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Film is a term that encompasses individual
motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture
industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or
by creating images using animation techniques or special effects.
Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those
cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important art
form, a source of popular entertainment and a powerful method for educating — or
indoctrinating — citizens. The visual elements of cinema gives motion pictures a
universal power of communication. Some films have become popular worldwide
attractions by using dubbing or subtitles that translate the dialogue.
Traditional films are made up of a series of individual images called frames.
When these images are shown rapidly in succession, a viewer has the illusion
that motion is occurring. The viewer cannot see the flickering between frames
due to an effect known as persistence of vision, whereby the eye retains a
visual image for a fraction of a second after the source has been removed.
Viewers perceive motion due to a psychological effect called beta movement.
The origin of the name "film" comes from the fact that photographic film (also
called film stock) had historically been the primary medium for recording and
displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion
picture, including picture, picture show, photo-play, flick, and most commonly,
movie. Additional terms for the field in general include the big screen, the
silver screen, the cinema, and the movies.
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Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, popularly known as the
Oscars, are awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film
industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which
the awards are presented is among the oldest, most prominent, most prestigious,
and most watched film award ceremonies in the world.
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Ain't It Cool News
Ain't It Cool News (AICN) is a website
founded and run by Harry Knowles dedicated to rumors and reviews of upcoming and
currently playing films and television projects, with an emphasis on science
fiction, fantasy, horror and action genres. It combines gossip from anonymous
and unverified sources as well as news and reviews.
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Allmovie
Allmovie (previously All Movie Guide) is a
commercial database of information about movie stars, movies and television
shows. Allmovie was co-founded by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine,
and Vladimir Bogdanov, who holds a Ph.D in Mathematics. The two also founded the
Allmusic, and the Allgame. The database is licensed to tens of thousands of
distributors and retailers for point-of-sale systems, websites, and kiosks. The
Allmovie database is rich and comprehensive, including basic product
information, cast and production credits, plot synopsis, professional reviews,
biographies, relational links, and more.
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Box Office Mojo
Box Office Mojo is a website that tracks
box office revenue in a systematic way. Brandon Gray started the site in August
1998 and claims to now receive over one million monthly visitors. The forums are
a popular place for box office "fanatics" and is home to several popular games
(Fantasy Box Office and Create A Year of Movies). Tracking is done very close to
the day by day, actual tabulation by the distributors. It is possible to see the
general trend of a film's "earnings trajectory". Many stories in the general
press are centered on the box office data tabulated on the site.
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Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (French: le
Festival de Cannes), founded in 1946, is one of the world's oldest, most
influential and prestigious film festivals alongside Venice and Berlin. The
private festival is held annually (usually in the month of May) at the Palais
des Festivals et des Congrès, in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of
France.
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Cinematical
Online blogging and discussion focused on
movies, celebrities, and entertainment.
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Comingsoon.net
Cinema and retail release dates, trailers,
reviews and news.
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Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American television
channel specializing in television programming for children through original
series and movies as well as third party programming. It is marketed to mostly
children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has decreased with
an older audience. Presently available on basic cable and satellite television,
Disney Channel is part of Disney-ABC Cable Networks Group, a division of The
Walt Disney Company. The network is based in Burbank, California U.S.A, and is a
short distance from Disney's headquarters. The channel runs a website,
DisneyChannel.com.
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DVD Talk
DVD Talk is a website for DVD enthusiasts
founded in January 1999 when DVDs and DVD players were first beginning to hit
the market. The site was started by Geoffrey Kleinman with the purpose of
creating an online resource to help people decide what to watch on DVD. The site
started in January 1999 as an online forum, an email newsletter, and a page of
DVD news and reviews. Membership to the DVD Talk forum quickly grew as did the
DVD Talk newsletter, making the site one of the most widely read DVD publication
of its kind.
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly (sometimes
abbreviated as EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. in the United States
which covers movies, television, music, Broadway stage productions, books, and
popular culture. Unlike celebrity-focused publications US Weekly, People, and In
Touch Weekly, EW's primary concentration is on entertainment media and critical
reviews. Also, unlike Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, which are aimed at
industry insiders, EW targets a more general audience. Its original TV
advertising soliciting pre-publication subscribers portrayed it as a consumer
guide to popular culture ("the post-modern Farmer's Almanac"). The magazine
features celebrities on the cover and addresses topics such as TV ratings, movie
grosses, production costs, concert ticket sales, ad budgets, and in-depth
articles about scheduling, producers, showrunners, etc. The magazine publishes
several "double issues" each year (usually in January, May, June and/or August)
which are available on newsstands for two weeks; because the magazine numbers
its issues sequentially, it counts each double issue as "two" issues so that it
can fulfill its marketing claim of 52 issues per year for subscribers.
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Fandango (ticket service)
Fandango is a corporation in the United
States that sells movie tickets over the telephone and Internet, enabling
customers to ensure ticket availability and avoid lines at the movie theater.
Fandango's website also offers movie descriptions, movie reviews by members, and
some web-based games.
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Filmsite.org
Filmsite.org is a website operated by Tim
Dirks since 1996. It contains about 300 in-depth reviews of what Dirks judges to
be the "greatest films" of all time. In many cases, the review is
scene-by-scene. It also contains many other pages offering an introduction to
cinema literacy. Filmsite.org is free, with limited advertising and no
"premium," fee-based service. Other features include a section for "Greatest
Films of [the Year]" and summaries of the Academy Awards, all for each year in
film up to 2005.
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Flixster
Flixster is a free online database of
information about films and actors. It includes social features such as the
ability for individual users to review and rate films and to compare their
ratings with invited friends to assess compatibility in film tastes.
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Fox Movie Channel
Fox Movie Channel, formerly fXM, is a
television channel that concentrates on showing movies uncut and
commercial-free. Fox Movie Channel mostly shows movies from 20th Century Fox's
library from the mid-1930s to the 1990s, including some television movies. Both
pan and scan and letterbox versions are shown whenever both versions are
available. All films shown on Fox Movie Channel are uncut and unedited. Original
programming consists primarily of commentary about the movies.
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Hollywood.com
FYour entertainment source for movies,
movie times, movie reviews, celebrities, celebrity photos and celebrity news.
Features video clips, trailers, soundbites, photos, games, celebrities, news,
and event coverage.
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Internet Movie Database
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an
online database of information related to movies, actors, television shows,
production crew personnel, and video games. IMDb launched on October 17, 1990,
and in 1998 was acquired by Amazon.com.
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JoBlo.com
JoBlo.com was started in 1998 by Berge
Garabedian (aka JoBlo), a movie reviewer who is known for critiquing movies from
the perspective of an average movie-goer. The website's name is, in fact, a play
on the term Joe Shmoe, and registered users of the website are known as 'schmoes'.
In addition to JoBlo's own reviews, the site also features, but is not limited
to: movie trailers, film scripts, previews of upcoming movies, screensavers,
desktop wallpaper, interviews with celebrities, and a message board. This is in
addition to its daily news articles and “DVD Clinic” featuring thousands of DVD
reviews, DVD release dates and latest digital news items. The site also includes
a sub-site called “Arrow in the Head”, which is run by The Arrow aka John
Fallon, and focuses on horror movies including daily news updates, reviews and
commentary.
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LucasArts
LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC is an
American video game developer and publisher. The company was famous for its
innovative line of graphic adventure games, the critical and commercial success
of which peaked in the early 90's, although today it mainly publishes games
based on the Star Wars franchise.
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Moviefone
Moviefone is an American-based movie
listing and information service. Moviegoers can obtain local showtimes, theater
information, film reviews, or advance tickets. The service is available
nationwide in many but not all area codes, and is owned by AOL.
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Movies.com
Movies.com is a website in the Fandango
family, operated by Comcast. It was acquired from Disney in June, 2008. It is
the second-most visited movie-related website, second only to IMDB. The website
has information about movies, upcoming movies, and theater information. It has
also been the home of the official web site for the television show At the
Movies with Ebert & Roeper, though the site now has a different domain.
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MovieTickets.com
MovieTickets.com is an online movie
ticketing website originally founded by AMC Theaters and Hollywood.com. It
provides movietimes for all theaters, and online ticket purchasing for some AMC
Theaters, all National Amusements theaters and all Clearview Cinemas, among
other smaller chains (such as the famous Mann Theatres in Los Angeles).
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MovieWeb
Trailers, box office statistics, archive
of film previews, and movie stills.
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Now Running
The complete hindi Movie Portal. Showtimes
for USA, UAE and major Indian cities. hindi Events in USA, Hindi, Tamil,
Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, English Movie Information. Provides showtimes,
trailers, reviews, previews and downloads for Indian movies.
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Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to
reviews, information, and news of movies and video games. The name derives from
the historical cliché of throwing tomatoes and other produce at stage performers
if a performance was particularly bad.
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Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (SPE) is
the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese media
conglomerate Sony. Its group sales in 2007 has been reported to be of $8.58
billion.
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Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. (or
Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of
film and television entertainment. It is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its
headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City. Warner Bros. has several
subsidiary companies, including Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures,
Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner
Home Video, DC Comics, and New Line Cinema. Warner owns half of The CW
Television Network.
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Yahoo! Movies
Yahoo! Movies, provided by the Yahoo!
network, is home to a large collection of information on movies, past and new
releases, trailers and clips, box office information, and showtimes and movie
theater information. Yahoo! Movies also includes red carpet photos, actor
galleries, and production stills. Users can read critic's reviews, write and
read other user reviews, get personalized movie recommendations, purchase movie
tickets online, and create and view other user's lists of their favorite movies.
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