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John William Tuohy lives in Washington DC

Films I watched recently



Dracula: Are you watching Dracula on Net flicks? You should be because its really, really good entertainment. This three-part brilliant series is a clever, intelligent, and well written adaption of Stroker’s Dracula. The photography is occasionally sparkling and inventive, adding to the programs excellence.  The program includes one moronic American, a now standard staple in British program because it makes the English forget that they now have all the internal importance of say, Bolivia, in a bad year. Anyway, the series follows Dracula from his origins in Eastern Europe (Hungary)  to his battles with a clever nun named Van Helsing's and her equally clever descendants but what I found interesting is that the series finally explains why Dracula is a such problem child to begin with.



The Kindness of Stranger: Here’s the key to selling a drama in Hollywood; the human race must be shown in the worst light possible. The script should be mean spirited and all good things on earth should be drowned in contempt. But somehow, this gentle film had it through and we loved it. Yet the critics hated it, but that’s not surprising is it?  These are the same people who thought “Gladiator” should win an academy award.  The kindness of stranger, as an orphan I can tell you its real, is a good idea for a film and showing the decency of humanity never hurts.


Gentefied: Speaking if a little humanity never harming anyone, someone should mention that to the racist who writes this program. In the first episode there are three mentions of “whites” all used in contempt. That’s a shame, there could have been a story to tell with this series.  Gentefied follows the story of three Mexican-American cousins and their struggle to chase the American Dream, even while that same dream threatens the things they hold most dear: their neighborhood, their immigrant grandfather and the family taco shop"



Life as we know it. This is a God awful movie. The plot can be summed up in the first ten minutes and the script is so, so, so bad.



The two Killings of Sam Cooke. I am a diehard Sam Cooke fan. The man was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. If you don’t know any thing about his music, about the man or the odd circumstances around his death, this documentary is definitely worth watching.



Giri/Haji (English: Duty/Shame) I loved it and highly recommend it. Available on Netflicks.   The series is highly stylized, photographed wonderfully, the writing is complex and well timed.
Kenzo Mori (Takehiro Hira), a Tokyo detective, travels to London in search of his brother Yuto (Yƍsuke Kubozuka), who was previously assumed to have been dead. Yuto has been accused of murdering the nephew of a Yakuza member which, as a result, threatens to start a gang war back in Tokyo.
As Kenzo attempts to navigate the unfamiliar territory of London to uncover whether his brother is indeed alive and guilty, he becomes acquainted with DC Sarah Weitzmann (Kelly Macdonald) of the Metropolitan Police and Rodney Yamaguchi (Will Sharpe), a young half-Japanese, half-British sex worker. While searching for his brother Yuto in London, Kenzo must also keep his family together back home in Tokyo. However, Kenzo's investigation brings him into contact with dangerous elements of London's corrupt criminal underworld.


Spenser Confidential: Available on Netflicks. This a great film to watch when your too tired to get involved with a good film. Set in Boston in the present day, everybody gets beat up and shot and swears a lot. That’s pretty much all you need to know.


Frank & Lola: Available on Netflicks. One hell of a cast. This is a ….sort of love story, I suppose written around male obsession and domination. Its part drama and psychosexual thriller. There were a few gaping holes in the story. As an example, Frank, the leading man, mentions to Lola, the leading lady, that he lived on so and so Street in Paris.  Lola says “Yeah I live don that street too” …and that’s it. I mean, someone else would have asked “Yeah? What address?” or something.
I also couldn’t relate, even remotely to the Frank. Taciturn is a good word to use here. I emote. Frank emotes but silently, I suppose.  Also I thought that the main actors weren’t paired well (Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots) She’s perky  hap, hap, happy! And he’s brooding.