Best Websites for Movie News, Reviews, and Information

Long gone are the days when you had to run out to the corner market to retrieve a newspaper to find movie listings and showtimes. In the internet age, we need merely tap a few keys and not only can we find said movie listings and showtimes, but we can purchase and print our tickets and bring them directly to the theater. Here are the best websites for movie news, reviews, and information.

1. IMB.com, or the Internet Movie Database, is "the biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet." At this popular movie website you can find up-to-date information about all your favorite movie stars, living and dead, as well as just about every movie ever made or slated to be made in the near future. Moreover, you can discuss these movies and movie stars with fellow fans on the IMDB message boards. IMDB includes a homepage with breaking news and birthdays, a Now Playing section, pages on DVDs and videos, IMDB TV, game base, and showtimes and tickets. For each of your stars, you will find a filmography, a biography, trivia, and awards. For each film you will find its full cast, runtime, trivia, awards, and additional recommendations. IMDB.com is a daily must-visit for many diehard movie fans.

2. Fandango is a terrific website for local movie listings and showtimes. It is simple to navigate and easy on the eyes. You can even purchase tickets for movies at participating theaters. At Fandango.com, you will find a list of movies now playing, along with a concise synopsis of each. You will learn which movies are tops at the box office and which films are clunkers. By simply entering your zip code, you will find all theaters in your area, along with their movie listings and showtimes. Fandango also offers information and tickets for live events, fun and interesting polls, info on films that will be coming soon, and a "Behind the Screens" column. If you are heading out to the movies tonight, be sure to check out Fandango before you leave.