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79 Years of Best Picture Winners in Posters
This weekend the winners of the 80th Academy Awards will be announced. Which gives me a nice excuse to post a compilation of the posters for all of the best picture winners so far. 1927-1928 – Wings...
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And in a Few Hours, One of These Will Join That Big List
No Country For Old Men The main poster for No Country has Llewelyn Moss running through the plains, holding a shotgun a a case full of money. Meanwhile Chigurh looms over him ghost like. It’s pretty...
View ArticleIt’s an Honor Just to be Nominated
The nominees for this year’s Key Art Awards have been announced. You can check out the nominated posters easily in this cool gallery from IMPAwards. Also, check out monKeyArtsAwards for a list of what...
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Because Second Guessing is Fun: The Key Art Awards
So, the Key Art Awards winners were announced this weekend in such categories as best campaign, best action/adventure/horror trailer and a bunch of others that no one here cares about. Now, about the...
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Oscar Week: Frost/Nixon
Frost/Nixon is basically an intimate, almost claustrophobic story. The poster takes a cue from that and shows us the the people at the center of this story. Nixon, swollen by shadows, and Frost in the...
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Oscar Week: The Milk Posters
The first time I saw the above poster I thought the background was a photo of actual milk being poured. Seemed like a lovely literal interpretation of something one wouldn’t expect to be interpreted...
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Oscar Week: Slumdog Millionaire
When I first saw this poster for Slumdog I knew close to nothing about the film, and my reaction was basically “this is very ugly”. I hated the shining, colorful lights, the floating semi-transparent...
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Oscar Week: The Reader
The Reader has had quite a few different posters, but most focus on some variation of Ralph and Kate sharing something. The above variation is my favorite because of the way it combines the most...
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Oscar Week: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
When the first posters were released for Benjamin Button I struggled with what to say about them. That was months ago, but I’m still struggling. I’m basically mesmerized by what are, on the surface,...
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Once Again, The Oscars
So, it’s that time of the year again. Tonight one of these posters will join the big list. Not the best set of posters ever, but not the worst either. No eyesores at least. If I were to base my rooting...
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