<s>
The	B-Application
Movies	I-Application
is	O
a	O
business	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
game	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Lionhead	O
Studios	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
ported	O
to	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
by	O
Feral	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Movies	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2005	O
to	O
positive	O
reviews	O
and	O
several	O
awards	O
,	O
but	O
sold	O
poorly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expansion	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Movies	I-Application
:	O
Stunts	O
&	O
Effects	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Movies	I-Application
allows	O
players	O
to	O
run	O
their	O
own	O
movie	O
studio	O
,	O
including	O
designing	O
the	O
studio	O
itself	O
and	O
managing	O
the	O
careers	O
of	O
film	O
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
movies	O
using	O
in-game	O
assets	O
and	O
at	O
one	O
time	O
could	O
upload	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
website	O
The	B-Application
Movies	I-Application
Online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2006	O
,	O
Lionhead	O
studios	O
released	O
the	O
expansion	O
pack	O
The	B-Application
Movies	I-Application
:	O
Stunts	O
and	O
Effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Feral	O
Interactive	O
ported	O
the	O
expansion	O
to	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metacritic	O
gave	O
the	O
expansion	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Movies	I-Application
:	O
Stunts	O
&	O
Effects	O
,	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
78	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
based	O
on	O
37	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Games	O
Magazine	O
gave	O
The	B-Application
Movies	I-Application
their	O
2005	O
"	O
Best	O
Utility	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Best	O
Original	O
Music	O
"	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
The	O
Guardian	O
called	O
The	O
Moviess	O
online	O
service	O
"[p]erhaps	O
the	O
most	O
forward-thinking	O
feature	O
"	O
because	O
it	O
pre-dated	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
by	O
a	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
The	B-Application
Movies	I-Application
,	O
Alex	O
Chan	O
,	O
a	O
French	O
resident	O
with	O
no	O
previous	O
filmmaking	O
experience	O
,	O
took	O
four	O
days	O
to	O
create	O
The	O
French	O
Democracy	O
,	O
a	O
short	O
machinima	O
political	O
film	O
about	O
the	O
2005	O
civil	O
unrest	O
in	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
