I ran video and DVD stores for years and must have been asked a hundred times what my favorite film of all time is. Eventually I just settled on Apocalypse Now to save the argument. It is pretty easy to pick about twenty or so of my all time favorites but it was hard to narrow it down to just the one. I should have just put them on to Flickchart. It's a movie review tool delivered in the most beautiful of interfaces that allows you to pick and rank your 'Best Movies of All Time' as well as presenting ... Read more
We all know The International Movie Data Base (IMBb) and know it's reputation as the bee-all and end-all of movie related information on the Internet. What you mustn't do is get it mixed up with this movie directory tool called themoviedb (TMDb.) Whereas many think IMDB is a little cold but filled with information, TMDb is a film site totally controlled by movie fans like yourself. themoviedb.org is a free and open movie database and is completely user driven by it's contributors - the general public. TMDb is currently used by millions of people every month and with a ... Read more
If you are a talented filmmaker (or just think you are) you would want there to be an outlet for your skills. You need somewhere you can share your latest video creations and, in an ideal world, have somewhere that distributors and budding entrepreneurs can view your work. FilmNet goes some way to fulfilling both those demographics very nicely. It is a movie and social networking tool that brings together filmmakers from around the world and puts them into the same room as distribution people and potential business partners for the greater good of all. FilmNet is a social ... Read more
Who needs a video store when you can find something like Movski out there. Here is a place where you can watch a huge archive of great movies absolutely free - some streamed straight into your device and some downloadable. It is very easy to watch free online movies at Movski.com. You can either browse the website via the categories or you can just search the site. To watch movies online click in to the movie page of your choice and follow the links to the external sites that allow you to watch free movies at their sites Movski ... Read more
Do you know what happens when you add up all the money that Hollywood movies have made and then deduct all the money that they've cost? The answer is...it doesn't work. They've lost way more than they've made. So how do you think the movie producers and entrepreneurs cope and pick the films that make money from those that don't? Hollywood Stock Exchange puts you in the entrepreneur's shoes in this entertaining movie marketplace tool. Hollywood Stock Exchange is just like the real stock market, only way more fun! It's the world’s leading entertainment stock market. At HSX.com, visitors ... Read more
Don't you hate it when you go to the movies without pre buying tickets only to find there's a long queue or the session is sold out? And then there's all your friends going past you while you queue there and taking the best seats in the house before you even get the chance to get inside. They obviously bought their tickets beforehand. MoviesNow let's you buy movie tickets on your iPhone so that you won't have to queue up ever again. Movies Now is an iPhone movie shopping tool that offers you the chance to buy movie or ... Read more
When you embed a SnagFilms widget on your website you will open a virtual movie theater and be considered what they call a Filmanthropist. SnagFilms not only let's you watch full length documentary films for free but it's also very easy to take the films and place them anywhere you want on the Internet. Donate your pixels and support independent film! SnagFilms is a movie tool that offers advertising-supported documentary films. Filmmakers can submit documentaries for consideration as well. The site includes documentary films produced by National Geographic and PBS and titles such as Super Size Me, Life & ... Read more
Want to find that quote from that great movie to prove something to your friends or family? Here is a phenomenal movie site that offers a new take for the film buff. movieclips is a movie and social networking tool with one of the most comprehensive collections available on the internet. It contains over 12,000 movie clips that you can search, find, view, discuss and share scenes from your favorite movies. Time magazine named it as one of the 50 best websites in 2010 You'd think that a movie site that only featured clips from your favorite movies would ... Read more
If you are a fan of movies you probably have a few lists of favorite movies or films you want to see or buy stashed away on your computer somewhere. Or maybe it was written down diligently one drunken night a few months back and filed away in that drawer under it. You know, the one with all the pens and wires and lots of other pieces of paper with lists on them. mlistr is an online movie and social networking tool that invites you to find your next great favorite movie to watch. that allows you to create movie ... Read more
You might not think it but there are quite a few reasons for wanting subtitles on your videos. There's the obvious language barrier of course. Not many of us can understand Swedish. Then there's the people with poor hearing who find captioned movies a godsend. Quite a few people will use the subtitles to tune up their language skills. Quite simply, dotSUB is an easy to use self contained system for creating and watching subtitles for videos in many languages and across all platforms. dotSUB is a movie and translation tool with a big nod towards social networking that ... Read more