Film Reviews
Use the resources listed below to locate film reviews. For scholarly articles analyzing films, trying searching in one of the recommended article databases.
Review Aggregation Websites
Some websites specialize in collecting multiple reviews. The websites may give an average score based on all collected reviews and link out to the original reviews. If you're looking for film reviews, the following websites have links that can take you to dozens of reviews on most recent films.
Newspaper Film Reviews
The following databases have newspapers that contain film reviews.
- New York Times This link opens in a new windowThis is considered the official U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences. The paper's reporters have won scores of Pulitzer Prizes throughout the publication's 150-year history.
- Newspaper Source This link opens in a new windowNewspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
- NYS Historic Newspapers This link opens in a new windowThe NYS Historic Newspapers project provides free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history.
- The Wall Street Journal This link opens in a new windowThis publication's detailed indexing helps users quickly find the news information they need. Each issue is indexed thoroughly, so they have access to not only top news stories but also the information contained on the various sections of the paper. The indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also companies, people, products, etc.
- US Newsstream This link opens in a new windowUS Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format. For academic and public libraries, US Newsstream offers exclusive access to the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and co-exclusive access to The Wall Street Journal.