I Love This Movie! (2007)

TV. Available only for instant viewing on Netflix, I Love This Movie! is a series of two-minute capsule presentations on 26 movie classics from the 1930s to the 1980s. I don't know who picked the movies but the selection (from classic to neonoir to postmodern adolescent) and presentation (pop glam with popcorn and a couch cushion) seem geared to teens: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Airport, All Quiet on the Western Front, American Graffiti, The Andromeda Strain, The Birds, The Breakfast Club, The Bride of Frankenstein, Cape Fear, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, Double Indemnity, Dracula, Duck Soup, Earthquake, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Harvey, Imitation of Life, The Jerk, MacArthur, Marnie, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Psycho, Rumble Fish, Slap Shot, The Sugarland Express, and Vertigo. The script, talent, editing, and production are all quite tight -- you could set your watch by the trivia question and answer snippets. Despite others' gripes, the hosts do a fine job (though they are absent from IMDB and, apparently, all of Google). At 2 minutes each, these movie capsules are like snacking on popcorn and better than a trailer. I'd never heard of Marnie before and I've also made plans to see Slap Shot and The Sugarland Express. 3 stars.