AllMovie (previously All Movie Guide ) is an online database with information about films, television programs, television series, and screen actors. As of 2015, AllMovie.com and the AllMovie consumer brand are owned by RhythmOne .
7-447: AllMovie was founded by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine , who also founded AllMusic and AllGame . The AllMovie database was licensed to tens of thousands of distributors and retailers for point-of-sale systems, websites and kiosks. The AllMovie database is comprehensive, including basic product information, cast and production credits, plot synopsis, professional reviews, biographies, relational links and more. AllMovie data
14-478: A different data provider. The site added a "collections" feature for organizing films (e.g. Star Wars films in the "Skywalker Saga") and information on where films can be streamed , but removed elements including professional reviews and DVD information. Michael Erlewine John Michael Erlewine ( / ˈ ɜːr l w aɪ n / ; born July 18, 1941) is an American musician, astrologer , photographer, TV host, publisher and Internet entrepreneur who founded
21-866: Is accessed on the web at the AllMovie website. It was also available via the AMG LASSO media recognition service, which can automatically recognize DVDs. In late 2007, TiVo Corporation acquired AMG for a reported $ 72 million. The AMG consumer facing web properties AllMusic , AllMovie and AllGame were sold by Rovi in August 2013 to All Media Network, LLC . The buyers also include the original founders of SideReel and Ackrell Capital investor Mike Ackrell. RhythmOne offices are located in San Francisco, California , and Ann Arbor, Michigan , United States. In March 2024, AllMovie announced that they have moved to
28-648: The All Music Guide (allmusic.com), the All Movie Guide (allmovie.com), and the All Game Guide (allgame.com). The first site in particular has become an important popular music reference that licenses its content to numerous other websites. Erlewine regained control of Matrix Software (astrologysoftware.com) in November 2008 and continues as director of that company. Erlewine is the host on
35-523: The astrological community. He has published more than forty books on astrology and related topics. Michael Erlewine and his band, the Prime Movers, were inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2015. Erlewine and his wife have four children, including musician May Erlewine . He is the uncle of music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine . In the 1990s, Erlewine founded
42-521: The drummer left, they replaced him with Iggy Pop (James Osterberg), then 18 years old. The Prime Movers gave him the nickname "Iggy" as he had played in the band the Iguanas. According to biographer Jim Ambrose, the two years Osterberg spent in the band made him aware of "art, politics, and experimentation". In 1977, Erlewine founded Matrix Software. He was the first person to program astrology on microcomputers and make astrological programs available to
49-571: The music online database site AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide) in 1991. Erlewine has had several careers. As a musician, he was active in the Michigan folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1961, he hitchhiked with Bob Dylan , and had traveled to Greenwich Village , Venice, California , and San Francisco . He and his brother Dan founded a blues band called the Prime Movers , which regularly played Chicago ; other members included "Blue" Gene Tyranny (Robert Sheff). When
#105894