Filmspot
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 | | URL | http://www.filmspot.com/ | | Commercial? | Yes | | Type of site | Movies | | Registration | Free / Paid | | Owner | CNET Networks | | Created by | | | Launched | December 7, 2006 | Filmspot is a film-oriented website launched by CNET Networks on December 7, 2006. It is currently in its beta stages. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 500 pixel Image in higher resolution (1280 × 800 pixel, file size: 168 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The main page for Filmspot on January 11, 2007. ...
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Filmspot lists the top movies at the box office, upcoming movies, news from the movie industry, and DVD releases. Although named after one its sister sites, GameSpot, it is more similiar to another sister site, TV.com, in layout. The term box office can refer to either: A place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to a venue The amount of business a particular production, such as a movie or theatre show, does. ...
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History
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Before FilmSpot, the site was originally called Movie Tome. Movie Tome was the sister site for TV Tome, now the CNET website TV.com. Whereas TV Tome had TV shows and people pages, Movie Tome had movie guides. The website was created in November 2003, and was owned by Collaborative Content, LLC which was acquired by CNET in January 2005. Movie Tome had six general forums in addition to a forum for each movie. Movie Tome was the sister site for TV Tome, now the CNET website TV.com. ...
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2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for November, 2003. ...
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2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15...
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Movie summaries Similiar to TV.com's summaries, the movie summaries are contributed by the users on FilmSpot. The descriptions are cut off by default, bu by clicking on the + Maximise Description tab, the complete movie summarize will pop up on the same page. It also shows release date and the MPAA ratings for the film[1]. The genres and subgenres the film falls in are also displayed as added by an user. The casts for the film also are displayed below the movie summary and can be expanded. [2] TV.com is a website belonging to the CNET Games and Entertainment family of websites. ...
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Reviews from critics
 The five star scoring system from FilmSpot. FilmSpot uses a 5-Star scoring system similiar to other websites. The site uses two individual scores to rate its movies, one score from Metacritic converted to the 5-star format and an User's Score avarage from the registered users. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Since the ratings come from the avarage screen score from Metacritic, the highest reviewed movies in FilmSpot are: Metacritic is an Internet website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books. ...
The latest entry in this list is Pan's Labyrinth, which was added on January. All of these fourteen films have a perfect 5 out of 5 stars score. [3] Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar), is a traditional name for one of the anonymous Three Wise Men in the Gospel of Matthew. ...
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Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 film which tells the story of a powerful newspaper columnist who uses his connections to ruin his sisters relationship with a man he deems inappropriate. ...
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Movie trailers FilmSpot also offers movie trailers. In their movie trailers page, you can select from the 10 top movie trailers via on-screen icons[4]. Below the top 10, there is a large list where you can choose from the most recently added 62 movie trailers. Like GameSpot and TV.com, the media files are streamed from the site. But unlike GameSpot, FilmSpot currently only uses a flash player[5]. You need an internet connection faster than 300k to correctly watch the media files, because the flash player does not fully load the movie like Quicktime, but instead streams it. [6] Macromedia Flash or Flash is a graphics animation program, written and marketed by Macromedia, that uses vector graphics. ...
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News News stories shown in FilmSpot are contributed by Reuters[7]. Reistered users can comment on the news story, similiar to both GameSpot and TV.com. Users can also add links to other stories made by another sourse. Users can vote wether the source is reliable by clicking on an on-screen icon resmbling a thumbs up or a thumbs down sign. [8]. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Photos Promotional images from the distributor are also avaible for viewing on FilmSpot [9]. When the viewer chooses a thumbnail, a second page will pop-up where the viewer can view the picture in a higher resolution. [10].
Actor, character guides, and celebrity pages FilmSpot also offers guides to actors and characters. Information for the chosen actor or character will be displayed on its own page, giving his/her gender, birthplace, birthday, and his/her birthname [11]. A more descriptive summary is also provided featuring information on husbands/wives, family members, education, and awards [12].
Theatrical and DVD release schedules FilmSpot covers theatrical and DVD release dates. In the Now Playing tab, it shows a list of movies that is opening in the current week, and the ones that are aslo currently playing in theaters [13]. FilmSpot also covers DVD movies. In the DVDs tab, it shows a list of the latest DVD releases, with the audio tracks and the MSRP price. DVD (commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...
DVD (commonly known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...
Box office results FilmSpot offers box office results, also provided by Reuters. The top 10 movies along with their box office amount are displayed on the main page, and you can see 9 other results on its own tab. The results are updated weekly. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
The site is run largely by its user base, where they provide their reviews, trivia, and other information, similar to the user-run TV.com. TV.com is a website belonging to the CNET Games and Entertainment family of websites. ...
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