Reviews

Before you look for reviews for a movie, it's important to know what year the movie was released.  If you're not sure, you can easily get the information from the Internet Movie Database web site.

Movie reviews appear in magazines and newspapers around the time of the release.  For example, Gone With the Wind appeared in 1939 so you would look for reviews that came out that year.

Recent Movies

Academic Search Complete
This index includes magazines and newspapers as well as scholarly journals.  You can limit your search to reviews by scrolling down on the search page and limiting Document Type to "Entertainment Review." 

Lexis-Nexis Academic
You can find reviews here in newspapers and some specialty magazines such as Variety.The years covered vary depending on the publication indexed, but generally start in the 1980s.

Older Movies

Historical NYTimes
Images of articles from the New York Times from 1851-1999.
PDF page images of all articles (including reviews).

Readers' Guide Retrospective
A database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890-1982. 

For a variety of newspapers available in Fondren see:

Artlces About Movies

Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

Articles about film are included in these indexes: