If all your significant other wants for a Valentine’s Day movie is romance, you can get that in pretty much any kind of movie. So, when you hear the words “Let’s watch something romantic tonight,” you can steer clear of anything with Renee Zellweger or Reese Witherspoon in it and instead take these suggestions from the hopeless romantics here at Appletell. All the movies recommended are available for rental at purchase from iTunes.

Apple has rolled out a new feature for Apple TV users. Owners of the media streaming device will now find a new option called Genius under Movies and TV Shows. The Mac version of the iTunes Store has had Genius recommendations for quite some time, but the feature has been absent from Apple TV until now. The Genius feature recommends iTunes content to watch based on your purchase history.

Previously, if iTunes customers had a desired product in mind, they had to resort to clicking on multiple pages to get to that specific item. But now Apple has given iTunes a much-needed improvement that will certainly assist users in quickly finding apps and videos in the iTunes Store. This small makeover adds the ability for users to peruse the whole store in a “Quick View mode” which will let them purchase items without leaving the current page.

iTunes Match has generated a bit of confusion since its initial release, as some users aren’t sure about what exactly happens to their music library after the service has been enabled. To better explain iTunes Match, Apple posted a walkthrough video showing viewers how to activate their account and load songs. The new $25/year service offers more »

If you were lucky this morning, you were nice enough for Santa to provide you with an iTunes gift card. That opens you up to countless great apps, movies, books, TV shows, albums, and you could have a busy day of downloading ahead of you…provided you know how to use the card. It’s simple enough, more »

With the introduction of “Complete My Season Pass,” Apple has extended their reduced pricing structure to their TV shows. From now on, those who purchase single episodes of TV shows available in iTunes can upgrade to complete access to the full season without having to repurchase episodes individually.

9to5Mac is reporting that Apple made a decision not to update it’s Apple TV software with the Hulu Plus app for a “political not a technical reason.” Sources claim the Hulu Plus application has been finished and is ready to be installed on Apple TV, but development has been placed on hold. It’s speculated that the hold-up is because Apple wants to protect its own iTunes revenue stream.

The iTunes Movie Trailers is a pretty good looking app which gives you the newest and most exclusive previews of upcoming movies. The app lets you browse trailers, clips and featurettes for the Hollywood blockbusters and independent cinema releases. Additionally, the app also provides you access to high-quality HD photos, and allows you to explore schedules of movie releases and search for showtimes of movies in theaters near you.

There are a lot of “classic” films that have flaws to modern eyes: Citizen Kane is not one of them. It’s a tale of a great man who lost everything. After 70 years it’s still an engrossing tale, and the iTunes download is a great way to experience it.

The iTunes Store and Apple TV catalog are now completely rid of 99-cent TV show rentals, with all mention of them also removed from Apple’s website. The idea of being able to rent movies and TV shows rather than having to purchase them isn’t a bad one, but at $0.99 for a TV show rental, the price wasn’t very justifiable. Still, Apple believes its customers would rather own the TV shows they purchase, so the rentals likely won’t be coming back any time soon.