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Purpose: Cinemania was designed to be a comprehensive multimedia encyclopedia of movies, providing detailed information about films, actors, directors, and more
Content: It included reviews from notable critics like Leonard Maltin, Roger Ebert, and Pauline Kael, along with thousands of still images, sound clips, and video clips12. The database featured over 19,000 reviews from Maltin’s Movie and Video Guide, over 1,300 reviews from Ebert’s Video Companion, and 2,500 reviews from Kael’s 5001 Nights at the Movies
Technology: Cinemania leveraged the capabilities of CD-ROM technology, which was becoming more common in personal computers at the time3. This allowed it to include a large amount of multimedia content that was not easily accessible before the widespread availability of broadband internet