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Title: Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2004 by Leonard Maltin ISBN: 0-451-20940-0 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.77 (48 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good guide
Comment: Of all the movie guides that I looked at, Leonard Maltin's is thje most thorough for the price. The movies are rated from four stars to bomb. TV movies are rated above average, average and below average. Each review contains a synopsis of the movie as well as its good and bad points. There is a cast list as well as the running time. Leonard Maltin also contains information on the various hollywood film series such as Andy Hardy, Blonde and Tarzan. He also has a list of sources for ordeing videos.
People have complained about the alphabetized listings. The movies are listed as if their is no space between words. Maltin explains this in the begining of the guide.
Rating: 4
Summary: Still the best of its type
Comment: "Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide" is still the best book of this kind on the market. It's comprehensive - 18,000+ reviews. It's focused on the kind of movies most people are interested in - it's mostly American movies, with some of the more popular and interesting Foreign films thrown in. It's concise - the reviews are brief (As they have to be in this kind of mammoth tome). And it gives you the information you require - advice on a film's content: sex, violence, nudity, etc.
The 2004 edition is pretty much the same as the other editions, only updated to include more recent films of interest. But it retains its biggest strength, which is to not join in with the over-inflated "Let's say everything's great!" approach to criticism.
Maltin and his reviewers have the same high expectations as a good portion of their readership. If a film isn't up to scratch, they aren't afraid to say so because it may upset the money men in Hollywood. If a film is merely mediocre, this book will tell you it's only mediocre.
It's hard to agree with everything in here. Some films you love will be trashed, other films you thought sucked will be admired. But that's part of the interest here; seeing how different the perceptions can be.
This is informed without being intimidating, solid and huge. A must have for the serious or casual movie fan.
Rating: 5
Summary: Before watching any movie...see what Mr. M. has to say!
Comment: I have relied on Leonard Maltin's Movie Guides for many years. The 2004 Edition is the most complete source of honest movie reviews you can find. The new 2005 volume should be out around September. Each year Maltin adds hundreds of new reviews. I'm a AMC buff, but I appreciate the latest reviews as well, and they're always in time for the new video releases. As a reference book for movie fans, this is THE BIBLE!*****
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Title: DVD & Video Guide 2004 by MARSHA PORTER, MICK MARTIN ISBN: 0345449932 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Film Encyclopedia, 4th Edition : The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume by Ephraim Katz ISBN: 0062737554 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 20 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2004 by Editors of World Almanac ISBN: 0886879108 Publisher: World Almanac Pub. Date: 05 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946-Present by TIM BROOKS, EARLE F. MARSH ISBN: 0345455428 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 14 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia: Career Profiles of More Than 2,000 Actors and Filmmakers, Past and Present by Leonard Maltin, Spencer Green, Luke Sader, Cathleen Anderson ISBN: 0452270588 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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