def generate_movie_list_from_json():
"""
Better way to load the list of movies is from json file. This function can be later enhanced to pull a feed from
movie database instead.
:return: list of movies
"""
movie_list = []
movies = json.loads(io.open("data.json", encoding='utf-8').read())
for movie in movies:
movie_to_add = Movie(movie["title"])
movie_to_add.story_line = movie["synopsis"]
movie_to_add.trailer_youtube_url = movie["youtubeUrl"]
movie_to_add.poster_image_url = movie["posterUrl"]
movie_to_add.mpaa_rating = movie["mpaaRating"]
movie_to_add.run_time = movie["runtime"]
movie_to_add.actors = [x.encode('utf-8') for x in movie["actors"]]
movie_list.append(movie_to_add)
return movie_list
