by Alica McKenna Johnson | Sep 9, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Black Books from BBC is my pick for the fifteenth Foreign Film Friday. This is a quirky show which takes place in a bookshop. The owner Bernard Black is drunk, rude, and will use a broom to shoo customers out of his shop just because he can. Next door his long time...
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 | Aug 26, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Lucky number thirteen is a French movie called Vampire Party. When one thinks of French movies you often get the stereotype of deep artsy angst driven drama. Well this move will blow that stereo type away. Three friends get invited to an exclusive party- they use...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 19, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Were are back to BBC Tele for review twelve. I LOVE Sherlock Holmes stories from the old Basil Rathbone to the new Robert Downey Jr.- I am also ashamed to admit I’ve never read the books but I do plan to. Anyway the BBC show Sherlock is an modern Sherlock Holmes...
by Alica McKenna Johnson | Aug 12, 2011 | Foreign Film Friday
Movie number eleven is another Bollywood! Om Shante Om Yeah dancing, singing, beautiful costumes, and in this one a murder which spans over two lifetimes! Shah Rukh Khan who I have mentioned before because I love him, he’s an amazing actor. Deepika Padukone is the...
