In my continuing quest to find all the free movies online, I posted last week about a new deal YouTube was offering. It’s definitely come to pass, because YouTube has a movie channel set up and rockin’. Check it out here.
There’s some pretty cool movies there, too – “Cliffhanger,” “The Film Crew: Killers from Space” (that’s the MST3K crew), and “The Mod Squad” among them. And they’re even letting me embed them here! Watch Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me”: 

I suppose YouTube is feeling the heat from Hulu, because they announced today that they’ll be streaming full-length movies and TV shows. The only thing surprising about this is that it’s taken so long to come about.
According to a Hollywood Reporter story, the movies and shows will be streamed on a separate section of YouTube, and include titles from Sony and Lionsgate, as well as TV networks and independent studios.
YouTube has already made deals with MGM (for TV shows and full-length films) and Disney (excerpts from ABC and ESPN shows). Titles include the James Bond flick "Casino …read more

I’m always psyched to find new places to watch free movies online. I received a note today from Steven Fan, CEO of a site called HelloMovies.com.
The site aggregates films from a variety of sources, including free online movies, paid online movies, Netflix, TV listings such as Starz OnDemand and Encore OnDemand, Xbox Live, and soon, theaters.
It’s pretty cool. I registered (it’s free), and started browsing the site. They have a lot of movies listed, everything from "Fatal Attraction" to "The Crawling Hand" to "Liar, Liar."
When I clicked through to "The Crawling Hand," it told me what …read more

From time to time, I’ll highlight here on Film Gecko some of the cool places to watch free movies online – and shine the spotlight on some of those cool movies.
One of my favorite places is the YouTube Screening Room, where you’ll find all sorts of films, from “The 13th Amendment,” about a 90-year-old woman who casts her first-ever vote for an African-American President, to “Slacker – The Film,” Richard Linklater’s indie classic about a group of social outcasts living out their lives in Austin, Texas.
One of my current favorites is “Yellow Sticky Notes” by director Jeff Chiba Stearns. …read more