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The Guardian - UK
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Entertainment
Henry Barnes

The imposters: pirated film posters – in pictures

Chinese Film Posters: The Ides of March film poster
The Ides of March / Middle-Aged Adventures: Out of Breath
Ignition Print's sharp, contemporary campaign for George Clooney's political drama gets an homage from the makers of Middle-Aged Adventures: Out of Breath. Homage? Rip-off? It's about half and half in our eyes
Photograph: PR
Chinese Film Posters: The Ides of March film poster
Ocean's Twelve / Call for Love
Strong, stylish, simple ... and that's just Call for Love's premise, which sees an office manager handed a magical mobile phone that allows him to arrange a series of dates with beautiful women. Makes Steven Soderbergh's heist movie sound a little black and white, doesn't it?
Photograph: PR
Chinese Film Posters: The Ides of March film poster
The Eye / Illusion Apartment
Creepy schlock horror The Eye becomes ... creepy schlock horror Illusion Apartment! The Hollywood film, which was itself a remake of a Hong Kong flick, starred Jessica Alba as a woman who's eye transplant allows her to see the supernatural. In the more conventional Illusion Apartment a series of frightening unexplained events ("Doors always shut suddenly, televisions automatically turned on, curtains often closed by themselves") plague a writer of mystery fiction
Photograph: PR
Chinese Film Posters: The Ides of March film poster
Vantage Point / Seven 2 One
Another way to look at BLT & Associates's concept for the Vantage Point poster. Pete Travis's ensemble drama was a twisty thriller about the attempted assassination of the president seen from eight different points of view. Seven 2 One is a twisty thriller about a pair of disgruntled shop assistants who want to get back at their boss. The scale of the crime is the only difference here, surely?
Photograph: PR
Chinese Film Posters: The Ides of March film poster
Detective Tang Lang / Sherlock Holmes
Elementary my dear Huang Que. Detective Tang Lang's on the case in this poster inspired by Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes. Tang Lang is 'a gifted yet flippant detective', according to the film's Wiki. Robert Downey Jnr must have been taking notes ...
Photograph: PR
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