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Leonard Maltin

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Biography:

Leonard Maltin is best known for his widely-used reference work Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide and its companion volume Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide, as well as his thirty-year run on television's Entertainment Tonight. He teaches at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, appears regularly on Turner Classic Movies, and hosts the weekly podcast Maltin on Movies with his daughter Jessie. His books include Hooked on Hollywood: Discoveries from a lifetime of Film Fandom, The 151 Best Movies You've Never Seen, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, The Great Movie Comedians, The Disney Films, The Art of the Cinematographer, Movie Comedy Teams, The Great American Broadcast, and Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and other leading publications. He served two terms as President of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and votes for films to be selected for the National Film Registry.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Dead Man's Wire (2025) 91% EDIT “Dead Man’s Wire is an unpretentious, engrossing movie that’s well worth seeing ” – leonardmaltin.com Jan 12, 2026 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% EDIT “You don’t have to be a Neil Diamond fan to like this movie--you don’t even have to respond to the callback in "Sweet Caroline." I loved it. ” – leonardmaltin.com Dec 26, 2025 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% EDIT “The Choral may not be exceptional but it is beautifully crafted and performed. The music is glorious. What more could one ask for.” – leonardmaltin.com Dec 26, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% EDIT “Any filmmaker who asks a moviegoer to sit still for more than three hours had better have a really good reason. James Cameron does not. I lost an afternoon to the latest AVATAR movie and I can’t get it back.” – leonardmaltin.com Dec 21, 2025 Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 75% EDIT “Jay Kelly may be flawed but it is compelling, and there it’s always a pleasure to watch George Clooney, especially in a part that suits him so well” – leonardmaltin.com Dec 12, 2025 Full Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) 91% EDIT “As a movie lover I was utterly enraptured by Nouvelle Vague. It makes you feel as if this is all unfolding right in front of your eyes. It has immediacy and complete credibility” – leonardmaltin.com Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% EDIT “If there is a lovelier, more heartfelt film than Train Dreams now playing in theaters I have yet to see it” – leonardmaltin.com Nov 21, 2025 Full Review Nuremberg (2025) 72% EDIT “This movie isn’t consumed with self-importance, despite some obvious parallels to current events. This is entertainment that happens to be rooted in reality about a day of reckoning the likes of which the world hasn’t seen in a long, long time” – leonardmaltin.com Nov 8, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% EDIT “James Whale’s 1931 Frankenstein remains the classic it has always been, but Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein deserves to be absorbed and celebrated right alongside it. This is the movie he was born to make” – leonardmaltin.com Nov 2, 2025 Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% EDIT “ Bigelow has a firm grip on us from the very start, and if the ending isn’t entirely satisfying I don’t know what the alternative would be. I feel as helpless as the movers and shakers on screen who are faced with making nearly impossible choices” – leonardmaltin.com Oct 20, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% EDIT “This is a difficult film to describe or synopsize. It’s easy to recommend, however, so long as you know you’re about to watch an appropriately R-rated movie where nothing is sacred. Kudos to Paul Thomas Anderson for crafting a truly great movie.” – leonardmaltin.com Sep 27, 2025 Full Review The Long Walk (2025) 88% EDIT “The Long Walk is a satisfying piece of entertainment that feels curiously relevant ” – leonardmaltin.com Sep 27, 2025 Full Review Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 46% EDIT “The not-so-secret weapon this CAPTAIN AMERICA has going for it is Harrison Ford. Don’t believe the nay-sayers out there: Brave New World is a 21st century Tall Tale, and if it takes two viewings to take it all in, so be it ” – leonardmaltin.com Feb 21, 2025 Full Review Unstoppable (2024) 77% EDIT “I fear this straightforward telling of Anthony Jerome’s life story will be too “ordinary” to make waves during awards season, but that’s OK: I’m pretty sure moviegoers will approve” – leonardmaltin.com Jan 17, 2025 Full Review I'm Still Here (2024) 97% EDIT “We have seen families depicted on screen countless times but the five youngsters who comprise the Paiva household inhabit their roles completely. Salles deliberately blurs the line between documentary and dramatization and creates an exceptional film” – leonardmaltin.com Jan 17, 2025 Full Review The Last Showgirl (2024) 83% EDIT “Director Gia Coppola's feature film debut is a respectable but unmemorable vehicle for Pamela Anderson. The script has been custom-tailored for her and she comes off well, but the film has only one note to play and that's revealed in the title” – leonardmaltin.com Jan 13, 2025 Full Review The Brutalist (2024) 93% EDIT “The Brutalist is not just another film arriving at year’s end seeking recognition and awards. It is the product of rich imagination and exacting discipline, one struggling artist’s story and his collision with a moneyed sponsor Writ Large” – leonardmaltin.com Dec 25, 2024 Full Review A Complete Unknown (2024) 82% EDIT “Will younger people relate to this picture or even care about its central figures? I can’t predict that, but I know when I’ve watched a beautifully-crafted period piece. This is my favorite film of the year ” – leonardmaltin.com Dec 25, 2024 Full Review Maria (2024) 76% EDIT “If this biopic piques a moviegoer’s interest in Maria Callas there are many ways to learn about her and listen to her glorious voice. Maria and Jolie’s persuasive performance may well light that fuse of curiosity.” – leonardmaltin.com Dec 25, 2024 Full Review Emilia Pérez (2024) 71% EDIT “Phrases like “game-changer” and “cutting-edge” can’t capture just how audacious and original Emilia Pérez is. It's a knockout. ” – leonardmaltin.com Dec 22, 2024 Full Review Day of the Fight (2023) 85% EDIT “The Day of the Fight marks the writing and directing debut of actor Jack Huston, and it’s a film he can point to with pride—it’s a creditable and entertaining genre piece” – leonardmaltin.com Dec 22, 2024 Full Review Blitz (2024) 81% EDIT “Blitz is a powerful and somewhat disarming film about the longterm German bombing of London in 1940. Simply put, it is one of the year’s best. ” – leonardmaltin.com Nov 24, 2024 Full Review A Real Pain (2024) 96% EDIT “Jesse Eisenberg has nothing to prove; he has already staked his claim as an actor, writer, and director. But A Real Pain digs deeper than he ever has before—and it’s a really good movie ” – leonardmaltin.com Nov 24, 2024 Full Review Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes (2024) 88% EDIT “This doc has no startling revelations—but it does view Bogart through a different lens than usual: the women in his life. I'm a sucker for this kind of film & enjoyed going through the beats of Bogie’s life and career, aided by precious home movie footage” – leonardmaltin.com Nov 12, 2024 Full Review Conclave (2024) 93% EDIT “‘Conclave’ held me in its grip from start to finish. I had a great time watching and predict that it will be a crowd-pleaser” – leonardmaltin.com Oct 28, 2024 Full Review
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