Halliwell's Film, Video & DVD Guide

by Collins

Book Overview

With more entries than any other guide and over 100 years of entertainment and cinema information at your fingertips, Halliwell's is widely recognised as the biggest and the best film guide available.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007260806
• ISBN13: 9780007260805
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)
• Length: 1396 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 8.4" x 10.5"

Customer Reviews

great book

I bought this for my husband who is 86 -- he has an earlier version from 20-something years ago. He loves looking through it when he is looking for information on some movie he remembers, especially the oldies. Great book for movie buffs of all kinds.

A must have guide to movies.

A must have for movie hounds, this huge volume has (almost) every movie ever made, with selections of criticism. If you're trying to figure out what to record or rent, this is the ultimate source.

helpful guide

this book is a helpful adjunct in picking a movie to view-- it gives a perspective not seen in other guide books and is very objective-- I would recommmend this book to serious movie goers. I use it along with Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide book-- the two books together give the most comprehensive description and rating of the movie.

even better than expected

I had an older copy of this book and wanted to get the newest update. I was happy to discover that the publisher had added not just new reviews but also an average rating of the reviews for the most recent movies (for example if 7 out of 10 reviews were positive the movie received a review rating of 7, if only 2 out of ten were positive, it received a 2)

Excellent single source

As always, this is an erudite and entertaining volume. It is remarkably complete, with even B (and C) movies getting a mention. It provides a clear and concise opinion of each film, dispensing with much of the tortured, reverential twaddle which seems to seep into other such books. Depending on your mood, you'll find the Britishness of its style either quaintly endearing or vaguely annoying.