Maltin's latest movie guide out
The Post and Courier
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Leonard Maltin is back with the 2009 edition — his 39th — of the bestselling, annually updated “Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide,” and with more than 17,000 films it remains one of the most reliable ready references for movie pros and fans.
A buff’s buff, Maltin wrote his first published movie guide at age 17, and has never looked back. But, no, he does not write all the reviews himself, as some mistakenly assume.
“Yes, they do. But I hasten to tell them that I never pretended they were all mine,” says Maltin. “My colleagues and associates are always credited on the title page. Still, I think people are always mildly disappointed that I haven’t seen everything.
"I have seen an awful lot of them, though I can’t give you an exact count.”
Read more in the Arts and Travel section in Sunday's Post and Courier.
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