How can movie apps use location? Here’s a case study.

Andy is a die-hard documentary fiend. He likes documentaries of all kinds. He enjoys using his favorite movie app to tag his favorite movie trailers for the documentaries coming out in the months ahead and see what other documentaries are being tagged around him. By reading other users’ movie reviews and recommendations, he has been able to find a lot of the lesser-known indie documentaries that he probably wouldn’t have easily found on his own. He’s a pretty harsh critic though, and has been known to blast the documentaries he dislikes by tagging them as ‘hated’ and posting his negative reviews to his Facebook and Twitter.

Local Faves Features for Movies Apps

• Check-in to movie theaters via the movie you’re seeing
• See where your favorite movies are playing at the movie theaters around you and the dates/times they are playing
• Find out what movies are most popular in Chicago vs. Dallas, or Denver vs. Detroit
• See what the most popular movies & actors are based on user preferences in your area
• Connect with other users in your area with similar movie interests
• Tag movies for future reference and view other users ‘faves lists’ for recommendations, meet-ups, etc.
• Tag your favorite movies & actors and post them to your Facebook & Twitter