by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 17, 2012 | Foreign Film Friday
The Adventures of Prince Achmed was made in 1926, it is a silent movie created with handcut shadow pupptes- over 300,000 cuts were needed to create this movei. This just proves that I have no patience at all. I can’t imagine how much time and talent it took to make...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jun 29, 2012 | Foreign Film Friday
Several years ago I was caring for five teenage girls who kept squealing about how Twilight is the best vampire movie ever made. Once I was done crying my hubby and I decided to review as many vampire movies as we possibly could and put them on the web because we...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Mar 9, 2012 | Foreign Film Friday
Regular Guys is a movie from Germany about a cop, Christoph, having a truly hideous day. In true macho style he gets drunk and wakes up naked next to another equally naked gay man. Christoph doesn’t know what he’s done, is confused about who he is, and what he wants....
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Sep 2, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
I picked Enlightenment Guaranteed for my fourteenth Foreign Film Friday. Most of us have at one point or another sought enlightenment, greater spiritual understanding, and higher purpose. Some of through prayer and meditation, some through pot and sex, some through...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Jun 24, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
The fourth installment of Foreign Film Friday combines my love of foreign films with my love of vampire movies. Several years ago I was caring for five teenage girls who kept squealing about how Twilight is the best vampire movie ever made. Once I was done crying my...