Pontiac G8 Spy Hunter commercial: the making of
Remember when we showed you that fantastic Spy Hunter commercial? Well, we got the making of, and the guys at Sway, who made it, are super impressive. Watch the awesome making of and the commercial after the jump! Read More Read More
10 Fastest fictional cars listed by Forbes
digg_url = 'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/05/17/10-fastest-fictional-cars-listed-by-forbes/'; Forbes has published a list of the 10 fastest fictional cars. Their choices are a little weird, but it’s worth a look. Just to give you a taste of it, here is their top 3: 1. Blurr from the Transformers movie (1986) Top Speed: 800 mph (!) 2. The Mach 5 from Speed Racer Top Speed: 258 mph 3. The Batmobile (Tumbler) from Batman Begins Top Speed: 220 mph If you want to know... Read More
On our watch list: Wanted (2008)
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/05/on-our-watch-list-wanted-2008/\\\\\\\'; “Curb the bullet” It was during the Super Bowl that an upcoming movie caught our attention. Not because of Angelina Jolie, but because it looks promising for car scenes with some unique interaction of the characters vehicles: pay attention to the way Angelina enters the Viper when the latter is spinning. It looks like a sort of a reverse Parkour trick (the character doesn’t... Read More
Sunday ads: Cars.com, Toyota, Ford, Hyundai, Cadillac ‘08 Super Bowl commercials
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/04/sunday-ads-carscom-toyota-ford-08-super-bowl-commercials/\\\\\\\';Yep. It’s Monday. But yesterday was so big it was hard to fit everything! So here are the links to the XLII Super Bowl ads of Cars.com, Toyota, Ford, Hyundai and Cadillac. Of course we loved the E*TRADE Trading Baby too, but that as nothing to do with cars and/or movies. Ok… here’s the link. Links open in a new window. Toyota The All-New... Read More
Sunday ads: Audi R8 “Godfather” ‘08 Super Bowl commercial
digg_url = \\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-audi-r8-godfather-08-super-bowl-commercial/\\\\'; “Old luxury just got put on notice.” Audi, struggling with its own image being always one notch below BMW and Mercedes, has decided to put them down once and for all, at least in its commercial. In its remake of the famous “horse head” scene from The Godfather, the R8 is the hitman who just made the old mogul an offer he can not... Read More
Sunday ads: Garmin “Napoleon” ‘08 Super Bowl commercial
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-garmin-napoleon-08-super-bowl-commercial/\\\\\\\';Napoleon drives a Panhard PL17, navigating to his troups with the help of a Garmin GPS. Very well done, with a cool song and a car unknown to the American audience, but unmistakable. Read More
Sunday ads: Pepsi “Timberlake” ‘08 Super Bowl commercial
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-pepsi-timberlake-08-super-bowl-commercial/\\\\\\\'; Really simply because it’s funny and there’s some cars in it… Yep, that’s our excuse. Read More
Sunday ads: Bridgestone “Scream” ‘08 Super Bowl commercial
digg_url = \\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/02/03/sunday-ads-bridgestone-08-super-bowl-commercial/\\\\\\\';Bridgestone had an amazingly funny commercial. Even though we first thought it was for Saab, it’s works great and it seems to be this year’s favorite Super Bowl ad on the web right now, with the E*Trade baby. Update: the other Bridgestone commercial (the creepy one with Alice cooper) “Unexpected Obstacles” Read More
