Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2003 - Softcover

Maltin, Leonard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452283299 ISBN 13: 9780452283299

Publisher: Plume, 2002

Synopsis

The leading authority on American film is back with the latest edition of his "indispensable" (New York Daily News) movie and video guide. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2003 is the best, biggest, and most up-to-date of its kind. The comprehensive 2003 guide includes:

€ Capsule reviews of nearly 19,000 films, including more than 300 new entries
€ More than 5,000 listing of films available on DVD and 8,000+ laserdisc listings
€ Easy-to-read symbols indicating availability of more than 14,000 films on video
€ Notes on widescreen films that are best viewed in letterbox format
€ Write-ups on every film series
€ A revised index of leading actors and actresses
€ An updated list of mail-order sources for renting and buying videocassettes and DVDs
€ Leonard Maltin's exclusive list of the best family films of all time

...and much, much more.

About this title

About the Author:

Recognized as one of the leading authorities on American films, Leonard Maltin has become a household name and media personality. He is the resident critic on Hot Ticket and makes regular appearances on Entertainment Tonight and the Encore cable TV network. In addition, he has a syndicated radio show, Leonard Maltin's Video View and a monthly column in Playboy magazine.

From Publishers Weekly:

Like a movie-land version of our ever-expanding universe, this massive home reference continues its inexorable growth. The latest edition adds 300 recent video, DVD and laserdisc releases to its nearly 19,000 entries on mostly American films. Film critic and historian Maltin presides over a stable of reviewers whose often tart capsule reviews are dedicated to holding the line against ratings inflation in the 21st century, "a time of creative bankruptcy in Hollywood." Beleaguered parents will find helpful warnings about sexual content and violence, and can turn to a list of "100+ Recommended Family Films" to settle video-rental disputes. Entries for multi-film video anthologies, together with filmographies of famous actors and a list of specialty video mail-order companies, will assist those looking to put together their own private film festivals. Movie buffs may occasionally raise their eyebrows at Maltin's assessments (Boys Don't Cry and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves both get two and a half stars) but his methodology-judging a movie against what it could have been and what it wanted to be-is ultimately an extremely sound one.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Plume
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0452283299
• ISBN 13: 9780452283299
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 1648