April 30, 2026
Refreshed iOS app icon
Updated the Apple touch icon with a textless, Liquid Glass-ready MovieMan mark for a cleaner home-screen appearance on iPhone and iPad.
MovieMan Updates
New features and notable changes, listed from newest to oldest.
April 28, 2026
Clearer attending badges
Replaced the subtle circled-check attending indicator with a high-visibility green GOING badge across listings, mobile rows, movie cards, and profile attendance actions.
April 18, 2026
Hearts, comments, and activity notifications
The activity feed now supports hearts and comments on friend activity, shows who hearted a post, adds filters for your activity/hearts/comments, and sends red-dot plus comment-email notifications when someone interacts with activity you own or follow.
April 18, 2026
Theatre-aware movie links
Movie links from the activity feed and MovieMan emails now carry theatre context, so multiplex titles open with the correct theatre filter already selected instead of dropping you into the wrong listings view.
March 31, 2026
Invite friends to join MovieMan
Added a dedicated Invite to MovieMan flow on the profile page, plus email fallback from the friend-request field, so you can invite non-users by email and point them back to the Friends area once they sign up.
March 31, 2026
Cleaner showtime invite emails
Showtime invite emails now include direct accept/decline entry points with optional notes, more detailed response confirmations, and refreshed MovieMan blue email styling across invite-related emails.
March 30, 2026
Friends activity feed
Added a new activity feed that shows when friends are going to films, went to films, liked films, and rated films, with direct links back into the main listings view.
March 30, 2026
Safer friend request matching
Friend requests now show matching people before sending, handle duplicate names safely, and support single-name profiles without guessing the wrong user.
March 30, 2026
Invite response notes and email replies
Showtime invites now support optional accept/decline notes, email the inviter when a response is submitted, and keep invite response writes consistent with attendance updates.
March 4, 2026
Calendar subscriptions for attendances
Added private calendar subscription links (HTTPS + webcal) so your upcoming attendances can sync to calendar apps. Includes token rotation support for revoking old links.
March 3, 2026
Rotten Tomatoes scores in listings
Added critic and audience score chips next to movie links so you can quickly compare reception without leaving the listings view.
March 3, 2026
Rate Your Music film links
Added direct Rate Your Music links using IMDb and Wikidata matching with improved fallback search behavior.
February 24, 2026
On-demand movie info popover
Replaced always-visible tags with a cleaner info popover that reveals genre and short description only when requested.
February 5, 2026
Favicon refresh
Updated favicon assets and cache-busting so the browser tab icon consistently shows the MovieMan icon instead of stale cached icons.
December 7, 2025
Framework security upgrade
Upgraded to Next.js 16 and React 19 patch versions to keep the app current with the latest framework fixes and hardening.
August 28, 2025
Fresher homepage listings
Adjusted client and PWA caching behavior so homepage showtimes refresh more reliably and stale HTML is less likely after revalidation.
August 13, 2025
Listings API integration and proxy routing
Integrated the Listings API with client proxy routes for index/listings/historical log data and legacy ID normalization for attendance matching.
June 23, 2025
Expanded theatre coverage and compare controls
Added Landmark and Cineplex listings and introduced compare-style theatre filters to make cross-theatre browsing easier.
June 5, 2025
Invite links via email
Added invite emails with accept/decline links that route users back into MovieMan so attendance can be confirmed from email.
May 23, 2025
Firestore-backed user data
Moved core user data to Firestore, including attendances, profile details, ratings, likes, and friend relationship data.
May 23, 2025
PWA pull-to-refresh
Added swipe-to-refresh behavior for installed app usage to make updates easier to fetch on mobile.
May 21, 2025
PWA install polish and system theme support
Improved install metadata/icons and aligned light/dark theme behavior with the user’s system preference.
May 20, 2025
Friend request workflow
Added send/accept/decline friend requests with username/email lookup instead of auto-friending users immediately.
May 19, 2025
Movie log and star ratings
Added profile movie logs, star ratings, and log cleanup controls for attended films.