Big news in the world of social networking today thanks to a collaboration between Facebook and cable giant Miramax.
This week, Miramax officially joins the likes of Warner Bros., Paramount and Universal by being the latest provider of streaming video rentals through Facebook.
For now, the modest service offers twenty titles available for immediate viewing via rental.
Facebook users, who can access the viewing portal directly through the social networking site (no download required), will be charged 30 Facebook credits per movie (roughly $3). Rentals expire 48 hours after a user has started viewing the rented film.
Films now available for rental through The Miramax eXperience include:
- Adventureland
- Chicago
- Clerks
- Cold Mountain
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- Extract
- Gangs of New York
- Gone Baby Gone
- Good Will Hunting
- Jackie Brown
- Kill Bill
- Kill Bill 2
- No Country for Old Men
- Pulp Fiction
- Shall We Dance
- Sin City
- Spy Kids
- Swingers
- The Switch
- Trainspotting