I like old movies like are shown on Turner Classic Movies and this has the reviews for them. This book is of the same high calibre as Maltin's annual movie review guide. I would say it is indispesible for any old movie buff. Bravo!

A good book for lovers of old movies who hate browsing through the 1600 pages of Maltin's regular guide only to find the film their looking for between a BOMB by Adam Sandler and a Yugoslavian-Japanese Documentary nobody has ever heard of. The Classic Movie Guide was not made to be a list of 4-star, really great old movies. It was made as a companion guide to the regular book as a place to put older, minor films to make room for newer movies in the regular guide. People who feel cheated because their 2006 guide still contains Gone With the Wind should probably know that it will always be in both guides, but films such as Law and Order(1953) or O. Henry's Full House(1952) may one day only be found in the classic guide. They should also note that their 2006 guide is about 100 pages thinner than the 2005 guide and that reviews of vintage series (e.g. Blondie, The Thin Man) are no longer listed in the regular guide and have been moved to the classic guide. In my understanding of this book, more and more minor old films will be removed from the regular guide and placed in the classic guide which will be revised every 5 years. My suggestions for this book would be to change the title to Leonard Maltin's Vintage Movie Guide and add films made before 1965 but after 1960, such as To Kill a Mockingbird and Lawrence of Arabia. I also would suggest making a third guide in about five or six years just for foreign films, excluding British films of course.

GREAT book,but.........(if you can't pass this on,then just take the 5 stars with no comment,please) eliminate all foreign films from book,EXCEPT British films. Will make more room for more American classics including more B-westerns! Otherwise, a great book and fine response from Amazon. Bill Muhr Tucson,AZ

I heard that Leonard Maltin was putting 1960 & older films in a separate book so I decided to purchase a copy along with the annual movie guide. When I started looking through the 2006 edition, I noticed that there were still hundreds of 1960 & older films still listed. So I decided to compare both guides page by page. The same old films are listed in BOTH guides! I feel totally ripped off.