A blockbuster hot

Hollywood blockbusters are often clichéd — and so are the movie posters that market them. (Want to promote a romantic comedy for the “modern woman”? Just surround a hapless Reese Witherspoon with shopping bags and anonymous hunks.) Maybe that paint-by-numbers predictability explains why we love the subversive approach of the “Tribute to Blockbuster Movies” exhibition assembled by Boston’s Super Precious Gallery (superprecio.us), an online contemporary-art gallery that tackles a fresh theme every month or so. July’s celluloid-inspired cyber-show gathers cool, colorful, and competitively priced ($20!) prints, many by Boston-based artists. The amusing images riff on favorite genre tropes and flicks like Jaws, E.T., and The Dark Knight Rises. (Picture an old-timey poster advertising the showdown between Batman and Bane as though it’s a bare-knuckle boxing match.) Hang these by your big-screen, and it’s like a personal cineplex. Just add popcorn.