Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes, Four Word Film Review, Everyone's a Critic, Mutant Reviewers From Hell, Toptenreviews, Critical Metrics, Allmovie, Filmcrave, Bollywood Hungama, Movie Review Query Engine, Bollywood Samachar, Flickchart, Allocin, Filmaffinity, Filmsite.org, Moviejuice. Excerpt: Allmovie (previously All Movie Guide ) is a commercial database of information about movie stars, movies and television shows . It was founded by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine, who also founded Allmusic and Allgame . The database is licensed to tens of thousands of distributors and retailers for point-of-sale systems, websites, and kiosks. The Allmovie database is comprehensive, including basic product information, cast and production credits, plot synopsis, professional reviews, biographies, relational links, and more. Allmovie data can be accessed on the web at the allmovie.com website. It is also available via the AMG LASSO media recognition service, which can automatically recognize DVDs. It is a product of All Media Guide, which also includes Allmusic and Allgame . References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at logo AlloCin is a service organization providing information on the programs of french cinema, especially centering on novelties' promotion with DVD information. The enterprise is founded as telephonic communicator, then diversified as internet portal site, which offers sufficient information by fast access and covers all movies that have been distributed in France. In 2005, AlloCin spread its database to the TV series. It launched in 1993, before purchasing by Canal+ in 2000 and Vivendi Universal in 2002. The current owner is an American investment fund Tiger Global (part of Tiger Management ) since June 2007. The c...