Resources

Several resources were used in the creation of this blog, as well as being referenced specifically in individual posts.

The Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB)

IMDb offers a searchable database of over 1.5 million movies, TV and entertainment programs and over 3.2 million cast and crew members, making it the Web's most comprehensive and authoritative source of information on movies, TV and celebrities. IMDb features include cast lists, photographs, quotes, trivia, reviews, box-office data, celebrity biographies, coverage of film festivals and major events, and the ability for users to watch trailers, clips and thousands of full-length TV episodes and movies for free.

Considered the website for movies, IMDB is known worldwide for being an Encyclopedia of film knowledge.

First Showing

...provide[s] the latest movie news, movie trailers, movie reviews, interviews, opinions, hype and buzz, and everything else related to the cinematic experience straight from Hollywood and beyond. FirstShowing is both a web-based destination providing complete media coverage of mainstream and independent movies, the latest on the moviegoing experience, and the connection between Hollywood and the audience; and a location-based organization that strives to make the experience at theaters more exciting, enjoyable, and interactive than ever before. FirstShowing is at its heart a creative collaboration of individuals who are above all dedicated and passionate towards movies and the incomparable theatrical experience. 

First Showing is a very useful blog which provides, among other things, first-hand interviews with actors and directors, trailers for new movies, and movie rumors.

Rotten Tomatoes

According to Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes:

...includes online reviews from authors that are certified members of various writing guilds or film critic associations. The staff then determine for each review whether it is positive ("fresh", marked by a small icon of a red tomato) or negative ("rotten", marked by a small icon of a green splattered tomato)...
The website keeps track of all the reviews counted (which can approach 270 for major, recently released films) and the percentage of positive reviews is tabulated. If the positive reviews make up 60% or more, the film is considered "fresh" in that a supermajority of the reviewers approve of the film. If the positive reviews are less than 60%, then the film is considered "rotten". In addition, major film reviewers like Roger Ebert, Desson Thomson, Stephen Hunter, and Lisa Schwarzbaum, are listed in a sub-listing called "Top Critics", which tabulated their reviews separately, while still including their opinions in the general rating. When there are sufficient reviews to form a conclusion, a consensus statement is posted which is intended to articulate the general reasons for their opinion.

Rotten Tomatoes' ratings are generally used to gauge the success of a film in terms of how the critics and the audience viewed the movie. These ratings are useful in case there is a disparity between the critic's and audience's ratings. The website also allows for an open forum (for registered users) to post their opinions and discuss movies with others.

There are hundreds of thousands of websites on the internet featuring information about films. The following websites were not necessarily used in the creation of this blog, but are still great resources nonetheless:

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/

http://www.worstpreviews.com/

http://www.movieweb.com/

http://www.filmsite.org/