The AV Club should do a 1980s inventory. It would be more challenging and the results perhaps more interesting since the 1980s is further away in the cultural memory. As a decade, it's not really remembered for its films or film culture, but there are some half-forgotten gems that would worth bringing back into to the…

I think in Heat it works because he's supposed to be playing a tireless, manic cop. And he really plays the character in two ways. You have the real professional, who is actually pretty subtle, and you have the role he plays with criminals who he's milking for information (or his wife's lover). The character is the…

I think in Heat it works because he's supposed to be playing a tireless, manic cop. And he really plays the character in two ways. You have the real professional, who is actually pretty subtle, and you have the role he plays with criminals who he's milking for information (or his wife's lover). The character is the…

I always like to think of Carlito's Way as a kind of spiritual sequel of de Palma's Scarface. If Tony Montana was Puerto Rican, survived and accrued some wisdom in prison, he might of followed a similar trajectory. Scarface is about a young criminal rising fast, and Carlito's Way is about an old criminal trying to…

I always like to think of Carlito's Way as a kind of spiritual sequel of de Palma's Scarface. If Tony Montana was Puerto Rican, survived and accrued some wisdom in prison, he might of followed a similar trajectory. Scarface is about a young criminal rising fast, and Carlito's Way is about an old criminal trying to…

Yeah, I consider it to be one of the best crime/police films ever made. I would probably put it in the Top 50 Films of the last three decades. Another great crime film from the 1990s (though a flawed one) is "Donnie Brasco." It's highly underrated, and features a rather understated Pacino performance.

Yeah, I consider it to be one of the best crime/police films ever made. I would probably put it in the Top 50 Films of the last three decades. Another great crime film from the 1990s (though a flawed one) is "Donnie Brasco." It's highly underrated, and features a rather understated Pacino performance.

I just want to say that Against all Odds is one of my favorite films. Not a great film by any stretch, but a completely awesome time capsule. RIP Alex Karras.

I just want to say that Against all Odds is one of my favorite films. Not a great film by any stretch, but a completely awesome time capsule. RIP Alex Karras.

One could snipe about the ranking of these films, but I don't have a problem with that (my ranking would be a lot different, but the films are all good). My beef is the lack of "Heat." I agree with others here that "Heat" is way better than "Carlitos Way," which is a compelling by fairly uneven, excessive and…

One could snipe about the ranking of these films, but I don't have a problem with that (my ranking would be a lot different, but the films are all good). My beef is the lack of "Heat." I agree with others here that "Heat" is way better than "Carlitos Way," which is a compelling by fairly uneven, excessive and…

God hates us all bro, God hates us all.

God hates us all bro, God hates us all.

Hell, one of the tracks is a djent metal song.

Hell, one of the tracks is a djent metal song.

I think it's important to place the US economy within the larger global context when making these kinds of arguments. Traditionally male-dominated industries are in decline in the US because it's moved in a post-industrial service-based direction. It's not that the old industrial jobs no longer exist, they've just…

I think it's important to place the US economy within the larger global context when making these kinds of arguments. Traditionally male-dominated industries are in decline in the US because it's moved in a post-industrial service-based direction. It's not that the old industrial jobs no longer exist, they've just…

Poor Ron Howard was completely forgotten in the Willow production.

Poor Ron Howard was completely forgotten in the Willow production.

So basically they hate their best movie. That's just sad.