I’m always seeing previews for movies that look interesting, and yet I’m always at a loss for what movies to add to my Netflix rental queue.
Cin-o-matic is a new site designed for dealing with this problem. The accounts are free, and users can add movies to a “watchlist” which keeps track of when these movies are released in the theaters and on DVD. While this may not sound hugely novel, they present the information in a very simple and easy to read format, without the deluge of images and ads you get on Netflix and similar sites (I hope this doesn’t change if cin-o-matic takes off). The list also show’s the film’s genre, runtime, MPAA rating, and critic rating. When you click on a film you can see what individual critics rated the film (which is useful if you know a film critic you generally agree with). They also have a utility which shows what theater it’s playing at, but it doesn’t seem to work for my zip code.
So the site is cool but I’d be more apt to use it if I could get my watchlist in an RSS feed, so I emailed the cin-o-matic peeps my suggestion. I was very happy to receive a personal email in response that not only said they were working on the RSS thing, but also asked what information I’d like to see in the RSS feed.
It’s refreshing to know that there are still developers out there who actually pay attention to input from their users. This makes me so happy!!
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