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December 07, 2004

Georgia Tech Offers Moving Image Collection Project

Georgia Tech now has a project to catalog and in some cases offer moving images from collections around the world. The initial rollout is available at http://mic.imtc.gatech.edu/ . There are...

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September 20, 2004

Big Collection of Roger Ebert Movie Reviews

For someone who counts herself lucky if she manages to see one movie a year, I find myself fascinated with movie reviews. Now I have a giant archive of reviews...

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August 13, 2004

A Catalog of Video Movie Title Screens

I love the Internet. Where else are you going to get a catalog of the title screens of over 2800 movies? It's available at http://www.shillpages.com/movies/ . The listings here are...

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June 11, 2004

Mercedes In the Movies

Like cars? Great. Like Mercedes? Even better, because you're going to love Mercedes in the Movies, which features almost 450 reviews of movies which contain Mercedes. It's at http://www.hampstead.com.au/mb/index.php ....

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May 14, 2004

Classic Horror Movies In a Big Ol' Set of Reviews

We all have different levels of scary movies that we can tolerate. If you're into serious scary, lots of horror, whatever you want to call it, check out Classic-Horror at...

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November 28, 2003

Helicopters in Film and Television

I have a friend who really likes helicopters. This link is for him. If you're looking for a site that tracks the appearance of helicopters in movies and television, you're...

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October 05, 2003

Ghostbusters Props

Ghostbusters fan? Apparently you're not the only one. Get the skinny on how to equip for some 'bustin' at http://www.gbprops.com/ . There are over 250 props on this site (nice...

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September 26, 2003

Official Movie Web Sites

Wondering where the official site for a movie is? Check out http://www.movietarget.com/ . This one-page list (I must be on a one-page site kick again) shows movie titles in alphabetical...

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July 18, 2003

Horror Movies and Horror Links

Carfax Abbey ( http://www.carfax-abbey.com/ ) is a site that offers both a database of over 550 horror films and a link section with over 150 links to horror film sites....

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July 09, 2003

Foreign Films

Foreign Films (http://www.foreignfilms.com/) is, as you'd expect, a Web site about foreign films, but there's plenty of extra stuff too. Current news is listed down the middle column. In the...

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June 20, 2003

New Search for Oscar Winners

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revamped their database of Oscar winners, which is now available at http://www.oscars.org/awardsdatabase/. Choose Search on the left and you'll get a...

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June 02, 2003

New York Times Launches Movies Section

The New York Times announced last week the launch of http://movies.nytimes.com. This site contains 20 years' worth of reviews in addition to a variety of other movie- related content. Wow,...

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March 13, 2003

Bruce Lee Links

Everybody doesn't like something, but nobody doesn't like Bruce Lee! Or is that Sara Lee? I can never remember. Anyway, Someone likes Bruce Lee enough to put up BruceLeeLinks.com...

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February 20, 2003

Hong Kong Movie Database

If the Internet Movie Database doesn't quite do it for you, check out the Hong Kong Movie Database at http://www.hkmdb.com/ . As you might guess, it's a site devoted...

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January 15, 2003

We've Got Movie Sign!

You might glance at CinemaSpot ( http://www.cinemaspot.com ) and think it's just a one-page reference source, but take a closer look and realize that there's a wealth of information...

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December 07, 2002

Monster Movie Database

This isn't the biggest database in the world, but if you like monster movies, and especially monsters, check out Great Monster Movies, at http://www.whalefish.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ . Not everything here fits my...

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June 13, 2002

007 Database

I know very little about James Bond, so I can't come up with a good pun. Instead I'll just say check out the James Bond database at http://www.007database.com/ . The...

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June 06, 2002

Movie Title Screens -- The Database

Oh, I love the Internet. Check out http://www.shillpages.com/movies/ ; it's a collection of over 1700 title screens for movies and videos. Unfortunately I do not see a search engine here;...

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January 31, 2002

Toss a Tomato, Sling a Posy

I don't even know why I'm reviewing this site -- the last movie I saw in the theater was Twin Dragons. But I do read the occasional movie review. If...

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January 02, 2002

Find Movie Reviews At Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes ( http://www.rottentomatoes.com/) is a search engine for movie reviews. There are about a gabillion reviews here for about a gabillion movies, and its navigation makes it easy to...

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December 12, 2001

Internet Movie Database Launches Pro Version

The Internet Movie Database ( http://www.imdb.com) launched a pay version, IMDbPro.com ( http://www.imdbpro.com) last week. This pay version will cost $12.95 monthly with 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month subscription discounts (a...

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September 26, 2001

So Was That Movie Any Good or What?

Wondering about a particular movie? Check out the Movie Review Query Engine at http://www.mrqe.com/ . This site indexes over 200,000 reviews from a variety of places. Searching for "Pippi Longstocking"...

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September 11, 2001

Movies From a Different Perspective

Most movie information sites provide information from the consumer's viewpoint -- they're concerned with who the actors and actresses are, etc. SoundSpeed Movie Database at http://www.soundspeedmovie.com/database/ , approaches movies from...

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May 23, 2001

Amazon Offers Current Movie Information

Last week Amazon announced a service on their site which provides visitors with current movie information localized by zip code. To get to the site, go to http://www.amazon.com and click...

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April 26, 2001

The Film Box Office Database

The Film Box Office Database ( http://www.boxofficeguru.com/film.htm) won't win any beauty contests, but it is chock-full of box-office stats from over 2,000 films between 1989 and now. It's not up-to-the-minute...

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February 16, 2001

The New York Times Launches Oscars Section

The NY Times has launched a special section for coverage of the 2001 Oscars at http://www.nytim es.com/pages/movies/oscars/index.html . There are articles on the current nominees, forums for discussing the nominations,...

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August 17, 2000

The LOC Offers Films from 1894-1915

What seems to me to be one of the Library of Congress's more ambitious projects is now available at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/ . It's called America at Work, America at Leisure 1894-1915....

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March 30, 2000

ProductionHub Launches Database for Film, Video, and Digital Media

ProductionHub ( http://www.productionhub.com/ ) has announced a searchable directory of companies and individuals in film, video, and digital production. The directory currently contains 65,000 listings. The company claims the database...

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March 22, 2000

Britannica Offers Oscars Information

Britannica.com has launched a site devoted to the Oscars. The site pops up in a window with a less-annoying-than-usual Flash introduction (which can be skipped.) The left side of...

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