10 book and film review

• Book review


  A short piece of text describing what the book is about, the intentions or aims of the author in writing the book, whether the aims were successfully achieved or not, how it is written and whether it suits a certain readership, and how does it compare to other comparable works in the same field
• Steps in writing a book review

  1. Scan the books preliminaries

  2. Read the text

  3. Consult additional sources

  4. Prepare an outline

  5. Write the draft

  6. Revise the draft
• Film review


  Assessments of the aesthetic, entertainment, social, and cultural merits and significance of a current film or video
• How to write a film review


  1. Drafting your review

  2. Studying your source material

  3. Composing your review

  4. Polishing your piece
• Parts of a film review

  • Introduction
  • Plot's summary
  • Description
  • Analysis
  • Conclusion/Evaluation
• Reviews tend to be short to medium length articles, often written by a single staff writer for a particular publication
• The chief aim of a review is to tell the reader whether the film is worth seeing or buying on DVD