ComingSoon.net
- ComingSoon.net is a great Web site devoted to keeping you ahead of the curve - cinematically speaking. Full-length movie trailers, production notes, lots of news and previews, discussion groups devoted to topics such as DVDs and TV, and tons of pictures are all here. Test your movie mettle with quote trivia or check out run down the latest release dates. There's even a section dedicated to Hollywood gossip and rumors. ComingSoon won't turn you into a mogul, but it's as close as you can get. -
(Added: 5-Nov-2003) [Rate It]
DVD Review
- If it has to do with DVD, this site has it: news of upcoming releases, reviews of new DVDs, celebrity interviews, and more. There are educational features, too, like the "Lingo" section, which defines DVD jargon, and the "DVD Myths" page, where you can learn about common misperceptions surrounding DVD technology. -
(Added: 6-Jan-2003) [Rate It]
DVDtoons
- In response to the public's growing appetite for anime hits like "Dragonball Z", "Yu-Gi-Oh!", and the many offerings of the Cartoon Network -- this database helps fans of animation track down their favorite TV shows and movies on DVD. You'll have no trouble "Finding Nemo", looking into your "Futurama", or making "Super Friends" to last a lifetime. Keep tabs on Carmen Sandiego and other scheduled releases in the news section. Want the inside scoop on the Wolverine
DVD before you plunk down the dough? Read the reviews for bonus material, ratings, and screenshots. Columnists offer their toon cents, and you can toss back some of your own. You'll even uncover easter eggs hidden within your digital library. For die-hard fans, the free membership gets you access to behind-the-disc newsletters and all the SpongeBob cover art you could ever want. -
(Added: 9-Aug-2003) [Rate It]
Famous Locations
- Did you know that "Saving Private Ryan"'s Omaha Beach scenes were actually filmed in Ireland, not France? And while "Star Wars" was set in a galaxy far, far away, Tunisia and California's Death Valley
stood in for Luke Skywalker's home planet of Tatooine. These are just a few locales made famous in the movies, and you can find them and many more profiled here. Discover the English castles,
libraries, and cathedrals used as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the first Harry Potter movie. View the wide range of exotic locales for every James Bond film, including "Die Another Day". Poke around historic buildings like Hatfield House, built in 1611, which has served as the fictional home of Michael Keaton in "Batman", Judi Dench in "Shakespeare in Love", and Angelina Jolie in "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider". Take a look around maybe there's a famous location near you. -
(Added: 8-Aug-2002) [Rate It]
Film Score Monthly.com
- The online magazine of motion picture & television music appreciation. -
(Added: 18-Apr-2000) [Rate It]
Gaijin a Go-Go Cafe
- From the Celebrities At Their Worst Dept. - we've all heard the rumors about celebs selling out and making television ads in Japan for fascinatingly large paychecks. Well, here's the proof - Gaijin a Go-Go Cafe. This rumor-debunking site shows the viewing public what we want - some of our most cherished celebrities making complete fools of themselves. See Meg Ryan pitching facial creams, Sean Connery digging the Mazda ride and Leonardo DiCaprio hawking credit cards, among others. -
(Added: 24-Dec-2000) [Rate It]
Golden Raspberry Award Foundation
- Ever felt cheated walking out of the movie theater? You plopped down $8.50 on the flick, and it was really awful? Vent, my friend, vent. The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation feels your pain. Each year, the group compiles a list of what it calls the worst movies of the year and awards them Razzies. Past award winners include Xanadu and (of course) Showgirls. Visit the site to cast your vote in the "100 Years, 100 Stinkers" poll, or check out who's in the lead for this year's competition. -
(Added: 15-Apr-2000) [Rate It]
Gorgeous
- Innovative commercials from across the pond. -
(Added: 24-Feb-2003) [Rate It]
Hollywood Stock Exchange
- You won't find FOX or Disney stock listed here. This site is actually one big game, where members track and influence the popularity of movies, actors, and recording artists using a stock market-like trading system. HSX is a fun way to find out (and even help decide) who's hot and who's not, who's a rising star and who's almost washed up. Sign up for free and you get $2,000,000 Hollywood Dollars to begin trading. Amass enough of this fictional currency and you can buy real world prizes. -
(Added: 11-Mar-2002) [Rate It]
How HDTV Works
- This site explains what HDTV is, the equipment needed, and what should be considered when purchasing a set. -
(Added: 11-Mar-2006) [Rate It]
