Yahoo! Movies (formerly Upcoming Movies), provided by the
Yahoo!
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network, was home to a large collection of information on movies, past and new releases,
trailers and clips,
box office
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information, and showtimes and
movie theater
A movie theater (American English) or cinema (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English), also known as a movie house, cinema hall, picture house, picture theater, the movies, the pictures, or simply theater, is a business ...
information. Yahoo! Movies also included
red carpet photos, actor galleries, and production stills. Users could read
critic's reviews, write and read other user reviews, get personalized movie recommendations, purchase movie tickets online, and create and view other user's lists of their favorite movies.
Special coverage
Yahoo! Movies devoted special coverage to the
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence in ...
with a special Oscars site. The Oscars site included articles, show coverage, a list of the night's big winners, photos, videos, and polls.
From 2002 to 2007, Yahoo! Movies was the home of Greg's Previews of Upcoming Movies, an enhanced version of Upcomingmovies.com, written by its creator,
Greg Dean Schmitz.
Yahoo! Movies also released special guides, such as the Summer Movie Guide, which contained information on the major releases of the summer with exclusive trailers and clips, photos, box office information, polls, and unique editorial content.
Additionally, Yahoo! Movies teamed up with
MTV to host a special site for the
MTV Movie Awards, which featured show information and a section where users could submit original movie shorts parodying last year's movies for the chance to win the new award, ''Best Movie Spoof''.
Timeline
*May 12, 1998 – Yahoo! announces the launch of Yahoo! Movies.
*May 25, 2005 – Yahoo! Movies releases personalized movie recommendations.
Yahoo! Movies Getting Personal
''The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade pap ...
'', Accessed April 11, 2007.
*July 4, 2022 – Yahoo! announces the shutdown of Yahoo! Movies.
References
External links
Official website
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Movies
American film websites
Internet properties established in 1998
Internet properties disestablished in 2022