From acclaimed Australian director Peter Weir comes a fact-based story centered on soldiers who escaped from a Siberian prison camp in 1940. The story was inspired by Slavomir Rawicz's acclaimed novel, The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom, as well as other real life accounts and tells the adventure story chronicling …
Continue reading Flix Poster of the Week: Peter Weir’s The Way Back
I've been watching quite a few movies set in retro UK lately—Nowhere Boy, An Education—it's an interesting period of time and this one is no different. Made in Dagenham is based on a real life event in 1968 where a group of female workers at the Ford Dagenham assembly plant went on strike for equal pay …
Continue reading Conspicuous Trailer & Poster of the Week: Made in Dagenham
Is it just me or does anyone else think that seemingly every week we've got a new set of Harry Potter character posters. Even if you don't read the books or watch their movies, it's hard to deny HP is such a marketing juggernaut, a global business phenomenon with seemingly 'magical' powers when it comes to …
Continue reading Flix Posters of the Week: HP7 Character Posters
HAPPY FRIDAY all! I realize I haven't had a poster post for a while, and when I came across this horizontal quad style poster, I knew I had to blog about it. I thought these are hilarious and eye-cathy. Can't say the same about the trailer though, which is somewhat devoid of laughter IMO. The plot: …
Another year, another Woody Allen's ensemble-cast movie. I'm not one to rush to see his movies, in fact, I can count with one hand how many of his films I have seen. But these posters of his upcoming rom-com just spell lovely. I love, love these! The illustrated silhouettes are so simple yet sooo romantic, …
Continue reading Flix Poster of the Week: You Will Meet a Tall, Dark, Stranger
The swirly yellow font treatment set against stark black caught my attention in the Apple trailer page, but the official poster set in nifty illustration is even more artsy. I love how the monsters' hands guide draw your eyes down to the terrified-looking girl and down to that script fonts of the title. Very creative, …
Continue reading Flix Poster of the Week: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
Upon seeing this lovely poster, I just might make a weekly Poster Feature post from now on. There is always a new being released every day and it's fun to look at them. But every once in a while, a poster catches your breath away, not so much for how it looks—though it's indeed gorgeous–but …
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