Check out Flixster

For the last few months I've been a user on a site called Flixster; it's kind of like a MySpace for movie lovers. You set up a basic profile page, list some of your favorite movies, actors and directors, talk about yourself a little bit, then the fun starts. If you're a Netflix member, you know how addicting rating movies using their star system can be. Once I was on Flixster a few days I found that I had rated over 1000 movies in a little less than a week (see my ratings). Now of course making friends through Flixster is one the major goals of the site and they have developed a simple way for you to meet people with similar or opposite film tastes. Take the MCT (Movie Compatibility Test) and see where you compare with people who rated the same movies you did. I had a lot of fun making my friends sign up and take the test and seeing how they rated the 50 sample movies. On the site you can also add favorite actor photos and movie clips to your profile page. Also you can make theme lists and even create a widget to display them on your bloc or mishaps like the one on I made of all the recent movies I've seen (see sidebar). So if you use mishaps, gangs or Live Journal, check out fluster and see what you think.

In the news today, the Dixie Chicks documentary Shut Up And Sing was denied ad time on the NBC and CW networks. The reasons vary and they are all vague, but the point here is that this is a film defending freedom of speech and it's getting censored by giant corporations. The film opens in 4 theaters this weekend in LA and New York.

Also if you have seen The Departed and it's original version Infernal Affairs, check out David Bordwell's commentary on the two over at his site, a very good read.

That's it for now, next post will be my review of The Prestige; guess what? I liked it... A LOT.