The first and second season of Netflix’s show House of Cards were marked by the heavy use of brands, especially Apple products and BlackBerry. At times the show looked like those two…
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On February 14 American streaming service Netflix released all 13 episodes of House of Cards season 2. The first season became a huge hit in 2013 and in the beginning of February…
After Netflix released its TV series House of Cards a lot of unsatisfied viewers vented their frustration on Twitter. Messages such as two below continue to appear on my Twitter feed: “Worst…
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…
Intouchables is a French film that premiered in November 2011 and in two months it became the second most successful French film of all time (in number of spectators in France). It’s…
Crazy Stupid Love, an American romantic comedy, opens up with a shot of different shoes and legs in a restaurant. After a minute of watching nice shoes and people playing with each…
I rarely enjoy movie comedies, mainly because they’re just not funny and the majority of their jokes are recycled and boring. Horrible Bosses falls in the category of fairly good comedies with…
Happy Endings is an American sitcom which reminds me of Friends for different reasons: three girls and three guys, two of them are married, two of them were almost married, but the…
A couple of weeks ago all major news agencies had run a story about product placement in the Chinese propaganda movie Beginning of the Great Revival. Apparently in one scene, the actor…
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…
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…
Hollywood Branded Inc. is a Los Angeles based entertainment marketing agency, founded in 2007 by Stacy Jones. The agency specializes in product placement, celebrity endorsement, branded content, promotions, licensing. Hollywood Branded, the…
In september Canada’s Research in Motion (RIM) announced their the new BlackBerry tablet, called PlayBook. It’s BlackBerry’s attempt to get a piece of the new tablet market, currently owned by Apple’s iPad.…