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Leonard Maltin

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December 18, 1950 in New York, NY, The United States

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http://www.leonardmaltin.com/

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Entertainment, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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Leonard Maltin, is an American film and animated-film critic and historian.

Maltin began his writing career at age fifteen, writing for Classic Images and editing and publishing his own fanzine, Film Fan Monthly, dedicated to films from the golden age of Hollywood. After receiving a journalism degree at New York University, Maltin went on to publish articles in a variety of film journals, national news-papers, and magazines, including Variety and TV Guide.
Maltin in 1990

As an author, Maltin is best known for Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, (some editions titled as his ...Movie and Video Guide), a compendium of synopses and reviews that first appeared in September 1969 and has been annually updated since October 1987. (It was published under th...more Leonard Maltin, is an American film and animated-film critic and historian.

Maltin began his writing career at age fifteen, writing for Classic Images and editing and publishing his own fanzine, Film Fan Monthly, dedicated to films from the golden age of Hollywood. After receiving a journalism degree at New York University, Maltin went on to publish articles in a variety of film journals, national news-papers, and magazines, including Variety and TV Guide.
Maltin in 1990

As an author, Maltin is best known for Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, (some editions titled as his ...Movie and Video Guide), a compendium of synopses and reviews that first appeared in September 1969 and has been annually updated since October 1987. (It was published under the title TV Movies until the 1990s, and in 2005 spawned a spin-off, Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide, limited to films released in 1960 and earlier to allow the regular book to cover a larger number of more recent titles.) He has also written several other works, including Behind the Camera, a study of the art of cinematography, The Whole Film Sourcebook, Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia, Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals, and Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons.

Since May 29, 1982, Maltin has been the movie reviewer on the syndicated television series Entertainment Tonight. He also appears on the Starz cable network, and hosted his own syndicated radio program, Leonard Maltin on Video, as well as the syndicated TV show Hot Ticket with Boston film critic Joyce Kulhawik (originally E! personality and game show host Todd Newton). He currently hosts a television show entitled Secret's Out on ReelzChannel movie network. He also spearheaded the creation of the Walt Disney Treasures collectible DVD line in 2001,[4] and continues to provide creative input and host the various sets.

He appeared on Pyramid twice as a celebrity player, in 1987 on the CBS $25,000 version and in 1991 on the John Davidson version. He appeared on Super Password as a celebrity guest in 1988.

In the mid-1990s, he became the president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and is on the Advisory Board of the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. For nearly a decade, Maltin was also on the faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York City. He currently teaches in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.

In 1998, Maltin settled a libel suit brought by former child star Billy Gray, of Father Knows Best fame, whom Maltin identified as a drug addict and dealer in his review of the film Dusty and Sweets McGee for the movie guide book. The statement appeared in print for nearly twenty-five years before Maltin publicly apologized for the error.[5]

He currently hosts "The Maltin Minute" for DirecTV customers. Maltin also teaches at the University of Southern California.

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Snow White and the Huntsman—movie review

Sometimes, while I’m watching a bad movie, one burning question arises: “What were they thinking?” That’s what I asked myself while suffering through Snow White and the Huntsman, a putrid, and seemingly endless, retelling of the famous fairy tale. Grim and gruesome, it’s a soul-sucking two-hour-plus endurance test that parents should avoid taking their kids to see except as an extreme form of p... read more »

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Books by Leonard Maltin

Average rating: 3.87 · 562 ratings · 92 reviews · 89 distinct works

	Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons; Revised and Updated by Leonard Maltin, Jerry Beck 4.18 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Leonard Maltin's 151 Best Movies You've Never Seen 3.37 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang by Leonard Maltin, Richard W. Bann 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide 4.48 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2005	My rating:
	The Disney Films 3.87 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1973 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide (Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Great American Broadcast 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2007 by Leonard Maltin, Luke Sader (Editor), Cathleen Anderson (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2006 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide 2005 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Leonard Maltin

“When it comes to the selections, I heard several observers claim that the Academy was embracing “nostalgia” by honoring The Artist and Hugo. Give me a break! Hugo represents cutting-edge storytelling by a world-class director—in 3-D, no less. The Artist dares to revisit a form of cinema that was abandoned in the late 1920s. The Academy members admired these films for making the past seem immediate and relevant. That has nothing to do with nostalgia; it has everything to do with great moviemaking, which is what the Academy Awards are all about.”
― Leonard Maltin

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