Web Resources
- Academy Awards Database
- "The Academy Awards Database contains the record of past Academy Award winners and nominees." Includes a basic and an advanced search as well as statistical lists.
- All Movie Guide
- Search not only by title and actor, but also by author, location, technical criteria or creator.
- Film Study Guides
- Cinematic classics and contemporary films examined and explained. Topics (per film) include: Context, Plot Overview, Character Lists and Analyses of Major Characters, Themes/Motifs/Symbols, Genre, Important Quotations Explained, Key Facts, Quizzes, Suggestions for Further Reading. From SparkNotes.
- Internet Movie Database
- Kids-in-Mind: The Parents' Guide to Movies and Video
- Provides "objective, non-critical assessments of the potentially objectionable material contained in movies." Movies are listed by release date and can be searched by title. Each movie is given a rating on a scale of 0-10 in three distinct categories- sex and nudity, violence and gore, and profanity.
- Metacritic
- Ratings and reviews of major releases from notable film reviewers.
- Movie Review Query Engine
- Search for reviews for over 410,000 movies or use one of the prepared lists.
- Video Browser
- Browse videos (DVD, VHS) within the RCLS library system catalog.
