Videohounds Golden Movie Retriever 2008 (Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever) (Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever)
VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1998 is the most comprehensive single-volume film guide you can buy. It contains capsule reviews of more than 22,000 movies, written with wit and good humor; the films are rated in a range from "four bones" to "WOOF!" Each entry notes the year the film was released; its running time; its availability on videocassette, laserdisc, and DVD; its chief credits; and whether the film was made in black and white or color. Unlike many rival guides, the Retriever includes made-for-television movies, straight-to-video releases, miniseries, and television shows that are currently available on video. But that's not all: the second half of the volume is an enormous book of lists, making it a valuable film encyclopedia as well. The award index covers not only the Oscars, the BAFTA Awards, and the Cannes Film Festival winners, but also the Golden Globe, the Canadian Genie, the Independent Spirit, and the MTV Movie Awards. VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1998 categorizes films by their country of origin and by director, star, writer, cinematographer, and composer. If you want to find information on the World Wide Web, check out the directory of the best film Web sites. Best of all is the category index, which catalogues movies according to conventional genres ("Comedy," "Film Noir," "Romance") and also under topics as wild and diverse as "Murderous Children," "Flatulence," "Satire and Parody," "Cyberpunk," "Marriage," "L.A." and "Nuns with Guns." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1998is a lively and entertaining guide that will point you toward new experiences in film and strengthen your cinematic expertise.
With 27,000 on-the-money reviews between its covers, the 2008 VIDEOHOUND lives up to its reputation for putting out the movie review guide fans desire. Always popular with 9 Indexes: Videos A-Z; Category Index; Kibbles & Series Index; Awards Index; Cast Index; Director Index; Writer Index; Cinematographer Index; And Composer Index
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77 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Nov 15, 2007 Type: User Review |
Great resource for movie lovers
It's been about 8 years since I bought one of these, long overdue. I don't always agree with their slant on movies, but the summaries and information about movies is very valuable, even in the days of IMDB and its kin. The indexing is also very...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 18, 2007 Type: User Review |
Best Movie Guide
I've purchased this guide every year for at least ten years. Not only are the reviews spot on, but the book is so comprehensive that it has settled many arguments and made me aware of movies I would not have found otherwise. The categorical...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Oct 07, 2007 Type: User Review |
Contains the Most Obscure Titles
If you're a video buff like me, you'll really appreciate the information packed into this guide. For years, I've used an extremely obscure movie title (search) as my test for the ultimate movie guide. This is the only guide that includes that...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 19, 2007 Type: User Review |
Some thing never change
and thats good!! This guide is as good as it ever was. LOTS bigger!!!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 05, 2007 Type: User Review |
Videohound Movie Guide
THIS is the movie guide that you need. Very complete with solid reviews (5 bones rating to 1 bone rating) for most films that are available on DVD or VHS. This book is a very large volume with a wealth of movie information.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 19, 2007 Type: User Review |
Still great
Still the best of the best. Funny, smart, dead-on, and consistent. The writing gets better every year, somehow.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 04, 2007 Type: User Review |
For Movie Buffs!!!
A must have reference for movie buffs even cross word puzzle people!!! Lots of information!!! Great Reference Guide!!! Thank you!!!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 02, 2007 Type: User Review |
Video hound book
If this one had a separate listing of the top rated movies available, I'd give this a 5 star rating. Except for that, it's very good. I concur with all of the ratings in it; they eliminate the usual dogs and cut down the choices to the better...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 19, 2007 Type: User Review |
I get a new copy every 2 years.
I think this is the best 'Movie' guide book and I'm on my 3rd edition now. It's so easy to use you just couldn't get the info as fast on the internet. It gives ages of actors, etc. and their life works, plus review of the movies. Big book - old...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 01, 2006 Type: User Review |
Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2006
This was a gift I bought for a friend of mine, who grew up in the 40s and 50s in the Los Angeles area. She absolutely loved it. I have one for myself, and I am always referring to it as my "Movie Bible", that has every answer to my "silver...
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