Leonard Maltin's 2010 Movie Guide (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide),   ISBN:9780452295575

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Hard to resist a chance to review the reviewer.
With the help of earlier incarnations of this guide, I have watched and enjoyed thousands of movies, and suffered through just a few. My predilection for old movies probably has something to do with that. -- I've even had a good time watching scores of foreign films, though my ability to savor the nuanced acting skill of a sword-waving samurai shouting Japanese while I read subtitles is somewhat limited. -- I can usually read his review and decide whether or not a movie is for me, regardless of how many stars he gives it -- his taste is not precisely my taste, but I don't expect it to be.
I also appreciate that Mr. Maltin manages to keep his political views out of his reviews, something that some of the other "name" reviewers seem unable to do these days. And he hasn't become so jaded as to automatically praise the unusual and bizarre (although, let's face it, all reviewers feel compelled to praise some Latvian/Bulgarian neo-realistic semi-impressionist study of the depravity of human relationships. But you can watch for the artsy words and, unless you are suffering through a film-history course, weed most of these out.)
I bought this updated edition to help sort through newer dvd releases -- I've recently wasted three times the price of this book on unwatchably bad dvds based on the recommendations of friends ( cg effects routinely being used to disguise the absence of a decent script ).
Help me Leonard Maltin, you're my only hope...

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Great update from the one used from 2006. Keep it close by to look up movies showing.

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I got this one, because it had larger print, and I'm an old guy. Buy one every couple of years, as this is the best one available.

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i purchase Leonard Maltin's new updated Movie Guide every year and find it invaluable for assessment of all the films that are shown on television. I respect his views and it is always spot on with my taste.

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Don't go to movies often but this is invaluable for seeing what a movie is about before attending or renting it.