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RE: Not very up to date
The current guide contains over 160 Japanese films including the works of Akira Kurosawa of course. Having said this LandWare should look into seeing if Kokaku Kidotai can be included as that is a pretty popular cult Japanese animated title.
As for the mainstream, I just used the Leonard Maltin Guide to find the reviews and details for 91 out of the 97 latest releases at Blockbuster. I have also been using the guide for over a year to lookup films on HBO, IFC and Starz and have had a hit rate that approaches 95%.
I think this is pretty acceptable given the parameters of this product. LandWare does provide free updates throughout the year to keep the content fresh.
As Good At It Gets
There is no program that contains every single movie ever made. This is as good as it gets and I've been very happy with it for over a year. I'm going to go pay my eights bucks and get the update.
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RE: Not very up to date
The other grip I had with the program was that some actors or actresses appears twice - for example Robin Wright has two database one under her maiden name under under Robin Wright Penn (after she married Sean Penn).
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RE: Not very up to date
Doesn't concern me - I'm not into either. Passing interest in anime. I watch the occassonaly arthouse movie, but for the most part watch the summer blockbuster movies.
Maltin's guides are pretty good for mainstream audiences, but don't cater particularly well the to lunatic fringe (gekko?).
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Its interesting how some folks will stray off topic simply to gain attention by spewing anti-establishmentarian tripe at the cost of decency and class.
How does your comment help anyone, man?
There's different forums for you to do this in. Please bring your inproportionate anger to one of those appropriate outlets.
Nut.
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Not very up to date
Then I tried to think of some of the films I love. Battle Royale - nope not there. What about the cult anime Ghost in the Shell? Nope. Okay those are Japanese films so lets try something a little more mainstream - The Hole which contains Keira Knightly - also not there. Shaun of the Dead? What!
Overall this is an average application (the content is weak) but nothing beats IMDB.
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