The annual Academy Awards ceremony takes place on Sunday 27th February, and if you’re at all interested in film then chances are you’ll be watching it live or even holding an Oscar party.  Whatever you’re doing, keep your iPhone and iPad to hand and enjoy these Oscar-related applications: This is the official Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences app for the iPhone, where you can see the nominees, view trailers for all the films plus make you own predictions on who will win.  Free. A universal app for the iPhone and iPad, this comes from ABC Digital and will stream live coverage from cameras along the Red Carpet, the Kodak Theater and the Governor’s Ball.  This is an ideal companion piece to the television coverage.  $0.99, US-Only. An essential app not just for Oscar night, but for every movie fan all the time!  It’s universal for both the iPhone and Read More

Warner Bros. today launched what it’s calling “App Editions” of a couple it’s highest grossing movies with the release of The Dark Knight and Inception. The app versions of these movies are free to download and give you a brief idea of what you’ll get with the paid versions. Currently, the in-app price of Inception is $11.99 and The Dark Knight will set you back $9.99. iTunes is selling the standard version of The Dark Knight for the same price, but the App Edition of Inception is $2 more. Of course you get much more content with these new versions than with the standard movie download. These App Editions are available for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. According to the Warner Brothers press release, “App Editions provide a fully-loaded, connected viewing experience that gives consumers the first five minutes of a feature film and a portion of bonus content that Read More

By –   This is an interesting new way of marketing movies, and it seems to work in the interest of the big movie studios as well. Warner recently released Apps for both Inception and the Dark Knight. The Apps are free and are loaded with cool content like trivia, social netowrking features, games, soundtracks and the first five minutes of each movie. You can also follow Tweets and other chatter related to each movie through the App. What's also interesting is that the App has it's own method of purchasing the movies from within the application as opposed to going through the iTunes Store. Stay tuned as we go hands-on with the Inception App. You can check the Apps out at the following links:   Related Posts Read More

In an interesting move, Warner Brothers has released two movies as apps -- including extras -- semi-skirting the iTunes Store. The idea is to offer movies to customers who live in countries without movie sales via iTunes. Of course, Apple still gets the 30 percent cut of the in-app purchase cost. Interestingly, this technique goes directly against one of the clauses in Apple's current App Store guidelines, 2.21: "Apps that are simply a song or movie should be submitted to the iTunes store. Apps that are simply a book should be submitted to the iBookstore." Apparently not all apps-as-movies are created equal. Movies are distributed as in-app purchases via free universal iOS apps (one per film). As of this writing, only two movies are available: The Dark Knight and Inception. Once you've made your choice, the app offers DVR-like controls and works over Wi-Fi and 3G. You'll also find scene selection Read More

By Brian Tufo, Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011 | Warner Brothers today released two of their movies, Dark Knight and Inception, as applications in the App Store and is available in 35 different countries. (The interesting thing to note is that 23 of those countries are unable to get these two movies through iTunes.) The apps are free and they come ready to go with a five minute preview of each film along with games, trivia, extras and other materials for users to enjoy. If you decide you want to watch the movie you have two options at that point. You can choose to stream the movie or download it to your device to watch at a later time. Dark Knight is currently available for $9.99 and Inception is available for $11.99. Thomas Gewecke, president of digital distribution made a short comment about their new “apps.” We think this is an innovative Read More

Warner Brothers today announced the launch of "App Editions" of its feature films, providing the titles as App Store apps that offer downloadable and streaming versions of the films along with an array of expanded content. The program, which launches today with the release of [App Store] and [App Store], offers the apps as free downloads with full access to the films and special features available via in-app purchase. App Editions provide a fully-loaded, connected viewing experience that gives consumers the first five minutes of a feature film and a portion of bonus content that can include games, trivia, soundtracks and soundboards. The entire feature film can be unlocked via an in-app purchase, which enables downloading and unlimited streaming, as well as access to the entire array of bonus content available within the App. is currently available for an in-app purchase price of $11.99, while checks in at $9.99. Beyond the Read More

Warner Bros. announced Wednesday that it would begin offering individual app versions of some of its most popular movies for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. These versions, called “App Editions,” are available as free downloads and include bonus content and extra features, as well as the ability to buy the full-length film through in-app purchasing. The first two App Edition titles are and (both directed by Christopher Nolan), and both are available now in the App Store. With the free version, you get a sample of the film (first five minutes, streamed to your device), and a selection of bonus content, including soundtrack samples, a “making of” video, and a few other videos and images. Buying the full version of Inception ($11.99) unlocks a ton of additional features and content. You’ll be able to watch the full film, either streamed over Wi-Fi and 3G or downloaded to your device for Read More