In the twelfth episode of The Big Bang Theory‘s season 7 (S07E12) Sheldon tries to learn how to be funny. On his mission he even studies a book on that topic. Sheldon…
What was the most memorable product placement of 2013? Something from Iron Man 3 or Man of Steel, this year’s box-office winners? Something from The Big Bang Theory, Breaking Bad, Modern Family,…
I’ve already written about Audi’s unintentional product placement in Fifty Shades of Grey, but as the premiere of the film is moving closer and closer, there are more and more deals that…
When it comes to the list of the worst movies that I saw in 2013 The Canyons comes second. The clear winner is the incredibly awful Movie 43, which will be at…
Tenth episode of Homeland’s third season brought an interesting product placement: it involved chewing gum. At first I thought I’ll do a blog post on Cisco’s landline phone, but there was another…
I rarely get an “order” to write about some product placement, but when I get one, it’s probably because it’s really good or it features a cool product. Well, this one goes…
In the era of superhero remakes it was expected that we would get a Superman movie too. Even though we had Superman Returns in 2006, Hollywood just had to make it. We…
Beverly Hills 90210 was an American TV show that originally aired from October 1990 to May 2000 and was hugely popular – not only in the USA but also worldwide. The show…
It’s been a while since I watched Oblivion. It’s a 2013 a post-apocalyptic science fiction movie, made for $120 million. The movie underperformed in the USA, grossing only $89m, but done much…
When I first heard about product placement, that was some 15 years ago, I found the fact that the first product placement was Jack Daniels whisky in Mildred Pierce, a movie from…
I just watched World War Z, Brad Pitt’s biggest box office hit. It’s a movie about zombie apocalypse. Unfortunately, it’s too long and inconsistent, with underdeveloped back story and for many of…
Modern Family is a TV show that was covered in several blog posts on Brands&Films, but none of them had involved locations our houses from Modern Family. During my recent trip to…
I first heard about the TV show Orphan Black through a friend of mine who raved about it, saying that it’s a must see. I hesitated but gave it a go. At…
The title says it all: it’s a disgrace. Even if Avril Lavigne & co. wanted to show the irony of product placement in music videos, it doesn’t look like it. It’s just…
I used to like her. Her biggest hit Price Tag is very good and her performance at Glastonbury 2011 where she couldn’t dance because of a broken foot and she invited a…