"Whats On?" Movie Review/Preview plugin?

nickoz · **21st November 2005, 08:29 AM**

Folks, just wondering if anyone out there is writing a MCE plugin to browse movie reviews/previews/session times for the latest movies currently in cinemas, or if one already exists... ?
Would be a kickass plugin if one existed.... the movies section on ninemsn would be perfect as a datasource, why not grab more of their data and **** them off a little more, ay?

Nick.

mrees · **21st November 2005, 08:47 AM**

its funny, I was only talking to a mate about this a week or so ago saying how great it would be to have a plugin like that.

Id also be very interested if one turns up !

nickoz · **21st November 2005, 09:28 AM**

Its a bit of an obvious one, surprised noone has done anything yet.. the closest I can find is My Portal (US of course) and TVTonic (only really has trailers, US again, of course).
You could configure the plugin for internet connection, location (for your preferred cinema).

The main page could have a brief listing of movies that are on (a small thumbnail picture, cast and classification). Select a movie from the list to go to more detail, which could have the usual data; director, cast, movie review rating, duration, genre plus a full review (and user reviews maybe). Add a small window to show the trailer for the film, and a table at the bottom of the page for full session times..

Damn, it sounds so good

I wana write one now..

lodi007 · **21st November 2005, 09:31 AM**

There is a plug-in that provides exactly this functionality for Meedio. I have used it and it kicks ass. It even has full Aussie support (thats a first). Not sure about MCE though

nickoz · **21st November 2005, 09:32 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by lodi007

There is a plug-in that provides exactly this functionality for Meedio. I have used it and it kicks ass. It even has full Aussie support (thats a first). Not sure about MCE though

Whats that one called? Maybe we could convince the author to port it..

lodi007 · **21st November 2005, 09:39 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by nickoz

Whats that one called? Maybe we could convince the author to port it..

The plugin is called MovieTimes VBNET Importer. Here is the link

http://www.meedio.com/maid/detail.ph...-776C06F22838}

Let me know how you go

mattyg · **11th December 2005, 07:56 PM**

Hi guys, I'm currently working on something that your talking about. No timeframe as yet, but it's in the works.