Tag: movies

  • Retro Streaming Movie Adventures: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    Robert Mitchum in The Day of the Hunter, holding the head of a post, showing tattoos oneach finger that spell out LOVE.
    A closeup of Robert Mitchum's fingers in The Day of the Hunter, showing tattoos that spell LOVE on his right hand and HATE on his left.

    Call me crazy, but I think that preacher seems untrustworthy.

    If you recognize the source poster for this fake one without looking it up, you know far too much about movie posters.

    A fake poster for The Night of the Hunter mimicking the poster for The Day of the Dolphin.
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  • Retro Movie Adventures: Nashville (1975)

    Stylized image of Henry Gibson as Haven Hamilton in Nashville. He is drawn in red, white, and blue, with red white and blue outlies.
    Keith Carradine and Cristina Raines as Tom & Mary in Nashville.

    Things to have or do in a movie to make me less likely to enjoy it:

    • Tons of characters with no clear lead
    • So many people talking at once that it’s hard to know what anyone is saying
    • Lots of country music

    Robert Altman manages to put all of those things in a movie that’s over two and a half hours long and make something great.

    Now I should probably watch it again with subtitles.

    Today’s poster isn’t very good, and the two movies have pretty much no connection whatsoever. Enjoy!

    A poster for Nashville mimicking the poster for Dune.
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  • Movie Pass Adventures: Poolman

    Stylized image of Chris Pine as Darren Barrenman in Poolman.
    Chris Pine as Darren Barrenman in Poolman, showing off his sweet elementary school headphones.

    Watched as prep for The Flop House. I try to do my homework!

    This movie got hammered by critics like it was made of cancer and strangled kittens, and I don’t think it’s anywhere near that level of nightmare. It constantly almost works. There are details I love, like his “Walkman”: a COBY knockoff with big elementary school headphones (I see you, Califone 2924AVs). But Pine lets too many of his influences take over instead of using them as a lens for his own style. But it’s is first shot at directing; I would not be surprised at all if there are Chris Pine directing retrospectives in the future (where Poolman is called “critically misunderstood”).

    Or he might become Neil Breen. Who knows?

    Today’s poster: A movie called “Poolman” gets a pool movie poster.

    A poster for Poolman mimicking the poster for The Hustler.
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  • Movie Pass Adventures: F1: The Movie

    Brad as Sonny in F1: The Movie
    “I’m Maverick – I mean, I’m SONNY.”
    Brad Pitt and Damson Idris looking seriously at the camera in F1: THe Movie.

    If you ever wanted to see Top Gun: Maverick but 20 minutes longer and with race cars, then I’ve got the movie for you!

    Today’s fake poster is based on an equally serious film.

    A poster for F1: The Movie mimicking the poster for Dude, Where's My Car?.
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  • Movie Pass Adventures: Ponyboi

    River Gallo as Ponyboi, standing in a laundromat, leaning against a broom
    Murray Bartlett as Bruce looks at River Gallo as Ponyboi, who is looking away.

    There’s a lot of good stuff in this, but it gives Ponyboi too many problems to deal with. I’m sure the effect is supposed to be a constant heightening of tension, but it felt more like trying to cram every possible neo-noir cliché into a single story.

    Bonus: Ponyboi (2019)

    I didn’t realize until I got home that the movie is adapted from a short film River Gallo made in 2019. It’s on Vimeo. The short is less polished than the movie, but the story is more focused. Almost every line from the short is in the movie, but some are shuffled to new characters. The last scene is similar to the last one in the movie, but it’s much more connected to the rest of the story.

    Obvious choice for today’s fake poster:

    A poster for Ponyboi mimicking the poster for The Outsiders.
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  • Movie Pass Adventures: Sorry, Baby

    Eva Victor holds a cat in Sorry, Baby.
    Naomi Ackie and Eva Victor bundled in warm jackets and laying on brown grass in Sorry, Baby.

    A movie about recovering from sexual assault that somehow manages to acknowledge the seriousness of the crime even while it inserts comedy. I liked it muchly.

    Today’s fake poster is based on a very different baby movie.

    A poster for Sorry, Baby mimicking the poster for Rosemary's Baby.

    But the question is: did I fix how the blog posts to the Fediverse? We’re about to find out!

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  • Retro Movie (no pass) Adventures: Blade Runner (1982)

    Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty in Blade Runner. Just his head is visible, He is smiling.
    Sean Young as Rachael from Blade Runner. Just her face is visible. The background is unclear gold and brown shapes.

    Man, this movie is good. I saw a 4K remaster at The Egyptian, and it was frickin’ beautiful.

    A few days ago I watched Tony Scott’s The Hunger. Yesterday I watched Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. I guess I should complete the director trilogy by watching Michael Scott’s Threat Level: Midnight.

    A few months ago I used Blade Runner’s poster as the model for the fake poster for A New Leaf, so it only seems fair to do the reverse for this movie.

    A fake poster for Blade Runner mimicking the poster for A New Leaf.

  • Movie Pass Adventures: Bring Her Back

    The siblings from Bring Her Back.
    The eyes of "Ollie" from Bring Her Back.

    Well, that movie wasn’t for me. It does exactly what it looks like it will do; if that’s your thing, you’ll probably enjoy it. I was mostly bored and occasionally uncomfortable.

    Today’s fake poster kinda-sorta looks like the original. The reason it works at all is the movie logo.

    A fake poster for Bring Her Back mimicking the poster for Back to the Future.
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  • Triple Feature Lady Vampire Movie Adventures: Dracula’s Daughter (1936), A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), The Hunger (1983)

    Dracula’s Daughter

    Gloria Holden as Dracula's Daughter.
    movie bar for Dracula's Daughter with Gloria Holden and Otto Krueger.

    The most unbelievable part of this movie: That Countess Zaleska (that’s Dracula’s daughter to you) would have any interest in the drip doctor. She had way more chemistry with the random woman her manservant picked out for her to drain. I guess that’s why a ton of sites reference this as “the lesbian vampire movie.”

    Oh, how this fake poster made the middle school teacher that I am giggle!

    A poster for Dracula's Daughter mimicking the poster for Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
    If she’s a vampire, wouldn’t holding the cross burn?

    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

    Arash Marandi and Sheila Vand in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.
    Movie bar for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night with the eyes of Sheila Vand.

    Easily the best vampire western set in modern day Iran but filmed near Bakersfield I have seen this year. And who could not love a vampire on a skateboard?

    I was annoyed that I’d already done a Home Alone parody – it’s right there in the title! Instead, I went with another “walk” movie. This is less of a copy and more like a strongly influenced design. It also looks like it could have been a real poster for the movie, which is sort of against the idea of these fake posters. I do like it, though.

    A poster for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night mimicking the poster for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

    The Hunger

    Catherine Deneuve as Miriam in The Hunger
    Movie bar for The Hunger with Catharine Deneuve and David Bowie.

    Look, I know she’s been entranced, but the whole seduction scene in this is hilarious. “Oh no- I have spilled my sherry on my thin white shirt that I am wearing without a bra. I’m trying to clean it by slowing rubbing a wet cloth on my breast, but it doesn’t seem to be working. Would you help me remove it, mysterious woman?”

    …and now I present: THE WORST FAKE POSTER OF THE SET. It’s not a bad idea, but I should have looked for a better source image. However, I already made two other posters and I am done with Photoshop for the day.

    A Poster for The Hunger mimicking the poster for The Hunger Games.

    Also: I realized that I’ve seen five “Lady Vampire” movies in the last ten months. I guess I should expect another one by August.

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  • Retro Double Feature Movie Adventures: The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944) and Christmas in July

    The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

    William Demarest, Diana Lynn, Betty Hutton, and Eddie Bracken in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek.
    Betty Hutton,, William Demarest, and Diana Lynn in The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

    This is one of Elliott Kalan of The Flop House‘s favorite movies, so when the New Beverly had it as part of a Preston Sturges double feature I knew I had to go. And sure enough, it’s mighty funny. I want to spoil every joke. I will spoil none.

    This fake poster is based on a different “miracle” movie:

    A poster for The Miracle of Morgan's Creek mimicking the poster for The Miracle Worker
    If you think this poster looks pretty low effort, you should compare it to the original.

    Christmas in July

    Dick Powell and Ellen Drew back to back drinking coffee.
    Ellen Drew & Dick Powell leaning against each other in Christmas in July.

    This isn’t as strong as The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, but it’s still funny. It’s fun to see Sturges using a lot of the same actors in different roles.

    A very weak title link between this movie and the poster source:

    A poster for Christmas in July mimicking the poster for Romeo + Juliet

    BONUS BLOG MILESTONE!

    Christmas in July was my 100th Fake movie poster! How many hours have I spent making these things mostly for myself? UNKNOWN!

    100 fake movie posters, mostly based on real posters for other movies.

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