movie review

Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2009
$24.95
I LOVE this book. My daughter bought me one several years ago. This was an "update". Anytime I have a question such as "what other movies has he been in?" I simply open my book and locate the info quickly. A friend asked whay I bought this & why I didn't just go on the internet. This is easier & faster. By the time I would walk over to my computer, I already have my answer. There is a lot of other info as well. I would recommend this for any movie buff.

Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide (Signet))
$9.99
This is a great addition to the household if you watch TV especially cable TV. It's worth is in categorising films into various star levels enabling you to choose only the best movies to spend your time on. Three and four star movies are normally (subject to personal opinion) worth watching and things become subject to more risk as the scale moves down. There is even a "BOMB" classification that serves as a dire warning that should be observed. This is not the first time that I have bought this movie guide as they are updated each year. For the efficient viewing that the book engenders and the few bucks that it costs, an absolute must have.

Leonard Maltin's 2010 Movie Guide (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide)
$20.00
I've been buying this book for maybe 10 years or so... for the Holidays. Yea there are many more potent sources of information. There is a problem with the size of the book that limits many aspects of the book. Early books had larger Director Sections...many more Older Movies..etc. That being said, this book sits at my elbow in the viewing room and allows me to sleep at nite by instantly giving me the name of that obscure actor....director...year...that I can't remember!
TIP: Keep each year...together they become a comprehensive source! Great Trivia source.

Roger Ebert's Four-Star Reviews 1967-2007
$24.99
as it says on the jacket to one of ROGER's annual film reference guides , it's like having a conversation with a good friend . when i was younger , i saw eye to eye with MR. EBERT the lion's share of the time . as i grew older , a greater dispairity of opinion between myself and ROG began to occur . i noticed he had a strong disposition in favor of film with a very liberal agenda . that's hardly the point though . not only would it be profoundly boring if we always agreed , i'd lose . i'd lose one of the very best sources of film appreciation to which i could avail myself . oh , many is the time i wondered who slipped him an envelope to grant a good review to a film i though haughty or pretentious or heavy handed or crumby or stupid . but at the end of the week or month or however long i would go without reading ROGER , i knew i was not utilizing my favorite film critic . hell , we seldom agree on horror or comedy movies . who cares . he's still the man . he's put himself out there for public consumption for 40 years now . when he's on (and it's often) he's simply a great author . and he writes to meet deadlines . amazing body of work really . enthralling as a matter of fact . ***** . oh , and he's not watchin' the DVD like we are .