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Over the last few years there’s been a lot of talk that the overall quality of films has been slipping from previous decades. And this seems born out by looking at lists like the American Film Institute’s “100 Years…100 Movies” of the greatest films of the last century. With the likes of Citizen Kane, The Godfather and Casablanca on that list makes the recent top grossing releases of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 look like relative trash in comparison.

And while the American Film Institute list might truly be a chronicle of 100 great movies, here’s a little secret about most other movies; they suck and have sucked since Hollywood first started making films.

Click to continue reading this column on why movies mostly suck.

Long before Andrew Garfield or Tobey Maguire ever went up the wall, Nicholas Hammond amazed young fans by leaping across the screen as the amazing Spider-Man.

via ‘Spider-Man’ flashback: Nicholas Hammond, reeling in the years | Hero Complex – movies, comics, fanboy fare – latimes.com.

“The Social Network” is a work of fiction, of course. But it’s based on a true story.This is that story.This is the story of how Saverin got so angry at Zuckerberg—how, from Saverin’s perspective, Zuckerberg screwed him out of a huge chunk of Facebook stock.

via How Mark Zuckerberg Booted His Co-Founder Out Of The Company – Business Insider.