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| Movie Studios and Production Companies |
| Buena Vista | Subsumed into the "Go" network, Buena Vista's web site is, of course, a professionally put together advertising portal for their current and future movies. Nothing to get excited about, but you can't argue with their success. |
| Shades of Day | Official site of VM Productions. Extensive database of film related sources. |
| ReelInvestor.com | ReelInvestor.com brings together filmmakers and financing entities in order to make films and make a return on investment. A good resource for industry professionals, and wannabe-professionals. |
| Holy Hill Productions | A Christian and family-friendly film, digital, video and television production company |
| Neue Massenproduktion | Independent German production company making, in their own words, "High End Trash or satire B-movies" |
| Movie Box Office Information |
| Lee's Movie Info | Lee Tistaert has been running this site for over a year, and it gets better every day. We like his daily email update and the weekend box office predictions. |
| Box Office Report | A nicely-designed, simple site to find box office information by week, year and all time. They even have some stuff we don't have here! |
| Lumiere Database | A database of admissions to films released in European cinemas since 1996. A huge resource, and a very useful complement to The Numbers. If you can't find something here, look there next… |
| Cine por la Red | Spanish box office and movie information site. In Spanish, but with automatic English translations. A good source for information on the Spanish movie industry |
| The World Journal | Box office predictions and reports, brought to you weekly. |
| Sky Is Falling | An extensive database of box office information for the United Kingdom |
| Movie Reviews |
| 3 Black Chicks | Longtime friend of The Numbers Kamal "The Diva" Larsuel runs this site with Rose "Bams" Cooper (and situation vacant for a 3rd black chick we hear). A great idea, some really good writing, and an endeavor that deserves to succeed. |
| I Review 4 U | Movie reviews, music news, some box office data in a nicely laid out format. The overall site design could do with some tidying up, but the standard of writing is pretty good. |
| The World Journal | Movie reviews, interviews, articles, box office predictions and more. |
| Insomniac Mania | Site dedicated to the latest movies, with news and reviews. A 200 page annual index filled with detailed movie info that will keep the insomniacs up for longer. |
| Review Guy Online | Movie reviews that reveal the truth! |
| Moovees | Jay Tierney's movie review site. No muss, no fuss, just well-written reviews at a nicely designed site. One to bookmark. |
| Bucket Reviews | Bucket reviews rates movies by buckets of pop-corn. They manage to cover most new movies, and give a good teenager's view of each one. |
| Joe Critic | Entertainment reviews from an "Average Joe", written for real people. A well-written and interesting movie review site. |
| Movie Reviews | Movie reviews by guys who love movies will entertain and inform. |
| A Movie Every Day | What would it be like to go to the movies every day? Find out and read the reviews from a guy who has committed himself to going to the movies every day for a year. |
| General Entertainment Sites |
| Hollywood Stock Exchange | The Hollywood Stock Exchange is an online stock market simulation where players trade "stocks" in movies and "bonds" for movie stars and directors. A seriously addictive game, and a must for anyone interested in box office prediction and analysis. |
| Movie Shock | A list of movie sites ranked by popularity. Interesting for the surfer, but not much use if you're looking for something specific |
| The Ultimate Movie Clips | An extensive, nay huge, collection of movie clips, ordered alphabetically and with reasonable search capabilities. The first place to look for clips from that movie you just remembered. |
| Nowhere Tropolis | Nowhere Tropolis is dedicated to the sci-fi show Nowhere Man, which used to run on UPN here in the states. A nicely put together, with some good links. |
| Ask Men | Intelligent and entertaining online Men's magazine. The "Ask" comes from the idea that readers are encouraged to join discussions on the site. We like it because it has good bios of (often very attractive) movie stars. |
| DriveinMovie.com | A site devoted to drive-in movie theaters, one of the most neglected aspects of the movie industry. This claims to be one of the oldest movie-related sites on the 'net. It's heart's definitely in the right place, but watch out for the music as you surf) |
| EntFirst | Movie reviews and features from a UK perspective |
| Mazzyboi's Movie Reviews Page | A frequently-updated personal movie review page. |
| IOMX | Described as the Infotainment Portal, IOMX provides a lot of links (mainly via partners) and some original content of their own. |
| TV Realm | General news and information related to TV shows (with some cross-over into the movie business) |
| Philmster | General film discussion site. |
| Outside the Box | James Hames' frequently amusing, and sometimes amazing blog on the promotional items received at the offices of Variety magazine |
| The World of KJ | KJ's site features regular box office news, movie reviews, and an active forum |
| MovieChitChat.com | A community where you can discuss the past, present and future of movies |
| MovieProfiler | A movie recommendation engine that listens to your emotions |
| Miscellaneous |
| The Hunger Site | Probably the best idea on the Internet. Every time you visit the site, food is donated to the United Nations World Food Programme by the site sponsors. No clicking, no purchases necessary, and over a million people fed so far. |
| Oxfam American | Oxfam is dedicated to creating lasting solutions to hunger, poverty and social injustice through long-term partnerships with poor communities around the world. 10% of site revenue is donated to Oxfam. |
| bigscreenbiz | This site aims to become the business-to-business ecommerce hub for the movie business. It's an ambitious goal, but if they're successful, this will be an important link for everyone in the movie industry |
| Netribution | A huge collection of free resources for UK filmmakers. Covers funding, stats, contacts, links, company info, festival listings, weekly news and interviews, submission reminders, screening groups, sunrise-sunset times, free-ads and more. |
| Media Miner - Top Celebrity Sites | A link exchange for celebrity web sites. |
| AllPosters.com | A good affiliate program, well-suited to movie-related websites. You earn a 20-25% commission on sales. |
| Online MBA Program | MBA Online Business Schools offers you the ability to search top business schools for the business class requirements to earn your executive MBA or business degree. |
| All Site Café | Useful set of links to movie websites |
| Celebrities Pictures | An extensive collection of pictures of celebrities |
| CashForCDs.com | Pays you cash for your old CDs. Looks like an interesting service, and the customer testimonials are encouraging |
| CoverScript.com | Analysis and consultancy on screenplays and TV scripts from Lynne Pembroke |
| theOffice | theOffice™ is a high-end, private work environment. The perfect place for writers and other professionals to get real work don, free from the distractions and interruptions of daily life. |
| DVD-rent-online.com | Your guide to renting DVDs online. |
| MovieTrack | MovieTrack is a free application that allows you to track your collection of DVDs and videos |
| Movie News |
| The Z Review | A UK-based site that takes "a stand against Hollywood's never ending barrage of dire Movies". A noble goal indeed, and one that's pursued in an entertaining fashion. Definitely worth a look. |
| AllMoviePortal.com | Plenty of information on new releases, including production photos, trailers and cast and crew information. A little heavy on the pop-ups, but bundles of data. |
| Wallywood | A movie database of continuity and other mistakes in movies. Usefully provides the time of the mistake, so you can find it on your video copy |
| Movieman's Guide to the Movies | Open since 2000, Movieman's Guide has movie and DVD reviews, preview pages for upcoming movies, and other movie info |
| The Atlanta Film Directory | The Atlanta Film Directory is a portal for those interested in the film / entertainment industry, in Atlanta, Georgia and the southeast region. The pages of the directory are categorized with the topics of most interest to the local talent in this area. |
| Hollywood Stock Exchange |
| Goatmaster's IPOs | A fan site for the HSX's Music Stock Exchange |
| Movie-based Games |
| Hollywood Challenge | Interesting game. Pick 10 actors and receive points according to their box office performance. It's like the Hollywood Stock Exchange whatever the opposite of steriods is. |
| EAP Project | Another free online box office game. Go head-to-head in predicting the weekend with other wannabe experts. Nicely presented by SC Mozart |
| Box Office Bonus | A simple online game: predict the top movies for a month and win a prize. A neat site, which uses our data to drive a fun game - like it! |
| Kwanzoo - movie trivia | Play movie and TV trivia. Rank yourself in real-time against friends and the community. |
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