IMDb Movies & TV app updated to support HD streaming of movie trailers on tablets and smartphones

When we chose IMDb Movies & TV as the tablet app of the year in our 2011 Android Central Editors' Pick Awards it was a pretty fine looking app and in that time, IMDb has continued to improve upon the app overall. The last update brought a new layout and ICS features but now a new update is available for download.

Movie buffs will want to grab this one for sure as it addresses some long standing bugs but more importantly it adds HD streaming of trailers for both tablets and smartphones. Download is past the break for you all, also if you're checking it out let us know what movies you're looking forward to this summer in the comments.

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Google Play Movies launches in France

Google has today announced the launch of Google Play Movies in France. The service launches in France as "Google Play Films", and Google's touting the availability of French language classics like La Grotte Des Rêves Perdus and Le Bal Des Actrices, along with the larger library of English titles already available in the US, UK and elsewhere.

If you need to pick up your copy of the Android app for Google Play Movies (or Google Play Films), we've got the usual QR code and store link after the break.

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Google Play Movies updated, Sony and Archos tablet crashes fixed

The Google Movies Google Play Movies app for Android has been updated with a compatibility fixes for some Honeycomb tablets. Today's update fixes an issue which could cause the app to crash on certain devices, including Sony's Tablet S and Archos' 80 G9 tablets. If you've affected by random crashes in the Play Movies app, you'll want to grab the update now from the Google Play Store.

Google Movies became Google Play Movies a few weeks ago, as part of Google's rebranding of all its content delivery services. Alongside Play Movies, Google Music became Google Play Movies, Google Books became Google Play Books. You get the idea. Aside from some shiny new app icons, everything works just as it did before.

We've got the usual web links and QR code for the Google Play Movies app after the break.