Time Magazine has compiled a montage of some of the greatest one liners in movies. Watch them here–

The King’s Speech is a wonderful film with brilliantly drawn Power of Conscience and Power of Idealism characters in constant tension and conflict.

Howard Suber argues there is no such thing as an “American” film any more.

Raindance, a wonderful screenwriting resource, has posted the 2011 Oscar nominated screenplays for both original screenplay and adapted screenplay. You can download them in PDF form from their website here. Also included are the 2010 nominees in another section of the site.

I watched Pixar’s A Bug’s Life last night was struck by the similarities in the story to what is happening in Egypt and all around the Middle East. The film is powerful statement of “there are more of us than there are of them.”

Eric Kohn gives an interesting take on the relative strengths and weakness of VOD and the fates of Natalie Portman’s “triple-assault” releases BLACK SWAN, NO STRINGS ATTACHED and THE OTHER WOMAN: