Halliwell's Film Video and DVD Guide 2006

By: John Walker

For more than two decades, film enthusiasts, trivia buffs, and ordinary movie watchers alike have consulted the pages of Halliwell's for the most comprehensive information available on their favorite... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007205503
• ISBN13: 9780007205509
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 1315 Pages
• Weight: 4.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 8.2" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Halliwell's Film Guide

As a very amateur film buff I have always enjoyed reading Halliwell's Film Guide. Ever since I saw my father's copy from the early 1980s I've admired the amount of coverage each film gets. The beauty about film guides is you can totally disagree with the review that is written. That is really the point. People have different reasons for liking movies and you can debate till the cows come home about how good a movie is. One of my favourite movies is Star Wars. My mate and I always have this debate about A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back and which is the better movie. The same can be said about how many stars these two movies have received. For example, in the past Empire had three stars and now it has four. Why? Obviously John Walker thinks so. But that is splitting hairs. I dont agree with some of his changes to ratings, like Alien going from the original 1 star to 4, but that helps fuel debate. On the whole you can't beat Halliwell's for the comprehensive coverage it provides and the amusing write ups it gives. However, I only give this version four stars because of the use of orange in the writing of the titles and the stars. If you spend a lot of time reading the book you can practically get a headache trying to see what the titles are and how many stars the movie has. Hopefully the next version will use a different colour and that will makes things easier.