10 Rare Hollywood Props I Found For Sale on the Internet Today

1. Woody Allen’s Bullets over Broadway Neon Signs Used in the award winning film “Bullets Over Broadway” by Woody Allen, released in 1994, the famous NYC restaurant is situated next to the theatre where the stage performance goes on. The sign was in poor condition when it was purchased, it’s been fully restored and in…

Take a Peek Inside the Original Grand Budapest Hotel

On the busy streets of the Grand Boulevard, the Corinthia Hotel blends in with the decadent architecture of downtown Budapest. Located amidst the bistros and elegant apartment blocks punctuated by traffic and the yellow tram that never sleeps, it’s easy to miss out of the beauty of this old hotel. But if you take a…

Oh, Just a Gingerbread House Rendition of the Bates Motel

I should really be wrapping presents right now, but there’s one thing I had to share with you before we all disconnect for the holiday weekend. I’ve been waiting a whole year for this. Ever since he shared his family’s gingerbread rendition of The Shining with the internet last Christmas, I’ve been discretely stalking Aaron Keeling’s instagram account for the…

Paris, the Film Set

So you want to see Paris, just like she is in the movies. Of course it’s no wonder why cinema so often chooses Paris as its leading lady, the Audrey Hepburn of film sets, but what if it really became one? Imagine all those facades were fake and when the cameras stopped rolling, all the actors and…

Oh, Just a Gingerbread House Rendition of the Overlook Hotel from “The Shining”

Nothing says “Happy Holidays” quite like a cult horror movie turned miniature winter wonderland in the form of everybody’s favourite Christmas cookie! Come play with us… I logged on to Reddit to see what the online bulletin board had to share this Christmas Eve, and found something rather remarkable– this 4×5 foot wide homemade gingerbread house…

10 Hotels for Acting out your Favourite Movie

Because why not choose your next getaway so that life can be just like it is in the movies?! 1. James Bond & Octopussy’s Indian Island Palace Bond swam up to the floating palace disguised as a crocodile, but the Taj Lake Hotel conveniently welcomes its guests by boat in real life. The dreamy hotel…

Meet Brad Pitt’s Tattooist and Lana Del Rey’s Muse

His scratchy voice “waxing lyrical about regret and absolution”, the dark elegance of LA nostalgia; this is a hypnotising short film by Ivan Olita on Mark Mahoney, owner of the legendary tattoo shop, Shamrock Social Club. You might recognise him as the co-star in a couple of Lana Del Rey’s music videos, but Mark has been a bit of…

Documenting Africa’s Old Cinemas

Sneaking around old art deco cinemas is something we like to do quite often on this site as you know, but today I came across something a little further afield. Starting in Angloa, Germany’s cultural Goethe-Institut is putting together a fascinating website dedicated entirely to documenting the architecture of Africa’s old cinemas; photographing them, mapping them and…

The Last Movie Palaces of Yesteryear

The glowing neon marquees with readerboards announcing weekly features, the box offices not manned by machines, the stage that could have just as easily been the setting for an opera as it could your Friday night film– these are things we can rarely expect from ‘movie night’ anymore. Above: Roxy, Northampton, Pennsylvania/ Below: Tampa, Tampa, Florida Before flicking through NetFlix takes over…

Stop Everything and Check out the new Wes Anderson Bar

If you’ve ever dreamt of being on a Wes Anderson film set (like, all day long), I’m bursting to inform you that now is your chance. Sip coffee amongst his signature pastels (personally chosen by Wes), listen to the jukebox wailing out tunes that would appear on his soundtracks and play the part of a Royal…