Movies

Blog posts about product placement in movies.

Tom Cruise’s sunglasses in Oblivion

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…

In your face product placement in World War Z

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…

Posterception: 5 fantastic film posters in films

* This is guest post written by Adam Stevens Personally, I love self-referential, post modern films that know how to do it well – the first thing that comes to mind is…

Marketing Selena Gomez’s image in Getaway

* This is guest post written by Adrian Rawlings Whoever has been tasked with marketing Selena Gomez in Getaway certainly has their work cut out for them. For most of us familiar…

Sharknado: The L.A. Chainsaw Massacre

As you probably know Sharknado is this year’s talk of the summer and totally unexpected hit. The movie was produced by TV network SyFy and cost somewhere between $1 million to $2…

Product placement in pictures: Spring Breakers

Spring Breakers is an interesting movie by an interesting director Harmony Korine. It follows four college-aged girls (Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine) on their spring break. However, the…

Die Hard is 25 years old

Have you read About page on Brands & Films? Among other things it says: my favorite movie is Die Hard. Sounds funny? It probably is, but the movie is sooo good and…

Product placement in pictures: Fast and Furious 6

Let me borrow some words from James Berardinelli, my favorite movie critic: Fast & Furious 6 is “mindless entertainment”. The plot feels like warmed-over bad James Bond. Think of the worst 007…

Nokia Lumia 925 in Man of Steel

We have read that Lumia 925, Nokia’s latest mobile phone, will have a part in the upcoming Superman movie Man of Steel. Below you can see Lumia 925’s product placement from the…

Product placement slideshow: Iron Man 3

What can you expect from one of this year’s blockbusters? Big budget, great success at the box office and lots of product placement? Well, you’ll get everything. Iron Man 3 lived up…

Re-making famous movie scenes with Toonia Storymaker app

Which movie scene is the most memorable for you? Forrest Gump talking about box of chocolates, Sharon Stone being interrogated, Carpe diem speech from Dead Poets Society, Omaha beach sequence from Saving…

Elle in A bout de souffle

Jean-Luc Godard’s A bout de souffle (en. Breathless) was one of the movies from my List of shame, i.e. the list of movies I should’ve seen it, but for some reason I…

Audi R8 remains Iron Man's car

Iron Man 3, the third adventure of Tony Stark is scheduled to be released internationally on April 25 and on May 3, 2013 in the United States. It’s going to be another…

Want a slice of pizza from the movies?

Usually when I see a shot of pizza in the movies I get hungry. I could be in the cinema or watching a movie on DVD in my living, the outcome is…