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I received, and am playing around with, my new Microsoft Cinemania CD-ROM
(for MS WIndows), and I have to say that it's very nice.  It's a combination
of Maltin's Film Guide, several Film Encyclopedias (used for career synopsi,
detailed film reviews and discussion of film topics), a large number of
performer photos, some stills from various pictures, and a number of
digitized bits from various films.

The package's use of hypertext for jumping around from place to place is its
greatest advantage; I'm often gone wandering through Halliwell's Film Guide,
and gotten lost leaping from place to place; Cinemania uses MS's MultiMedia
Viewer, and it keeps a history of the last X subjects I've looked at.

Film-wise, I'm very impressed at how complete it is.  They have filmographys
of people who I thought would be obscure for a mainstream film guide, like
Wim Wenders, or a detailed description of the plot of "FrankenHooker" (!)
On the other hand, I couldn't find a listing for Gabby Hayes anyplace, but
them's the breaks (and moreover, it's a deficiency of the source material.)
My only major complaint is that I have to put up with Maltin's ratings; I'm
more of a Halliwell's kind of person, myself.  And given the relatively
small number of stills from films, why waste one on YOUNG GUNS II?  But, I'm
grousing -- this is really well worth the money.

Kudos all around -- this is really a treat.

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                            them."
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                                                      signal the end of
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                                                      know it."
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