Movie Reviews

IMPORTANT NOTE: Before you begin your search for reviews, determine the movie's release date or when the movie was first shown. Search the Internet Movie Database or Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide in the 3rd floor Reference Collection - REF PN1992.8 .F5 L36 to find the movie's release date.

Find Reviews in Books

• Magill's Cinema Annual (1982-present) - REF PN1995 .M252
• New York Times Film Reviews 1913-1970 - REF PN1995 .A43

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Find Reviews in Magazines & Newspapers

• Academic Search Premier - enter movie title and "motion picture" and "reviews" in search box (example: titanic and motion picture and reviews) - also available off-campus using your valid library card number
• New York Times Index (from 1851-1924, 1955-present)
  REF AI 21 .N44 on 2nd floor Index Tables - Look up movies by year under the heading "Motion Pictures - Reviews."
• ProQuest Direct - enter the movie title in the first search box and select "movie review" in box next to Article Type. If your movie is several years old, you may need to change the date range option (located below the search boxes) to backfile. (also available off-campus using your valid library card number )
• Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-present)
  REF AI 3 .R48 on 2nd floor Index Tables - Useful for movie reviews from 1900-present. NOTE: Before 1977, look up movie titles under the heading "Moving pictures - Criticisms, reviews, etc." After 1977, look up movie titles under "Motion picture reviews."

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Find Reviews on the Web

• Los Angeles Times Movie Review Database (from 1995-present) - search by title, then click on the result title to see the complete review
• Metacritic.com - locates mostly current movie reviews from newspapers and magazines (generally last 2-3 years only)
• Movie Review Query Engine - locates reviews from noted newspapers and magazines plus amateur reviewers
• Search the Ebert Movie Files (from 1985-present) - from Roger Ebert, Chicago-Sun Times Movie Critic
• WashingtonPost.com Video Finder - "search more than 4,000 Post reviews of films available on video since 1986"

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