Being a) a lover of cinema; b) a peruser of film books and movie criticism; and c) an enthusiast of online film sites, this is an attempt (with more lists to come) to combine the three, so that at a glance, you can see how the film you're interested in rates in the quite popular 'Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever'. I will update each list as future guides are printed. Just be patient--this is both a work in progress and a personal labour of love.
My raison d'etre is to eventually put ALL of the info from my various film guides on here, and to cross-reference them, putting them on these 'Videohound' entries, so that if you click 'Read Notes', then…
Being a) a lover of cinema; b) a peruser of film books and movie criticism; and c) an enthusiast of online film sites, this is an attempt (with more lists to come) to combine the three, so that at a glance, you can see how the film you're interested in rates in the quite popular 'Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever'. I will update each list as future guides are printed. Just be patient--this is both a work in progress and a personal labour of love.
My raison d'etre is to eventually put ALL of the info from my various film guides on here, and to cross-reference them, putting them on these 'Videohound' entries, so that if you click 'Read Notes', then a particular film, you could eventually have ALL of the information right there at your fingertips. I felt it'd be very helpful for me in my film research, and may prove helpful to others as well. I will spend about 4 hours a day on this, since I do that everyday anyway for my script research. It's no problem, really.
Some entries were confusing. For a 3-star example, VideoHound listed both parts of Kenji Mizoguchi's '47 Ronin' (1942) separately, thankfully both with the same grade, whereas Letterboxd only lists it as one large film.
In my humble estimation, these would approximate the highest tier of GOOD movies, and would value in the range from 7.0-8.0 on IMDb or similar scales (out of 10).
Description (from their 2016 edition): 'Good story, fine acting provide decent entertainment return on video investment. Would recommend to family members, even distant cousins.'--William Wood; Windsor, Ontario, Canada (Code name: talisencrw) =)
Ones that aren't yet listed on Letterboxd (please feel free to contact me with updated corrections or any comments whatsoever!):
Band of Gold (five episodes, directed by either Richard Standeven or Richard Laxton, from the 18-episode miniseries; 1995)
Body and Soul (Moira Armstrong, 1993)
Borough of Kings (Elyse Lewin, 1998)
The Bretts (Ronald Wilson, David Reynolds, John Bruce, Bill Hays and Baz Taylor, 1988)
The Cage (Rick Cluchey, 1990)
Clarissa (Robert Bierman, 1991)
Comic Act (Jack Hazan, 1998)
Cracker: Brotherly Love (Roy Battersby, 1995)
Devices and Desires (John Davies, 1991)
Dixie: Changing Habits (George Englund, 1985)
The Duchess of Duke Street (31-episode TV 'mini'-series; Cyril Coke, Gerry Mill, Simon Langton, Bill Bain and Raymond Menmuir; 1976)
Escape: Human Cargo (Simon Wincer, 1998)
The Gin Game (TV-movie that VideoHound erroneously stated was directed by Mike Nichols; Terry Hughes, 1984)
Heat of the Sun (complete 3-episode TV-miniseries; Adrian Shergold, Diarmuid Lawrence and Paul Seed, 1999)
Kidnapped (TV-movie; Brendan Maher, 2005)
The Lost Boys (3-episode TV-miniseries; Rodney Bennett, 1978)
Love for Lydia (13-episode TV-miniseries; Tony Wharmby, Christopher Hodson, John Glenister, Piers Haggard, Simon Langton and Michael Simpson, 1979)
Macbeth (TV-movie; John Gorrie, 1970)
My Uncle Silas (9-episode TV-miniseries across two seasons; Philip Saville and Tom Clegg, 2001)
Poldark (Season 1's 16-episode TV-miniseries; Paul Annett, Christopher Barry and Kenneth Ives, 1975)
Poldark (Season 2's 13-episode TV-miniseries; Philip Dudley and Roger Jenkins, 1975)
Reckless (6-episode TV-miniseries; David Richards and Sarah Harding, 1997)
Reckless: The Sequel (TV-movie; David Richards, 1998)
Second Sight (TV-movie; Charles Beeson, 1999)
Speedy Death (pilot movie for 5-episode TV-series 'The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries'; Audrey Cooke, 1999)
The Streets of San Francisco (pilot TV-movie for 5-season, 120-episode TV-series; Walter Grauman, 1972)
For the other 11 links in this series, here goes:
Videohound zero stars (or bones) out of 4 (latest edition): boxd.it/Fsdg
Videohound one star (or bone) rating out of 4 (latest edition): boxd.it/FsdA
Videohound 1 1/2 star (or bone) rating out of four (latest edition)--Part I: boxd.it/FsdK
Videohound 1 1/2 star (or bone) rating out of four (latest edition)--Part II: boxd.it/RxPe
Videohound 2 star (or bone) rating out of 4 (latest edition)--Part I: boxd.it/FscM
Videohound 2 star (or bone) rating out of 4 (latest edition)--Part II: boxd.it/PHGC
Videohound 2 star (or bone) rating out of 4 (latest edition)--Part III: boxd.it/Scpm
Videohound 2 1/2 star (or bone) rating out of 4 (latest edition)--Part I: boxd.it/FsbY
Videohound 2 1/2 star (or bone) rating out of 4 (latest edition)--Part II: boxd.it/QKNo
Videohound 3 1/2 stars (or bones) rating out of four (latest edition): boxd.it/Fsey
Videohound 4 stars (or bones) rating out of four (latest edition): boxd.it/FseS
OCT. 21/2016 UPDATE: The ratings so far have been from the 2016 VHGMR (VideoHound Golden Movie Retriever). Weekly, I have checked amazon.com to see if/when the 2017 edition was to be released. Yesterday it was finally announced for, at least in the USA, a November 4th release date. When I get it, since I'm still in the process of each of these lists alphabetically, I will resume from that film, from then on, in the newest guide, then when I finish the Z's, I'll go back to add any new ones from the start of the book to where I left off at, if that makes any sense.
