Since I had started Brands & Films I’ve been getting a lot of suggestions from my friends and colleagues about possible blog posts. I must admit that I had used a lot…
Movies
Blog posts about product placement in movies.
A few days ago I decided to finally watch the 2009 remake of the famous movie from the 70s: The Taking of Pelham 123 with Denzel Washington and John Travolta. Not for…
Morning Glory is a comedy set in the hilarious and dysfunctional world of morning television. It follows a young news producer Becky Fuller (Rachel McAdams) who just got fired from her job…
Sir Alfred Hitchcock was born on this day (13th August) in 1899 in Leytonstone, London. He directed more than fifty feature films and is regarded as greatest British filmmaker. Daily Telegraph once…
Hall Pass is an American comedy produced and directed by the Farrelly brothers, who are most famous for making There’s Something About Mary; Dumb and Dumber and Me, Myself & Irene. Hall…
Sergio Tacchini is a former Italian tennis player and famous Italian fashion designer of sportswear. In 1966 he set up a company, named after him, to produce and distribute sports apparel and…
A few weeks ago I watched an interesting movie HappyThankYouMorePlease which tells the story of a group of young New Yorkers, struggling to balance love, friendship, and their approaching adulthoods. One of…
Recently I’ve watched another mediocre movie, some sort of buddy-buddy comedy with annoying Zach Galifianakis and uninterested Robert Downey Jr. The movie had its usual dose of product placement, with one that…
Drive Angry is another in line of Nicolas Cage movies that falls in the category of failed attempts to get some success at the box office or on the other hand show…
The premise of the Limitless is quite interesting: what would happen if you’d take a drug (called NZT) that enhances the brain power and allows the person to use 100% of his…
If you think about famous cocktails from movies or TV shows which one springs to mind: vodka martini from some James Bond movie, Cosmopolitan from Sex and the City, White Russian from…
In my previous post Toyota Prius mocked in No Strings Attached I briefly analyzed Toyota Prius’ product placement in the movie No Strings Attached. I’ve also mentioned that the movie included several…
Couple of days ago two friends asked me (on separate occasions) if I had seen the movie No Strings Attached with Natalie Portman (Emma) and Ashton Kutcher (Adam). They were curious if…
One of the most beautiful movies of 2009 was definitely Tom Ford's debut A Single Man. The most impressive aspect of A Single Man is its cinematic beauty. Everything from the design…
On 22nd February Brand Channel announced their annual Brandcameo Product Placement Award Winners. There was an interesting brand among the winners: Toyota Prius. It got the award for the Best Role in…