ClickStar

Twelve of the best sites about ClickStar. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page.

1. ClickStar - Buy or rent, then download movies to watch on your computer, including first-run movies that can be watched before they hit your local video store or rental service. (www.cstar.com)

2. ClickStar Inc. - Corporate Web site of the “new digital entertainment venture between Intel Corporation and Revelations Entertainment, the production company headed by Morgan Freeman and business partner Lori McCreary that addresses the growing consumer desire for premium entertainment through broadband for the PC and the TV.” The service promises first-run movies ready for download online within weeks of their theatrical releases. (www.clickstarinc.com)

3. A Start-Up Fueled By Star Power - November 29, 2006 article on ClickStar and how Morgan Freeman’s contacts in the entertainment industry may give it a leg up in a crowded field of video downloading companies. (www.washingtonpost.com)

4. Movie Downloads A Go Go With ClickStar - Blog post offers excitement over the ClickStar service but a thumbs-down on the price, saying $19.95 to buy and “like $10.00″ to rent are too much, especially when the packaged version will cost the same amount. (www.deliciouslygeeky.com)

5. 10 Reasons to Download “10 Items or Less” - Video of Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega, stars of the movie 10 Items or Less, the first movie that ClickStar is offering for Internet download before it can be bought or rented on DVD, giving 10 reasons why you should go the download route and watch at home. For example, “You can have a cocktail, or five.” (www.youtube.com)

6. ClickStar Forums - Members of the ClickStar “community” can converse here about movies, ClickStar or whatever else they want. (community.cstar.com)

7. CEO Forum: Movie Star, Producer Go Boldly to the Net - November 16, 2006 article is an edited transcript of an interview with ClickStar principles and others involved, including Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary, Paz Vega (who stars with Freeman in ClickStar’s first production 10 Items or Less), director Brad Silberling and ClickStar CEO James Ackerman. (www.usatoday.com)

8. The Hype Called Clickstar - November, 2006 opinion by Rafat Ali that ClickStar has had plenty of hype but it’s only in the heads of Hollywood insiders. (www.paidcontent.org)

9. Danny DeVito on ClickStar - Actor Danny DeVito hosts one of the ClickStar “channels” (his features documentaries he likes) and blogs occasionally on this page. (community.cstar.com)

10. Q&A with ClickStar’s Lori McCreary - April, 2006 interview with Lori McCreary, long-time business partner of Morgan Freeman and ClickStar executive, on the service ClickStar offers and whether consumers really want that service. (www.imediaconnection.com)

11. Intel and Revelations Drive New Online Distribution Models - July, 2005 press release on the forming of ClickStar. (www.intel.com)

12. ClickStar at NEO Binaries - Summary of ClickStar’s business, including product description, screen shots, and company information from this directory of “Web 2.0″ companies. (www.neobinaries.com)