The fifth adventure of New York cop and genuinely tough guy John McClane is called A Good Day to Die Hard. Bruce Willis has to travel to Russia to help his estranged…
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The Avengers was the highest grossing movie of 2012 and one of the biggest box-office hits of the past few years. Below you can see the highest grossing movies (worldwide) in 2012…
Perhaps you’ve read about Budweiser’s complaint over their appearance in the latest Robert Zemeckis’ movie Flight, starring Denzel Washington. If not, here’s a short recap: Anheuser-Busch (the owner of Budweiser brand) has…
I published a lengthy piece on product placement in the latest Bond movie a couple of months ago in the blog post Product placement in pictures: Skyfall. At that time I could…
Some of the most iconic moments in movie history have involved automobiles. Since the average American spends 200 hours a year commuting to and from his or her job, it’s little wonder…
Can you have brands in the movie that takes place in 2044? Of course you can. Can you place so many brands that it becomes unbearable to watch? Yes, we’ve seen blatant…
The latest Bond movie Skyfall has been massively successful, but which James Bond actor grossed most at the box office? Who drove the coolest car and had the best looking girl? My…
A lot has been written about excessive and blatant product placement in the latest Bond movie Skyfall. But let me say somethingdifferent: product placement in Skyfall wasn’t excessive and wasn’t blatant. Actually…
What happens if you organize a birthday party, invite thousands of guests and they all come? Loud music, nervous neighbors, drugs, sex and rock ‘n’ roll, fighting, burning or drowning cars, the…
Before making The Dictator British actor, director and producer Sacha Baron Cohen created three feature movies that generated phenomenal buzz and at the same time performed admirably at the box office. Ali…
“When I was younger, I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about District 12, about the people who rule our country, Panem, from the far-off city called…
What would you say, which sunglasses had the most memorable appearance in the movies? Ray-Ban in Top Gun, Oakley in Mission: Impossible 2, Oliver Peoples in Fight Club, several slick and modern…
This blog post is written for all hipster readers of Brands & Films. Just kidding – it’s about a piece of photo history that was immensely popular, became almost extinct, but is…
American Reunion is the fourth and hopefully the last installment of the American Pie series. It started in 1999 with the hugely successful movie American Pie, which was made for a meager…
A few days ago I published blog post Product placement in pictures: 21 Jump Street where I showed some of the most notable examples of product placement from viagra perscription online the…