FOTEP -- Flight of the Eagle Productions

FOTEP Movie Resource

Coffee Table Movie Reference

Hands-down the best offline resource for movie information is Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever

Every year I buy the new edition and every year I'm best-friend-for-a-day as I give my hand-me-down to a friend.

This book is amazing; it has:

Movie descriptions and ratings that you can believe
Cross-reference by actor
Cross-reference by director, writer, cinematographer and composer
Movies listed by subject (hundreds of subjects. In the mood for Suspended animation? Swashbucklers, Swimming, Swingers, Sword & Sandal, Sydney Australia?
Awards and their winners
Alternate title index
"Kibbles" which are adaptations, recurring characters and successful screen partnerships.

So, if you don't know if a movie is worth seeing, or you want to be inspired to see a movie, this is the book for you.

Shopping for Movies

My all-time favorite site for buying movies is Amazon.com. Their prices are very good, they offer used movies for films that I want to see just a couple of times, they have very good prices on new DVDs and they offer frequent sales.

The other big advantages are:

They keep track of what you've purchased so you don't accidentally buy a DVD again
They list what people actually purchase
Their suggested movies are very good (go to a movie you liked and they have a list of others you might like).
Many people have posted lists of movies to fit a genre or a mood
Two words: FREE SHIPING. If you spend $25 in new movies, they will ship to you for free, that saves a good $10 on each order

Movie Info

The clear winner for web sites that provide great background information on movies is IMDB The Internet Movie DataBase.

The site offers:

By far the best movie scoring on the Internet. A movie rated 7 or better is a guaranteed winner.
A complete list of hyper-linked stars and the movie makers behind the film
Memorable quotes from the film
Technical information about the movie