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Title: Leonard Maltin's 2004 Movie & Video Guide by Leonard Maltin, Cathleen Anderson, Luke Sader, Mike Clark, Rob Edelman, Spencer Green, Alvin H. Marill, Michael Scheinfeld, Bill Warren, Casey St. Charnez ISBN: 0-452-28478-3 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.74 (47 reviews)
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: 4
Summary: Best of the capsule movie guides
Comment: There a lot of books on the market that have attempted to duplicate the success of Leonard Maltin's annual guide, but this one remains the most thorough and convenient. Rather than classify films according to genre as some of his competitors do (Where would you look for "Dr. Strangelove"? In Drama? Sci-fi?), the titles are arranged alphabetically making the search for a particular film fairly easy. The information provided (year of release, running time, cast, director, availability on DVD and video) is all relevant and useful.
Certainly, this book has its faults. The ratings are sometimes inconsistent, with some films mysteriously rising to three stars from one-and-a-half in a previous volume, and Maltin (or his co-writers) have their own tastes which may or may not reflect yours, mine, or the majority of his readers. Still, the capsule reviews are often witty, and whether or not you agree with the ratings, there is just enough pertinent information about thousands (and thousands and thousands) of movies to make it the most useful of these reference guides.
My only complaint is that though each year's edition is larger than the last, a lot of older films are tossed out to make room for the new. Some of the extras added in the last decade (the list of actor and director credits at the end of the book) should be eliminated instead. A complete list of films by a particular star or director can be found in other sources, and is not essential here.
Still, as a handy, easy to consult reference, Maltin's Movie and Video Guide serves its purpose very well.
Rating: 5
Summary: INVALUABLE RESOURCE GUIDE....
Comment: This is my own personal guide to research and seek out films that I've never seen and to collect those that are available. I have used Maltin's guide for years and years. For me, it's the only one I like and the one I turn to time and again. There are omissions of some hard-to-find films but also new listings of hard-to-find films every year. I don't always agree with the reviews but for the most part I am completely satisfied. I buy the large version every year and look forward to thumbing through it's pages. It's the most comprehensive guide I have found that I am happy with. It would be impossible to say how many films I have tracked down over the years with this guide. It sits by my computer like a Bible. I know everyone has their own personal preference for what guides they like to use, but I'm a Maltin fan and always will be. For me, he's the best. I only wish the guide was in hardback because I would collect them.
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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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