Yahoo! Movies (formerly Upcoming Movies), provided by the
Yahoo!
Yahoo! (, styled yahoo''!'' in its logo) is an American web services provider. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California and operated by the namesake company Yahoo Inc., which is 90% owned by investment funds managed by Apollo Global Mana ...
network, is home to a large collection of information on movies, past and new releases,
trailers
Trailer may refer to: a
Transportation
* Trailer (vehicle), an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle
** Bicycle trailer, a wheeled frame for hitching to a bicycle to tow cargo or passengers
** Full-trailer
** Semi-trailer
**Horse traile ...
and clips,
box office
A box office or ticket office is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a wicket. By extension, the term is fre ...
information, and showtimes and
movie theater
A movie theater (American English), cinema (British English), or cinema hall ( Indian English), also known as a movie house, picture house, the movies, the pictures, picture theater, the silver screen, the big screen, or simply theater is a ...
information. Yahoo! Movies also includes
red carpet photos, actor galleries, and production stills. Users can 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 devotes special coverage to the
Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
with a special Oscars site. The Oscars site includes 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
Greg Dean Schmitz (born August 18, 1970) is an American online film critic known for his movie news website, ''Upcomingmovies.com'' (1997 to 2002), and its second version as ''Greg's Previews of Upcoming Movies'' as part of ''Yahoo! Movies'' (2 ...
.
Yahoo! Movies also releases special guides, such as the Summer Movie Guide, which contains 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
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
to host a special site for the
MTV Movie Awards, which will feature show information and a section where users can submit original movie shorts parodying last year's movies for the chance to win the new award, ''Best Movie Spoof''.
Key dates
*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 Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly large ...
'', Accessed April 11, 2007.
Closure
On July 4, 2022 Yahoo! announces that Yahoo! Movies is shut down.
References
External links
Official website
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Movies
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmospher ...
American film websites
Internet properties established in 1998