A parody of fame and supposedly a parody of Sunset Boulevard, Heat is easily the funniest of the Joe Dallesandro trilogy. Shot in the Morrissey way, it's all dialogue, all characters. Pat Ast is the most memorable as a very overweight motel owner. She, like all the characters, wants to sleep with Dallesandro and has many great lines of dialogue gargled out like muppet talk. And it's all improvised.

Somehow, Sylvia Miles (Oscar nominated for Midnight Cowboy) gets involved and…

This is film as entertainment! As terrifying, thrilling amusement park entertainment!

I laugh at the similarities between Aliens and The Descent 2. I scratch my head at Micheal Biehn and the similarities between Hicks and Reese from The Terminator. There's the whole 'time travelling thing.' But the closest thing Ripley has to sex is Hicks teaching her how to fire his gun. She's a tough bitch, but handles her own. There's an interesting dichotomy between Ripley and the men on…

"They'll be there 'til the day they die."

You don't find movies that are as well rounded as Brokeback Mountain everyday. Great script, great acting, GREAT cinematography, powerful score and very fine direction which captures the sparsity not only of the landscape but of the characters' lives. I found myself focusing too hard on the happenings, which is when I realized it's not a dense film. Nor does it need to be.

I think I've seen this movie differently every…

I really enjoyed this movie both times I've watched it. It's profound, yet very telling. It begins with shots of wildlife mixed in with stills from bank robberies. Animal Kingdom. It's a tragic title for the film, yet appropriate. It follows a crime family as they kill, and run from the police. They are a tight knit unit, headed by Jacki Weaver, who received her first Oscar nomination here. I really enjoy her performance, especially towards the end (when she…