us all feel really old by recently turning sixty!

So we thought now would be a great time for our own Ace Film Detective, Lee Adams, to take a look back at the rubber-faced man's eventful career…

As Steven Spielberg's reworking of the musical classic West Side Story opens world-wide to rave reviews, Lee Adams takes a look at the director's incredible career to date.

Is Spielbergian a word? It is now!

From Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters to Lost In Translation and Ed Wood, chances are he has appeared in one of your favourite films.

Wes Anderson loves him too. He is an ever-present in the director's incredible ensemble casts. As The French Dispatch finally plays in UK cinemas, Lee Adams takes a look at the enigmatic career of Bill Murray.