case for book and movie titles?

[upthera44.livejournal.com]

If you want to say that you've read a book or watched a movie, do you decline the title? For instance, is it: Сейчас я читаю "Бедных людей" Достоевского or Сейчас я читаю "Бедные люди" Достоевского? For movies, Вчера я посмотрел "Маленькую Веру" or Вчера я посмотрел "Маленькая Вера"?

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[oryx_and_crake]

( Why you NEVER EVER should use automatic translators (careful, contains obscene language) )

help in learning russian

[natashairaketa.livejournal.com]

hi, everyone, if you need a person in russia who can help you with language and culture learning, contact me. i live in moscow, speak english, czech, study french.

I hate to ask why, but why not?

[zhirafov-nyet.livejournal.com]

I know what the Russian spelling rules are, and I know where and when to use them, but I don't know why they are and whence they came. Could someone please explain the reasoning behind them (if it's possible)?

Cross-posted to a couple of other places.

ь

[phineus892.livejournal.com]

Is there a rule to tell whether the letter 'ь' should be in a word or not?
For example понравилься and понравился, оказаться and оказатся, etc.

Thanks.