Score one for Microsoft. Both Cinemania 97 and the Corel All-Movie Guide 2 feature plenty of photographs of films and film stars. Here again, Cinemania 97 goes one better adding over 150 audio dialogue clips and over 30 video clips from various classic films. The clips run relatively smoothly even on a 2x CD-ROM and they make browsing the database that much more fun. It seems odd that Corel did not include clips.
Movies are, after all, perfect fodder for the multimedia experience.
Apparently, the first edition of the All-Movie Guide did include film clips but, for whatever reason, they were discontinued. The only thing you'll hear on the All-Movie Guide 2 is the odd sound effect. Cinemania 97 boasts almost 25,000 cross-referenced titles. When Cinemania 97 lists a film, it includes at least one review, as well as a complete list of credits. This is also generally, but not always, true of the All-Movie Guide 2 .