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Leonard Maltin Movie Guide Leonard Maltin Movie Guide

Leonardmaltinmovieguide-iphone-76344

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MobileAge has teamed with film historian and critic Leonard Maltin to bring the latest edition of his movie guides to a small screen near you.

From Aaron Loves Angela to Zulu Dawn the Leonard Maltin Movie Guide is packed with movies you can't afford to miss — and those you can — from box-office hits to cult classics to forgotten gems to B-grade banality.

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Reference
Release Date:
Oct 13, 2009
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Long before people went to the Internet for film information, movie buffs annually bought the latest revisions of huge paperback books like The Leonard Maltin Movie Guide and Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever. These were, and are, massive reference books; the current version of Maltin comes in at 1664 pages, and the current version of Videohound at 1700 pages. You needed a strong coffee table to hold these massive tomes. Today there are many ways to get movie reviews, with IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes probably being the most popular sites. But there is a real virtue to reading reviews written by someone with an encyclopedic knowledge of film and a lifetime career of reviewing them. That's why I was very happy to find that the Leonard Maltin Movie Guide [iTunes Link] $2.99US, has morphed into an iPhone/iPod touch app, adding features that could never be found in books like streaming preview videos, Read More
Scan the bookshelves of any serious movie buff and you're almost certain to find a worn, dog-eared copy of "Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide." Of course, just as encyclopedias work far better as interactive, online guides like Wikipedia, so do reference tomes like this benefit from the digital treatment. Enter Leonard Maltin Movie Guide for iPhone ($4.99), which not only reproduces the full text of the print version, but also delivers some interactive "plot twists." In addition to 24,000-plus capsule reviews, the guide provides a couple dozen of Maltin's latest reviews (full length), dynamic searching by title, actor, or director, and, best of all, Netflix integration: With a single tap you can add any movie to your rental and/or Watch Now queue. (A forthcoming update will add iTunes integration so you can rent/purchases movies from there--assuming they're available, of course.) Each movie listing includes the director's name and a complete cast list, Read More

Reviews

Solid and well designed
Robert_928 5.0 stars Version: 1.0
Finally a quality, complete(!) movie review reference for my iPhone. The CNET review says iTunes movie rental support is coming in the next release - looking forward to that. And love that it lets me keep a list of those movies I want to see. Will recommend to others.
Good, But Needs Improved Search Functionality
Whirlpool Dreyer 3.0 stars Version: 1.0
It's nice to search by title, cast, and director. But two critical search functions are missing: Release Year and Star Rating. How great it would be to see all films released in a certain year (or series of years; add a date range?), plus sort films by star rating (with the option to search greater or less than a number of stars). Thanks, mobileAge, for bringing the insightful Leonard Maltin to iPhone. As a movie buff and longtime reader of Leonard's Guide, I'm happy the wait is over.
More improvements needed
Mbmlh 3.0 stars Version: 1.0
It's great to have Maltin on th Iphone and, with a few improvements, it can become an essential app. 1. Improve the search speed. It takes an unusually long time once a search term is entered to get a result. Please fix! 2. Please create a keyword search to help find movies. 3. Give us a choice on opening screens. I'd rather see a featured movie of the day or classic movie than a list of current movies. The app shows great promise, please continue to refine it and give us more choices!
Very poor search
Loewena 2.0 stars Version: 1.0
Not worth being called a Database! It has just a single key word search. Even the Palm issue was MUCH better. Cast lists have only names, not roles.
Great resource, nothing current
jdbTunes 3.0 stars Version: 1.0
This app is a great resource for rentals. But I thought I'd be able to use it to pick a good film to see in the theater. Not so. There are very few reviews of films currently in theaters.
The best
RoyofSF 5.0 stars Version: 1.0
I've been waiting for this since I switched from my Treo 680 to a iphone 3GS. It replaces and is better than the unwieldy printed guide. Its searches (by title, actor or director) are very fast on my 3GS. Plus it allows me to save my favorite movies, favorite Christmas movies, etc. Since I watch movies on TV and not in theaters, this has everything that I need.
Search needs a MAJOR speedup
Just me1 4.0 stars Version: 1.0
Content is terrific (I had this on my Windows Mobile device). However, as mentioned by a couple of others, search time is really slow.
Great, but text too small
Seattledc 4.0 stars Version: 1.0
Love this, but the text is too small. Needs landscape mode or larger font option.
Great all around interactive database
DangerousOne 5.0 stars Version: 1.0
This is THE movie database to beat all!! If you like the movies, this is the app for you. Not to mention the price is incredible! Leonard Maltin has never let the fans down.
Best movie guide
RosieCotton 4.0 stars Version: 1.0
Best movie app for offline research. Other movie guides in the app store require an Internet connection to give you plot summaries. Unlike the Palm OS version of this guide, you cannot filter by year or ratings, but you can search people, titles. Just like the paperback, only with color artwork. Search results are slow. Not all current titles are available, just Leonard's Picks.
Good start to this staple guide
Erick R 5.0 stars Version: 1.0
I think this is an excellent start to a guide I have always kept around for it's depth of info. The developers are responsive to requests and the integration and interface make this a great stepping off point. I look forward to the further development of this app!
Looooong Search
Edu Acquarone 3.0 stars Version: 1.0
The biggest problem so far is that the search time is very very long.
Needs Browse Feature
DownloadsRus 3.0 stars Version: 1.0
This is an ok app but it would be better if it had a browse feature (year, genre, title, actor, etc.)

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