You may think product placement is a relatively new phenomenon – it’s actually been around since the 1920s, if not earlier when it was used in the film The Garage, starring Buster…
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Top Gun: Maverick is the much-anticipated sequel to the original Top Gun from 1986. It seems unbelievable that a sequel would come 35 years later, but here we are. The 1986 Hollywood…
I have written several blog posts about shameless product placement. I call it product placement prostitution. Placing a product inside a scene in a way that focuses the viewers’ attention on the…
This year marks the tenth anniversary of The Dark Knight, the second movie of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy. It stars Christian Bale as Batman and the late Heath Ledger as…
Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team that appeared in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first issue was released in 1961. This year the Fantastic Four (stylized as Fant4stic) got…
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…
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…
* This is guest post written by Kristine King On October 9, 2012 Skyfall, the 23rd installment of James Bond, opened in theaters after a much publicized marketing deal of product integration…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Here it is: the best product placement of the best. The fourth and the last part of the Top 40 product placements of all time. Just a quick reminder – this is…
The year 1986 was the breakthrough year for 22-year old Tom Cruise. He led the young pilots in Top Gun, the highest grossing movie of the year, and starred besides Oscar winner…