Last night was relaxo night, so we decided to watch a couple of Zip movies.

Criminal (imdb | metacritic) wasn’t really high on my list of movies I had to watch, but sometimes Zip does that, you know? As much as I like Maggie Gyllenhaal, I’ve just never been convinced of John C. Reilly’s ability to carry a movie on his own. And I was right. The guy’s a good actor, but he can’t handle 80 minutes of lead camera time, especially when he has Diego Luna weighing him down. It made a stab at a big twist at the end, but it was pretty half-assed. Take a pass on this one.

I’d added Sex and Lucia (imdb | metacritic) to my list before my newly discovered love for Paz Vega, but it got bumped to the top of my list immediately after that. And I’m glad: it was very, very good. Coincidences fell into place so thick and fast that it seemed absurd at first, but in the end felt like a storybook. It was lush and rich. It wasn’t easy (but it wasn’t Mulholland Drive either) and it wasn’t subtle (you become desensitized to the nudity after a while), but it wove together the pieces a great story.