If you’ve been reading /Film for a while, then you know my obsession with minimalistic movie poster design. We’ve featured many of these simple 2-4 color streamlined posters on the site in the past, but never anything having to do with television. Graphic artist Albert Exergian has created a bunch of minimalistic posters for some of television’s most popular shows. And while these aren’t as conceptually clever as what I’m used to, I can still appreciate many of these. I’ve included a sample after the jump. You can buy prints of many of these posters for £50.00 on Blanka.
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When I first laid my eyes on the alien weaponry in Neill Blomkamp’s District 9, I thought to myself… I hope Sidehsow, Weta, or someone produces some nice prop replicas, because those things are cool. Today WETA announced that they will be releasing prop replicas of two of the alien weapons from District 9 - the Arc Generator and the Gas Projector. And these weapons are the first in a range of District 9 items from Weta. Details and photos after the jump.
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I’m bunching up two different Cool Stuff posts here, but just as I was about to highlight the two great new Alamo Drafthouse posters for The Wolf Man and The Wolfman I saw this tasty little Soylent Green t-shirt that I thought folks might get a kick out of. And because the shirt is from TeeFury it is available today only — about ten more hours, to be exact. Then again, the two posters might not last much longer than that. Hit the break for details on all of them. Read More »
A couple weeks ago we featured a cool Iron Man macbook decal which transformed the glowing apple logo into Tony Stark’s arc reactor. Today we bring you another Iron Man macbook decal, this time in full color. The other big change is that the glowing apple logo fits into Iron Man’s arm blaster. Skinat is selling the vinyl lucid sticker in three different sizes, for $14.99on Etsy.
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If you’ve been following /Film for a while, then you know that we love minimalistic movie posters. But these concept posters by graphic designer Jamie Bolton are probably the most sparse we’ve seen so far (and I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad thing — I’d love to hear your thoughts). After the jump, I’ve included Bolton’s posters for Star Wars, The Shining, Jurassic Park, Blade Runner, and the Back to the Future Trilogy.
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We’ve featured House of the Devil on the site many times over the past six months. Hunter even called the film the best horror film of the year, and one of his top five movies of 2009. The movie tells the story of “a pretty college sophomore, so desperate to earn some cash for a deposit on an apartment that she accepts a babysitting job even after she finds out there is no baby.”An older couple lure Sam out to their creaky Victorian mansion deep in the woods, just in time for a total lunar eclipse, and a night which might end “in a bloody fight for her life…”
One of the great things about the film is that it was shot in the style of a 1980’s horror film. It’s not only shot in the style, features the tone, pacing of an 80’s horror film, but it uses the exact filming techniques and technology of that era. Basically, if I put the movie on television, and told you it was a horror film from 1983, you’d believe me. A little while ago, Dark Sky Films sent out a copy of the movie on VHS to some horror journalists, as part of a viral marketing initiative for the film. At the time they said that the VHS copies were only produced for the viral, and would not be available for sale. It appears they have changed their minds.
/Film reader Drew B pointed me towards an Amazon link, which offers The House of the Devil in an Amazon Exclusive VHS/DVD bundle. The price is only $23.99 for the preorder, which ships on February 2nd 2010. How cool is that? Too bad there isn’t a Blu-ray/VHS combo pack.
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We’ve featured a bunch of New Zealand artist Glenn Jones t-shirts in past editions of Cool Stuff. This week Glennz released a new Back to the Future parody tee. And anyone who has been following the site for more than a week knows that I’m absolutey obsessed with Back to the Future (yes, I do own a hoverboard and a flux capacitor), so it seems like a no-brainer that I’d feature this design in Cool Stuff. The T-shirt design is titled “Stuck in the Past” and is printed on silver American Apparel shirt for $19.95 plus shipping.
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Two recently revealed news bit on upcoming Blu-ray releases seem to have particular interest to the /Film readership, I would guess. First of all, DVD Town have run a list of the Warner Bros. 2010 slate and, besides some of my own must-buys like Three Kings, Mars Attacks and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, there was also a listing for The Goonies: 25th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition. The film has already been given a basic (and region free, thus importable) release in Europe, but so far has yet to hit US shelves. According to the site, there will also be a DVD release, which suggests new special features and not just a HD upgrade.
Meanwhile, there’s also a rumoured release for Jurassic Park on Blu-ray later this year. There’s no info on any special features, but I’d imagine Universal will peg this as a flagship title and push the boat out a little. Interestingly, Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World is also rumoured, but not chapter 3. The story originates on Planete HD, found via Blu-ray.com.
Woot’s T-Shirt of the Day is a funny Star Wars parody featuring Admiral Ackba playing with a finger trap. You guessed it, the t-shirt design is titled “It’s A Trap!” Available for only $10 with free shipping. But buy now as it will only be available today (unless it gets voted one of the best t-shirts of the month, and then it will be available again).
The soundtrack to Iron Man 2 at least seems novel. According to a new press release, it’s going to feature an awful lot of AC/DC and, presumably, not much else. Pre-orders are open today for the album AC/DC:Iron Man 2, set to shelf on April 19th, 9 days before the movie hits. Below the break you can read the whole press release and full track listing and watch the video for Shoot to Thrill, complete with clips both new and old from Iron Man 2.
A lot of the footage is from the Stark Expo scenes and therefore focuses on dancing girls in skimpy outfits modeled on details of the Iron Man suit. Between those clips and the shots already seen in the trailer, this is hardly dripping with fresh images. But, heck… don’t listen to me being a downer. That’s just my hunger for more talking.
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