Two year anniversary

Wow, another 12 months has gone already? Apparently so. Thanks again for everyone who reads this blog, I love reading your comments. Apologies I've posted so few reviews this year. I'm going to try and get ahead this weekend so I can get back to some regularity again.

As a stop gap, here's a few bits and pieces that I want to share with you guys.

Copycat DVD covers

My very first post for this blog was about growing phenomenon of film companies getting graphic designers to go back and redesign the covers for old movies. Turns out that two years on this process is still rampant. Check out these confusing covers.

I think just about every vampire movies ever made has now had their covers redesigned to look like Twilight but I found Kathryn Bigalow's Near Dark to be the most offensive. Those films are complete polar opposites.

Next up is Francis Ford Coppola's dull 1974 adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Obviously the designer was too worried about making the poster look like the recent Baz Lurhmann version so instead they ripped off the designer of the Oscar-winning The Artist!

Finally, this one is definitely my favourite, Midnight at St Petersburg was a 1995 TV movie sequel to Caine's classic 1960s Harry Palmer spy movies. "Hey Michael, Matt Damon just called. He wants his body back!"

My Favourite Behind the Scenes Photos

I love looking at old behind the scenes pics. Seeing actors with their guards down, seeing how effects wee made. Here's just a few of my favourites.

John Milius instructing Arnold Schwarzenegger how to look tough.

Holy cow! The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man was just a guy in a suit?

Turns out filming Psycho was actually a lot of fun!