Brad Sorensen

She's a beauty. While I could be talking about Natalie Portman, I'm specifically addressing the features of our number 2 pick as the best poster of 2010. Soft-focus in some spots and menacing in others, the Bemis Balkind designed one-sheet draws you into the character. The darkness surrounding of the character’s blood-shot eyes clashes with the resounding angel-like quality of the prominent white color. Her gaze follows yours in a Mona Lisa-like stance, expressionless until your gaze drifts and you see a smirk or a scowl or hideous disdain.

For years now, whenever a new Tyler Perry film production is announced, we can anticipate a wonderful array of teaser posters and final one-sheet from Lionsgate Films. I’m not sure what to say about this Ignition Print designed print, other than it’s simply a striking piece of art.

Probably the most discussed piece of movie artwork in 2010, the Kellerhouse folks once again prove that they are in the know, and in the now with this campaign. How many other movie poster campaigns can you think of where the film's title isn't a dominant feature?

Horror movies sure make for some impressionable posters. Luckily the emphasis on the arrow pointing down in this one sheet isn't indicative of the film's quality or the person championing the film (from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan). Designed by Bemis Balkind (who also released this cool-looking inverted cross and looming elevator), the team had a wealth of imagery to choose from, but sometimes not having a name cast is a good thing and going for simplicity can be more alluring than a one-sheet full of B-listers.

This poster kicks ass. It’s crazy, it’s erotic, it’s scary, it’s retro. It's a Valentine's card to “Giallo” films and it's fans. Amer means "bitter" and as Bruno Forzani told us, "Bitter suggests the taste, one of the five senses. Our way of driving the narration is sensitive, visceral. As the theme is the discovery of the body, of desire, of sensuality, it was important for us to try to communicate the sensations of the main character (Ana) to the audience, to try to make the audience understand the story as if it was in the character’s skin."