The Review Revue Blog

The Transfer Is Complete

2005-08-13T00:09:00.000-04:00

Review Revue is dead.

Long live Review Revue!

Review Revue: Music

2005-08-12T22:13:00.000-04:00

Review Revue: Movies

2005-08-12T22:06:00.000-04:00

BBC: Movies: New Film Releases
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/gateways/release/review/cinema/index.shtml

Boston.com (Boston Globe): Arts & Entertainment: Current Film Releases
http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/current_releases/

Boxoffice Magazine: Movie Review Page
http://www.boxoffice.com/justinapr.html

Channel4.com: Cinema [UK]
http://www.channel4.com/film/cinemadvd/cinema_newreleases.html

Chicago Reader: On Film
http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/

Christian Science Monitor: Movies
http://www.csmonitor.com/arts/movies.html

Cinema Confidential: Movie Reviews
http://www.cinecon.com/reviews.php

CinemaSpot: Read Movie Reviews
http://www.cinemaspot.com/shortcut/critics.htm

Common Sense Media: Movie Reviews
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews/index.php?showthis=AllMovies

Critics.com
http://www.critics.com/

E! Online: Movies: Reviews
http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Movies/

Ebert & Roeper
http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/today.html

Empire: In Cinemas
http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/incinemas/

Entertainment Weekly / EW.com: Movie Reviews
http://www.ew.com/ew/movies/intheaters/0,9983,_1__,00.html
[alternate address]
http://www.ew.com/ew/package/0,12938,337469_1_0_,00.html

Exclaim!: Film Reviews
http://www.exclaim.ca/index.asp?layid=219&csid=5

Film Threat: Reviews: In Theatres
http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp#in-theaters

Google Directory: Arts: Movies: Reviews
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Movies/Reviews/

Grading the Movies [family]
http://www.gradingthemovies.com/

Guardian Unlimited: Film: Reviews
http://film.guardian.co.uk/Reviews/Front/

IGN Filmforce: Reviews
http://filmforce.ign.com/reviews.html

The Independent: Enjoyment > Film > Reviews
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/reviews/

The Internet Public Library: Pathfinders: Film Reviews and Recommendations
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48506/

Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy: Leonard's Picks: Current Films
http://leonardmaltin.com/picks.htm#currentFilms

Librarians' Index to the Internet: Motion Pictures Reviews
http://lii.org/search?query=%22Motion+pictures+reviews%22;searchtype=subject

Los Angeles Times: Movie Reviews [free registration required]
http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/more/

Metacritic: Film
http://www.metacritic.com/film/

Michael Medved's Eye on Entertainment
http://www.eyeonentertainment.net/id1.html

Movie Review Query Engine (MRQE)
http://www.mrqe.com/

Movies.com: Reviews
http://movies.go.com/moviesdynamic/reviews/

The New York Times: Movies [free registration required]
http://movies.nytimes.com/pages/movies/index.html

Planet Bollywood: Film Reviews
http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/

Plugged In (Focus on the Family): Movies
http://www.pluggedinonline.com/movies/index.cfm

PopMatters: Film
http://www.popmatters.com/film/reviews/archive-a.shtml

Premiere Magazine: Reviews
http://www.premieremag.com/default.asp?section_id=2

rec.arts.movies.reviews (Google Groups)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.arts.movies.reviews

ReelViews (James Berardinelli): New/Current Reviews
http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies.html

Roger Ebert: Reviews
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=REVIEWS

Rolling Stone: More Movie Reviews
http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie?pageid=rs.Reviews&pageregion=triple2

Rotten Tomatoes
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/

The Scotsman: Arts & Entertainment: Film, Video & DVD: Cinema
http://entertainment.scotsman.com/film/reviews.cfm

Screen It!: Movie Reviews (New & Recently Released Titles)
http://www.screenit.com/search_movies.html

UGO (UnderGroundOnline): Film / TV Channel
http://www.ugo.com/channels/music/reviews.asp

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Movie and Family Video Reviews
http://www.nccbuscc.org/movies/

The Village Voice: Film
http://www.villagevoice.com/film/

Yahoo! Directory: Movie and Film Reviews
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Movies_and_Film/Reviews/

Yahoo! Movies: Movie Mom's Reviews: Movies in Theatres
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=pg&id=mit&cf=guide

Copyright © Scott Frey 2005
Email: reviewrevue at yahoo.com
Last updated: February 12, 2005

Review Revue: Books

2005-08-12T21:56:00.000-04:00

Arts & Letters Daily: New Books
http://aldaily.com/

The BookHive: Find a Book: Recently Reviewed [children's books]
http://www.bookhive.org/books/category.asp?category=recent

BookPage
http://www.bookpage.com/

Bookreporter.com: Review Index
http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/index.asp

Boston.com (Boston Globe): Arts & Entertainment: Books
http://www.boston.com/ae/books/
[alternate address]
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/books/

Children's Literature: Themed Reviews
http://www.childrenslit.com/th.htm

Christian Science Monitor: Books
http://www.csmonitor.com/books/index.html

Common Sense Media: CSM Book Reviews
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews/index.php?showthis=Book

Complete Review
http://www.complete-review.com/new/new.html

Danny Yee's Book Reviews
http://dannyreviews.com/

Financial Times: Arts & Weekend: Books
http://news.ft.com/arts/books

Genrefluent
http://www.genrefluent.com/

Google Directory: Arts: Literature: Reviews and Criticism
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Reviews_and_Criticism/

Guardian Unlimited: Books: Reviews
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/

H-Net Reviews
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/

The Independent: Enjoyment: Books: Reviews
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/reviews/

The Internet Public Library: Pathfinders: Love to Read: Finding Books & Book Clubs
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/pf/entry/48523

Law and Politics Book Review
http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/lpbr/

Librarians' Index to the Internet: Book Reviews
http://lii.org/search?query=Book+Reviews;searchtype=subject

Los Angeles Times: Books [free registration required for most content]
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/books/

Metacritic: Books
http://www.metacritic.com/books/

Metapsychology Online Book Reviews (Mental Help Net)
http://mentalhelp.net/books/

The Mystery Reader
http://www.themysteryreader.com/

NewPages.com: NewPages Guide to Review Sources
http://www.newpages.com/npguides/reviews.htm

The New York Review of Books [paid subscription or purchase required for some content]
http://www.nybooks.com/

The New York Times: Books [free registration required]
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books/index.html

PopMatters: Books
http://www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/archive-a.shtml

RALPH (The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities)
http://www.ralphmag.org/

Readers Read: Book Reviews (from the Internet Writing Journal)
http://www.readersread.com/bookreviews/

rec.arts.books.reviews (via Google Groups)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.arts.books.reviews

Reviewing the Evidence: Reviews [mysteries]
http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com/reviews.html

Reviews of Books
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/

The Romance Reader: The Reviews: New Releases
http://www.theromancereader.com/review.html

SF Gate: San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Book Reviews
http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/books/bookreview/

Small Spiral Notebook: Book Reviews
http://www.smallspiralnotebook.com/lounge.htm

Telegraph: Arts: Book Club
http://www.arts.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?menuId=570&menuItemId=-1&view=SUMMARY&grid=P16&targetRule=1

Times Online: Books
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,923,00.html

The Village Voice: Books
http://www.villagevoice.com/books/

The Washington Post: Book World [free registration required]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/print/sunday/bookworld/

The Washington Times: Books
http://www.washingtontimes.com/books/

The Wilson Quarterly: Current Books
http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.book

The Yale Review of Books
http://www.yalereviewofbooks.com/

Yahoo! Directory: Book Reviews
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Reviews/

Copyright © 2005 Scott Frey
Email: reviewrevue at yahoo.com
Last updated: February 12, 2005

Archive of Review Revue Home Page

2005-08-12T21:53:00.000-04:00

Home Books Movies Music

Review Revue

Welcome to Review Revue: a cavalcade of links to review sites.

Currently, this site provides links to free reviews of
current books, movies in theaters, and new recorded music.

Keep coming back to see new links, new categories, and added features.
You can monitor the latest developments at the Review Revue blog.

In the meantime, enjoy the site!

Click below or at the top to find:

Book Review Links

Movie Review Links

Music Review Links

(Review Revue: Not to be confused with another
Review Revue, a publication devoted to lyric poetry.)

Copyright © 2005 Scott Frey
Email: reviewrevue at yahoo.com
Site last updated: February 12, 2005

From Website to Blogsite

2005-08-12T21:12:00.000-04:00

Told you I'd be back.

I've tentatively decided to jettison the website and move the content to this blog. (Is "tentative decision" a contradiction in terms?)

Why blog and not web? Simple economics: Go Daddy is cheap, but Blogspot is free.

I don't know if I'll get around to it this month. On the other hand, I might do it tonight. We'll see.

Buzz Buzz

2005-03-09T03:00:00.000-05:00

I'm a busy bee, that's for sure. Family, work, school, driving, errands ...

No time, alas, for this blog or Review Revue recently. But, to quote the Governator, I'll be back. I've got to check the links, add new links, spruce up the design, add annotations ...

Surely I'll get around to it by 2006. ;-)

Google Movies

2005-02-24T13:16:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, Google announced a new "movie:" operator. Among other features of this service, the movie listings link to reviews. You can search for the film by title or any other aspect -- thus, for example, [movie: howard hughes] or [aviator] will put you one link away from a review page for "The Aviator".

I'm not always enthusiatic about Google's additions and changes; but this one seems brilliant. (It's even got a touch of humor: to wit, "No movie critics were harmed or even used in the making of this page.") I would suggest only a central reviews page -- to which I would link, of course.

Now if only Google would add book and music reviews ....

On Google, On Yahoo ...

2005-02-18T03:10:00.000-05:00

Review Revue is "official" -- it's been indexed by Google and Yahoo! (Not MSN, for some reason.) In looking at the search engine entries, I realize that I should add meta-description (and other meta tags) next chance I get.

The site's also on the Michigan eLibrary (MeL). It's good to have recognition from a library resource.

I've had zero time to work on the site the past few days. I might have even less time (?) the next few days. But don't worry -- updates are on the way.

Rolling Stone Nearly Rolled Off The Site!

2005-02-10T04:14:00.000-05:00

I did a small update to the site two days ago, and will do another soon.

I was surprised to find that the Rolling Stone URLs had already changed. I'll have to check the other links ... I don't want broken links on my new site!

Still waiting for search engines to index the site -- I'll be patient. At least the blog is included in some blog specialty search sites.

Review Déjà Revue

2005-02-10T03:55:00.000-05:00

... so last night, I'm quasi-ego-surfing Google -- not for my name, but for Review Revue.

Lo and behold, there's another new Review Revue!

I exchanged e-mails with the webmaster of my site's doppelgänger (title-wise, though not content-wise). We're both amused, and both plan to include a link to the other's site. I suppose I have already included it in this post -- but I'll also put it somewhere on the permanent front pages of the blog and site.

Several Steps to Success

2005-02-05T14:05:00.000-05:00

Google Hacks (2d Ed.) #88 ("26 Steps to 15K a Day"), steps A, E, O, T, and Z:

Content!

So ... I should stop with the blog already, and get moving on the content.

I'll post again when the site is updated.

Reviews of ...

2005-02-05T11:37:00.000-05:00

... television, theatre, concerts, web sites, software ... perhaps even ads (which are well-scrutinized at Super Bowl time of year).

There must be a dozen pages worth adding to the site. There could be more if I subcategorize (for example: business software, entertainment software, etc.). In any event, it would be a lot to do.

Link suggestions -- in current or prospective categories -- are always welcome. (Which reminds me: I should start suggesting my own site as a link on other sites.)

One More Thing

2005-02-04T20:02:00.000-05:00

Oh yes, and a site counter / traffic analyzer.

I get a basic analyzer with GoDaddy's hosting plan. (I can also check page visits with Google AdSense.) But perhaps I should upgrade the analyzer or find another.

The Review Revue Code

2005-02-04T15:17:00.000-05:00

For some reason, AdSense and Netscape Composer don't mix. Perhaps that's a blessing in disguise, because I downloaded TSW Web Coder, which is free and helpful.

I revised the HTML 4.01 to XHTML 1.0. I experimented with tables, but abandoned them for the original, straightforward design.

If I get more creative, I might want to bypass tables and try CSS instead. However, I'm not sure whether older browsers can handle them. (I'd like people with Windows 95 and a never-updated Internet Explorer to get use from this site, too. :-) )

Design suggestions -- more art and functionality, without eye strain or long download time -- are welcome.

In the meantime, my next steps are (1) to revise the link lists -- mainly by adding several links -- and (2) to allow the user to open a link in a new window without right-clicking.

Cool Features on the Way?

2005-02-03T10:48:00.000-05:00

While revising the content, I might also add a few features, without jazzing up the site too much:

- An option to open a link in a new window

- An option to change the font

- An hours:minutes:seconds clock

Update to yesterday's posts: Now I do have some JavaScript (Google AdSense) on the site.

All About Review Revue (Part II)

2005-02-02T23:55:00.000-05:00

I'm starting with three categories: books, movies, and music. I hope to expand once I get these pages in good shape.

In each category, I provide links to the main pages for free reviews of new offerings (recently published books, movies currently in theaters, recently released albums), as well as to other lists of links. "Free" includes free after registration. Perhaps I'll include links to subscription sites at some point.

I'm from the United States, and have focused on American sites. However, I've included some Canadian and British sites, and would like to expand coverage to other primarily English-speaking countries. If I'm ambitious, I'll create pages for German and French sites. (I'd probably need to find someone who can translate other languages, if this turns into a major project.)

I won't get into the details of my research techniques or selection criteria. Suffice it to say that I have more work to do.

I've left out Amazon and Barnes & Noble for the moment, since they don't contain hubs for reviews. Perhaps I'll include these sites in a future version, since they're good resources. And while I'm at it, I'll consider Epinions and the like. (Linking from the blog is a start, I suppose.)

I haven't included annotations yet, except for short bracketed notes on some entries.

I've arranged the sites alphabetically. Perhaps I'll decide upon another organizing principle, but alphabetical order strikes me as a good default choice.

No color, no images, no JavaScript, for now. I think the site looks nice in its unadorned state. Plus, it loads quickly.

Do you have comments about Review Revue? Criticisms? Suggestions? Please contact me at reviewrevue at yahoo.com. (Obviously, substitute @ for " at ". I'm hoping to avoid spammers by not publishing the address in its actual form.)

All About Review Revue (Part I)

2005-02-02T22:46:00.000-05:00

Review Revue [version 1.0] is the first attempt at my first web site. (Better late than never.)

I'm a student in a library and information science program, and accordingly wanted my site to organize some useful information. My wife (thanks, Sara!) had the idea of links to reviews.

I wasn't sure whether someone had already done this. But my research so far indicates that no one has, at least not comprehensively in one place for multiple categories. (If there is such a site, I'll be sure to link to it!)

I went back and forth about the name. I've decided that I like it, though it's not the shortest or easiest name to type in a browser's address bar. If anyone has a better idea, I'm interested.

I made a brief attempt to host this site for free at Tripod (http://reviewrevue.tripod.com -- all you'll see now is a redirect to the current site and a link to the former book reviews page). To my surprise, even though there were no hyperlinks to and from the site (except the links supplied by Tripod), Google indexed it quickly and made it number one for some searches. I suppose that's a good sign for the current site.

Review Revue, Version 1.0

2005-02-01T21:09:00.000-05:00

Review Revue is on the Web.

I have much to say about

- what it includes

- what it doesn't include (yet)

- how it is organized

- how it might be reorganized

- why I'm doing this

- how you can help

... but I'll leave all of that for another day.