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Leonard Maltin on Why He's Retiring His Beloved Annual Movie Guides

It’s the end of an era for film buffs: Leonard Maltin, the critic whose movie guides have been a cineaste staple for more than forty years, has announced that the Leonard Maltin’s 2015 Movie Guide (to be released next month) will be his last. The news first appeared on a blog post Monday by film writer Joe Leydon, and was confirmed by Maltin to Yahoo Movies this morning. As Maltin told us, the reasoning behind his decision was disappointing, but simple: “It was no longer economically feasible