1) Ain't It Cool News: http://aintitcool.com/
A movie news site made appealing through a cartoon-ish aesthetic. It's packed with features, interviews and up-to-date film buzz courtesy of contributing Hollywood insiders. But what really distinguishes this e-realm is its eccentric ruler Harry Knowles-the man Quentin Tarantino referred to as "the Wolf Blitzer of the Internet."
2) The Movie Blog: http://www.themovieblog.com/
It's the first blog that disappointed its blog parents and went into the movie industry. But, as the fairy tale goes, the site has garnered attention and accolade for its podcasts that featuring the site's witty Joe Schmo editor and some other random dudes getting stirred up over recent movie news.
3) Box Office Mojo: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/
If you possess a numerically oriented brain, this is the movie site for you. On top of the regular jazz, this easy-to-navigate website offers all the digits that surround your favorite films, so that even the anti-entertainment and mathematically inclined will find something familiar to compute in their noggins.
4) Drew's Script-O-Rama: http://www.script-o-rama.com/
Calling on all AIM users lacking in hip, artsy, pop culture quotations for away messages: Check out this hotbed of movie screenplays, transcripts and scriptwriter info. Want to memorize V for Vendetta's all-V speech for no particular reason? Look no further.
5) Rotten Tomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com
All bow to the Lord of All Movie Sites. If information-severe IMDB mated with video-happy apple.com/trailers, then the multi-talented offspring would be rottentomatoes.com. The site is home to the illustrious Tomatometer, a rating system based on the collective reviews of online critics. The world is not right until every person understands an allusion to a film's "freshness."
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