This special edition of the acclaimed film reference guide is packed with virtually everything movie-lovers need to know about the films they simply must see. Schneider and his team of writers have brought the book up to date by including the most memorable movies released during the past five years.
For undergraduate courses in Introduction to Film, Introduction to Cinema, and Film Appreciation. Understanding Movies is the best selling film text on the market! Designed to help students analyze movies with precision and technical sophistication, this book focuses on formalism-how the languages of the film (e.g., camera work, editing, ...
An invaluable tool in navigating the plethora of movies available on the steadily mushrooming number of cable TV channels, as well as in deciding which DVD or video rental is worthy of a trek down to the store to spend your hard-earned cash, LEONARD MALTIN'S MOVIE GUIDE 2005, its eponymous editor's ever-expanding compendium of movie reviews, has ...
The author of the annual Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide presents a detailed overview of classic films, with capsule reviews of more than seven thousand movies, along with a complete listing of classic movies on DVD, a series of Top Ten lists, and a star and director index. Original.
The inaugural text for Baker Academic's Engaging Culture Series, Johnston's book provides readers with a theological perspective for interpreting films and the film industry. Johnston is a professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary.
For the first time ever, DK's brilliant exploded artwork reveals the inner workings of the vehicles and spacecraft from the "Star Wars" films. Fans will revel in the stunning four-page gatefold that displays the Death Star's inner core and its dark secrets. Fascinating details let readers see the internal workings of the "Millennium Falcon" and ...
Featuring chronological reviews of more than 300 zombie films - from 1932's "White Zombie" to George A. Romero's 2008 release "Diary of the Dead" - this thorough, uproarious guide traces the evolution of one of horror cinema's most popular and terrifying creations. Fans will learn exactly what makes a zombie a zombie, go behind the scenes with a ...
The movie-lover's bible provides 27,000 right-on-the-money reviews known for being sometimes snarky, always informative, and occasionally hilarious. Credited with solving trivia, crosswords, and Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon movie-watching dilemmas, "VideoHound" has been a hit for years.Gale Cengage
Peter Jackson, Academy-Award winning director of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, brings his sweeping cinematic vision to the iconic story of the gigantic ape-monster captured in the wild and brought back to civilization where he meets his tragic fate. True to the spirit, both of the original story and the classic 1933 RK0 Pictures version, Peter ...
These 100 essays culled from celebrated newspaper and television film critic Roger Ebert's biweekly articles for a feature called "The Great Movies," comprise Ebert's picks for the films that must be viewed to grasp the scope, vision, and possibility of cinema. As much passion-plays as critiques, the essays navigate high- and lowbrow opinion, ...
When "Friday the 13th" premiered in 1980, the film introduced moviegoers to a new kind of cinematic terror - shocking, visceral, graphic and relentless. Spawning ten popular sequels to date, the series has become the most successful horror franchise of all time, and the character of 'Jason' an icon known around the world as the first name in evil. ...
Painting a vivid picture of the cinema from its beginnings to the present, this lavishly illustrated volume blends film history, theory, and aesthetics while also presenting the context of political, cultural, and economic forces that have shaped its history. David Cook explores the major movements, personalities, and technologies that have shaped ...
With more entries than any other guide and over one hundred years of entertainment and cinema information at your fingertips, this is widely recognised as the biggest and the best film guide available. It is the undisputed bible for film enthusiasts and trivia buffs everywhere - a must-have for every moviegoer. Long established as the first and ...
This comprehensive guide to the "Star Wars" series of films follows on from the re-release of the first three films. Everything from the smugglers' spaceport on Abregado-Rae and technical explanations of the Millennium Falcon's acceleration compensator is covered.
From Roger's review of "Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo" (0 stars): "The movie created a spot of controversy in February 2005. According to a story by Larry Carroll of MTV News, Rob Schneider took offense when Patrick Goldstein of the "Los Angeles Times" listed this year's Best Picture nominees and wrote that they were 'ignored, unloved, and turned ...
In these 44 critical reviews, contributors examine American, European, and international films as artifacts of their times, as indicators of changes and innovations in ways of thinking about and approaching reality, and as influences upon each other and on the viewer. Starting with the silent but startling Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat of 1895 ...
This is a guide to films. It contains entries covering films of every genre, which are rated for excellence, and charts the careers of actors, directors, writers, producers, composers and others in off-camera roles. It includes useful indexing for easy reference.
This gathering of movie and book reviews by New Yorker magazine critic Anthony Lane culls his best essays on high and low culture, considering diverse subject matter that includes T. S. Eliot and Judith Krantz. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
From "Brokeback Mountain" to "Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," this bestselling guide to thousands of movies available on DVD and VHS is updated with more than 400 new entries to its 20,000-plus listings, conveniently alphabetized for easy access. Original.
Celebrating every move the Pink Panther has made over the past 40 years, this is the ultimate guide to the coolest cat in town--just in time for his new movie, scheduled for release July 22, 2005. Full color.
This bountiful anthology combines all the key early writings on film noir with many newer essays, including some published here for the first time. Part one reprints eight seminal essays that classify and analyse the period and its product and also offers the initial extensive discussion of film noir in English. In Part Two there are 'case studies ...
Following an introductory historical survey of the studio, almost 50 years of classic film animation beloved the world over, more than 900 cartoons are chronologically cited, according to release date, with identification of main characters, writers, producers, and lead animators. 225 photos.
Bruce illuminates the personalities and teachings of the physicists, neurologists, anesthesiologists, physicians, spiritual teachers, mystics, and scholars from the film by the same title, providing simple explanations of the cutting-edge science on which the teachings are based.
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