diff --git a/ox/web/imdb.py b/ox/web/imdb.py
index a38d479..0bf1f2d 100644
--- a/ox/web/imdb.py
+++ b/ox/web/imdb.py
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ import google
 
 class Imdb(SiteParser):
     regex =  {
+        'alternative_titles': {
+            'page': 'releaseinfo',
+            're': [
+                'name="akas".*?<table.*?>(.*?)</table>',
+                "td>(.*?)</td>\n\n<td>(.*?)</td>"
+            ],
+            'type': 'list'
+        
+        },
         'cast': {
             'page': 'combined',
             're': '<td class="nm">.*?>(.*?)</a>.*?<td class="char">(.*?)</td>',
@@ -76,7 +85,7 @@ class Imdb(SiteParser):
         },
         'plot': {
             'page': 'plotsummary',
-            're': '<p class="plotpar">(.*?)<i>',
+            're': '</div>.*?<p class="plotpar">(.*?)<i>',
             'type': 'string'
         },
         'poster_id': {
@@ -145,7 +154,7 @@ class Imdb(SiteParser):
         },
         'year': {
             'page': 'combined',
-            're': '<meta name="og:title" content=".*?\((\d{4})\)"',
+            're': '<meta name="og:title" content=".*?\((\d{4})\).*?"',
             'type': 'int'
         }
     }
@@ -160,6 +169,7 @@ class Imdb(SiteParser):
             self['runtime'] = int(findRe(self['runtime'], '([0-9]+)')) * base
         else:
             self['runtime'] = 0
+        if 'votes' in self: self['votes'] = self['votes'].replace(',', '')
         if 'connections' in self:
             cc={}
             if len(self['connections']) == 2 and isinstance(self['connections'][0], basestring):
@@ -168,6 +178,10 @@ class Imdb(SiteParser):
                 cc[unicode(rel)] = re.compile('<a href="/title/tt(\d{7})/">').findall(data)
             self['connections'] = cc
 
+        for key in ('countries', 'genres'):
+            self[key] = filter(lambda x: x.lower() != 'home', self[key])
+
+
 def guess(title, director='', timeout=google.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
     #FIXME: proper file -> title
     title = title.split('-')[0]
diff --git a/ox/web/siteparser.py b/ox/web/siteparser.py
index ce5ee33..d9fa1dd 100644
--- a/ox/web/siteparser.py
+++ b/ox/web/siteparser.py
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ class SiteParser(dict):
                     data = [f(d) for d in data]
                 else:
                     data = f(data)
-                return data            
+                return data
             if self.regex[key]['type'] == 'float':
                 data = apply_f(float, data)
             elif self.regex[key]['type'] == 'int':
                 data = apply_f(int, data)
             elif self.regex[key]['type'] == 'date':
-                parse_date = lambda d: datetime.strptime('-'.join(d), '%m-%d-%Y').strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+                parse_date = lambda d: d and datetime.strptime('-'.join(d), '%m-%d-%Y').strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
                 data = apply_f(parse_date, data)
             self[key] = data