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Posted 08.16.12 by Mandy Silly comedy is decidedly a strong point for both Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, but does The Campaign give the actors the right material to showcase their talents? Movie reviewer Leonard Maltin takes a closer look at the comedy that lampoons political elections to find out whether or not this movie stays on message and connects with voters.
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Opening this weekend at the box office is the raunchy Project X and the movie adaptation of a beloved children's book, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax. One's about being environmentally responsible while the other is about being completely irresponsible but should you go see either one?
ReelzChannel movie experts Richard Roeper and Leonard Maltin give their takes on both movies. Roeper said halfway through Project X, which he called Risky Business mixed with Paranormal Activity, he was going to give the party movie an F but changed his mind in the third act. In his review, watch what made him change his mind and find out what grade he ended up giving the movie. Maltin said the "found footage" teen movie was a different animal compared to its predecessors and that it holds nothing back. While the movie might appeal to teenagers, Maltin said Project X is a horror movie for parents.
Maltin didn't have very nice things to say about The Lorax, saying the Dr. Seuss adaptation, featuring the voices of Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Danny DeVito, and Taylor Swift, had no charm and that Seuss' simplicity and wit are trampled on by the movie's script. Roeper was a bit kinder, saying it's filled with delightful characters and is a solid piece of animated family entertainment.
watch Roeper's and Maltin's reviews >> Posted 03.02.12 by Chris 
In This Means War, two CIA spies (Tom Hardy and Chris Pine) go all out to win over Reese Witherspoon. But is this romantic action flick worth their efforts?
Even before opening, this movie was off to a rocky start. Fearing it couldn't compete with The Vow for Valentine's Day weekend, 20th Century Fox pushed back This Means War to this weekend (with a sneak peak in select markets on Tuesday). That was probably a good move because The Vow had a monster opening. So now it's This Means War's turn at the box office.
What did resident ReelzChannel movie experts Leonard Maltin and Richard Roeper have to say about it? Well, one called it "wildly implausible," and the other says it gets "sillier and sillier" as it goes. Check out both of their reviews.
watch Roeper's and Maltin's reviews >> Posted 02.17.12 by Chris 
The writers of Hire Me, Hollywood!: Your Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Most Exciting—and Unexpected—Jobs in Show Business know that there's no one way to make it in Hollywood. There are a multitude of diverse jobs in the movie and television industry, and authors Mark Scherzer and Keith Fenimore reveal some of them to readers and tell the stories of individuals who have found success in their career fields.
The success stories included in the book come from such wide-ranging talents as comic book legend Stan Lee, True Blood actor Sam Trammell, movie critic Leonard Maltin, Regis and Kelly producer Michael Gelman, as well as a stunt woman, a puppeteer, a costume supervisor, and many more.
One thing we learned from this book is that Stan Lee considers himself a hustler.
Read an excerpt from the book >> Posted 08.19.11 by reelz