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The Movie Dude

Cross-links movie sites so you don't have to.

This script has a corresponding Google code project. Emails and comments here are great, but please feel free to use the "Issues" screen over on Google Code for bugs and feature requests.

If you don't mind some hacking, user supplied site definitions are available (taken from the comments here.)

Version 1.7.10:
* Now supports Movie Stamper.

Version 1.7.9:
* Now supports Apple Trailers.

Version 1.7.8b:
* Metacritic link is now command-clickable. (Thanks to Quentin Lowagie.)

Version 1.7.8:
* Added Quickflix
* Updated Rotten Tomatoes

Version 1.7.7b:
* Fixed Zip.ca; doesn't have a hard-coded movie title any more (duhhhh.)

Version 1.7.7:
* Added support for Moviestar.ie

Version 1.7.6b:
* Apparently "FilmSpot" is now "MovieTome", so that's updated.
* Updated Rotten Tomatoes

Version 1.7.5:
* Adds links to AlloCine.fr, Zip.ca, and Google Movie search.
* Fixes display issues with > 24 site in the config panel.
* Now has both text-icon and icon-text display modes (thanks to David Garza)

Version 1.7.4:
* Adds links to The Onion's AV club and Criticker.

Version 1.7.3:
* Updated Rotten Tomatoes
* Adds links to YouTube (for trailers and whatnot.)

Version 1.7.2:
* Adds some style to the preferences panel.
* Displays the linkable sites in alpha order, instead of in groups.
* Refreshes the links as soon as you close the preferences panel.

Leave comments here, or contact me at movie.dude.script@gmail.com.

- Adam V.




Mar 8, 2008
neko User

here's another 2 definitions. a little shady, but still pretty useful.


YouTorrent: {
name: "YouTorrent",
link: "http://www.youtorrent.com/tag/?q={search}",
icon: "http://www.youtorrent.com/favicon.ico",
scanURL: "youtorrent.com",
},

and


sidereel: {
name: "SideReel",
link: "http://www.sidereel.com/_search?searchQuery={search}",
icon: "http://www.watch-movies.net/favicon.ico",
scanURL:"sidereel.com",
xpath:"//div[@id='movie']/div[@id='head']/h1",


},


 
Jan 29, 2008
neko User

ah, but i did find a valid, but lesser error. the search link for zip.ca has no variable. it has http://www.zip.ca/browse/search.aspx?f=wc(the%2...

when it should be http://www.zip.ca/browse/search.aspx?f=wc({sear...


 
Jan 29, 2008
neko User

ok, sorry. false alarm x_X probably some modification i made broke it or something.


 
Jan 29, 2008
Adam Vandenberg Script's author

@neko: Can you be more specific?


 
Jan 29, 2008
neko User

the rottentomatoes rewrite seems to have broken support for the link list.


 
Jan 26, 2008
Adam Vandenberg Script's author

@FaeGiN: Updated FilmSpot support; turns out they are "MovieTome" now.


 
Jan 26, 2008
Adam Vandenberg Script's author

@ekbworldwide: I'm hesitant to pull in rating scores for two reasons:
1) It's more or less "impossible" to correlate movies between sites, given that the same movie often has different titles on different sites. Example, a TV show and movie having the same name, where some times it will be displayed in quotes, some times with (TV) at the end, or (tv series), etc. And then you have the DVD "Season X" versions.

Maybe if every site published an IBSN microformat or something...

2) I don't really want to suck up bandwidth doing cross-site downloads; just pulling down the favicons already adds a surprising amount of latency.


 
Jan 25, 2008
neko User

i figured out how to add Summize to mine.

summ: {
name: "Summize",
link: "http://www.summize.com/topic/{search}?f=t",
xpath: "//td/h1/b|//b/h1",
scanURL: "summize.com",
icon: "http://summize.com/favicon.ico"
},


 
Dec 15, 2007
ekbworldwide Scriptwright

Great script.

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Example

Married to It (1991)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0107523/

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Suggestion

Could you add the the rating value from the "critic sites" and have the link point directly to the movie and/or review?

On the idmb page - the rating numbers would be shown. Somthing like this...
Rotten Tomatoes: 30%
Metacritic: [no rating]

the allmovie link would would go here:
allmovie ((( Married to It > Overview )))
http://wc06.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1...

the criticker link would go here:
Criticker - Married to It
http://criticker.com/?f=5072

the movietome link would go here:
http://www.movietome.com/movie/275715/married-t...

the Rotten Tomatoes link would go here:
Married To It - Rotten Tomatoes
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/married_to_it/

etc.

Maybe you could use google "I'm feeling lucky" and intitle: and site:
intitle:"Married To It" site:movietome.com
intitle:"Married To It" site:flixster.com
intitle:"Married To It" site:fandango.com
intitle:"Married To It" site:movies.yahoo.com

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Sites without a checkbox

Blockbuster (UK)
Netflicks

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Some sites refuse to open in tabs

allmovie
javascript:document.forms['_md_allmovie_search'].submit()

ebert
javascript:document.forms['_md_ebert_search'].submit()

metacritic
javascript:document.forms['_md_metacritic_search'].submit()

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IMDB - add Rottentomatoes info

This script grabs the rating and displays it for Rottentomatoes.

IMDB - add Rottentomatoes info – Userscripts.org
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/12897

But your script has given me greasemonkey greed. It would be nice to have direct links to the movie on many sites and that the ratings numbers were displayed too.


 
Nov 10, 2007
georgie Scriptwright

@bobielawlintine:
You can use link: "http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=suchergebnis&SText={search}" instead of the form.


 
Nov 7, 2007
bobielawlintine Scriptwright

Hi,

i added two german sites to my local copy of this wonderful script, but i couldn't get the xpath Part to work. How is it done? Thanks

ofdb: {
name: "OFDb",
icon: "http://www.ofdb.de/favicon.ico",
form: ["http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=suchergebnis", {SText: "*"}],
scanURL: "ofdb.de",
}

and

cinema: {
name: "Cinema.de",
link: "http://www.cinema.de/filmlexikon/filmarchiv?suchtyp=filmarchiv&o_titel={search}",
icon: "http://www.cinema.de/favicon.ico",
scanURL: "cinema.de"
}


 
Nov 4, 2007
FaeGiN Scriptwright

I love the script. I only just realised I can get updates to all my GM scripts!! So my customized version of your earlier one will have to go now, with all the torrent sites on it!
One thing though - is there any way to include in the script the opening of searches in a new tab??? I know this can be done(and always is by me) by the usual method of middle clicking the link but it doesn't work with those searches that aren't as straightforward as a simple html link with a search string added somewhere. You know the ones I am talking of: Metacritic, greencine, Ebert, All Movie and maybe some more. the ones that seem to use a javascript submit or some .dll file in their search engine. If you cannot make them open in a new tab and then submit the search the same way you already have it then OK. I can live with that!
One thing though - the icons/text DOES NOT SHOw anywhere on the Filmspot pages. Maybe they changed The code?
thought I'd let you know.

I am pretty new to all this so have to ask you:
If I modify my local script here with torrent sites and a few select movie review sites can I upload it as a new script if I mention it is a mod of yours or not?
The current scripts that have similar functionality are pretty lame...bad sites and just not that good. I only barely understand the scripting so yours is easy for me to just customize!
Cheating I know!
Let me know if I can somehow share it with others without offending you as the original creator!


 
Oct 27, 2007
Mark Zinck User

Thank you for this excellent script. I was able to do my own first tweak and added my local library site to the list.

GRPL: {
name: "Grand Rapids Library",
link: "http://lakenet.llcoop.org/search/a?searchtype=t&searcharg={search}&SORT=D&searchscope=1&submit.x=14&submit.y=20&submit=Submit",
icon: "http://www.grpl.org/favicon.ico",
scanURL: "lakenet.llcoop.org",
},

Thanks again!


 
Oct 18, 2007
KhanKlatt Scriptwright

How about HiDefDigest.com?

Sample URL:
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/949/returntohou...


 
Sep 8, 2007
Adam Vandenberg Script's author

@floortrap: Done and done!


 
Sep 8, 2007
floortap User

is there any way you could add criticker.com to the list? and/or avclub.com?

ty

awesome script $


 
Aug 26, 2007
Adam Vandenberg Script's author

Rotten Tomatoes support fixed, added links to YouTube.


 
Aug 19, 2007
Kcar User

This is like my favorite script great job.

It possible to add youtube? Be nice to see clips / trailers and such.

Thanks man


 
Aug 18, 2007
Gasoline- Scriptwright

Everytime I go from rotten tomatoes to another website, the search always searches as "also known as moviename" instead of the "moviename"


 
May 17, 2007
neko User

oh. sorry.

here's a sample of the movie info if that'll help.

http://www.easytixs.com/webtixsnet41250/EventMa...,


 
May 15, 2007
Adam Vandenberg Script's author

"This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed."


 
May 15, 2007
neko User

think you could get it to work with easytixs.com so i could get movie info about stuff playing at sundance cinemas (sundancecinemas.com)?


 
May 15, 2007
ryoung User

Great!

I added one more cover site to my local copy: FreeCovers.net

freecovers: {
name: "FreeCovers",
link: "http://www.freecovers.net/search.php?search={search}&cat=1&x=0&y=0",
icon: "http://www.freecovers.net/favicon.ico",
scanURL: "freecovers.net",
},


 
May 13, 2007
Adam Vandenberg Script's author

Added those two cover sites in 1.6.9.


 
May 4, 2007
ryoung User

Any chance of adding DVD cover sites like http://www.cdcovers.cc or http://www.covertarget.com?


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