Movies iPhone apps are plenty in the App Store. But, one thing that sold me on Flixster is it’s Rotten Tomatoes integration.
If you are a movie lover, you probably use or atleast have heard of RottenTomatoes.com. If you haven’t it is a site for movie reviews. The site shows a nice juicy plump tomato if the movie is good and gives a numerical score. If the movie is bad, they should show a rotten tomato but instead they just show a green unripe one.
Anyways, coming back to Flixster iPhone app that is not the only thing great about this app for movie lovers. It has all the features you would expect in a move app. Showtimes, theatres around you showing the film, trailers are nicely done in an easy to read and use interface. It also has a couple of extra features worth a look.
First off, when you go past the tasty screen with popcorn you land in the first tab – Box Office. This right away shows a Featured film and all the movies that are opening this week. Every movie has a rotten tomatoes score right there so you can save your money for good films.
As you scroll down, there is a section called Top Box Office which basically sorts it by Box office collections. Keep going down and you will see the rest of the movies in Theatres.
You can tap on any movie to see a cover art, a Flixster score and rotten tomatoes score. A Flixster score, you might ask? Yes, Flixster has an online community you can join for free and rate movies. And you get to see what percentage of Flixster users liked a particular movie.
Here you can also view the movie trailer, get showtimes for the movie (uses your GPS location to find theatres around you), add your own rating or view photos.
Keep scrolling down to see full movie synopsis, user reviews. You can also connect to your
Facebook account to see what your friends say about the movie. Then it lists user reviews from Flixster website.
Next tab is the theatre view. This is useful if you are in particular area and only interested in movies running in those theatres. You get to see the theatre phone number, address, movies and showtimes. It also gives a restaurant listing if you are looking for a place to eat before or after the movie. Actually it uses Yelp’s help to show you that. (takes you to the Yelp app if you don’t have it)
Of if you do this often, don’t forget to tap the * at the right top to set your favorite theatre for easy lookup.
Next tab over is pretty self explanatory – Upcoming movies.
Now, comes the interesting part that not many movie apps have. DVD!
Flixster has a DVD section that lists DVD New releases, coming soon and a search movies section. So, this app comes in handy not just for new movies but any movie.
I find this really useful to order movies through Netflix.
Netflix iPhone app is great for streaming but not for browsing movies.
The last My Movies section is very useful for movie buffs. You can basically create a wish list of movies you want to see. Plus, there are a couple of time wasting yet fun items like Movie Quizzes and Top Actors list. I hardly use those or I won’t have time to write reviews like this one. 
All in all, Flixster gives you a well rounded experience to look up movie information. IMHO, it is a must have iPhone/iPod Touch app for movie goers. Especially useful if you trust and agree with Rotten Tomatoes ratings – it matches my taste most of the time. I can’t fathom why they Men Who Stare at Goats even a 53%! That’s a $10 i could have not spent.
If you are looking for an app where you can purchase movie tickets as well check out Fandango iPhone app.
What is your favorite movie app?
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Availability: App Store
Price; FREE
Reviewed at version: 4.2
