Blogbook

The reindeer language gap is a surprising topic explored by Microsoft in their 2019 Christmas Season ad campaign. Ok, I guess.

The Apple Christmas 2019 ad is a heartbreaking tearjerker of a family story over… an iPad. Hmm. It’s beautifully shot though.

Guy Ritchie has a new film, The Gentlemen — staring people like an unrecognisable Colin Farrell, Matthew Mcconaughey, and Henry Golding.

Movie Lengths — a Vox Explainer on why movies went from being just 15 minutes long to multi-hour marathons. We’re looking at you, Irishman.

It’s an Oreo Christmas… with an elf trying to buy oreos for Santa at a convenience store and being taught how to eat oreos in the process. Ok. TBH I don’t know anyone who eats oreos the way the ads tell people to eat them.

Contextual Advertising is Ryan Reynold’s hilarious new ad pushing his Netflix show… and his gin company. Because why not.

Tesco has a 2019 Christmas ad featuring their delivery van moving through the ages — yet another historical Christmas ad. We’re starting to see a theme here.

Kingdom is showing this week at the Japanese Film Festival in Melbourne 🙂 We’re also watching Saint Young Men, among other films.

Become a Jedi is part of the marketing campaign for the new Star Wars: Fallen Order game, featuring a little girl and her father.

The latest Sainsbury Christmas ad for 2019 is another weird, big-budget short film rewriting the origin of Santa Claus for commercial purposes. Haha. Come on, we all know that’s not how St Nick got his start.