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If you are a movie buff, deciding on which movie to watch next often becomes a tedious task. You scrounge through multiple websites, reviews, and then search for that movie on Netflix or order it from your local library. Ubuntu users though, especially the ones who want everything at their fingertips, can make the most out of Unity’s Dash to find out more about the movies they’re planning to watch. By installing a couple of lenses, you can save yourself the trouble of visiting multiple websites just to know more about that movie.

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It's just a shame that, in the UK at least, there aren't any online video services available on Linux -- pretty much rendering this pointless.
It's a shame Canonical aren't working to get some decent video rental services on Linux as that combined with Steam would be a viable alternative to Windows.
Edit: I'm not sure this post complies with the rules of the forum? The Pirate Bay is mentioned and torrenting films. Whilst it's true that there are some films released for free torrenting they are in the minority and where the DMCA or Bern Convention apply the majority of torrents found on The Pirate Bay are illegal.