First of all I have to admit that I made a mistake in my annual blog post The Best of 2011. I gave the Product placement surprise of the year award to…
Month: January 2012
Let’s clear one thing first: product placement prostitution occurs when corporate money directs the movie. We’ve seen cases of that phenomenon before, with some very blatant examples, e.g. Sex ant the City,…
After one-year hiatus the fifth season of American TV series Mad Men will start on 25th March. Before the premiere we would be able to see numerous promotional activities, from the American…
The Help, one of the most successful movies of 2011 is set in 1963, so I hadn’t had high expectations regarding product placement. However I was pleasantly surprised with the number of…
In the end of November 2011 an E-commerce giant eBay added a new feature to its iPad app, which allows users to shop for products based on what they are watching on…
Drive was one of the best and most critically acclaimed movies of 2011 (with a 12-minute standing ovation in Cannes). It was also one of my favorites too. The movie doesn’t have…