Movie Star — Encrypted Movie Preferences in your Data Vault

An ANU Software Innovation Institute demonstrator for your Data Vault.

Time-stamp: <Tuesday 2025-07-22 21:12:27 +1000 Graham Williams>

Authors: Kevin Wang, Ashley Tang, Zheyuan Xu, Graham Williams

ANU Software Innovation Institute

License: GNU GPL V3

Run the app online: web.

Download the latest version: GNU/Linux deb or zip; Android apk; macOS zip; Windows zip or inno.

Coding documentation is available from solid community au

Introduction

A personal movies (and TV series) database and recommender.

Visit https://moviestar.solidcommunity.au/ to run the app online.

See installers for instructions to install on your device.

Visit the Solid Community AU Portfolio for our portfolio of Solid apps developed by the community.

The app is implemented in Flutter using our own solidpod package for Flutter to manage the Solid Pod interactions, and markdown_tooltip to enhance the user experience, guiding the user through the app, within app.

User Stories

Personal Movie Data Store

As a user I can

X Retrieve movie details from imdb or movielens or themoviedb
- X Artwork
- X Release date
- X Description
- X Rating
X View all movies in the GUI using movie art work
Settings to store my API key
New lists with names that I choose (e.g., Watched and To Watch)
Have any number of lists
Add movies to my Watched list or my To Watch list
Have the lists stored in my POD encrypted including the meta data
Retrieved the two lists from my POD on startup
Add my own comments to a movie (text)
Add a rating with a movie (0-5?)
My Movie Lists can be sorted by
- name
- rating
- release date

As a user I can

Share all my movies data with another user
See who has shared their movies with me
Switch to a view of another user's movies - perhaps on HOME
Summarise movies across users
- Frequency count
- Total ratings count

Recommending Movies

As a user I can

Add private (not shared) views of other users sharing movies
- Includes a weighting for each user (0-5, default 2)
Add to summarise movies across users
- Weighted ratings of movies - user rating * their movie rating

Add support for recommendation engine - review https://github.com/recommenders-team/recommenders.

Libraries

constants/cache_constants: Cache constants for the Movie Star application.
constants/navigation: Navigation style constants.
constants/paths: Path constants for the movie star application.
dialogs/alert: Show an Alert dialog
features/file/browser/components/components: Components for the file service feature.
features/file/browser/components/directory_list: A directory list widget for displaying folders.
features/file/browser/components/file_list: A file list widget for displaying files.
features/file/browser/components/file_list_item: A file list item widget for displaying individual files.
features/file/browser/components/path_bar: A path bar widget for file browser navigation.
features/file/browser/content: A content widget for the file browser.
features/file/browser/loading_state: A loading state widget for the file browser.
features/file/browser/models/file_item: File item widget.
features/file/browser/operations/file_operations: File operations utility class for handling file system interactions.
features/file/browser/page: A file browser widget.
features/file/browser/utils/empty_directory_view: An empty state widget for the file browser.
features/file/service/components/components: Components for the file service feature.
features/file/service/components/file_service_widget: File service widget that provides file upload, download, and preview functionality.
features/file/service/components/file_upload_section: File upload section component for the file service feature.
features/file/service/models/file_state: File state model for the file service.
features/file/service/page: File service page for the file service feature.
features/file/service/providers/file_service_provider: File service provider for the file service feature.
home: Moviestar - Manage and share ratings through private PODs.
main: Moviestar - Manage and share ratings through private PODs
models/movie: Data model representing a movie in the Movie Star application.
moviestar: Moviestar - Manage and share ratings through private PODs.
my_home_page: Moviestar - Manage and share ratings through private PODs.
providers/cached_movie_service_provider: Provider for the cached movie service in the Movie Star application.
providers/database_provider: Hive database provider for the Movie Star application.
providers/hive_cache_service_provider: Hive cache service provider for the Movie Star application.
providers/movie_cache_provider: Provider for managing movie cache repository access throughout the app.
providers/theme_provider: Riverpod providers for theme management.
screens/coming_soon_screen: Screen displaying upcoming movies and their release dates.
screens/home_screen: Moviestar - Manage and share ratings through private PODs
screens/movie_details_screen: Screen displaying detailed information about a selected movie.
screens/search_screen: Screen for searching and discovering movies in the Movie Star application.
screens/settings_screen: Screen for managing user settings and preferences.
screens/shared_movies_screen: Shared Movies Screen for MovieStar.
screens/to_watch_screen: Screen for managing the user's list of movies to watch.
screens/watched_screen: Screen for managing the user's list of watched movies.
services/api_key_service: Service for managing API keys in the Movie Star application.
services/cache_settings_service: Service for managing cache settings with persistent storage.
services/cached_movie_service: Hive-based cached service for managing movies.
services/favorites_service: Service for managing favorite movies in the Movie Star application.
services/favorites_service_adapter: Adapter to make FavoritesServiceManager compatible with existing screens. Includes caching functionality for better performance.
services/favorites_service_manager: Service manager that switches between local and POD storage for favorites.
services/hive_cached_movie_service: Hive-based cached service for managing movies in the Movie Star application.
services/hive_movie_cache_service: Hive-based movie cache service for the Movie Star application.
services/movie_list_service: Service for managing MovieList entities in the Movie Star application following the ontology structure.
services/movie_search_service: Service for searching movies by title, actor, and genre.
services/movie_service: Service for managing movies in the Movie Star application.
services/pod_favorites_service: POD-based service for managing favorite movies using Solid POD storage.
services/theme_service: Service for managing application theme preferences.
services/user_profile_service: Service for managing user profiles in the Movie Star application following the ontology structure.
theme/app_theme: Theme configuration for the Movie Star application.
utils/create_app_folder: Create app folder.
utils/create_solid_login: Create Solid Login Widget. Copyright (C) 2025, Software Innovation Institute, ANU
utils/date_format_util: Utility class for formatting dates in a consistent and locale-aware manner.
utils/initialise_app_folders: Initialise app folders.
utils/is_desktop: Check if we are running a desktop (and not a browser).
utils/is_logged_in: Utility to check if the user is logged in. Copyright (C) 2025, Software Innovation Institute, ANU
utils/is_text_file: Check if a file is a text file. Copyright (C) 2025, Software Innovation Institute, ANU
utils/movie_sort_util: Utility functions for sorting movies.
utils/network_client: A utility class for handling HTTP requests with consistent error handling and configuration.
utils/pod_path_helper: Utility functions to handle solidpod path discrepancies between writePod and readPod.
utils/save_decrypted_content: Save decrypted content. Copyright (C) 2025, Software Innovation Institute, ANU
utils/show_alert: Show alert safely. Copyright (C) 2025, Software Innovation Institute, ANU
utils/tmdb_image_util: Utility class for handling TMDB image URLs.
utils/turtle_serializer: Utility for converting Movie objects to/from Turtle (TTL) format using solidpod RDF functions.
widgets/cache_feedback_widget: Widget for providing user feedback about cache performance.
widgets/cache_status_indicator: Widget for showing current cache status in the UI.
widgets/error_display_widget: A reusable widget for displaying error states with consistent styling.
widgets/floating_theme_toggle: A floating theme toggle button that can be positioned anywhere on screen.
widgets/list_shared_movies: List Shared Movies Widget for MovieStar.
widgets/movie_card: Reusable movie card widget with cache status indicators.
widgets/moviestar_nav_config: Moviestar - Manage and share ratings through private PODs.
widgets/quick_actions_dialog: Quick actions dialog for movie cards on hover.
widgets/share_list_dialog: Share List Dialog Widget
widgets/solid_nav_bar: Solid Navigation Bar.
widgets/solid_nav_drawer: Solid Navigation Drawer.
widgets/solid_nav_models: Solid Navigation Models - Generic data models for navigation components.
widgets/solid_nav_utils: Solid Navigation Utilities.
widgets/solid_navigation_manager: Solid Navigation Manager for automatic layout switching.
widgets/sort_controls: Widget for sorting movies.
widgets/theme_toggle_button: Theme toggle button widget for switching between light and dark modes.

Movie Star — Encrypted Movie Preferences in your Data Vault

Introduction

User Stories

Personal Movie Data Store

Sharing my Movies

Recommending Movies

Libraries

moviestar package