TLA Film and Video Guide 2000-2001: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide

By Tla Video

A film, video, and DVD guide for the true lover of cinema--a critical film handbook focusing on independent and international movies as well as the best of the mainstream. 450+ photos. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312243308
• ISBN13: 9780312243302
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 756 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

WOULD BE BETTER IF....

This book is very helpful except it would be better if the book provided the RATING on each film. Is it "R", "G" or "XXX"? HELLO -- WHAT HAPPENED TO THE RATING??????? Some of us still care if their child picks out a rated "R" movie to watch!!!!

Best Bang for the Buck

After reviewing several Film guides (Maltin, Video Hound, Variety) I settled on this one because it had just enough character and plot synopsis mixed with the right dose of criticism to help separate dogs from the divine. The reviews are fairly even handed, refreshingly honest and un-pretentious. They even find worth in bubble-gum farces whose adolescent fun may be just right for a side-splitting laugh.Nevertheless, some times they praise too many mediocre films with a star system (1 to 4 stars) which is not descriminating enough. Too many films get 3 or above. A 3.5 star suggests a great movie just short of classic. A 4 star is awarded to must-have classics. If youre looking to find a rare gem of a movie, this star system doesnt tell you much. On the other hand, if you read the individual reviews, you have more information than you need to make good movie selections. Finally, it would be nice to have a larger index and some narratives on style, genre, and their views of film criticism to give the full breadth of their reviews more balance. Overall, Im quite please with this film guide despite its very small limitations.

Absolutely Wonderful !

TLA's Film and Video Guide 2000-2001 is the definitve guide for movie-goers to locate quality movies they have not yet seen.In the first morning of perusing TLA's films by genre and choosing Suspense, then Action, I was able to make a list of nearly 100 films I'd like to rent/review. How many more of these treaures are listed under Comedy, Classics, etc.?Having previously purchased "Seen That, What Now," and being disappointed, I can not recommend TLA's guide highly enough.

TLA Film and Video Guide 2000-2001

My brother gave me the TLA 1998-1999 guide for Christmas 1997 and I've been hooked since then. The 2000-2001 TLA Film and Video Guide seems more comprehensive to me than your typical movie review guides. The only thing I believe that could be improved upon is a larger Stars to Movies index. Many stars are not listed here but I like to keep the book at my side when trying to recall some of the many videos I've seen. It's well worth the money, I believe.