Ebert’s “Great Movies” App Now Available Caleb Hamilton, June 15, 2011 Roger Ebert, a famed film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, has been known in the past for his (at times) harsh reviews, television shows and more recently his battle with Thyroid Cancer which has left him unable to speak. In 1996, Ebert began compiling a list of what he felt were the most important films of all time. The list and the accompanying reviews has includes over 300 movies. Roger Ebert’s Great Movies is now available as an app on iOS devices. Read on for more. The app can be purchased in the Apple App Store for $0.99 and added to all of your iOS mobile devices, though it is not optimized for the larger screen of the iPad. The app includes all of the aforementioned over 300 movies and reviews with stills from the film. All of the films on the list have a link so that they can be added to your Netflix queue or your shopping cart on Amazon. You can also create lists of your own of films that you want to see and those you have seen. The app also allows you to share reviews with Facebook and Twitter and via e-mail. Will you download the app? Let us know in the comments! Social Networks App StoreAppleiTunesRoger Ebert
“Star Trek Into Darkness” Viral Site Discovered In Teaser Trailer December 17, 2012December 17, 2012 Last week, we got our first look at Star Trek Into Darkness, J.J. Abrams’ follow up to his 2009 hit, Star Trek. If you saw The Hobbit over the weekend in IMAX 3D, you got to see the first 9 minutes of the film. Today the teaser trailer that was… Read More
Morgan Freeman’s Reddit IAmA Underwhelms, Questions of Authenticity Arise [Updated] April 12, 2013April 12, 2013 Last night, actor Morgan Freeman did an IAmA on the social news website Reddit to promote his upcoming film Oblivion. Many on the Internet, especially in the Reddit community, have a great fondness for Freeman, so it’s not surprising how popular the thread became (around 15,000 comments as of this… Read More
Social Media Accounts for April 2012 Films March 30, 2012May 4, 2012 Welcome to our only monthly feature here on MovieViral. A day or two ahead of time, we’ll list the various social media accounts (specifically Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube for now) for all the major theatrical releases each month. We hope that this allows you to follow your favorite films more… Read More