Welcome to AllRovi.com, the new home for our music and movie info that folks have been poring over for over 2 decades. The design and layout has been updated, but the content and writing remains the same (with a handful of updated and improvements).
A handful of things that are new:
Recommendations for you
AllRovi.com can offer you recommendations for albums and movies based on your likes and ratings. We use a bunch of different data points
and algorithms to bubble up suggestions for other albums or movies you might be interested in. Based on our deep tagging of genres, styles,
subgenres, moods, themes, similar artists as well as analyzing other ratings from the AllRovi community of users, we can help you wade
through the millions of albums and movies available out there.
Rating your favorite albums, artists and movies
Now on the site, you can go through and rate your favorite albums and movies on a five-star scale, as well as tagging musicians, actors and
filmmakers that you like. This information feeds into our recommendation service to offer you suggestions for more things you might like.
Discovering new movies and music via FindR
Our FindR interface for Movies and for Music allows you to dig into albums and movies by adjusting
the genre, mood, themes, decades and other settings that you’re interested in. Sliders and grids and buttons galore! Interested in exploring
‘80s screwball comedies that are bright and carefree? Or
exuberant Bop music from the ‘30s and ‘40s?
Chilled out left field hip hop? FindR can do that.
Multi-Term Search
Our search allows you to put in combinations like “Radiohead King of Limbs” to find their album
or “Beatles Mr. Moonlight” and get straight to the song.
Links to buy music on iTunes or download from Blockbuster
Wherever possible, you’ll see links to click through to iTunes or Blockbuster. This way if you’ve dug deep
into finding an album or movie that seems interesting, you can click right there to get it.
Photos of Film and TV actors
AlMovie.com never had pictures of actors or filmmakers. Now you can browse through the site in an effort to determine once and for all
“Who is that guy?” (Helpful tip, it was probably either Pete Postlethwaite or
William H. Macy).
Movie posters for films that are currently in theaters
More than just showing DVD box art, we are now displaying movie stills and theatrical poster art wherever available.
New release albums sorted by Style
Now if you navigate to the page for a specific Music Style or Movie SubGenre, we’ll surface some of the recent releases in that category.
So if you’re a fan of Sci-Fi Comedy movies or
Hard Bop Jazz, you can see what’s new in those specific areas.
Staff Picks
Our “Album of the Day” feature on AllMusic.com was always pretty popular, so we wanted to expand on that. Now we’re expanding on it a bit
by adding a little message from one of our editors on why they recommend that album, and also doing the same thing
for movies. Think of it as the online version of the rack at the video store or record store where the clerks
would clue you in to the stuff they’re into.
Sharing via Facebook and Twitter
Have you discovered something new and cool on AllRovi? Or want to brag about one of our desert island picks? Each page has a way to share to
Facebook, Twitter or send an e-mail to your friends.
Discography browsing by album covers
There are a couple of new ways of taking a quick browse through an artist’s discography. On the artist overview page, we built a browseable
“Discography Snapshot” timeline that shows when a performer has released their albums. A quick hover-over will show you the album cover and
our rating of the album. On each album page you’ll see a slightly different chronological way to flip through the album covers, almost like
flipping through the racks at a record store.
Similar Albums and Similar Movies
On the individual album and movie pages, near the bottom you’ll see lists of similar albums and similar movies to check out. Maybe they have
personnel in common, or similar styles, subgenres, moods, themes and keywords, or possibly the album was performed by similar artist to the
one you are browsing. Either way, the Rovi recommendation service gives you additional options to explore when looking at your favorite
movies and music.
Single pages for performers who do both music and movies/TV
Even though Will Smith / Steve Martin /
Zooey Deschanel have careers in both music and movies/TV, we try to create a holistic view of these performers,
putting their credits and biographies on a single page.
Stuff that remains the same:
Editorial Reviews of music, movies and songs
The same objective editorial voice that people have come to respect from AllMusic and AllMovie is still here.
Bios of musicians and actors
Historical biographies of a performer’s career can still be found on the site.
Discographies and Filmographies
An actor or filmmaker’s list of works can be found on their overview page. Same goes for Musicians and music professionals.
Sound samples, movie trailers and music videos
30 second sound clips, movie trailers and music videos are still available on the site with some updated functionalities.
Awards and Chart information
The same movie award data, Billboard rankings and Grammy Awards info are available on AllRovi.
Deep descriptions of music and movies
Genres, styles, subgenres, ratings, flags, keywords, credits, awards, chart information, related artists/albums/movies… all of the deep descriptive
metadata that existed on the old sites is available here.
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