Video Movie Guide 2001 (DVD & Video Guide (Quality Paper)) [Paperback]

Mick Martin (Author), Marsha Porter (Author)

Book Description

Series: DVD & Video Guide (Quality Paper) | Publication Date: October 3, 2000

Wondering what video to rent tonight? This bestselling, fact-packed guide is the only sourcebook you and your family will ever need. Mick Martin and Marsha Porter steer you toward the winners and warn you about the losers. VIDEO MOVIE GUIDE 2001 covers it all--more films than any other guide, plus your favorite serials, B-Westerns, made-for-TV movies, and old television programs! Each video, conveniently alphabetized for easy access, includes a concise summary, fresh commentary, the director, major cast members, the year of release, and the MPAA rating, plus a reliable Martin and Porter rating--from Five Stars to Turkey--so you'll never get caught with a clunker again!

THE BEST IN THE FIELD FOR SIXTEEN YEARS!
Including
¸  DIRECTOR AND STAR INDEXES
¸  COMPLETE ACADEMY AWARD LISTINGS
¸  WHERE TO BUY THOSE HARD-TO-FIND VIDEOS
¸  BRAND NEW DVD LISTINGS

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"THE BEST ALL-AROUND VOLUME."
--Newsday

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Wondering what video to rent tonight? This bestselling, fact-packed guide is the only sourcebook you and your family will ever need. Mick Martin and Marsha Porter steer you toward the winners and warn you about the losers. VIDEO MOVIE GUIDE 2001 covers it all--more films than any other guide, plus your favorite serials, B-Westerns, made-for-TV movies, and old television programs! Each video, conveniently alphabetized for easy access, includes a concise summary, fresh commentary, the director, major cast members, the year of release, and the MPAA rating, plus a reliable Martin and Porter rating--from Five Stars to Turkey--so you'll never get caught with a clunker again!

THE BEST IN THE FIELD FOR SIXTEEN YEARS!
Including
¸  DIRECTOR AND STAR INDEXES
¸  COMPLETE ACADEMY AWARD LISTINGS
¸  WHERE TO BUY THOSE HARD-TO-FIND VIDEOS
¸  BRAND NEW DVD LISTINGS

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1600 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; 6th edition (October 3, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345420950
• ISBN-13: 978-0345420954
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.9 x 2.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,936,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars * * * A- THUMBERS- WORST- ENEMY * * *, March 16, 2001

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This review is from: Video Movie Guide 2001 (DVD & Video Guide (Quality Paper)) (Paperback)

This is no turkey, 3 stars (out of five). Three stars is based on its hit rate; that is, a ratio of movies physically in video stores vs. those in the Video Guide. At Blockbuster and Hollywood for every five videos physically on the shelf there's three in the book, ergo, three stars. After endless thumbing ONE out of three videos on the shelf gets 4-stars. Design's a problem, an index in front could help reduce the endless page turning. It's a no-go for taking to the video store.