In 2024, the industry battle cry was “Survive ’til 2025.” After pandemics and strikes, film, television, production, and yes, even advertising, rallied around the same mantra. 2025 was supposed to
On December 11, the night of gaming’s biggest stage, Blizzard Entertainment‘s Diablo IV decided subtlety was overrated. Instead, Los Angeles woke up to a procession of hearses gliding through the
If Christmas Day already felt overbooked, ESPN and A24 just found a way to make it louder, weirder, and oddly musical. In a shared holiday promo for ESPN’s NBA Christmas
First aired in 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas should not have worked. It was quiet. It was sad. It had long pauses, real kids’ voices, jazz instead of jingles, and
Award-winning post-production house JAMM Visual has teamed up with director Dave Meyers and Havas London on Harman Kardon’s latest global campaign, delivering a visually rich spot that blends live action
Uber Eats is taking its long-running “Get Almost, Almost Anything” platform to a new level of playful absurdity, unveiling a fresh round of cinematic stories that treat everyday items a
For this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, Apple has released a vibrant global short film that shines a spotlight on disabled college students – and
Glad just dropped the most unexpected and delightful collaboration of the holiday season. The nation’s leading trash bag brand teamed up with the one creature on Earth who truly loves
This is an unexpected Thanksgiving gift. John Travolta has officially sleighed the holidays. In what may be the best holiday commercial of 2025, the screen legend returns as Santa Claus,
Every so often, a holiday spot hits you square in the chest before you even realize what’s happening. Uber’s new Christmas film, Close, did that to me. I started watching
Uber Eats is back with another deliciously unhinged chapter of its “Football Is for Food” campaign, and once again, Bradley “Go Birds” Cooper is the conspiracy theorist America didn’t know
Let’s be honest: holiday dinner is a full-contact sport. You walk in hoping for sweet potato casserole and peace on Earth, but within five minutes, you’re being interrogated like you’re
October came in hot, weird, and wonderfully unhinged, precisely the way the ad gods intended. If September was the warm-up, October said, “Hold my beer… preferably Garage Beer, preferably while
After several years of a pandemic, venue roulette and industry uncertainty, AFM’s return to Los Angeles feels, at long last, like a market with its confidence back. By mid-week, the
Electronic Arts (EA) and Mother Los Angeles have joined forces once again, this time for the launch of Battlefield REDSEC, the first-ever free-to-play entry in the iconic Battlefield franchise. Following
Sometimes, the best ads don’t just sell, they hunt. Garage Beer has teamed up with 20th Century Studios and Jason Kelce for Thermal Buzz, a tongue-in-cheek short film celebrating the
Who are we to argue – according to location-sharing maker, Life360, your dog is probably the best member of your family. Truth. More loyal than your cousin, less complicated than your spouse,
Every holiday season brings a wave of movie tie-ins, but few feel as thoughtfully engineered as Lexus’ reunion with Universal for Wicked: For Good. The anchor :30, “Magic in the
Lauren Meyering’s Horsegirls led the winners as the Seattle Film Festival culminated in an awards gala, taking home the Grand Jury Best Feature Film award, with Gretchen Mol winning Best Actress and Lillian Carrier winning Outstanding Performance. Chava Méndez’s What’s Kept Inside won Grand
The Guardian is making a serious play for American attention with its first major U.S. brand campaign, a four-week burst built around an explicit promise: The whole picture. Creative comes
