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 | 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 | 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 | Mar 16, 2012 | Foreign Film Friday
Wild Target Stars Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, Martin Freeman, and Rupert Everett. Oh, did you need more? Really? That cast and you just didn’t run out an get it? Odd that. Well okay. Bill Nighy plays a hitman who is devoted to his mother and extremely anal...
