by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jan 30, 2015 | Foreign Film Friday
This Chinese movie borders on the edge of being a sushi western. It’s a mix of Indiana Jones, awesomely bad Kung Fu movies, and Romancing the Stone. It was silly and campy, with over the top martial arts and a girl for the sole reason of having someone scream every...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Sep 5, 2014 | Foreign Film Friday
Yes, another French movie. My son wants to go to France, ASAP, and is continuing to study French during the summer. Anyway, this is a wonderful movie. The character growth of both the main actors is extraordinary. The basic plot: a wealthy paraplegic white man doesn’t...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Sep 5, 2014 | Foreign Film Friday
CUBAN FURY Nick Frost plays Bruce, a man hiding from himself and his passion, the dance of salsa. His co-worker Drew, Chris O’Dowd, is a jerk who goes after the new boss Julia, Rashida Jones. Will Bruce allow the fire of salsa to once again burn inside him? This is a...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 29, 2014 | Foreign Film Friday
District B13 and District 13: Ultimatum I begged my son to review these movies, but he sucks and never did, so it’s up to me. Intense action, parkour, martial arts, social issues, sexy men and women—add it together, and you have two great French action movies. These...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 22, 2014 | Foreign Film Friday
Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’sit Apparently France is not all coveted beauty, they have a NORTH. A place where bad employees are transferred to, a place with weird accents, unrecognizable slang words, and cold. And fortunately for us, it is a place of fun characters, beauty,...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 15, 2014 | Foreign Film Friday
This is a British movie about an awkward girl in a small village named Annie Mary (Rachel Griffiths). Her asshole father (Johnathan Pryce) made me want to kick him. As with most small town British movies and shows the town is filled with quirky characters. One of my...
