6 Great Political Movies That Will Get You Psyched for Election Day
Today, the American people go to the polls—at least, those who haven't already taken advantage of early voting—to vote for president and a host of other national, state and local leaders. This year's...
View ArticleCorona Urges Mexicans to Smash Walls, and Not Just Trump's, in Ad Timed to...
As Election Day arrives in America, Corona riffs on Donald Trump's vow to build a wall along the southern border in this extravagant 90-second film for the Mexican market, created by Leo Burnett."The...
View ArticleHillary Clinton and Her Team Did the Mannequin Challenge as a Fun, Final...
The Mannequin Challenge is simple: Get a bunch of people together, have them stand completely motionless in ridiculous fashion, take a video of the whole thing, and share it on social media. As one...
View ArticleAd of the Day: eBay Returns to TV for the Holidays With a Campaign About...
The perfect gift depends on the recipient. It's a simple truth that eBay is smartly playing up in its new holiday campaign. A 30-second centerpiece spot, titled "The Giver," focuses on the range of...
View ArticleThis Christmas Ad From Australia Takes Perhaps the Dimmest View Ever of...
Last year over the holidays, Australian grocer Aldi released a brutally honest ad about the stress people endure to make around-the-table magic happen. This year, it's focusing on a very different...
View ArticleThis Ad's Love Story Between a Mermaid and a Sailor Ends With Quite a Lovely...
Remember those sailor stories about mermaids who drag drowning men to their doom? In this creepy—yet charming!—little piece of work, the National Maritime Rescue Organization tells just that tale ......
View ArticleAd of the Day: Enchanting Bird Puppets Populate This Mall Owner's Magical...
British mall owner Intu pulls some serious strings to deliver seasonal cheer in one of the most striking and delightful holiday ads of the year so far. Created by London-based agency Now, a 45-second...
View ArticleThis Magazine's Simple, Poignant Cover Remembers the Paris Attacks of a Year Ago
Nov. 13 will mark one year since the attacks in and around the Bataclan concert venue in Paris. To commemorate this somber anniversary and its victims, Germany's Zeit Magazin—a supplement to the...
View ArticleThe John Lewis Christmas Ad Is Here. Does It Ease the Pain of 2016, or Add to...
It's not easy making a lighthearted commercial to cap off 2016. Not with Brexit and President-elect Trump leaving a path of scorched earth behind them—or more to the point, ahead of them—and putting...
View ArticleSquatty Potty's Pooping Unicorn Is Back With a Hilarious, Malodorous Sequel...
So, a unicorn farted golden rainbows into a bottle, and the resulting, um, product is for sale. And it's guaranteed to give you "the best-smelling poop of your life" or your money back. This is not a...
View ArticleAd of the Day: A Boy Impatient for Christmas Builds a Time Machine in...
In this fanciful holiday ad for Mondelēz's Milka chocolate, an enterprising alpine lad just can't wait a whole month for Christmas to arrive. So, he constructs a cool steampunk-style time machine in a...
View ArticleBen & Jerry's Has an Achingly Sweet Message for Those Discouraged by the...
Many are looking for some sweetness today. Ben & Jerry's is pretty good at that. Following the surprising—and for many, worrying—results of the U.S. presidential election, have a look at the...
View ArticleHow This Agency Got a Deceased Author to Sign Books at a Book Fair
Literary fans love a good book signing. But absent the actual author, the next best thing might be an autograph from a mechanical arm in his or her own style. That, at least, seems to be the premise...
View ArticleInto Bondage but Not Leather? This Line of BDSM Accessories Is 100 Percent Vegan
Ever want to play 50 Shades of Grey, but can't swallow the thought of all that leather and man-pandering? There is hope. Bijoux Indiscrets—the Spanish sex-toy retailer that recently gave us an online...
View ArticleA 360 Video of Guys Rapping Inside the Jack in the Box Mascot's Head Is Not...
As we begin our plunge into the vortex of a Trump presidency, we'll have to adjust our operational definitions of terms like "weird" and "nonsensical," and this 360-degree Jack In the Box ad for its...
View ArticleGoPro Launches Its First Scripted TV Ad, Part of Its Biggest Global Campaign...
For years, GoPro has taken a user-centric approach to its advertising, packaging submitted content for TV spots that have run everywhere from YouTube to the Super Bowl. But today, it's launching its...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Airbnb Preaches, and Pledges, Acceptance in Evocative...
A diverse group of Airbnb hosts and staff representing various races and age groups appear in this minute-long film, "Accept," which touts the service's recently introduced Community Commitment....
View ArticlePoo-Pourri Drops a Historic New Ad, as the Poop Wars With Squatty Potty Heat Up
The holidays are a big time for feasting, and hence, a major selling season for bathroom-centric products. But it might be better not to dwell too much on how one leads to the other. Instead, enjoy...
View ArticleNYC Kids Enjoy a Perfect Day, Thanks to Samsung, in This Relaxed W+K Ad
If nothing else, Wieden + Kennedy Portland's new slice-of-life spot for Samsung is an upbeat expression of the mobile-device panopticon we live in. The spot follows a handful of photogenic New York...
View ArticlePowerful Jeep Ad for Veterans Day Stars the Only Vehicle to Ever Receive a...
Few would disagree that this week has been a challenging one for many Americans. But today is Veterans Day, and Jeep is celebrating the occasion (and its own 75th anniversary) with an inspiring ad...
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