# Your key movie /review /commentary links

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-key-movie-review-commentary-links/196232>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 19, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-key-movie-review-commentary-links/196232 "2003-08-19T16:50:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ffolkelore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@ffolkelore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ffolkelore)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-key-movie-review-commentary-links/196232/1 "2003-08-19T16:50:14Z")

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\*\*IMDb \*\* (Internet Movie Database) [http://imdb.com](http://imdb.com)  
**RottenTomatoes** combined movie reviews [http://rottentomatoes.com](http://rottentomatoes.com)

Also their question boards  
Sample IMDB: [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0324133/board/threads/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0324133/board/threads/)  
Sample RottenTomatoes : [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=101123621](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=101123621)

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**Author:** ![ffolkelore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@ffolkelore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ffolkelore)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-key-movie-review-commentary-links/196232/2 "2003-08-19T16:55:44Z")

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I’d better give some idea of what RottenTomatoes is like, since it may not be obvious from the main page.

Here’s the review page for a recently discussed movie  
[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/SwimmingPool-1123621/](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/SwimmingPool-1123621/)

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**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-key-movie-review-commentary-links/196232/3 "2003-08-19T17:12:15Z")

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In addition to the two you mention:  
[www.boxofficemojo.com](http://www.boxofficemojo.com)  
For box-office statistics

[http://movies.yahoo.com/](http://movies.yahoo.com/)  
For local showtimes, trailers and general movie information

[http://www.suntimes.com/index/ebert.html](http://www.suntimes.com/index/ebert.html)  
Ebert’s site. Reviews going back to 1985 and his “great movies” series among other stuff.

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**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-key-movie-review-commentary-links/196232/4 "2003-08-19T21:56:56Z")

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Rottentomatoes is my favorite, but [http://www.metacritic.com](http://www.metacritic.com) isn’t bad either.