Video Movie Guide 2001

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Summary: A POOR BOOK WITH POOR REVIEWS
Review: This book is the WORST movie guide that I've seen in the last ten years. The guide gives one word reviews for "TURKEY" (bad movies)(POLICE ACADEMY 4) rated films and sometimes doesn't even give a review for TURKEY rated fims (POLICE ACADEMY 5). You can tell that half the time they take the sypnosis from the back of a video cover because they make the same errors (SLEEPAWAY CAMP 3: They said "CAMP HAPPY WOODS" and the camp actually is "CAMP NEW HORIZONS"). They usually DON'T give the correct rating or EVEN the correct year or running time. So just use pure dumb luck to see what a video is like becuase I rate this guide "TURKEY"

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Summary: A MOVIE DICTIONARY
Review: WITH 1582 PAGES OF MOVIE REVIEWS AND MOVIE RELATED MATERIAL, THERE IS NO WAY ONE WILL AGREE WITH EVERYTHING. HOWEVER, I OFTEN REFER TO THIS GUIDE FOR MANY REASONS. IT'S LIKE A TOOL MORE THAN A BOOK. WHERE ALOT OF SIMILAR GUIDES DON'T OFFER AS MUCH, ONE EXAMPLE IS: EVEN IF AN ACTOR ONLY HAS 1 OR 2 MOVIES, THEY ARE STILL LISTED IN THE CAST INDEX. THIS IS NOT FOUND IN MOST OTHER REVIEW GUIDES. ALOT OF READERS WONDER WHY ALOT OF THE REVIEWS ARE SHORT. IT IS SIMPLE. EACH YEAR WHEN THE NEW BOOK IS PRINTED, OLDER REVIEWS HAVE TO BE EDITED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE HUNDREDS OF NEW LISTINGS. HOW FAT DO YOU THINK A BOOK CAN GET? THE TRUTH IS THIS GUIDE DOES HAVE MORE MOVIES THAN ANY OTHER. I'VE READ ALL THE OTHER GUIDES (EBERT, MALTIN, BONES ect.). BOTTOM LINE: WELL WORTH THE MONEY. EVEN IF IT'S NOT W/O IT'S FLAWS.