Tips on writing a movie review?

So here is the story. I signed up for my high school's newspaper this year, and got assigned to write the Halo: Reach review for the coming edition. When I turned in my rough draft, the editor in chief was completely shocked. Apparently I'm a pretty good writer. So she assigned me to take care of the review for The Social Network as well, which as a team we are all going to see sometime in the near future.

But here is the problem. I know video games, I've played lots of video games and have read countless reviews over the years. I don't know movies. I see maybe 3 or 4 movies in theaters a year, and they are usually big blockbuster titles I go to see with my friends. So right now I am frantically searching the internet for reviews for movies to see what movie reviews are supposed to look like.

So I have some questions for some of the more film oriented people out there. What should I be looking for in the movie? What should I talk about? Any tips would help greatly. Also, can you reccomend me some good movie reviewing sites that isn't Rotten Tomatoes (something like Gamespot for movies) that I can go poke around and get a feel for a good review? Thanks so much in advanced.

I would just say why I liked the movie, what I thought they did well, what I didn't think they did well, stuff like that.

In my reviews I like to say what puts me off when I see a movie and why this movie did or didn't do those things.

Thanks guys for your help, keep the tips coming! Its just I'm pretty unfamilar with movies so I figured I would ask what most people looked for in movies besides explosions (which is the main reason I see movies honestly, but I want to branch out a bit).

Get a pad of paper and write the word: "Plot" then think about how you can tell people what the movie is about without giving away too much

Then another key word "director" talk a bit about Fincher's other films if you've seen them. Talk about the context of this movie, how facebook has taken off.

The next bit is tricky. You need to talk about what you noticed/felt when watching the movie. It can be as simple as what the film was trying to say, how it said, how convincing it was in saying it. Did the narrative engage you? What were the performances like?

Performances are tricky to write about because its normally a balance of the script and the actor adding to the character. You can describe what the character is like to give an idea of the quality of the performance sometimes.

The point of the review is to say why this film was or was not worth seeing because of X. You're making a critique of the features in the film.

Talk about who will like this movie, whether people who don't like facebook will like it. That would really grab people if you could describe why people who are not interested in facebook will find it interesting.

Make sure you get all the names of the actors right. So important. It makes it look more professional. Look them up on IMDB.

Just PM me if you need any help. I could read through it if you want. Check out my stuff!

Also google "Roger Ebert" and read his reviews.

should be ur own opinion. dont change it if someone tells u something else

I'd say just write it like your writing a game review. Write out what you experienced, what you thought of it, how it looked/sounded, the acting (or voice acting), etc.

Thank you everyone, especially Funsohng and the Biggest Loser, thats really helpful advice :)