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Apple Releases iTunes Movies Trailers App for iOS (slashfilm)

Last week was a horrible one for Apple, but this week the company is making
news for much more positive reasons. The new iteration of the iPhone, the 4S,
releases on Friday, and the company's new mobile operating system, iOS 5, hit
today. Along with that new system software comes a number of new apps. The
most movie-friendly app by far is a surprise release: a dedicated iTunes movie
trailers app. This isn't just a framework for presenting Apple's trailer
content, however. The app is making a run at Flixter's cross-platform Movies
app, by offering a handy release calendar and means to check local theaters
for tickets. Get more details below. The basics of the app are pretty simple:
it collects the trailers available on Apple's site, and offers a great info
page for each movie, as seen in the first image in the gallery below. The
calendar offers a tidy lineup of releases by day -- scrolling through this on
the iPad is, at first glance, a pretty good way to browse upcoming films. And
the showtime pages have a nice little graphic interface displaying the
showtimes for each film at a theater. ...

slashfilm