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APA 7th Citation Guide

A guide on APA Style 7th edition, derived from the APA Style Manual

General guidelines for citing film, TV & book reviews

General Guidelines
  • Ensure your punctuation is correct:
    • Review title: Write the title of the film, TV, or book review in regular font.
    • Item being reviewed: Write the title of the film, TV, or book the author is reviewing in square brackets, in sentence case, and in italics. 

  • Insert the stable URL to the article - not to the database link - after the eNewspaper title:  Get tips for finding the URL from the eMagazine article page.

  • Ensure your formatting is correct: ​Follow our red format structure and view our examples in black. E.g. For the elements of the reference we have italicized, you also italicize that same element in your reference.

Review published in eNewspaper

Specific Guidelines
  • Like for eNewspaper articles, provide the URL to the film/book/tv review article on the web

  • If you found the review in a library database, undertake a web search to find the URL, e.g. Google.

 

Format

Book Review in eNewspaper

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of book review in sentence case [Review of the book Book title, by Author].  Title of Newspaper in Headline Case. http://xxxxx - the URL of the newspaper article, not the database link

Film Review 

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of film review in sentence case [Review of the film Film title, by D. Director, Dir.].  Title of Newspaper in Title Case. http://xxxxx - the URL of the newspaper article, not the database link

TV Series Episode Review 

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of book review in sentence case [Review of the TV series episode, "Episode title," by W. Writer, Writer & Dr.]. Title of Newspaper in Headline Case. http://xxxxx - the URL of the newspaper article, not the database link

 
Examples

Book Review in eNewspaper 

Preston, A. (2020, February 24). Apeirogon by Comum McCann review - a beautifully observed masterpiece [Review of the book Apeirogon, by Column McCann]. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/24/apeirogon-a-novel-by-colum-mccann-book-review

Hallber, G. R. (2020, April 23). What if, instead of the internet, we had xenobots? [Review of the book Bubblegum, by Adam Levin]. The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/books/review/bubblegum-adam-levin.html

Film Review

Sims, D. (2020, January 3). 1917 is a visual feat and a bad movie [Review of the film 1917, by S. Mendes, Dir.]. The Atlantic. ​https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2020/01/1917-review/604318/

Scott, A. O. (2020, April 22). 'Beastie Boys Story' Review: Pass the mic, and the memories [Review of the film Beastie Boys Story, by Spike Jonze, Dir.]. The New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/movies/beastie-boys-story-review.html

TV Episode Review

Renner, E. (2016, November 25). 'Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life' episode 1 recap [Review of the TV series episode, "Winter," by A. Sherman-Palladino, Writer & Dir.]. The Baltimore Sun. https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/tv/bal-gilmore-girls-a-year-in-the-life-episode-1-recap-20161125-story.html

MacInnes, P. (2020, March 30). Westworld recap: Season 3, episode 3 - talkin' bout a revolution? [Review of the TV series episode, "The absence of field", by Amanda Marsalis, Dir.]. The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/mar/30/westworld-recap-season-3-episode-3-charlotte-dolores-caleb-delos

Citing In-Text: Example of one of the references

(Preston, 2020) OR Preston (2020) 

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

Review published in eJournal

Specific Guidelines
  • Provide the DOI to the film/book/tv review article found in the eJournal, if available.

  • If there is no DOI, treat it as if it is a print journal and do not include any retrieval information.  

 

Format

Book Review 

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of book review [Review of the book Book title, by Author].  Title of Electronic Journal, Vol.#(Issue #), page #-page #.  https://doi.org/xxxx - if there is no DOI, do not include online retrieval information. 

Film Review 

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of film review [Review of the film Film title, by D. Director, Dir.].  Title of  Journal, Volume #(issue #), p. #-p. #.  https://doi.org/xxxxx - if there is no DOI, do not include online retrieval information. 

 
Examples

Film Review with DOI

Signorelli, V. (2018). Film review: The making of Where is Europe? Directed by Valentina Signorelli (Italy, 2018): A reflective film review [Review of the film The Making of Where is Europe? by V. Signorelly, Dir]. Journal of African Media Studies, 10(2), 115-219. https://doi.org/10.1386/jams.10.2.215_7

Raison, B. (2020). Growing a garden community: A film review. [Review of the film A garden experience: Growing organic, by N. Bentley & J. Atkinson, Dir.]. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development9(3). https://doaj.org/article/24a9e3b0db47471899644bea9ee11a4d 

Book Review with no DOI

Bagheri, S. (2019). Warlike and peaceful societies: The interaction of genes and culture [Review of the book Warlike and Peaceful Societies: The interaction of genes and culture, by A. Fog ]. International Journal on World Peace36(1), 95-98.

 

Citing In-Text: Example of one of the references

(Bagheri, 2020) OR Bagheri (2020) 

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

Review published in eMagazine

Format
Found review in eMagazine on web

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of article in sentence case. Title of Magazine, Volume #(issue #), p.#-p.#. http://xxxxx

Found in an academic database - no DOI

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of article in sentence case. Title of Magazine [Review of the film Film title, by D. Director, Dir.], Volume #(issue #), p.#-p.#.

 

Examples

Found in an academic database - no DOI

Zacharek, S. (2019, October 7). With this joker, the joke is on us [Review of the film The Joker, by T. Phillips, Dir.]. TIME Magazine, 194(14), 49-51. 

 

Citing In-Text: Example of one of the references

(Zacharek, 2019)  OR Zacharek (2019).

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

Review published in online news & other websites

Specific Guidelines
  • Follow this format for articles from news or other websites that do not have associated daily or weekly newspapers, e.g. The AV Club, BBC News, Bloomberg, CNN, HuffPost, MSNBC, Reuters, Salon, and Vox.

  • The title of the review itself is italics and in sentence case, because the review is a webpage on a website.

  • The title of the website is in regular font and in title case, or how you see it written, e.g. write CNN, not Cnn.

  • For articles from newspaper and magazine websites available online, but also still have associated daily or weekly newspapers, such as The New York Times, use the newspaper article category.

 

Format

Book Review on website

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of book review webpage [Review of the book Book title, by Author].  Title of website. http://xxxxx 

Film Review on website

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of film review webpage [Review of the film Film title, by D. Director, Dir.]. Website Title. http://xxxxx 

TV Series Episode Review on website

Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day of publication). Title of book review [Review of the TV series episode, "Episode title," by W. Writer, Writer & Dr.]. Website Title. http://xxxxx

 
Examples

Book Review

Corrigan, M. (2020, April 23). 'Sigh, Gone' is a refugee's chaotic memoir of displacement and belonging [Review of the book Sigh, gone, by Phuc             Tran]. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2020/04/23/842360478/sigh-gone-is-a-refugee-s-chaotic-memoir-of-displacement-and-belonging

Film Review

Rivera, J. (2020, January 9). 1917 turns a nightmare war into a theme park showcase: Death to the single-shot flex [Review of the film 1917, by S. Mendes, Dir.]. The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/9/21058476/1917-movie-review-sam-mendes-wwi

TV Episode Review

Arendonk, K. V. (2020, April 24). Superstore is the only show I trust to tell a Coronavirus story [Review of the TV series episode, "California part 1," by D. Adesokan, Writer & B. Thomas, Dir.]. Vulture. https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/superstore-season-5-finale-coronavirus.html

 

Citing In-Text: Example of one of the references

(Rivera, 2020) OR Rivera (2020) 

For more detailed guidelines on in-text citations go to our Citing In-Text tab.

EndNote Reference Type

Augusta University provides free access to EndNote citation management tool.

If you use EndNote to input your references, then choose the reference type underneath. If you export or import your citations, then check that EndNote automatically categorized them to the below reference type. Edit the reference type if it is incorrect.  

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