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Ice cream shooting out of a man's jeans - hm, pretty weird!
Every single day, 1.8 million kilograms of the UK's plastic waste is exported to other countries. In this arresting footage, titled 'Downing St Disaster', environmental organisation Greenpeace asks and answers the question: What would it look like if that exact amount was dumped on Downing Street? Located in the City of Westminster in London - hence the 'Wasteminster' parody tag - Downing St houses the official residences an... Read More
Back in the Sixties, Spanish designer Paco Rabanne galvanised the French fashion world with his use of unusual materials such as metals and paper for his flamboyant clothing creations. You can see from this ad that his eponymous label - launched in 1966 with 'Manifesto: 12 unwearable dresses in contemporary materials' - is still in the business of surprise, and still on trend, not to say ahead of the wave... Read More
Fellow tennis legend John McEnroe makes a cameo appearance with his trademark "You cannot be serious!" exclamation as Serena Williams sees off a selection of ball-firing robots in this amusing ad for DirecTV. Attired as the superhero character Wonder Woman, the US player sets her formidable focus on overcoming the formidable-looking rogue machines, to promote the broadcast company's new streaming service of live ... Read More
Written and directed by Spike Jonze, this charming - agree or disagree? - stop-motion film goes to the heart of advertising by planting memorable images in our heads. Featuring Zendaya, it takes us into the popular US actress's Dream Labs with some surprising and amusing twists, to promote Swiss running shoes company On. Like it?
(Strong language alert) Written and directed by Britain's Martin McDonagh ('In Bruges' 'Seven Psychpaths', 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' 'The Banshees of Inisherin'), this movie - due for release Nov 6, 2026 - takes place shortly before the 1973 coup in Chile, when a group of military officers led by General Augusto Pinochet seized power. Fans of dark humour, layered action, and some living legend actors are ... Read More
Patrón Tequila asks and answers the question in this quirky campaign (in Spanish) directed by actor/director Guillermo del Toro. It's the Mexican film-maker's first TV ad, and will no doubt be attracting attention for the cameo appearance and distinctive approach of del Toro and his 'skeleton crew'. Despite the trend away from alcoholic beverages, tequila - a type of mezcal obtained from the blue variety of the A... Read More
Whether or not you understand Spanish, you'll easily get the gist of this ad by dog and cat food brand Ownat. Set up in 2018, the brand is part of Catalan agro-alimentary cooperative Cotécnica, which is seeing double-digit growth as a result of its successful foray into premium pet food production and delivery. Though it's very much based on local production and natural, grain-free ingredients, Ownat stresses that this goes hand in... Read More
