“When it comes to the selections, I heard several observers claim that the Academy was embracing “nostalgia” by honoring The Artist and Hugo . Give me a break! Hugo represents cutting-edge storytelling by a world-class director—in 3-D, no less. The… — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video and video-on-demand and DVD and streaming video and all… — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture. — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up. — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
Television is what made It's a Wonderful Life the classic it is today. — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
Two remarkable men -- one young, one old -- fuel each other's spirits in the beautiful documentary Keep On Keepin' On. — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
I think people in Hollywood are afraid of sentiment because they think audiences will reject it. — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don't just… — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse... by Floyd Gottfredson will be warmly received by comics aficionados but should also intrigue Disney animation buffs who aren’t necessarily… — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
The last person to stand still and repeat himself was Walt Disney. He refused to repeat himself. So to think that he'd be making… — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
Los Angeles has the greatest concentration of surviving movie palaces in the United States, yet most residents have never been inside one of them. — Leonard Maltin Copy Share Image
