This week sees the release of Snowden, the new movie from director Oliver Stone. The movie is certainly politically tinged, telling the story of an infamous NSA whistleblower who exposed the agency's bad actions, mostly around setting up a surveillance state here in the United States. It's hardly the first time Stone has gotten political … Continue reading Flashback MMM: JFK
Movie Marketing Madness: Snowden
Want to get Movie Marketing Madness via email? Sign up here. Then connect with MMM on Twitter and Facebook. The story of Edward Snowden, the former NSA tech who made headlines for exposing what the agency was up to in terms of monitoring law-abiding U.S. citizens before fleeing the country to avoid prosecution, is now … Continue reading Movie Marketing Madness: Snowden
Selling Alexander
You can read my full recap of the marketing for Alexander at Film Threat. The fictional biography (?) of Alexander the Great, this Oliver Stone owes its existence to “Gladiator” and owes a debt of gratitude to whoever pulled the plug on Baz Luhrmann’s planned biopic covering the same subject. This one though presents some … Continue reading Selling Alexander