Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2004 - Softcover

Maltin, Leonard

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9780452284784: Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2004

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ISBN 10: 0452284783 ISBN 13: 9780452284784

Publisher: Plume, 2003

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The leading authority on American film is back with the latest edition of his "indispensable" (Los Angeles Times) and bestselling movie and video guide. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 2004 is the best, biggest, and most up-to-date of its kind. The comprehensive 2004 guide includes:

�€ Capsule reviews of more than 18,000 films, including more than 300 new entries
�€ More than 13,000 listings of videocassettes and 8,000 DVD listings
�€ Write-ups on every film series
�€ A revised index of leading actors and actresses
�€ Leonard Maltin's exclusive list of Fifty Films That Got Away: Movies You Really Ought to See

...and much, much more.

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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 Entertainment Tonight and appears weekly on Hot Ticket, as well as 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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