IMDB Trivia is a free-to-play app, meaning that it’s a free download and the game itself is free – but you can purchase additional question packages if you run out of the free stuff. Upon opening the app, you’ll be prompted to select your game pack. Only one will be available at first, but other game packs can be unlocked by completing challenges in the game like answering a certain number of questions or scoring a particular amount of points. You can, of course, buy more question packs in-app as well.

Each time you answer a question, you’ll get a little fun-fact about either the film, character, actors, or some other aspect of the question content. Some of the types of trivia exercises are reminiscent of games like Scene-It – name that quote, match that movie poster, and decipher the blurred celeb photo. Here’s a list of many of the game modes -

• Five levels of increasing difficulty and many different ways to win
• Catch a Star: Tap five correct answers before your time runs out
• Movie Order: Arrange movies in order of release
• Quotables: Match the quote to a movie, TV show, character or celebrity
• Celebrity Photo Match: Match each of five celebrities with their movie, TV show, or character
• Movie Poster Match: Match each of five posters with a movie or a TV show
• Mystery celebrity: Guess the celebrity in a blurred photo

The app is integrated with Apple Game Center, so you can compete with friends. You can also pause and resume your trivia games anytime.

You can play without 3G or wi-fi access, but the question sets will be smaller. The two current trivia packs available to be purchased are “TV Favorites” and “Blockbuster Films.” They are both $0.99.

Currently, it’s only available for iOS.

Upon early testing, the app seems fun as hell. I don’t know about you, but I can see my phone battery dying at we speak.

IMDb’s Movies & TV App for Google Android devices features voice search, sharing and option menus. The Android app allows users to look up local movie show times, TV listings, watch trailers, buy movies and share.

IMDb’s new "Like" and "Share" buttons allow users to indicate their favorite movies, TV shows, actors and publish their preferences on Facebook and Twitter.

IMDb has added "Like" and "Share" buttons to all movie trailers, character pages and news stories on the site.

IMDb has also launched a Twitter page @imdbbot that allows users to tweet a question about a celebrity name or movie and receive an answer.

"We’re making a significant commitment to our ‘IMDb Everywhere’ initiative, expanding our footprint across the web and onto emerging technologies and platforms," said Col Needham, IMDb founder and CEO.

"Our customers want to socially engage with IMDb’s comprehensive and authoritative entertainment content anywhere they are – from IMDb.com to their mobile phone to Facebook and Twitter."

Under terms of the agreement, ticket buyers searching for movies and movie showtimes on IMDb are now able to purchase tickets via a co-branded site for theaters affiliated with MovieTickets.com. This offers ticket buyers access to MovieTickets.com’s network of 195 theater chains worldwide.

"IMDb is one of the most recognized brands on the Internet, especially among movie enthusiasts. We are excited to be working with a destination that services such a tremendous audience," said Joel Cohen, CEO, MovieTickets.com.

"We’ve experienced continued growth in recent years within our affiliate network, and the addition of IMDb will greatly expand the ticketing opportunities and visibility for our exhibitor partners and their inventory that MovieTickets.com represents."

As part of the deal, WestWorld Media will be the exclusive provider of movie showtimes on IMDb.
 

IMDB has tapped CBS, Hulu, Sony Pictures Television, and over 500 independent filmmakers to provide the video, which so far includes hit shows like "24", "The Office", and "CSI", as well as old ones like "Beverly Hills 90210", "Star Trek", and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". Also, courtesy of NBC and Hulu, users will be able to view some of the new Fall line-up premieres before they even air on television.

"IMDb’s mission has always been to be the world’s most comprehensive, user-friendly destination for all movie, TV and celebrity-related information, products and services," said Col Needham, founder and managing director of IMDB. "We’re excited to offer our users a simple online experience to watch full-length movies and TV episodes for free. Our goal is to show our users every movie and TV show on the Internet for free on IMDb.com."

To view the content, users can check out the featured content page, which will presumably be updated on a regular basis. Users can also search for a title like normal, and now there will be options on the movie’s page to view the videos if they exist for said title. There is a "Watch Now" button in the upper corner of the left-hand column, and a video box in the top section of the main page next to the trailer boxes.

If IMDB is successful with its goal of showing users every movie and TV show on the Internet for free, than the site will likely become the place to go for online video content. The site is already very popular just for looking up information about movies, and with the actual content there, it will be bigger than ever. With IMDB being a subsidiary of Amazon, I wouldn’t be surprised to see fee-based streaming new releases end up on the site either.

Amazon has not commented on what kind of plans it has for Ultzschneider. Rick Aristotle Muarriz at Fool.com speculates that it won’t much involve Amazon.com, but likely the company’s other properties:

Amazon is unlikely to ramp up advertising on its namesake marketplace, but the rules are different for its other dot-com traffic magnets, such as movie hub IMDB.com and Web-trends monitor Alexa.com. Its other recent Web endeavors include the acquisition of booklovers’ social network Shelfari and the launch of its SoundUnwound music wiki.

There’s a lot of billable ad space there for the monetizing. One has to imagine that Amazon’s Askville site or even its A9.com search engine could become higher priorities, if the company had the ad inventory to truly milk the most out of its page views.

That huge background ad spot that IMDB has been utilizing lately is surely a hot property. That is if they’re still using it. I don’t see one of the giant ads on there today.

Despite Amazon’s relative silence on their advertising plans, one can’t help but notice that they seem to be planning something. Valleywag notes that they have been beefing up their NY ad sales staff over the last 4 months.

I wonder if Google will try to get in on that action too.

Financial details of the acquisition were not released. Withoutabox provides an online site for independent filmmakers to manage their film distribution, submission of their films to film festivals and promotion of the films themselves.

Withoutabox was co-founded in 2000 by David Straus and Joe Neulight. The company will continue to function as a stand-alone operation based in the Los Angeles area.

"For eight years, Withoutabox has enabled filmmakers and festivals to reach the widest audience possible," said David Straus, CEO, Withoutabox. "Now, they will be able to connect directly with the 50 million film lovers who visit IMDb each month."
 

Financial details of the acquisition were not released. Withoutabox provides an online site for independent filmmakers to manage their film distribution, submission of their films to film festivals and promotion of the films themselves.

Withoutabox was co-founded in 2000 by David Straus and Joe Neulight. The company will continue to function as a stand-alone operation based in the Los Angeles area.

"For eight years, Withoutabox has enabled filmmakers and festivals to reach the widest audience possible," said David Straus, CEO, Withoutabox. "Now, they will be able to connect directly with the 50 million film lovers who visit IMDb each month."
 

Financial details of the acquisition were not released. Withoutabox provides an online site for independent filmmakers to manage their film distribution, submission of their films to film festivals and promotion of the films themselves.

Withoutabox was co-founded in 2000 by David Straus and Joe Neulight. The company will continue to function as a stand-alone operation based in the Los Angeles area.

"For eight years, Withoutabox has enabled filmmakers and festivals to reach the widest audience possible," said David Straus, CEO, Withoutabox. "Now, they will be able to connect directly with the 50 million film lovers who visit IMDb each month."
 

Financial details of the acquisition were not released. Withoutabox provides an online site for independent filmmakers to manage their film distribution, submission of their films to film festivals and promotion of the films themselves.

Withoutabox was co-founded in 2000 by David Straus and Joe Neulight. The company will continue to function as a stand-alone operation based in the Los Angeles area.

"For eight years, Withoutabox has enabled filmmakers and festivals to reach the widest audience possible," said David Straus, CEO, Withoutabox. "Now, they will be able to connect directly with the 50 million film lovers who visit IMDb each month."