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For someone who watches a lot of TV movies, or even for someone who asks, "Who was in that movie?" you just can't beat VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever. This is a hefty book, with loads of information, written with brevity and wit.

For example, the other night, I was watching an old Billy Crystal epic on the late show called 'Memories of Me' and I wanted to recall the name of one of the actors, so I grabbed VideoHound's book, and looked it up. I not only found what I was looking for, but got a good smile out of their description of that movie:- "...Story of child/parent relationships attempts to pull at the heart-strings but only gets as far as the liver. Co-written and co-produced by Crystal, this film never quite reaches the potential of its cast." This is just one of about 31,000 reviews in the book.

And for those of you who aren't bookish, here's VideoHound on line. I hasten to add here however that the on-line version, while still containing plenty of nearly-current information, hasn't been kept up since June 5th, 2011. The book itself is revised on an annual basis, to include the latest releases, and perhaps the website was competing with the book sales. The book also contains information on directors and others who are associated with these productions, and is a paperback of 1921 pages. The last year's copy also makes one hell of a doorstop, in case you need one.