I had found out late last Tuesday that comcast was offering a plethora of free flicks on the premium channels On Demand and I thought to myself: why not a film festival with a single selection from each of the participating channels?
Why not, indeed!
And thus began the March Madness Movie Mania!
Woohoo!
And just how did I select the movies which were viewed?
All they had to do was 1) appeal to my curiosity, and 2) be new to me.
Amazing how easily those two parameters were satisfied!
MMMM ended on Monday night, so I'm a little late posting this... but that's okay, right?
Right!
Jolly well right, as Supertramp would say!
So, buckle up and hang on tight... here it comes!
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March Madness Movie Mania
epix On Demand:
"A Matter Of Time" (1976)
30-year-old Liza Minelli as a young woman who comes to Rome as a maid at a hotel, but ends up befriending an aging countess (61-year-old Ingrid Bergman) who fuels her imagination and aspirations!
starz On Demand:
30-year-old Liza Minelli as a young woman who comes to Rome as a maid at a hotel, but ends up befriending an aging countess (61-year-old Ingrid Bergman) who fuels her imagination and aspirations!
starz On Demand:
"10 Items Or Less" (2006)
69-year-old Morgan Freeman as himself, researching an upcoming role as a big-store manager by hanging out in one with the only store clerk (30-year-old Paz Vega) who has a clue how to do their job - nice cameos by Jonah Hill, Bill Parsons, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, Kumar Pallana, and Bobby Cannavale.
Savannah JEA: "Schönes Schlamassel" (2020) aka "Nice Mess" aka "Love And Mazel Tov"
Anne only dates Jewish men and was working on Tobias, but she brought Laura to the double-date and he brought Daniel and the couples got switched up; that left shiksa Anne with Daniel, who was Catholic but pretended to be Jewish to please her... and it worked! But then she gets pregnant and he decides to come clean - ah, young romance!
TCT Ch 15:
69-year-old Morgan Freeman as himself, researching an upcoming role as a big-store manager by hanging out in one with the only store clerk (30-year-old Paz Vega) who has a clue how to do their job - nice cameos by Jonah Hill, Bill Parsons, Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, Kumar Pallana, and Bobby Cannavale.
Savannah JEA: "Schönes Schlamassel" (2020) aka "Nice Mess" aka "Love And Mazel Tov"
Anne only dates Jewish men and was working on Tobias, but she brought Laura to the double-date and he brought Daniel and the couples got switched up; that left shiksa Anne with Daniel, who was Catholic but pretended to be Jewish to please her... and it worked! But then she gets pregnant and he decides to come clean - ah, young romance!
TCT Ch 15:
"Ruling Of The Heart" (2018)
A judge having a bad day proceeds to be harsh to those in his courtroom... then finds himself stranded by a snowstorm, trapped in a diner with two of those whose cases he'd ruled on.
Pretty good psychological study about not judging books by their covers.
cinemax On Demand:
"Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World" (2012)
50-year-old Steve Carrell and 27-year-old Keira Knightley, neighbors in an apartment complex, find Asteroid Miranda due to end all life on Earth... but not before they can set right some parts of their lives that went amiss.
50-year-old Steve Carrell and 27-year-old Keira Knightley, neighbors in an apartment complex, find Asteroid Miranda due to end all life on Earth... but not before they can set right some parts of their lives that went amiss.
Quite a charming movie... and I'm not usually a fan of his work!
Plus, cameos by Rob Corddry, William Petersen, Martin Sheen, Adam Brody... nice.
showtime On Demand:
showtime On Demand:
"23 Walks" (2020)
Dave Johns and 74-year-old Alison Steadman, with their respective dogs Tilley and Henry, meet while walking their dogs in an English park.
Dave Johns and 74-year-old Alison Steadman, with their respective dogs Tilley and Henry, meet while walking their dogs in an English park.
There follows a period of friendship, as they meet by happenstance or on purpose over the next weeks and months.
Quite a realistic picture of older folks learning love and trust and romance.
Cinema Savannah @ Savannah Cultural Arts Center:
"Lunana: A Yak In The Classroom" (2019)
And the beast's name was Norfu.
And the beast's name was Norfu.
Seriously, this tiny little town of about 60 people, located six-days' worth of walking up a mountain in the country of Bhutan, quite literally had a yak in the one-room school.
The young man tasked by the Bhutan government - in its goal of Gross National Happiness - seriously - was in his last year of duty, and this was his last post.
Then he would be free to go to Australia and be a singer!
But, first, he had to teach in this tiny, tiny town.
Uplifting story about the value of teachers!
up faith & family On Demand:
"Mystery Woman: Sing Me A Murder" (2004) s1e4
Bookstore owner Kellie Martin solves another murder, with the aid of Philby (Clarence Williams III), her man Friday and one-time G-man, in the Hallmark series.
This time, the three members of a band she loved in college, Bacon Donuts, have come to town for a charity concert, but their manager gets killed.
Bookstore owner Kellie Martin solves another murder, with the aid of Philby (Clarence Williams III), her man Friday and one-time G-man, in the Hallmark series.
This time, the three members of a band she loved in college, Bacon Donuts, have come to town for a charity concert, but their manager gets killed.
Which of them did it? Or was it someone else?
here tv On Demand:
here tv On Demand:
"The 10 Year Plan" (2014)
Ah, such a sad thing that so much sweet manflesh is reserved for other men!
Myles and Brody have been friends for a while, but when Myles finds himself dumped on his 25th birthday, they make a pact to marry each other in ten years if they are not already otherwise spoken for.
Ah, such a sad thing that so much sweet manflesh is reserved for other men!
Myles and Brody have been friends for a while, but when Myles finds himself dumped on his 25th birthday, they make a pact to marry each other in ten years if they are not already otherwise spoken for.
Predictable, but still lots of fun... and lots of bare chests and butts!
pfs via youTube:
pfs via youTube:
"Bone: A Bad Day In Beverly Hills" (1972)
32-year-old Yaphet Kotto as a man who preys on the rich - but this time he finds that Bill and Bernadette, the ones in the biggest mansion, are drowning in debt - plastic rich, cash poor - what's a thief to do?
32-year-old Yaphet Kotto as a man who preys on the rich - but this time he finds that Bill and Bernadette, the ones in the biggest mansion, are drowning in debt - plastic rich, cash poor - what's a thief to do?
"Catch That Kid" (2004)
14-year-old Kristen Stewart and two rivals for her affections set out to rob a bank... but only need $250,000 for her dad's surgery - wall climbing, go-kart racing, and bank robbery - what's not to like?
lifetime movie club On Demand:
14-year-old Kristen Stewart and two rivals for her affections set out to rob a bank... but only need $250,000 for her dad's surgery - wall climbing, go-kart racing, and bank robbery - what's not to like?
"The Last Of Robin Hood" (2013)
How could I possibly resist a sword-fighting Kevin Kline?
And what a fine figure he cut as 40-something Errol Flynn, even at 66 years old (the actor's real age at the time)!
How could I possibly resist a sword-fighting Kevin Kline?
And what a fine figure he cut as 40-something Errol Flynn, even at 66 years old (the actor's real age at the time)!
This one scene, with him dancing around nude, rose between his lips, hat over his cock, is well worth it!
No wonder teenager Beverly Aadland (19-year-old Dakota Fanning) fell for his advances, and her mom (67-year-old Susan Sarandon) overlooked the hanky-panky going on.
up tv:
No wonder teenager Beverly Aadland (19-year-old Dakota Fanning) fell for his advances, and her mom (67-year-old Susan Sarandon) overlooked the hanky-panky going on.
up tv:
"The Song To My Heart" (2022)
Bonnie has turned her grandmother's seed store into a tea cafe, while preserving and updating her dad's recording studio in the back.
Enter Ryder, trying to break his writer's block and looking to her dad to help... but finding out that it was the mom who wrote the lyrics to his famous tunes, and that Bonnie, with her poetry, has her mom's gift with words.
Bonnie has turned her grandmother's seed store into a tea cafe, while preserving and updating her dad's recording studio in the back.
Enter Ryder, trying to break his writer's block and looking to her dad to help... but finding out that it was the mom who wrote the lyrics to his famous tunes, and that Bonnie, with her poetry, has her mom's gift with words.
Yes, it's predictable, but it's pretty sweet, too.
hbo On Demand:
"Fay Grim" (2006)
I had not known, but this was "the rest of the story", as Paul Harvey would say.
I had not known, but this was "the rest of the story", as Paul Harvey would say.
Fay is still kinda sorta married to Henry Fool, but he's been gone for almost a decade, having deserted her and their son.
However, the son has recently received a toy viewer that has him expelled from school, as the image inside is of an orgy in progress - say what?
Up pops the CIA agent (Jeff Goldblum, only name I knew), wanting Fay to help them retrieve two volumes of the 8-volume book of confessions written by Henry Fool, and now possessed by the French government.
Very interesting movie! Maybe I'll find the first one some time!
hbo On Demand:
hbo On Demand:
I do so love, love, love this movie!
How delightful to have spotted it by happenstance Sunday night, so I could wake up with its loveliness to accompany my breakfast on Monday!
Hooray!!!
here On Demand:
here On Demand:
"Out West" (2012)
Think "Legally Blonde", but set in cattle country and with lots of sex by all players!
Think "Legally Blonde", but set in cattle country and with lots of sex by all players!
Lots of references to "The Wizard Of Oz", too, including a pair of ruby red stilletos!
UP family & faith On Demand:
"Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery" (2006)
Aired almost exactly 16 years ago, on a March 18 evening; I saw it on March 14.
I had very nearly watched "Free Guy" again, but I do enjoy these Hallmark movies.
Aired almost exactly 16 years ago, on a March 18 evening; I saw it on March 14.
I had very nearly watched "Free Guy" again, but I do enjoy these Hallmark movies.
This time, the Red River Rodeo was in town for its annual show, and everyone was having fun... until someone got shot for real and died.
Very nice follow-up to the previous western!
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More of me waxing rhapsodic about "Free Guy" and the romance:
https://hindsightvisionfromtheocean.blogspot.com/2021/09/i-want-that-still.html
If I ever get a theater room in the house, I can guarantee I'll be watching that one weekly.
Guar-an-tee!
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