Google Unveils a New 'Movie:' Operator

Google Inc., recently announced that it has created a new 'movie:' operator on its web search engine, allowing users to search for movie-related information.

The operator enables to find information faster and more easily, whether for titles or actors, director or genre, famous lines or obscure plot details. For example a search for 'movie: Tom Hanks talking to a volleyball' - will result in 'Cast Away'.

It also enables users to find theaters and showtimes in particular areas. A search for 'movie: Mountain View, CA', for example, will show what's playing near the Googleplex. It also allows search on 'movies', 'showtimes' or the title of a current film, and top result will be movie-related information for the particular area.

The movie showtimes are also available on Google SMS which is accessbile by sending a text message to 46645 - to look up showtimes for nearby theaters.