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• Re: Did Leonard Maltin actually SEE all the movies he lists in his bestselling 'Movie And Video Guid - AudioHead 12:29:03 12/29/01 (2)
  In Reply to: Did Leonard Maltin actually SEE all the movies he lists in his bestselling 'Movie And Video Guide'?? posted by Vic T. on December 26, 2001 at 20:23:13:

  For detail and sophistication, the Martin-Porter guide pales besides the
  Maltin guide. If you're skeptical, try reading the reviews of
  several of the alltime great films in each guide and compare them -
  Citizen Kane, Gone With The Wind, Casablanca,
  The Godfather, Lawerence of Arabia, etc. I recommend the Martin-
  Porter Guide as a supplement because it can compensate for some of
  the conservative, family oriented bias of Matlin. Just compare Matlin's review of "Alien", which he found repugnant, most
  likely for the chest-bursting scene. In contrast, Martin-Porter gives
  "Alien", the positive, enthusiatic review it so richly deserves. I
  don't think that Bill Warren, the sci-fi editor for
  Maltin, would have ever gave the film such a negative review. That review
  probably came from Old Malty himself, so my advice is to have both
  (and possibly more) guides on hand for reference. - AH
  
  

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  • Some other good guides. - bubbahotep 00:15:52 12/30/01 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: Did Leonard Maltin actually SEE all the movies he lists in his bestselling 'Movie And Video Guid posted by AudioHead on December 29, 2001 at 12:29:03:

    My reference shelf also includes guides by Steven Scheuer, Danny Peary, Joe Bob Briggs (hilarious), the "Psychotronic Video Guide", Ephraim Katz's "Film Encyclopedia" and of course one must have Halliwell.
    
    

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    • Re: Some other good guides. - AudioHead 09:34:55 12/31/01 (0)
      In Reply to: Some other good guides. posted by bubbahotep on December 30, 2001 at 00:15:52:

      Peary is on my sh*t list cause of his negative review of "Forbidden
      Planet"; used to have reference to the monumental ten volume set,
      "The Motion Picture Guide", unfortunately, it only went up to 1973. Psychotronics is pretty cool. - AH
      
      

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• Maltin & Staff Are Profiled In The Guide. <Nt> - AudioHead 09:58:23 12/28/01 (0)
  In Reply to: Did Leonard Maltin actually SEE all the movies he lists in his bestselling 'Movie And Video Guide'?? posted by Vic T. on December 26, 2001 at 20:23:13:

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• Re: Did Leonard Maltin actually SEE all the movies he lists in his bestselling 'Movie And Video Guid - bubbahotep 00:28:42 12/27/01 (0)
  In Reply to: Did Leonard Maltin actually SEE all the movies he lists in his bestselling 'Movie And Video Guide'?? posted by Vic T. on December 26, 2001 at 20:23:13:

  I stopped buying or even consulting Maltin years ago in favor of Mick Martin and Marsha Porter's Video Movie Guide. It's worth it just for the cross-indexing. Maltin's reviews and sensibilities I always found to be just a little too conservative or safe as if they were written for people who only go out to rent one movie. I seem to recall that after his reviews there were initials that indicated which of his staff or stable of contributors wrote the review.
  
  

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