Movies

Blog posts about product placement in movies.

How to make Cubano sandwich from the movie Chef

Chef is a 2014 American comedy-drama which was written, produced, directed by and starring Jon Favreau. It follows Carl Casper (Favreau), a professional chef who, after a public row with a food…

Product placement prostitution: Transformers Age of Extinction

Transformers is Michael Bay’s hugely successful movie franchise that now consists of four movies, released in the span of seven years. One of the main characteristics of the franchise is blatant and in-your-face…

Product placement in pictures: Gone Girl

Gone Girl was one of the most anticipated movies of 2014. It’s based on the best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn, directed by David Fincher and starring Ben Affleck (Nick Dunne) and Rosamund…

Product placement in pictures: Begin Again

Begin Again is a typical Sundayish movie: a nice, positive, easygoing movie that is perfect for watching it on a lazy Sunday. Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine)…

BMW and Ivan Locke: a perfect combination?

If your movie is set in just one place and if that place is a car, it’s extremely important that the director, screenwriter and the producer choose the right car for the…

Product placement in pictures: Neighbors

Neighbors is one of those Judd Apatow movies: a raunchy, profane comedy with sex, T&A, drugs and a lot of four-letter words. I have to admit that I like Apatow-ish movies, but…

Product placement in pictures: Veronica Mars

Veronica Mars is a fictional character from the television series, Veronica Mars, which aired on the UPN and CW networks from 2004 to 2007. It is also a title of the 2014…

Product placement slideshow: The Canyons

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…

Cutler and Gross sunglasses in The Counselor

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…

Product placement in pictures: Man of Steel

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…