The Oscars are here tonight and we’re going to be covering it live. We’ll be using CoverItLive and their liveblogging tool to bring you the happenings as they happen. We’ll also be bringing in some guests and grabbing some good tweets from Twitter as those happen too. So, tune in here at 8PM EST and prepare for the show.

The post will autoupdate below with the liveblog as the event starts. You can also keep track of the Oscar results through the main IHM Oscars page. Continue Reading »

It’s pretty uncommon anymore to find someone that doens’t have a Facebook account.  Really, try it.  Almost everyone has one.  And because of that, IHM has decided to integrate with Facebook Connect.

From this point on, any new user has the option of signing up for IHM the normal way (creating an account by giving us their information) or they can signup through their Facebook account.  Clicking the “Register with Facebook” button will provide you wtih a prompt that asks if it’s cool with you that we connect to your account.  Once you allow it, we’re good to go and get your account put in the oven so it’s baked fresh based on your profile ASAP.

Once you’ve signed up through the Facebook Connect process, you’ll be able to forever log into the site through your Facebook account.  To do this, go to the sign in page (like normal), but click the “Log in with Facebook” option.  It’s that easy.

So, if you’re new and have been thinking about joining, we’ve made it a whole lot easier for you.  Now to find out just how amazing IHM is, all you have to do is press a button.  Just press the button.

While we’re in a testing period with these new features, you may find some bugs.  If you do, please don’t hesitate to let us know.  We’ll get all your problems fixed right up right away.

Have you ever been stuck at the theater trying to pick out the right movie for you without any info? Or have you debated with friends over who was in what movie or if a sequel was made of it? Have you ever watched a movie only to want to update your rating on it as soon as you leave the theater? We’ve got an answer for you now.

Today, we’re releasing the first version of IHM Mobile. The site will turn into a complete mobile version of IHM that allows you to access all the benefits of IHM in a much more mobile friendly way. We’ve stripped back a lot of regular IHM to make this version that flies when cruising it on your mobile phone.

We decided to not only give the benefits of our site to our great IHM members, but to add some features for non-IHMers (or not-logged-in users).

As an nonIHM member/not-logged-in user, you can:
- Search for movies/tv shows and get their info
- See the IHM user’s average rating on films/tv shows
- Browse the photo galleries for films/tv shows
- Browse the top/bottom 50 films on IHM
- Browse films and tv shows we’ve just added into our database
- Register to become an IHM member

As an IHM member, you can do all of the above and:
- Add movies to your collection
- Rate and categorize movies
- Leave public comments on films that display to the world on the film’s page

If you have data access on your mobile phone, point it to http://m.iheartmovies.org to check it out.

As we measure the usage of the mobile site, we’re looking to get lots of feedback from you all. We’re hoping to add more and more possibilities to it to allow you to connect to IHM as easy as possible. And beyond just positive feedback, let us know if it looks ugly as can be on your phone or you run into any problems.

While we apparently don’t post on this blog as often as we should, we always have a lot of things going on around IHM.  We’ve got users always logging in, rating, categorizing and generally sharing what they think of the films around them.  All this hustle and bustle creates quite a lot of data for us to see.  So, I figured maybe a few people would be interested in some of the things we’ve found when looking at that data.

I’ll break down some basic data points in groups to show trends that we’ve noticed in the database.  While I’ll avoid specifics (it’s none of your beeswax man), you’ll still get a good general feel for what’s being presented.  If you’ve got questions, please hold them until the end of the demonstration and then we’ll be more than happy to be of assistance.  Also, ask away on any other stats you’d like to see and maybe we’ll throw some more bones your way.

The Top 5 Most MY MOVIES

1. The Matrix
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Top 5 Most ADDED TO COLLECTION

1. Friends (Season 1) 
2. The Matrix
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Kill Bill Vol. 1
5. Fight Club

The Top 5 Most FAVORITED

1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 
2. Friends (Season 1)
3. Edward Scissorhands
4. Pulp Fiction
5. The Nightmare Before Christmas

The Top 5 Most WISHLISTED

1. Friends (Season 1) 
2. The Dark Knight
3. Juno
4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
5. Edward Scissorhands

On the high end…

60% of the films have a 7/10 or higher.
36% of the films have an 8/10 or higher.
17% of the films have a 9/10 or higher.

On the low end…

10% of the films have a 4/10 or lower.
5% of the flims have a 3/10 or lower.
2% of the films have a 2/10 or lower. 

The average rating for a film is: 6.8/10

Well, that’s all we’ve came up with for you guys so far.  If you’re interested in getting more, let me know and we’ll see about posting some more stats.  Enjoy.