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...
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 | 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 | 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...
