Movies

GetGlue update brings new UI and better social check-in integration

By Andrew Wray, Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011 a 3:49 pm

GetGlue, the social network for checking into your favorite TV shows, movies and music, has just updated their iPhone and iPad app to version 2.5.2 bringing all new features and a revamped UI to let users check-in to their favorite TV shows just in time for the Fall TV season!

Check-in to what you are watching, reading and listening to. Connect with friends, discover new favorites, and unlock FREE stickers and discounts. Join more than 1.5 million other users who are sharing 9 million check-ins per month.

Interesting Conversations: See your friends and everyone else's conversations about shows you watch - in real-time!
Friend Leaderboards: Who is the biggest fan? Check out the leader board to see how you stack up against your friends.
New Check-in Flow: Check-in faster and get more out of every check-in - stats, friends, specials, and of course, stickers!

GetGlue is available for free for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

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TiPb Picks of the Week for September 17, 2011

By Leanna Lofte, Saturday, Sep 17, 2011 a 10:07 am

Every week a few of us from team TiPb will bring you our current favorite, most fun and useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they’re iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch related, they’re fair game.

To see what we picked, and to tell us your pick, follow on after the break!

TNT for iPad now available

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Sep 12, 2011 a 4:21 am

TNT has just released an iPad optimized version of its TNT app bringing with it full length TV episodes and movies.

iTunes Replay streaming movies, subscriptions not coming soon after all?

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Aug 8, 2011 a 11:43 am

CNET drops a big bottle of killjoy juice on recent rumors that Apple might just be ready to rollout their fabled iTunes Replay service -- the ability to re-download and stream content to iOS and iTunes from the iCloud -- or a Netflix-like subscription service.

While Apple has music and now TV available for re-download, at least in the US, apparently they've only got agreements with 4 of the 6 big studios needed to add movies to the mix.

Orange to offer its users a free weekly iTunes movie rental with Films To Go

By chrisoldroyd, Monday, Aug 8, 2011 a 9:56 am

Orange in the UK has teamed up with Apple to offer its users a free iTunes movie rental each week, under the name of Films To Go. The service, which is UK only, will offer a different movie each week. The movie will be available to view for 30 days but once you have started watching, you have 48 hours to complete it.

This week’s film is My Blueberry Nights with The Wrestler scheduled for next week. To get access to the free movie rentals, Orange customers just need to text FILMTOGO to 85060. You will then be sent a text message with a code to allow the free download via iTunes. The movie can then be viewed on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

XBMC for Apple TV , iPad and iPhone 4 available now [jailbreak]

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Jan 21, 2011 a 11:04 am

XBMC is now available as a jailbreak app for the Apple TV (2010), iPad and iPhone 4. XBMC, for those that do not know, is a free open source media center application, that until today was only available for Linux, OSX, Windows and the original Xbox.

The Apple TV version is a full XBMC install and allows full network sharing of media, hardware decoding of 720p and 1080p movies plus everything else that XBMC has to offer. The iPad version also offers full hardware accelerated video playback and network access to media. The iPhone 4 has been included in the release however the devs do point out that navigation is a bit frustrating.

The app is jailbreak only and you will not find it in the App Store anytime soon. It is free to install, so what are you waiting for? Check out the videos after the break, one running on the Apple TV2 and the other on the iPad then let us know if you’re going to be jailbreaking and installing XBMC!

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S adding search, sharing, playlists as iTunes Extras features

By Andrew Wray, Monday, Jan 3, 2011 a 3:31 pm

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has started testing advanced features in the iTunes movie versions of Salt, The Other Guys and Resident Evil: Afterlife, including search in script/scene, social sharing, and song playlists.

iTunes sending out free movie rentals

By Leanna Lofte, Tuesday, Dec 7, 2010 a 11:17 am

Apple started sending out free iTunes movie rental codes to iTunes users today. The promo code will allow you to rent one of the 8,500 available movies.

Redeem your free movie rental below, and start watching one of your favorite movies on iTunes. Watch what you want, when you want. Enjoy movie rentals on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, the all-new Apple TV, or on your computer. You have 30 days from the moment you rent a movie to start watching, and 24 hours to finish it.

Apple has not indicated the reason behind this promotion, but we're not complaining - we'll gladly accept a free rental. Perhaps this is Apple's way of saying "Happy Holidays".

Who's received a free rental code? What do you plan to rent? Do you plan to watch it on your iPhone or iPad?

[9To5Mac]

Netflix app on TV via iOS 4.2 AirPlay? Ohellsyeah!

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Sep 16, 2010 a 11:13 pm

Netflix streaming from iPad or iPhone to your TV via iOS 4.2 AirPlay? That's what Mark Gurman is showing off.

We connected some speakers to an Airport Express and the audio from the Netflix film wirelessly streamed and played perfectly with absolutely no hiccups. When the new Apple TV launches, you’ll be able to wirelessly stream both the video and audio to your television set; that’s right, I said television.

Now if only they let Hulu Plus do that...

[9to5Mac]

iTunes Store Integrates Rotten Tomatoes Ratings

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, May 20, 2010 a 2:28 pm

If you're a frequent browser of the iTunes movie section, you may have noticed the addition of a Rotten Tomatoes rating section. If you're not familiar with Rotten Tomatoes, it's basically a site where users and critics can rate movies as fresh or rotten. To the left you'll see the classic TomatoMeter rating system while to the right you'll see a few of the most recent ratings for that specific movie.

And if you still want to know more about a movie, clicking the find more option will take you to the Rotten Tomatoes site page for that film. Fancy! What do you think? Let us know in the comments.