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Film and Movies

Information about adventure and action films with some examples.

A list of movies and review of female action movies.

A list of action/adventure movies with plot summaries and reviews.

"When searching the web for reviews of action movies by Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and John Woo it is hard to find in-depth, well-written reviews of their best work. Since many of the movies are not in English, there are few reviews written in English. Every week, fans can visit this topic to find new reviews of Hong Kong action movies."

Information about the company, a store, information about Wallace and Gromit, news, a studio tour, a guestbook, and FAQ's make up this site.

News, comments and reviews of current animation.

A Canadian animation company responsible for familiar cartoons like Bob and Margaret, Babar, and Rupert. Their site has a kid's section, a grownup section, a gallery of animation art, a store, and information on how you can reach them.

Information about Looney Toons. Inside the Termite Terrace, looney graphics, looney sounds, looney links, and Warner Brothers animation information can be found here.

Information from the Library of Congress' American Memory project on the beginnings of American Animation.

PDI is an animation studio whose specialty is computer-generated 3D animation. They have worked on hundreds of entertainment projects from feature films to commercials and other projects.

"This page is meant as a resource for parents to aid them in finding anime that is suitable for children. Many parents are uncertain whether they should view anime before their children see it. "

"Welcome to the world's first hypertext encyclopedia of toons — which will soon, I hope, come to be regarded as the Internet's most comprehensive source of information about the U.S. toon scene."

Cinemaweb is a resource for independent film and video. The menu page has links to Kino Video, Live Cinema Calendar, Sinister Cinema, Rhapsody Films, and Video Watchdog.

This online catalog features a video vault, DVD section, shopping bag, and a music section.

Offering hard to find titles and unusual movies. Movies are organized by genre including silents, comedies, documentaries, foreign films, dramas, and more.

Facets Multi-Media, a nonprofit media arts and performing arts center, strives to provide the public with an extraordinary range of film, video and theater programs that would otherwise never be seen. Facets has a good selection rare films including silent and foreign films.

An online video catalog featuring mystery and suspense, comedy, westerns, and hard to find titles.

Links to classic movie information, a bulletin board, classic movie chat, and a classic movies guide.

Tributes to stars, a weekly newsletter, chat, trivia, games, reviews, and more.

Extensive classic movie site featuring articles, new material, and a search engine.

The official web site for the channel. Includes information about classic film stars and directors, schedules, and links to other classic movie sites.

Links to Marx Brothers memorabilia, Marx Brothers information, and information about other classic movie comedians.

A hilarious list of cliches that appear again and again in the movies.

A list of links to comedy movie websites.

"Movie-STAR is a database containing a history of the Academy Awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1927 to the present, including the 1998 Oscar awards announced March 21, 1999. It covers 6398 Oscar nominations and 1382 Oscar awards in major categories for 2532 motion pictures and 3996 individuals."

Search a number of databases for stock footage. Some of the databases included are: ABC News Video Source, American Archives of the Factual Film, British Pathe, Associated Press Television News, CNN ImageSource, Greenpeace Images, and many more.

"Fotosearch Stock Photography allows users to search royalty free and rights managed stock photos and graphics from over 50 vendors, in addition to clipart, pictures, royalty free illustrations, royalty free motion stock video clips, royalty free vector maps, and background clip art imegry. It allows you to find what you need, fast!"

This database has information on over 150,000 movies. You can search this database by actor, director, writer, title, character name, or quote from a movie. It offers an index, Oscar® winners, reviews, and a tour for new users.

"The Movie Review Query Engine is the largest online database for movie reviews. Founded in 1993 by Stewart Clamen, the continually growing site provides a searchable index of all published and available movie reviews. MRQE.com has added significant new features in keeping with its mission of delivering information and opinions to cinema fans worldwide. The re-launched MRQE aggregates reviews, news, interviews and other material associated to specific movies. MRQE also partners with leading movie blogs so that their content is collected in the MRQE database and searchable by any user."

This site consists of links to sites concerning international film festivals and a variety of film awards.

Information on international film festivals, reviews, links, and a spotlight feature can be found at this site.

The Heartland Film Festival states its goals in its statement of purpose, "to recognize and honor filmmakers whose work explores the human journey by artistically expressing hope and respect for the positive values of life."

"The Hollywood Black Film Festival™ , a non-profit organization, was established to enhance the careers of emerging and established filmmakers (directors and writers) from the U.S. and Canadian Black Diaspora through public exhibition and competition of their films, and to bring independent works by Black filmmakers to Southern California audiences."

Another independent film festival featuring "Anarchy," an online short film competition.

Information about the festival, entry forms, rules, publications, and information about current trends in documentary film making.

This online magazine features reviews of new movies, information about films that are currently in production, interviews, and other information.

Here you can find out about Hollywood news, celebrities, see movie trailers, check showtime, TV listings and much more.

This is the online verson of the magazine Inside Film. Here you can read news and views, past articles, find information about screenwriting, and film festivals.

The online version of the popular magazine, Premiere Online offers articles, reviews, and audience reaction.

Here you can find TV listings as well as news, movies (in theaters and on video), chat, and shopping.

This online entertainment news magazine features articles, reviews, a search, a calendar, and updates on current film festivals.

Video Librarian is an online version of a magazine featuring reviews, news, back issues, distributors, and a searchable database.

Information about Alfred Hitchcock's life and career, filmography, wit & wisdom, his cameos, essays, television series, and a search engine.

"Classicnoir.com's mission is to create an online film community. We are committed to reviewing and selling the work of filmmakers of the Classic Noir era, a period of film history that is often misunderstood or overlooked."

Information about film noir and some great examples.

Links to the film noir bookstore, web articles, film noir actors/actresses, and links to other film noir pages.

Here you can find message boards, movie guides, a mailing list, TV and movie news, movie coupons, a store, links, and more.

This is the official site of the Oscars. Here you can find information about the Academy Awards, programs and exhibits, foundations, publications, fellowships, and the Margaret Herrick Library.

The virtual home of the American Film Institute features news, a film and media directory, information about education and seminars, and information about film preservation.

Information about the British Film Institute, the National Film Theatre, Museum of the Moving Image, films, film festivals, and reasearch are highlights of this site.

Here you can find information about the National Film Registry and find out what titles are on the list.

Information about science fiction, cult, and horror movies with top ten lists and links.

A searchable list of films that have been made from books. The list includes science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Each movie has a link to the Internet Movie Database that provides full information about that movie.

An alphabetical list of movies with dates and a short plot synopsis. More information can be found by following the links after each movie.

Information about various aspects and media of science fiction. Lots of links to information, reviews, resources, and more.

"SCI FI Wire is hot news about movies, TV, games, books, top celebrities and more. Red-carpet photos. The newest movie trailers. Sneak peeks at upcoming TV shows and seasons. Exclusive on-set interviews. And with the team behind SCI FI Weekly, we're about to add all sorts of new content: Top 10 lists, exclusive Q&As, satire, dispatches from the front lines of science fiction, fantasy and the supernatural, funny stuff and a lot more."

"In 1992, the city of Iola, Kansas, seven miles east of Piqua, decided that it was time to start celebrating the life of their Kansas native son with an annual Buster Keaton Celebration. All celebrations have been hosted by the Bowlus Fine Arts Center of Iola. Past celebrations have included insights into Buster's work by such notibles as Eleanor Keaton, David Shepard, Steve Allen, Kevin Brownlow and Leonard Maltin. These and other Keaton experts have mixed with fans in this pleasant, small-town atmosphere. Celebrations occur on the last weekend of September. We celebrate the life of Buster Keaton with film, lecture, music and sharing."

"This website is dedicated to the life & times of the silent film star Louise Brooks (1906 - 1985). These pages contain a digital archive of articles, interviews and ephemera (including much vintage material), a picture gallery, filmography, commentary, links and contributions from fans around the world. This site also serves as home to the Louise Brooks Society - the world's largest silent film fan club."

Links to pages of information about silent movies, silent movie stars, silent movie trailers and more.

Silent Movies

Information about silent movies, music for silent movies, preservation and loss plus links.

This site has information about silent movie screening, vintage movie reviews, articles and essays on the silent era, recommended reading, silent movies on video and much more.

Here you can search for movies and information. This site features a box office section, a film finder, people finder, plot finder, movie maps, a glossary and a quick browse feature.

The archive has films and related materials by and about African Americans. This site includes a list of links to African American and film related Internet resources.

Links to a long list of cinema sites, databases, reviews, previews, movie and TV studios, movie screenings, fan pages, games and trivia, animation, film and TV magazines, news, media contacts, organizations and guilds, festivals, and more.

Here you can find information about your favorite musicals, musical actors and acctresses, academy awards, and much more.

Information on old western movies and TV series. Links to western film festivals, heroes and horses, tribute pages, sons of the pioneers, western radio classics, images, and more.

Here you can find information about the newest DVD's, reviews, a rumor mill and discuss new and upcoming DVD releases.

Here you can find information about and links to scripts from television, major feature films, anime movies, feature film transcripts, and screenwriters on the Internet.

Links and information about classic movies.

The Greatest Films features a search engine, great silents, references, award goofs, movie posters, film history, and much more.

Here you can find information about action/adventure movies, see new trailers and find out about many types of action movies.

"This collection contains movies that the Prelinger Archives has digitized and donated to the Internet Archive. The films focus mainly on everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in North America in the 20th century. They are mostly 'ephemeral films' made between 1927 and 1987, often educational and propaganda films shown in schools and to army personnel, promotions of products or companies, and news features."

A family friendly guide to movies in theaters and on video.

Information about some more recent musicals that have become movies.

Preview the newest movies before they are shown in theaters by downloading the trailer, accessing information about the cast and story, and view movie posters here.

A list of movies made from Zane Grey Books.

This site lets you choose which theaters you are interested in, which local publications you want to use to read reviews, then shows you what's playing at your "favorite" theaters and offers you information in the form of movie news, movie reviews and more.