Film Review: MLA REMINDERS

Film Review: MLA REMINDERS

I. Online Film Review:

Reviewer’s Last Name, First Name. (period)

“Title of the Review (if given).” (period = within the quotation marks)
Rev. (abbreviated) of Title of Work Reviewed (underlined)
(comma),
dir. (abbreviated) Name of director.
(period)
Title of Web site (underlined)
(no period if newspaper site; period otherwise)
Date of post/publication. (period)
Sponsor of the site (if applicable). (period)
Date of access
(no period)
<URL>.

Ebert, Roger. “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings.” Rev. of Lord of the
Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings, dir. Peter Jackson. rogerebert.com. 19 Dec.
2001. Chicago Sun Times. 19 Nov. 2003 <
ebert_reviews/2001/12/121901.html>.

II. Miscellaneous:

Missing dates:

oIf you have no “date of posting or update,” then put in its place “n.d.” (without the quotation marks), for “no date.”

Double quotes in the original title:

ousually around movie titles

oin your Works Consulted, use single where they used double

“‘Sicko’ Sucks.”

Months:

oabbreviate all months, except May, June, July

odo not forget the period after the abbreviation (Apr.)

Movie titles:

ounderline in your essay & annotations

URLs:

okeep the < > around URLs that Word will take out (hit “Ctrl” + “z” to “undo”)

Longer URLs:

otry to get as much on a line as possible

owhen a URL runs on to the next line, hit “enter” after the last slash

ohit “enter” only after a slash

III. Database Articles:

1) Author.

2) “Article.”

3) Original Publishing Information (including date).

4) Database.

5) Owner of database.

6) Subscriber to database (including “Library” and city & state).

7) Date of access.

8) <truncated URL>.

Engs, Ruth. “Age-21 Drinking Laws Exacerbate Alcohol-Related Problems.” Current
Controversies: Alcoholism. Ed. James D. Torr. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2000. Opposing ViewpointsResourceCenter. Gale. LuzerneCountyCommunity College Library. Nanticoke, PA. 18 Apr. 2008 <
“Underage Drinking Is Not Cool for Your Body.”Philadelphia Tribune[Philadelphia,
PA]8 Jan.2008:9.EthnicNewsWatch (ENW).ProQuest. LuzerneCountyCommunity College Library. Nanticoke, PA.18 Apr. 2008
<

IV. Article on Web site:

1) Author.

2) “Article.”

3) Name of site.

4) Date of post (n.d.).

5) Sponsor/Publisher.

6) Date of access

7) <full URL>.

“Frequently Asked Questions.” NYRA. n.d. National Youth Rights Association.4 Apr.
2008 <
Stolley, Karl. “MLA Formatting and Style Guide.” The OWL at Purdue. 10 May 2006.
Purdue University Writing Lab. 12 May 2006 < owl/resource/557/01/>.

V. Article on a Newswire:

1) Author.

2) “Article.”

3) Name of site.

4) Date of post.

5) Date of access

6) <full URL>.

Johnson, Alex, et al. “Debate on Lower Drinking Age Bubbling Up.” MSNBC. 14 Aug.
2007. 7 Apr. 2008 <