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The War Nerd talks about babies, the greatest weapon of the 20th century.
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A website for Russian kids to learn all about President Medvedev's passion for school, sports and family.
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If this girl was exposed to Jeffersonian democracy...
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Yet another hot Russian babe imitating the Catpower look...
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Sure, the Ottomans shut down the Istanbul Slavic slave markets centuries ago...
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Alex Shifrin65 ARTICLES February 18, 2008 Choosing Love: Puritanism In The New Russia Reklama Review
Last time, our columnist mentioned how Russia's highly touted stability will come in the form of religious level Puritanism. Well, it's here, and damn, it came faster than he thought.
December 6, 2007 The Messiah Is Mobile Reklama Review
I'm not a religious man, but the Christian Messiah has returned. This time around, Jesus Christ has come back in the form of the Mobile Phone. Let me explain...
November 20, 2007 Radiation Helps Sell Goods Reklama Review
Ecological disaster: the trendiest theme in Russia's advertising world.
November 13, 2007 Russian House Parties Are Cool Again Reklama Review
It's a fact, people in Moscow aren't going out as much as they used to. And that spells out trouble for alcohol promotion.
September 14, 2007 Russian Propaganda Posters Are Back With A Vengeance Reklama Review
It all started last year, with a heavier than usual smattering of non-profit and socially minded advertising appearing in the capital. The smattering soon became a deluge. Now, the cheesy PSAs reign supreme.
July 27, 2007 REKLAMA REVIEW: The Babies Are Coming! Reklama Review
Baby-packed billboards are all over Moscow in this "Year of the Baby"...Alex Shifrin investigates this Babies Gone Wild trend...
June 15, 2007 REKLAMA REVIEW: Wolff Olins And The Olympics Reklama Review
The same ad agency which has been duping Russia's top companies has proven that there are just as many suckers in the West, including the City of London...
June 1, 2007 REKLAMA REVIEW Reklama Review
Every now and then you see a local brand that experiments with celebrity endorsement. Celebrity endorsements are when
March 23, 2007 Reklama Review Reklama Review
What Is Sobranie Smoking?
March 6, 2007 Reklama Review Reklama Review
MTS, the telecoms giant, has screwed itself again. It now has TWO consecutive ad campaign blunders under its belt
February 23, 2007 Reklama Review Reklama Review
Have you wondered what the deal with those radio ads offering round- the-clock steel shops is? Even if you didn't we'll tell you: it shows a ridiculously oversaturated market for items that aren't really, er, consumer goods.
February 8, 2007 Reklama Review Reklama Review
Over the past few weeks, CNN.com has replaced its usual lead story about the latest suicide bombing in Iraq with
December 29, 2006 Reklama Review Reklama Review
The Times They Are A Changin'
December 15, 2006 Reklama Review Reklama Review
Marketing "Outside The Box"
December 1, 2006 Reklama review Reklama Review
The Germans are coming. Media Markt, the German based European audio/video/computer superstore giant is opening in
November 3, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
CHILDREN OF MEN What They Say: Imagine a bleak future, without the prospect of children to carry on your name, where
November 3, 2006 Re-branding: A Simple Exercise Unfiled
Moscow has become a city gone mad with rebranding campaigns...exactly the same rebranding campaign as every other company...
October 20, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
THE DEPARTED What They Say: Two rookie cops are involved on both sides of an investigation of a Boston mafia chief
October 20, 2006 Ad Theft Reklama Review
How does a Russian ad agency protect itself from having its ideas stolen? Read on...
October 6, 2006 Reklama Review Reklama Review
In this reklama review, Alex Shifrin shows that the real innovators in marketing and advertising are the same people who, uh, hate everything we stand for...
October 6, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
LADY IN THE WATER What They Say: The narfs, a water dwelling race of nymphs, return back to earth after many years
September 22, 2006 You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby Unfiled
In this look at the world of Russian advertising, Alex Shifrin reveals that racial attitudes have come a long way over the last year...from no blacks to blackface...
September 22, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
SNAKES ON A PLANE What They Say: The result of focus group product testing, Snakes on a Plane is the much hyped film
September 8, 2006 Reklama Review Reklama Review
In this latest look at Russia's marketing world, Alex Shifrin explains why we should expect more Madonna shows to come to Moscow...
September 8, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
CANDY What They Say: Heath Ledger is an aspiring poet, who falls for an aspiring painter (Abbie Cornish), both of
August 11, 2006 Kino Kapsulz Kino Korner
WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN What They Say: The true story of retired New Zealander Burt Munro, who in the late 60's set
August 11, 2006 Kino Kapsulz Kino Korner
WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN What They Say: The true story of retired New Zealander Burt Munro, who in the late 60's set
August 11, 2006 Reklama Review Reklama Review
A look at Dove's hilariously bad marketing campaign in Moscow...
July 15, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO What They Say: Part documentary, part drama, Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross direct a
July 15, 2006 Reklama Report Reklama Review
A few weeks ago, I met with some friends for dinner at Aist, a Novikov joint. For those who've never been, it's a one
June 29, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
POSEIDON What They Say: Another re-work of a 70's disaster film, which itself was a remake of the Titanic story,
June 16, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
THE OMEN What They Say: Billed a remake of the original, after some deft infant switcheroo antics, an American
June 16, 2006 Reklama Report Reklama Review
Guerrilla marketing tags Moscow, and Alex Shifrin's here to tell you about it...
June 2, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
PRORIV What They Say: 100 Russian paratroopers take on a 2000 strong terrorist army, staffed by contract mercenaries
June 2, 2006 Reklama Review Reklama Review
Another look at Moscow's burgeoning advertising world! Want to see just how silly marketing morons can get? Take a Frog, put her in Moscow with a box of light switches, and watch her go...
May 19, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
COLOR ME KUBRICK What They Say: The true story of Gary Ness who conned people out of money and favors by posing as
May 5, 2006 Reklama Review Reklama Review
Looking at Russia's advertising world, Alex Shifrin reveals how British agency Wolff Olins is remaking the country's biggest brands in its own image...
April 21, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
I can remember when I first thought that punk was dead. I was watching one of the many installments in the Police
April 7, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
BASIC INSTINCT 2 What They Say: Sharon Stone's vagina is back. This time however, her snapper has managed to stir things up in frigid England,
March 24, 2006 Kino Kweekez Kino Korner
EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED What They Say: Based on the novel of the same name, the film tells the story of a third
March 7, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
THE BURNING BED Vixen Farrah Fawcett plays real life Francine Hughes, who after years of domestic abuse offs her
February 24, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
THE CHUMSCRUBBER What They Say: A dystopian, suburban tale from the perspective of yet another cynical post-80's generation-whatever graduate.
February 10, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
LORD OF WAR What They Say: Lord of War is the story of Yuri Orlov (Nicholas Cage), the son of Eastern European
January 27, 2006 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
YULIA What They Say: At long last! Yulia is an Alexei Mitrofanov of LDPR fame produced soft core political porno
December 28, 2005 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
The Best & Worst Films of 2006
December 15, 2005 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
AEON FLUX What They Say: It's the year 2415, and after weathering the death of 99% of the world's population, the survivors are held captive in a
December 2, 2005 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
This issue, as a celebration of the nineties, we've decided to review some of the top film selections from that decade.
November 4, 2005 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
THE LEGEND OF ZORRO What They Say: It's the mid-19th century and as the dawn of California's ascension to the United
October 21, 2005 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
GREEN STREET HOOLIGANS What They Say: After being expelled from an American Ivy League university, wimpy ass Elijah
August 26, 2005 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
SKELETON KEY What They Say: Kate Hudson plays a live-in nurse who must help and elderly woman care for her dying
July 28, 2005 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
THE LONGEST YARD What They Say: After getting sentenced to three years in a maximum security prison for something
December 24, 2004 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
Well folks, 2005 is coming to a close, and when it comes to the wacky world of cinema, oh what a year it was. It never
December 10, 2004 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
THE GRUDGE What They Say: A series of strange disappearances and unexplained suicides, all of which are somehow
November 26, 2004 Kino Kwikeez Kino Korner
ALFIE What They Say: Remake of the 1960's Michael Caine film of the same name, Alfie portrays the lighter side of
November 13, 2004 Kino Korner Kino Korner
GRAND THEFT PARSONS What They Say: Based on the post mortem events following country rock cult figure Gram Parsons dea
October 15, 2004 Kino Korner Kino Korner
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW What They Say: Proactive German scientist builds doomsday machine to cleanse the world of humanity's sins...
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The time has come for the eXile to shake off its decrepit English-language shackles and appear in glorious French—just in time for Bastille Day! Editor Matt Taibbi and Special Guest Translator Thierry Marignac explain why...
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The Sociopath examines the gradual transformation of the traditional American image of the average Frenchman from impossibly snobbish buffoon to an anti-market saboteur who is nothing short of the inheritor of the rank of the Soviet Union's as the United
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Krazy Kevin looks into the under-appreciated GoodFellas-influenced BLOW, while also finding a few spare moments to casually dismiss the idiotic MISS CONGENIALITY and ALONG CAME A SPIDER...
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