Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin
Leonard Michael Maltinis an American film critic and historian, author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He is known as a "go-to" critic for the major studios, for writing the shortest review in the U.S. and creating the Walt Disney Treasures series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth18 December 1950
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
He created an indelible character in Chester. Chester is a good hearted, simple-minded guy. That's why he's such a likable character.
Most other world-shattering events have not been depicted so soon.
He's got it all. He's got charm, he's got looks, he's got brains, he's got a conscience. He has everything any movie star could want to have, any director or producer, and then some.
She does the same reliable job you'd expect her to do. ... She has a track record that is long and solid enough that it can withstand the usual ups and downs of a starring career.
He apparently had a Svengali-like approach or control over her and set out to mold and shape her every performance and appearance on screen, ... Those instances are rare, I think.
Tim pays homage to Ray Harryhausen and George Pal and people whose films he saw growing up and who also used this technique.
We know Jodie Foster is a smart woman. But it's always tough for women to find leading roles in commercial Hollywood movies. She looks for the best material she can find, and if it happens that it's thrillers, then it's thrillers. What ultimately matters is that she's always good. Movie audiences not only like her, but respect her.
When you've had a career as long and as varied and as celebrated as Maureen Stapleton, it's hard to pick just one thing.
Audiences deserve better.
Timing in life is everything.
Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet most residents have never been inside one of them.
When Tim Allen made The Santa Clause, I thought that was a delightful film. It took a modern sensibility but layered onto it a kind of sentiment.
You want to make an impression. Being clever helps.
Hitchcock's murder set-pieces are so potent, they can galvanize (and frighten) even a viewer who's seen them before!