Newmark's Door

Gladiator is a fine movie, almost as good as Master and Commander, also starring Russell Crowe..

". . . we look at Margin Call’s script and see how the film changed from the script to the version seen in theaters." (9 minute video.)

Easy. Two lines: "I don't like to lose" and "Khaaaaaaaaaan!!"

I'm not "obsessed" but Master and Commander easily makes the top ten movies I've seen in the last 20 or 30 years. It's beautifully acted, written, and photographed. The leads are two people you can really root for. And it ends--it's not too difficult to write a movie's protagonist into an interesting jam, but it's much harder to write an interesting, satisfying way for him or her to get out--really well.

I enjoyed Clueless very much. (Thanks to Michael G. for the link.)

More: "Clueless: 10 Scenes That Live Rent Free In Every Fan's Head". (From another source I read that a key word in the "Cher Gives a Class Presentation" scene was a mispronunciation by Ms. Silverstone that the director found so endearing she kept in the movie.)

Quora discussion of a variety of movies.

I saw Soylent Green when it first came out. It's the last (non-TV) film Edward G. Robinson appeared in. It is a good movie and this short piece tries to relate how the movie relates to today.

A terrific movie, one I can't believe got made in Hollywood.

Musicals and westerns are way down. Horror and documentaries are up. Surely there's at least one Ph.D. thesis coming to explain this.

A detailed lament for the decline of funny movies. (Link via Marginal Revolution.)