Rick S.

Been using for about 6 or so years and as I'm not a web designer was pretty happy with its ease to use and it being relatively professional looking. It was kind of easy to manage too.

Logged in today for the first time in a while to do some updates and they'd implemented some stupid colour scheme so had to go through the entire site and manually correct fix it all which was a complete waste of my time. Loads of fonts had also changed so again, had to manually fix everything.

My existing contact form had been replaced by something from MS Paint (alternatives were awful).

I've just been billed for the next year too at full price - if I'd just cancelled I could've got the same thing for 50% off because it's on offer. Awful loyalty reward!

Worst thing about the site is stupid limits on videos. Not only size/ duration of videos you can actually upload, but those limits apply to youtube, vimeo etc links. For an "unlimited" packed (seriously?!) I get 1 hour. Next package up gets 5.

I was looking at other options but looks like I'm trapped for another year because of the auto-renewal, but if things don't improve, I'm gone.

As previously mentioned, it used to be "OK" when it was free, but it's a farce now you have to pay. I've 10 years+ of professional experience on international films and TV but have paid a couple of times for a monthly subscription so I can see the info about a couple of specific jobs.

My negative rating isn't purely down to the fact that it's a particularly bad site because it's alright - you have a profile page, can upload docs like CV, list contact details and references etc - but largely due to the fact that it is, and always has been, populated by arrogant and ignorant wankers who a lot of the time don't actually know what they're doing or anything about the industry.

Even when I was looking for unpaid opportunities starting out, I probably received one reply from every hundred apps if I was lucky. Nothing's changed despite having a strong portfolio now and seeking paid work, which a lot of the time is pitiful - my day rate is more than what's offered for a feature film!

People posting jobs there should also really learn that if they're offering very low if any pay, they shouldn't have the tenacity to list ridiculous demands of applicants to be professional experts with 50 feature film credits, able to provide a Dolby Atmos studio in the heart of Soho for 6 months free of charge, have Scorsese, Spielberg and Tarantino's numbers on speed dial, be able to secure an international release deal and bring Hitchcoc back from the dead to direct their film... but it's OK, because you'll get an IMDB credit and copy of the DVD for your hard work.

If it was free I wouldn't have written this review, but it's cost me money so thought I'd relay some facts. Hopefully it won't be too long before someone provides a solution by setting up a free, user serviced website to provide competition and get film industry staff working a bit more collaboratively.

UPDATE: still not a single job from it since originally posting this.