Less than two weeks away from the can’t-get-here-soon-enough theatrical release of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, and Warner Bros. is throwing an appropriate marketing fit, every day — if not every hour — bringing something new into the fold. … Continue reading
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Bullet-Faced Cage
Posted on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 4:06 pm by Danny King in the Posters categoryI’ve always thought Andrew Niccol’s Lord of War would be something right up my alley, but I never got around to seeing it when it dropped back in 2005 and the film continued to elude me in the years since. … Continue reading
Poster for Benh Zeitlin’s ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’
Posted on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at 5:22 pm by Danny King in the Posters categoryI was fortunate enough to catch a free screening of Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild last night here at NYU, and the pure exhilaration of the experience is still coursing through my viens. Everything you’ve probably heard about … Continue reading
‘Moneyball,’ ‘Contagion,’ ‘Take Shelter,’ ‘Warrior’ Stand Out Among Field of FYC Posters
Posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 1:10 am by Danny King in the Awards Posters categoryPrior to today, I had done minimal digging through this year’s offering of FYC advertisements, but, thanks to the exhaustive FYC gallery over at Awards Daily, I was able to quickly catch up with what the season’s marketing teams have … Continue reading
Russian Poster for Ralph Fiennes’ ‘Coriolanus’
Posted on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 3:33 am by Danny King in the Posters categoryThis Russian poster for Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus, which dropped over at IMP Awards a couple of days ago, caught my eye for an obvious reason — that blood-soaked sight of Fiennes is, I think, a real shock to the system. … Continue reading
Poster for Oren Moverman’s ‘Rampart’
Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 9:23 pm by Danny King in the Posters categoryThe poster for Oren Moverman’s Rampart has hit over at IMP Awards. Along with Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin, which recently received a reportedly spoiler-logged official trailer, Moverman’s cop drama is firmly in the top tier of … Continue reading
Poster for Steve McQueen’s ‘Shame’
Posted on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 2:04 pm by Danny King in the Posters categoryTHR has debuted a poster for Steve McQueen’s Shame, which I’ll be seeing tonight at the New York Film Festival. I was ecstatic when I heard the news that Fox Searchlight had picked up this project after its enthusiastically-reviewed festival … Continue reading
Poster for Steven Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’
Posted on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 12:27 am by Danny King in the Posters categoryWhen that first trailer hit back in July, most pundits jumped at the chance to declare Steven Spielberg’s War Horse the early Oscar frontrunner. I’ve sort of come around to that perspective, which has gained plenty of legitimacy as of … Continue reading
Poster for Phyllida Lloyd’s ‘The Iron Lady’
Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 8:50 pm by Danny King in the Posters categoryIt seems almost inevitable that Meryl Streep’s turn as Margaret Thatcher will land her yet another Oscar nomination. I have to admit that I was kind of bugged by her nod for Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia, which, as a … Continue reading
Poster for Tomas Alfredson’s ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’
Posted on Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 12:25 am by Danny King in the Posters categoryYahoo has also debuted a domestic poster for Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which received absolute raves out of Venice. In the Best Actor category, Gary Oldman is as firm a contender as ever. The film as a whole, … Continue reading
