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Internet Movie
Database
Amazing filmography of movies, actors, directors, producers,
genres, etc. Includes several supplemental databases including movie
reviews, quotations, industry statistics, historic movie events, movie
glossary, and more.
Allows for
extended searching.
Film Literature Index
The Film Literature Index (FLI) annually indexes 150 film and television periodicals from 30 countries cover-to-cover and 200
other periodicals selectively for articles on film and television. The periodicals range from the scholarly to the popular...
contains approximately 700,000 citations to articles, film reviews and book reviews published between
1976-2001.
AFI's 100 Years, 100 movies
lists
From the American Film Institute. Connections to
site are very inconsistant and can be slow to load.
The Movie Review Query
Engine
Search engine with links to over 300 commercial and personal
movie review sites from the New York Times to Mr. Cranky. Many
reviews date back to the 1980s.
Internet Movie
Database Section Browsers
User-friendly search interface to the wealth of
information contained within the Internet Movie Database
(http://www.imdb.com) allowing users to search for information about
actors, films, (by language, date, genre, rating, film
location, and more) and academy awards.
The Numbers
Daily,
weekly, and total box office statistics for movies and actors.
Comprehensive data dates back to 1996; summary data to early 1970s. No
indication of the source of the data or the number of theaters surveyed.
The Film 100
"The one
hundred most influential people in the history of the movies" as determined
by the San Francisco-based Silver Planet Studio.
MovieLens
Free, personalized movie recommendation service using collaborative
filtering technology. Simply tell the database your opinions on what
you've seen and it finds titles (both current and older) it calculates you
will enjoy. From the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the
University of Minnesota. Requires brief registration.
Il Cinema Italiano
On-line
Credit information and summaries (in Italian and English) for
thousands of films from 1930 to the present. From the Italian Association of
Cinematographic, Audiovisual, and Multimedia Industries.
All-Movie
Guide
Search for movies by actor, title, country of origin, genre,
decade of production, "mood", and more.
Yahoo
Entertainment - Movies/Home Videos
Links to sites that provide
information on sources, prices, reviews, new releases, etc. for videos
and DVDs.
U.S. National Film Registry
The National Film
Preservation Board's (Library of Congress) list of "culturally,
historically, or esthetically important" films. With links to the Internet
Movie Database.
On-This-Day-in-the-Movies
Brought
to you by the folks at the Internet Movie Database, this source lists by
day birth & death dates of movie personalities and screening dates of
thousands of movies.
Roger Ebert's
Movie Review Database
Search RB's reviews appearing in the Chicago
Sun Times back to 1985- by movie title, actor, date, or review
rating.
Music
All-Music
Guide
"AMG is "an ongoing project to review and rate all music
(whether in-print CDs or out-of-print on vinyl) and list (and rate) all
feature movies and provide their credits and related information." Genres
include rock & roll, jazz, folk, blues, country, rap, zydeco, and more.
The
Ultimate Band List
Browse bands by name or genre. With links to
web pages, newsgroups, lyrics, etc.
Lyrics
World
Lyrics to all Top 40 singles in the U.S. from 1930 to 1999. Browse by
artist or title or decade.
The All-Canadian
Music Index
An encyclopedia of Canadian rock, pop, and folk music
with listings for nearly 500 artists form Robert Goulet to the Cowboy
Junkies.
Q Magazine Reviews
Database of reviews dating back to 2000. Searchable
by artist and title.
RIAA G&P Database
Just how many platinum singles did Elvis have? Search the Recording
Industry Association of America's Gold & Platinum database by title, artist,
label, category, gender, and more. Records date back to 1958.
Yahoo! Music (UK)
Charts, artists' bios, and more
Rap
Dictionary from Patrick Atooon
"The aim is to remain the oldest and ultimate resource for looking up hip-hop slang". Now a wiki too.
Ticketmaster
ConcertLine
Find
out what's playing on Broadway, who's at the Kennedy Center, or whether
Dave Matthews is playing anywhere near here.
Television
TV Tonight
Brought to you by the good folks at TV Guide, this useful web site allows
users to browse through 24 hours of television programming from virtually
every cable, satellite, or broadcast providers in the country. Programming
includes listings for a fixed 14-day period (i.e. some dates listed may be
in the past). The search form allows users to look at all entries or
customize by selecting day, time, channel, or genre (soaps, news, sports,
etc.). Schedules include links to handy program summaries, program cast
listings, and TV ratings.
FootnoteTV
In the words of the site's creator, lawyer Stephen Lee, this site explores "... the issues
behind your favorite television shows (primarily The West Wing, Saturday Night Live, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and JAG), episode by episode. Rather than
simply complaining that young people learn news from comedians, this site does something about it."
Canadian
Broadcasting Company Radio and TV Archives
Search or browse this multimedia database of radio and television clips from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
dating back to 1936 and 1952, respectively. "For the moment, the CBC Archives Web site focuses primarily on interviews, news
and current affairs programs to which we hold or have obtained copyright." Searches can be sorted by broadcast date or media
format. New topics and content are added weekly by CBC staff.
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
With links to information about the Academy and its events, the Emmy Awards, the Emmy Magazine, and more.
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