Leonard Maltin's 2013 Movie Guide: The Modern Era - Softcover

Maltin, Leonard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451237749 ISBN 13: 9780451237743

Publisher: Signet, 2012

Synopsis

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More than 16,000 capsule movie reviews, with more than 300 new entries

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More than 13,000 DVD and 13,000 video listings

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Up-to-date list of mail-order and online sources for buying and renting DVDs and videos

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Completely updated index of leading performers

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Official motion picture code ratings from G to NC-17

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Old and new theatrical and video releases rated **** to BOMB MORE Exact running times—an invaluable guide for recording and for discovering which movies have been edited

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Reviews of little-known sleepers, foreign films, rarities, and classics

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Leonard's personal list of fifty notable debut features

Summer blockbusters and independent sleepers; masterworks of Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Martin Scorsese; the timeless comedy of the Marx Brothers and Buster Keaton; animated classics from Walt Disney and Pixar; the finest foreign films ever made. This 2013 edition covers the modern era, from 1965 to the present, while including all the great older films you can’t afford to miss—and those you can—from box-office smashes to cult classics to forgotten gems to forgettable bombs, listed alphabetically, and complete with all the essential information you could ask for.

· Date of release, running time, director, stars, MPAA ratings, color or black and white
· Concise summary, capsule review, and four-star-to-BOMB rating system
· Precise information on films shot in widescreen format
· Symbols for DVD s, videos, and laserdiscs
· Completely updated index of leading actors
· Up-to-date list of mail-order and online sources for buying and renting DVDs and videos

About this title

About the Author:

Leonard Maltin is one of the country's most repected film historians and critics. He appears regularly on Entertainment Tonight, hosts Secret's Out on Reelz Channel, and introduces movies on DirecTV. He also teaches at USC School of Cinematic Arts. He and his wife Alice are the proud parents of Jessie, who helps her father interpret matters of pop culture.

Review:

“Head and shoulders above the rest.”—The New York Times

“Inch for inch, dollar for dollar, Maltin's book gives you the most.”—Boston Sunday Herald

“****”—USA Today

“The best.”—Newsday

About this edition

• Publisher: Signet
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0451237749
• ISBN 13: 9780451237743
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1664