The trick to using an iPhone movie guide is to really make the most of it. Don’t just use it to look up movie listings, use it as a miniature Roger Ebert in your pocket. Here are a few of the questions you can ask with the guide on your iPhone…

What Was That One Actor’s Name?

Whenever you’re in the middle of a conversation and you suddenly space on the name of an actor that you SHOULD be able to name, just whip out the ol’ iPhone. You can figure out who it was by cross referencing the movies you know they’ve been. “Let’s see, he was one of the bank robbers in Heat, and he was in True Romance and Natural Born Killers… Ah! Tom Sizemore!” Sooner or later, we all have those “senior moments” no matter how old we are, where we forget things that we know by heart. iPhones have been remedying this problem from the beginning.

What Do You Want to See?

This is the primary use of the guide, of course. No longer will you wind up sitting there at the rental counter wondering if this is really the movie you want to watch. You can always use the guide to look for movies that are recommended for you or movies that star a favorite actor or were directed by a favorite film maker. This makes the whole selection process a whole lot easier. No more browsing the DVD aisles for hours upon hours, now you can make a choice in just minutes flat and be out the door with your new DVD.

Wait, Wasn’t He Dead?

In this day and age, the big studios own the theaters. This means that any director or actor without a big studio contract is releasing all of their movies direct to DVD or through other avenues. So, it’s not always easy to tell if Corey Feldman is still around, or if Roger Corman is still making movies. With your iPhone guide, you can answer that question in seconds flat and maybe discover some hidden gem of a film in the meantime. It’s too bad the theater market has changed so much, but at least the Internet gives us the chance to keep up with favorite film makers who haven’t been in the big leagues for awhile.

How Was That Movie?

How many times have you gone to see that big movie everyone’s been talking about only to find that it was a stinker? With iPhone personal movie and TV companion, one of the main things you can do is look and see what others are saying about that movie before you drop any money on those eight to ten dollar tickets. Obviously, the personal movie and TV companion largely subjective, but the idea is to read the reviews, not just look at the star ratings. So maybe Roger Ebert thought it stunk because it was all action from one end to the next with no character development. Maybe that makes it perfect for you, though.

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