All about movies

Since tomorrow is Friday -- movie premiere day -- this post is all about movies. So here goes:

First, here's a link to the movie timeline, a guide to history as reported in the movies.

Next, The Seattle Times recently published this discussion of cliché movie shortcuts that don't conform to reality.

And this site posted the Interactive Google Maps Guide to Ghostbusters, where you can check out every New York City location used in filming Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2.

Was George Lazenby the best James Bond? Slate thinks so.

You should also check out the Writers Guild of America's list of the 101 Best Screenplays, and the Guardian's choices for the 50 best book adaptations.

Because of Scary Movie 4, MTV decided to publish the rules for successful movie spoofs.

Speaking of horror movies, Newsweek opined on why horror movies are so popular, and what makes a good horror film. And in that regard, here's a list of the top ten guilty pleasure horror movies.

And finally, last week I posted about An Inconvenient Truth. The Post is writing about it, too. Others are just wondering about Al Gore's motivation -- including the Achenblog.