As many of you know, we here at The Movie Blog have gone through a roller coaster of a November (which ended amazingly), but through the turmoil it made me appreciate just how tough it can be to run a good movie site… so the other day I was going through all my bookmarks and looking at the other movie sites I really appreciate and respect and thought to myself “how on earth do they do it?”.
Anyway, things are usually slow around here on the weekend, so I thought I’d share with you guys some of the other movie websites out there that I really enjoy and think you should check out sometime if you’re not aware of them already.
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER
Movies Online – More a movie news headline site than a blog, but the coverage is amazing and the layout and functionality of the site is very slick. Run by my fellow Canadian Mike.
Twitch Film – Founded and still run my Movie Blog Alumnist Todd Brown. Without question the very best Asian/Horror/Foreign film blog on the net
Slashfilm – Run by Peter, who is an excellent writer. Very similar to The Movie Blog in the sense of form, but a very unique voice
Filmstalker – The editor of this site and I don’t even like each other. I clearly don’t visit it often, but that doesn’t negate the fact that it’s a very good site. The strength is the excellent writing.
IESB – Few harding working guys in the online movie game than Robert. It’s amazing that a site of his size is able to find out the most amazing scoops before much larger bodies do.
Film School Rejects – Is there a better name on the net?
ComingSoon – Well… you all know how close I came to selling The Movie Blog to these guys… be that as it may, still the best pure movie news site on the web.
Cinematical – Did not like this site for the longest time, then it really found its flavor and I’ve been a fan for about a year now.
First Showing – One of the better movie blog style layouts written with a lot of enthusiasm
MTV Movies Blog – I’ll admit I don’t like 70% of the content they produce, but that other 30% is well worth the visit. Because of the MTV name, they’re able to score some of the best scoops. More of a news site than a blog really.
Screenrant – Started about the same time as The Movie Blog, it’s been fun to watch it grow and develop
Movie Patron – I hardly ever agree with any of their opinions over there, but that’s not what’s important. They write well and have a pretty good podcast too.
Film Junk – Run by a couple of friends of ours… but that doesn’t cut you any slack on this list! :P A VERY different voice than The Movie Blog, but one well worth listening to.
Sci Fi Wire – What can I say? I’m a Sci Fi junkie
Cinema Blend – If for no other reason I really like the movie reviews
There are many other sites I like, and I’m sure I’ll kick myself later for forgetting a couple, but if you enjoy online movie pundintry, these are some other great sites to check out.
