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5 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘movies’

Buy a Car Get a Free Handgun

By Denis Campbell • Aug 2nd, 2008 • Category: Business
The BBC reported a Missouri, USA car dealership offered a promotion where if one buys a car or truck, they can get either $250 in petrol vouchers or a free handgun. UK laws forbidding gun ownership aside for the moment, if they were to change, could this be a marketing opportunity for businesses in the [...]



The Drive-In Turns 75

By Denis Campbell • Jun 9th, 2008 • Category: Media
My sister and I would rush to get into our pajamas, run to the car as Mum and Dad took us for an evening’s adventure, a first run film at the local drive-in theatre. There was no place like it on a balmy summer’s night. Today, as we celebrate its 75th birthday, nearly every theatre [...]



Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of Cash

By Denis Campbell • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Business
Memorial Day weekend in the USA, a similar 3-day Bank Holiday weekend in the UK and a Pentecost holiday week across much of continental Western Europe meant this was the ideal weekend to launch the biggest blockbuster film of the 2008 summer season. After a long absence, Harrison Ford dusted off his Indiana Jones character [...]