Okay, I realized the other day that I don't know the construction for the use of "Favorite". So I checked out lingvo, and this is what the query brought up:

. прил.; тж. favorite

1) излюбленный, любимый, наиболее предпочтительный

2) возлюбленный

So, my question is this: which is the appropriate use in the casual sense? I.E. My favorite movie is....

Thanks!

tdk