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Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) ****

Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson in Vicky Cristina Barcelona 
Like a fleeting love affair in a beautiful foreign country, Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona is probably best appreciated for what it is rather than analyzed for what it means. It’s a bit of a trifle to be sure, but a supremely engaging and entertaining one. More [...]

The wait is over: ‘Without a Paddle’ gets a sequel

Don’t even bother slowing down the car for this one. There’s nothing to see here. In a story about Paramount Home Video’s year-old direct-to-video arm, The Hollywood Reporter mentions principal photography has wrapped on a sequel to the 2004 crapfest Without a Paddle. That’s right, Without a Paddle: Nature’s Calling will be on video store shelves [...]

Film Noir Month: LiC meets MovieZeal in a dark alley

“It’s a wonderful situation because you’ve got it all, but you can’t put the fight on because you don’t have the money and there isn’t a man in all London who’ll let you have a shilling. You’ve got it all, but you’re a dead man Harry Fabian; a dead man.”
–Phil Nosseross in Night and the [...]