Reviews to Read for English 120, Project #1
To help you get a feel for the types of reviews out in the real world, please
read the selection of samples below.
In Writing Today:
"Review: The Black Keys Shake Up the Orpheum in Vancouver," pp. 97-98.
"Toy Story 3 is an Adult's Film for Children," pp. 86-87.
"Long Overdue: A Review of the Movie Juno," pp. 100-101.
"Harry Potter's Girl Trouble," pp. 638-640 .
"Hawaii Five-O: This is What Hit TV Looks Like," pp. 643-645.
Also: go into Amazon.com and look up a favorite CD, DVD, or book. Scroll down to
Customer Reviews and read a good dozen or so.
For three interesting and distinct reviews of the film Avatar, do the following. (The
purpose here in part is to get you looking at periodical databases in our online
library.)
1. Go to NDSU Library online, click on “Research Guides,” then select “Art” as
your subject.
2. Next click the yellow tab reading “Find Articles,” and then the item at the
very top of the list of databases: “Academic Search Premier,” or EBSCO.
3. When the EBSCO Host page opens, click on “Choose Database.”
4. When the next screen opens, select only “Art Source.”
5. When the EBSCO page opens again, select “Full Text,” “Periodical,” and “Film
Review” for the document type. Then type “Avatar” into the search line.
6. You’ll see a list of reviews, with the reviewers’ names--Josh Clover, Andrew
Osmond, and Ethan Alter— at the top. Read those reviews.