• Reviews come out when a film premieres.
• It's fairly easy to find reviews of current films using an online database or the internet.
• It's not so easy to find reviews of films that came out before 1980, and the older the film, the more places you may have to look.
• Knowing the year a film came out will make your work easier,  especially if you're looking for reviews of older films.
• If you're not sure of a film's title,  you can search by director or actors or other people associated with the film.

• MRQE: Movie Review Query Engine 
• IMDB: Internet Movie Database   
• New Yorker Film Reviews 
• New York Film Critics Circle

• Variety  Online in LexisNexis Academicm July 19, 1993 to present
• People  AP2 .P417 Microfilm, 3rd floor Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  Jan. 10, 1994 to present
• Rolling Stone (fllm, music, concerts) AP2 .R73 Microfilm, 3rd floor Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  Aug. 09, 1990 to present
• Film Comment  PN1993 .F438 Microfilm, 3rd floor Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  Nov. 01, 2002 to present
• Sight and Sound  PN1993 .S5, 4th floor The Valley Library
• Opera News ML1 .O6, 5th floor The Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  May 01, 1990 to present
• Gramophone (classical music) ML5 .G65, 5th floor The Valley Library

• Variety  Online in LexisNexis Academicm July 19, 1993 to present
• People  AP2 .P417 Microfilm, 3rd floor Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  Jan. 10, 1994 to present
• Rolling Stone (fllm, music, concerts) AP2 .R73 Microfilm, 3rd floor Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  Aug. 09, 1990 to present
• Film Comment  PN1993 .F438 Microfilm, 3rd floor Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  Nov. 01, 2002 to present
• Sight and Sound  PN1993 .S5, 4th floor The Valley Library
• Opera News ML1 .O6, 5th floor The Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  May 01, 1990 to present
• Gramophone (classical music) ML5 .G65, 5th floor The Valley Library

Start with:

Academic Search Premier for reviews in magazines and journals.

• Limit by "entertainment review."  Show Me

LexisNexis Academic for reviews in newspapers and transcripts of radio and tv broadcasts. 

• Check Search within US and World Publications" and "TV and Radio Broadcast Transcripts."  Search.   Then open View Results: Subject: Movie Reviews. 

If you don't find reviews in the databases, use an index that covers the date your film first appeared:

• Film Review Index, 1882 - 1985.  (4th floor) PN1995.F461
• New York Times Film Reviews, 1913-1968.  (4th floor) PN 1995.N4
• Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1890-present. AI3.R4 (6th floor).  Look under the subject "Motion Pictures Reviews" or "Moving Pictures." 

You'll find a citation to the review, not the review itself.  Use the OSU Libraries Catalog to see if we have the magazine or newspaper with the review. 

• Variety  Online in LexisNexis Academicm July 19, 1993 to present
• People  AP2 .P417 Microfilm, 3rd floor Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  Jan. 10, 1994 to present
• Rolling Stone (fllm, music, concerts) AP2 .R73 Microfilm, 3rd floor Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  Aug. 09, 1990 to present
• Film Comment  PN1993 .F438 Microfilm, 3rd floor Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  Nov. 01, 2002 to present
• Sight and Sound  PN1993 .S5, 4th floor The Valley Library
• Opera News ML1 .O6, 5th floor The Valley Library, Online in Academic Search Premier,  May 01, 1990 to present
• Gramophone (classical music) ML5 .G65, 5th floor The Valley Library