The 2019 film Uncut Gems became a phenomenon due to Adam Sandler’s star turn as protagonist Howard Ratner, a New York jeweller who gambles not just with money, but with everything he…
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Blog posts about product placement in movies.
Bitcoin is growing ever more popular as the years pass, even though it has only been around since 2009. Around 42 million bitcoin wallets were in existence at the end of 2019,…
When you look at the top-grossing movies of all time, half of the top ten are Marvel movies. Avenger’s Endgame surpassed Avatar, taking the top spot at $2.79 billion. The Marvel comic…
It would be a massive understatement if we said that Harry Potter is a huge franchise. It’s ginormous. The crew of three and everyone else on the cast has found its way…
Top Gun 2 filming is well under way and after two delays is set for release on December 23, 2020. Tom Cruise, who starred in the first film in 1986, then had…
There is a guest post on B&F where the author speculates about several brands that should have a part in the Avengers: Infinity War, the biggest movie of 2018. Here we’ll check…
I have written several blog posts about shameless product placement. I call it product placement prostitution. Placing a product inside a scene in a way that focuses the viewers’ attention on the…
This year marks the tenth anniversary of The Dark Knight, the second movie of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy. It stars Christian Bale as Batman and the late Heath Ledger as…
Are you enthusiastic about a new Marvel movie, after seeing the highly expected Black Panther? You have the right reasons to be so, since action is more complex, villains get more attention…
If you’re planning to hit the movies this fall or winter, there are some great book adaptations hitting the theatres for avid readers out there. It’s not uncommon to see books being…
When I published blog post on product placement in the movie The Intern I stated that there were too many brands in the movie. At that time I haven’t had information that…
One of the recurring motifs in the James Bond movies are the so-called Bond girls. According to Wikipedia there is a point in every Bond movie when James Bond meets the principal…
A few days ago I got information that Slovenian kitchen appliance producer Gorenje found their microwave oven in The Martian. I have checked product placement from the movie and wrote blog post…
A few weeks ago I received a tweet from a colleague asking me if I had seen The Intern, the latest Robert De Niro movie. He was appalled by the huge number…
Can we expect product placement in a movie that is set in the space, more specifically on Mars? Of course. There won’t be alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, headphones and cars, but producers…