With more than 16,000 movie reviews, updated and expanded indexes of leading performers, more than 14,000 video-cassette and 8,000 DVD listings, and much more, this is the biggest and best guide in the field.
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Head and shoulders above the rest. (New York Times)
About the Author
Recognized as one of the leading authorities on movies and moviemaking, Leonard Maltin has become a household name and media personality thanks to his regular appearances on the highly successful syndicated TV program, Entertainment Tonight, and his daily radio feature, Leonard Maltin’s Radio View.
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59 of 63 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Do not buy the large paperback version!,
By dallas (Sunnyvale, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Leonard Maltin's 2006 Movie Guide (Paperback)
I saw both versions of this book--the smaller mass-market paperback and the larger paperback--in a local bookstore. Thinking that the larger book would use a larger font, which would be easier for my husband and me to read, I opened it--only to discover that the font size is identical in both versions! The only differences are in the margin width--and, of course, in the price. The smaller paperback is $9, while the larger one is $20!! So you pay an extra $11 for wider margins--whoopee! I took off a star for this. I have always enjoyed Maltin's reviews and agree with him most of the time, but this marketing deceit is shameful and unethical, and he should not be associated with it.
65 of 77 people found the following review helpful:
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Do Not Buy This Version,
By Elidan "Lisa" (Ohio, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leonard Maltin's 2006 Movie Guide (Mass Market Paperback)
I have nothing against the guide itself. I have several earlier copies but I would warn anyone to check the book first. In the copy I have the pages between 496 and 561 are entirely missing. Pages 961 to 1024 are in it twice. A gross error by the publisher that should never have been shipped.
24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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LESS THAN ETHICAL and more.....,
By JP "rocketman2" (Montana USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Leonard Maltin's 2006 Movie Guide (Mass Market Paperback)
If you think you are buying a more comprehensive edition each year...take a look at the numbers:
2000 has 20,000 entries, 300+ new entries, 14,000 VHS-9,ooo DVD 2004 has 18,000 entries, 300+ new entries, 13,000 VHS-8,ooo DVD 2005 has 18,000 entries, 300+ new entries, 13,000 VHS-7,ooo DVD 2006 has 16,000 entries, 300+ new entries, 14,000 VHS-8,ooo DVD "Including 300+ new entries" means to me they have ADDED new entries (movies) to last years edition, when in fact, the new edition has lost 4000 entries (movies) from 2000 to 2006, 2,000 from 2005 to 2006 versions! NOT GOOD and more..... At a glance it appears older movies are being removed. For the first time, today, I noticed there is a "classic version" being published. The people involved are slowly removing older movies and publishing them in this new classic version. Apparently there is some duplication also. 'Little stealth there? Where does that leave the Movie Guide buyers? Ripped off, and now forced to buy another book to get the same coverage one expects and should have in the original according to the account on the front cover! I tried to find roughly 13 movies released on DVD in 2005, meaning, in most, if not all cases, they were released to the theatres much earlier. I FOUND ONE! Was I UPSET? YES! This isn't a 2006 guide, it's what the 2005 should be. Soon we will have a 2010 version, published in 2008, which will not include movies released in 2006! This Leonard Maltin's 2006 Movie Guide goes back to the unethical persons (for the censors) who are involved in its structure and misleading (and possibly) intentionally deceptive methods. Avidity abounds.
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