motion pictures

Contains movie reviews for more than 20,000 movies that can be found on videocassette, laserdisc, and DVD with mail-order sources for buying and renting hard-to-find movies, an index of leading performers, official motion picture code ratings, and listings of every vintage movie series ever made.

Marty Berger has always been bullied by Ricky Hyde, but Marty's love of old movies and a magical videotape brings help in the form of Steve McQueen.

This convenient, insightful resource on the depiction of historical events in film and on television combines the latest scholarship with reviews of specific works.

When the sixth grade decides to film a monster movie as a class project, the camera reveals something unexpected.

The four friends in the Black Cat Club need the help of their ghost friend Alice when the special effects in the scary movies they go to see become all too real.

A photographic essay explores the history and technology of filmmaking, including how a set is built, how stunts are performed, how special effects are achieved, and how films are edited.

After the whole village descends on Flavia de Luce's family's estate during a blizzard to watch the filming of a movie, a person ends up dead, strangled by a length of film, and the eleven-year-old budding chemist must find the killer.

Lists "must-see" movies in a chronological arrangement, providing information on director, producer, screenplay writer, music, cast members, and awards, along with a detailed review of each.

The main part of the book is an integrated dictionary of actors, characters, authors, studios, themes, techniques, and other terms. In addition, there are lists of winners of the Academy Awards, BAFTA awards, European Film Awards, Golden Bear Awards, Cannes Film Festival Awards, and Golden Lion Awards. Alfred Hitchcock's preface to the first edition is reprinted.