by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 21, 2015 | Foreign Film Friday
So this was a super creepy movie, not foreign but I wanted to talk about it anyway. Great actors, well done, super creepy. It’s dark humor, but a bit too dark for me. If you like really dark, dark comedy and don’t mind a lot of cussing, and gory moments then you might...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jul 17, 2015 | Foreign Film Friday
I tried not to do spoilers, but just in case, this is your spoiler warning. Colin Firth as a bad ass in a suit. Samuel L Jackson as a bad guy with a lisp. And a sexy assassin with two prostatic legs which turn into swords. Of course I have...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jun 12, 2015 | Foreign Film Friday
Today’s foreign Film Friday is special. You get a whole movie! Thirty minutes of awesome to brighten your weekend. It is so bad, so very very bad. Also read the subtitles, they are important.
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jun 5, 2015 | Foreign Film Friday
Simon Pegg does a fabulous job as Hector, a psychiatrist who isn’t happy and isn’t making his patients happy. So he heads out into the world to search for happiness. And he finds it, for a moment. Then like most of us, he finds that it isn’t real, or it’s going to...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | May 29, 2015 | Foreign Film Friday
The blurb for this Spanish movie made it seem like it would be a silly fun ghost story. And it was, but it was also touching. A teacher is hired at a high school because of his ability to see and speak to ghosts who are causing trouble. It started out silly,...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | May 22, 2015 | Foreign Film Friday, Uncategorized
So a small Scottish village is being attacked by a sea monster and the only way to protect themselves is to be drunk. Um, yes please!!! This was a really fun movie. I recognized several actors. There were enough funny moments to balance the scary-ish...
