by Alica McKenna Johnson | Nov 4, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Tempopo I’m not sure how to describe Tempopo- It’s a Japanese film. With an odd Western (as in wild west) feel to it. But it’s not a sushi western. The film really is about food. Yes, relationships develop and characters grow- a bit- some of them- but the focus of the...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 28, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
For my last Halloween horror movie fix I give you three new choices. High Lane is a French horror movie about a group of young adults who go mountain climbing and there is a psycho killer waiting for them. The views were beautiful- it was filmed in Croatia and if...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 21, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
I watched three movies this week to share with all of you. The first, Grimm, is a Dutch film the back cover led me to believe that it was a story about two adults trying to survive when they land in a fairy tale world- kind of an adult Hansel and Gretel. I have no...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 14, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
I have three very different horror movies for you to pick from today. I hope you find one you like, and make sure to tell me if you ever watch any of the movies I post here. I’d love to know if you enjoyed it. Kibakichi is a Japanese movie about demons and a...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Oct 7, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
It took me reading other people’s posts to realize that it’s October and people were doing Halloween themed blogs. So of course I had to join because there are some really great scary foreign films out there. I’ve already done: The Host and Dead...