Five places to download free movies (legally!)
You've just laid out the scratch for a new 42" HDTV, hooked up surround sound speakers, and you're ready to tuck into a bowl of popcorn. Now all you need are some movies. Well, you've come to the right place. Here are five great Web sites where you can legally download free movies and burn them to a DVD to watch with your sweetie, family, and friends this weekend. The Internet Archive - This is ...
AOL is offering 30 or so movie titles for free download today only (one per email address). You can get some of your favorites including:
Nacho Libre
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Mission Impossible 3
Spongebob Squarepants Movie
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
My Dog Skip
Failure to Launch
Jack Frost
Zoolander
Patriot Games
National Lampoon's ...
Got your soda? Maybe some popcorn? Enjoyed the intermission, did you? I can tell, so welcome to the second half of our fine how-to on making your own semi-professional videos. If you missed the first part of this two-parter, you can find it here. Task Four: Editing and effects To edit my movie I used Windows XP's built-in Windows Movie Maker (you may need to download the newer version of it ...
Because digital media downloads are skyrocketing, old-skool Blockbuster is merging with music store "Sounds," at least in New Zealand to provide more media than just videos. Is this just the next logical step, or is it because the Internet has opened up a big can of digital whoop-ass on Blockbuster? Blockbuster has been struggling for a while since the likes of Netflix (to which I subscribe) have ...
Just like iTunes did for file sharing music, Warner Bros. is going to start selling movies and TV online. While this is clearly an effort to legitimize the whole download yer entertainment thing, what's interesting is the use of BitTorrent as the tech behind the downloads. I don't think it's unusual though, as BitTorrent's technological solution to moving packets around is quite clever. It's a ...
Another collaborative ratings site, Filmcrowd (beta), is born. Filmcrowd is, as you might guess from the name, focused
on movies. Gibbity, which you can't guess from the title, is more of a games
site, but uses the same social aspect. The two sites are from the same folks, in fact. Tags and collaboration are the
key here. For instance, you can create a focus group of sorts, with users who find ...





