by Alica McKenna Johnson | May 11, 2012 | Foreign Film Friday
Were the World Mine is a sweet indie movie, about a young gay boy living in a small town. He is picked on and shunned by most of the boys in his all-boys school. Then Shakespeare comes along. The senior play is A Midsummer’s Nights Dream and magic happens. *girly...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | May 4, 2012 | Foreign Film Friday
I am re-posting this because 1- I have a lot more friends now *waves to you all* and 2- Season Two of Sherlock starts Sunday night on PBS!!!!!! I am so excited. I LOVE Sherlock Holmes stories from the old Basil Rathbone to the new Robert Downey Jr.- I am also ashamed...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Apr 27, 2012 | Foreign Film Friday
So this high school Japanese girl has managed to become a great marital artist, yet in all of her training has missed the spiritual lessons of Karate. Anyway her teacher refuses to give her a black belt. In her desire to prove her strength, she makes a stupid (she is...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Apr 20, 2012 | Foreign Film Friday
So these two comedians/impressionists travel through Northern England to review restaurants. For me this movie was a bit low on the food porn in spite of the fact that eating was a major part of the story. It was fun and the country side beautiful, but I didn’t get...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Apr 13, 2012 | Foreign Film Friday
So here we have a British comedy with Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Jessica Hynes, Tim Curry, and this cast list alone should make you run out and get this movie. It’s a dark comedy about the Edinburgh medical school’s need for bodies in the early 1900’s. Two men...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Apr 6, 2012 | Foreign Film Friday
So if you like odd, cheesy, Chinese movies, you might enjoy this one. It made me laugh at times. Dr. Donkey Wong *snickers* and some parts were interesting with nicely done fight scenes. I won’t watch it again, but I don’t feel like I was wasting my time. This is one...