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As any iPhone user and movie lover can tell you, it’s long been a point of confusion and frustration when it comes to great apps for finding movie information. Why isn’t there an IMDB app, we’ve asked ourselves countless times? The movie database giant has had a great mobile interface for the longest time, so why not an app?

All of that discussion is over today, as the first version of the IMDB app has hit the iTunes App Store. And with it comes a great sigh of relief from so many entertainment-loving technoenthusiasts, as not only does the app exist, but it exists in the realm of awesome.

Super-Fast Search

The first feature that I noticed upon opening the app was the fact that it is super-fast. The mobile web interface has been notorious for being slow with searches, but the app flies through the search and gets me right to Mary Louise Parker’s page in no time at all. It also easily allows you to browse fringe information, such as trivia and photo galleries, something has not always been easy with the other interface. Smooth, fast and feature-rich — it’s like Christmas come early.

A Detail-Oriented App

There are several other juicy little additions to this app that make it a must-have for everyone, including the MovieMeter (which tracks the most viewed movie pages on IMDB), a location-based showtimes listing and my favorite little feature, the local TV listings for major networks, allowing you to know when you’ve got to be home to watch (and subsequently live-Tweet) Glee.

Overall, the IMDB iPhone app is beautiful in its simplicity and function, just like IMDB the website. It works, and works fast. It gets you to the information quickly and delivers a few sweet surprise features that might be useful in your day-to-day. That, and it’s Free.

You can download the new IMDB app now via the iTunes Store.