Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide

by Leonard Maltin

Book Overview

From one of the country's most respected film historians and critics comes this updated edition to the bestselling movie guide that features more than 17,000 entries. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452295572
• ISBN13: 9780452295575
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 1664 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 5.3" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

KINDLE2 version Review

I read a previous review of the Kindle version and I'm scratching my head over what they said. Unlike what the other review stated, you CAN search through this huge book with the Kindle. You can also easily go from letter to letter with a flick of the joystick. Just type in a persons name, like "Brad Pitt" or "Tom Cruise" and the instances of those names in the book appear. Click on a hit and read about that movie, then hit the back button to return to the search results. I've always loved this book year in year out and on the Kindle it's even better...now I'm going to back to browsing this charm. :)

LEONARD MAILTIN'S MOVIE GUIDE

Excellent, as always, except due to the number of old movies not included anymore, the current editions might be better if issued in two volumes to cover all movies. Also, could he helpful if movies were categorized by type, i.e., comeday drama, western, mystery horror, historical, etc.

There is a larger version available.

Yes I almost bought this more than useful book. Then sitting next to it is the same book word for word that has twice the surface for twice the price. Of course if you are economically conservative and have good eyesight the smaller book works well. It is always fun to see how close one comes to Leonard's conclusion which is not always the same as yours. Yet if you have not seen the film you need some sort of guide. And to get a feel for how he thinks when making his judgments there is an introduction covering how he rated some of the most popular films. Be sure to read the section "Key to This Book" as it tells the different media or lack of for each film. Some films are includes because of their popularity even if there is no recorded media such as "John Goldfarb Please Come Home" Once again many of my favorites have been left out such as "Out There" (1995) ASIN: 6303965954 and "Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death" (1989) ASIN: 6305078599, based on "Heart of Darkness." However with 19,000 entries you will be kept busy trying to find out what else is missing.

Still the best quickie-reference book

Leonard Maltin has been issuing this yearly movie reference guide for many years. Some years ago, Maltin decided to split up the movies in pre-and after 1960 movies. Because of space limitations, that has now been changed with this edition to 1965. The pre-1965 movies now have their own book ("Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide"). "Leonard Maltin's 2010 Movie Guide" (a whopping 1,662 pages, this book should be sold "by the pound") brings the alphabetical listing of more than 17,000 movies and captures their essence in a single paragraph. The editions change little from year to year, bringing a batch of new movies. It's not exactly clear where the chronological cut-off point is, probably late May or early June: "Angels and Demons", "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", Star Trek", The Soloist" and"Terminator Salvation" are all in here, "Transformers 2", "Drag Me To Hell" and "Moon", just to name a few, are not. But it matters not. The beauty of this book is that it remains the essential "hard copy" reference tool for us movie lovers. Yes, the minute this book is issued it becomes out-dated (see the "Transformers 2" reference), and I'm sure there are on-line reference sites that are more up to date, but if you, like me, like to have an actual book, this reference guide is for you. At that level, this book remains the best and essential.