Judith Crist
The best of its breed.

Library Journal, January 2003, Anthony Adam reviewer
It simply doesn't get any better than this.

Boston Sunday Herald
VideoHound includes... releases Maltin ignores.

Book Description
It doesn't get any better than this! The new 2005 edition of VideoHound reviews more than 26,000 movies that are available on DVD or tape. Alphabetically arranged by film title, each entry includes title, alternate title, one-to four-bone rating, year released, MPAA rating, brief (often hilarious) review, length, format, country of origin, cast, technical personnel, awards and made-for-television/cable/video designations. The feature that regularly pushes this guide to the top of the movie guide heap, is it series of indexes, which include alternate title, awards, cast, director, writer, cinematographer, composer, categories, (from Adpotion to Zombies) and a Series Index. Extremely browasable, it is a wonderful introduction for casual viewers and a goldmine for film buffs.

From the Inside Flap
"You are what you watch. So watch smart." -- Mom (actually she said "eat" not watch, but this is a movie review guide, not a cookbook.) Making the smart choice in movie watching isn't always easy. Help stamp out movie illiteracy and pick up the smartest movie guide going today--VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2005. Unless you want to end up like your weird uncle (apparently he watched a lot of Ishtar; Dude, Where's My Car?; and Dummy), make your mom proud and take home VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2005, the guide to all that is good (and bad) in films available on video and DVD. This year the 'Hound is offering up reviews on more than 26,000 movies. Smart and smart-alecky, each review delivers the goods-- synopsis, rating, cast--and will have you grabbing all the cool movies from your video store shelves while leaving behind the "Oh-my-gawd-I-can't-believe-I-watche-this" movies (like From Justin to Kelly) for the less-infomred watcher. If you're looking for a movie or just the information about the movie, make VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever your smart choice. And talk about smart...this edition of the 'Hound comes fortified with our popular indexes that make movie trivia and crosswords simpler to figure out than Scooby-Doo 2. Updated, then updated some more, these indexes cover everything from actors and awards to writers and composers. There's also a helpful Web guide to further movie viewing nirvana. So don't get Lost in the Translation and be all that you can be with a steady diet of only the best movies. Try a main course of Big Fish with a side of Lord of the Rings but avoid the junk food that is 2 Fast 2 Furious and Club Dread. The 'Hound won't let you down. Anit's very low in carbs. But high in fiber.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Making the smart choice in movie watching isn't always easy. Help stamp out movie illiteracy and pick up the smartest movie guide going today -- VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2005. Unless you want to end up like your weird uncle (apparently he watched a lot of Ishtar; Dude, Where's My Car?; and Dummy, make your mom proud and take home VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 2005, the guide to all that is good (and bad) in films available on video and DVD. This year the 'Hound is offering up more than 26,000 movie reviews on more than 26,000 movies. That's a review for every movie in the book. Smart and smart-alecky, each review delivers the goods -- synopsis, rating, cast -- and will have you grabbing all the cool movies (like The Cooler) from your video store shelves while leaving behind the "Oh-my-gawd-I-can't-believe-I-watched-this" movies (like From Justin to Kelly) for the less-informed movie watcher.