Yes, I have had STARZ in my eyes ever since Veterans Day!
That's when I watched the first of the free movies in this "STARZ in my eyes" Film Festival, given to me by Comcast!
By the time I finished the last one an hour ago - which coincided with the witching hour when the STARZ went out - I'd seen eleven.
Nice little reference to Veterans Day, n'est-ce pas?
Right place, right time!
Let's start with that first choice, shall we?
"Novocaine" (2001) had nothing to do with the same-named movie that I watched at the cinema earlier this year.
Here, Steve Martin is a dentist who has sex with a patient (Helena Bonham Carter) who is a drug addict and thief.
Laura Dern is his girlfriend/Dental hygienist.
Here, Steve Martin is a dentist who has sex with a patient (Helena Bonham Carter) who is a drug addict and thief.
Laura Dern is his girlfriend/Dental hygienist.
The real action comes when the feds arrive to audit his controlled substances that should be in the safe in his office!
Lots of fun, of course!
Lots of fun, of course!
"Summoning Sylvia" (2023) starts with the premise that 3 gay friends set up a bachelor party for Larry at a haunted house.
One even brings a book to bring forth the ghost of the murdering woman and the son she killed right there at the house, many years ago.
Amazingly, the seance works at same time that Larry's straight, military, homophobic brother-in-law to be shows up, on a dark and stormy night!
Amazingly, the seance works at same time that Larry's straight, military, homophobic brother-in-law to be shows up, on a dark and stormy night!
Honestly, much better than it could have been!
Nice drag show at the end!
Nice drag show at the end!
I followed that up with "Walk Of Shame", (2014), starring Elizabeth Banks as a woman looking to be a news anchor, then having a series of unfortunate events.
That started with borrowing that neon-yellow, skintight dress before going out and getting drunk after she loses the job...
so drunk that she goes home with a stranger (James Marsden) to his place in an unfamiliar part of Los Angeles...
then finds her car has been towed, with her purse and ID in it...
and she has to make her way back to the studio for a second chance at the job.
Nice to see Willie Garson in this, too!
"Welcome To Acapulco" (2019) was a clever, fast-paced action flick - yes!
'Matt' is a video game designer who's supposed to fly to Albuquerque, NM, to make a pitch at a nerd conference.
Instead, his friend 'Tony Wood' gets him drunk and has him flying in to Acapulco, Mexico, where folks there think he has a 'package' that they want.
Good thing a CIA agent is there to save him... and become his gf too!
Michael Madsen as a bounty hunter, Paul Sorvino as a corrupt Senator, and a familiar face: William Baldwin as another CIA agent!
Instead, his friend 'Tony Wood' gets him drunk and has him flying in to Acapulco, Mexico, where folks there think he has a 'package' that they want.
Good thing a CIA agent is there to save him... and become his gf too!
Michael Madsen as a bounty hunter, Paul Sorvino as a corrupt Senator, and a familiar face: William Baldwin as another CIA agent!
I really liked that one.
The next one, "Ace & The Christmas Miracle" (2021), had some poor acting and a weak story, but was still a fun holiday-themed movie.
Jon Lovitz is 'Ace', a horse that only 'Tony' the bug exterminator can hear.
The problem is 'Tony' is a gambler looking for that one big score -
and the horse belongs to a 10-year-old boy's divorced dad, who wants to take the boy from his mom who is a struggling bartender.
With the Christmas Derby coming, can Tony help them?
Jon Lovitz is 'Ace', a horse that only 'Tony' the bug exterminator can hear.
The problem is 'Tony' is a gambler looking for that one big score -
and the horse belongs to a 10-year-old boy's divorced dad, who wants to take the boy from his mom who is a struggling bartender.
With the Christmas Derby coming, can Tony help them?
Like I said, it's a weak story, but still fun.
"Before I Fall" (2017) started with the narrator saying "most people have tomorrow, but I have only today."
Zoey Deutcsh is 'Sam', a 17-year-old having to relive Valentine's Day over and over, dying at the end of it and waking up just to have to go at it again.
That made it kinda sorta like "Groundhog Day", with her first trying to make better choices, then just being a jerk...
then choosing to be kind and make it the best day for others...
including a loner named Juliette who wants to kill herself.
Really a good movie!
Zoey Deutcsh is 'Sam', a 17-year-old having to relive Valentine's Day over and over, dying at the end of it and waking up just to have to go at it again.
That made it kinda sorta like "Groundhog Day", with her first trying to make better choices, then just being a jerk...
then choosing to be kind and make it the best day for others...
including a loner named Juliette who wants to kill herself.
Really a good movie!
And I really loved "Thunderbirds"!
In the 2004 movie, Bill Paxton is the dad of the Tracy family, known as "International Rescue", aka the Thunderbirds, the ones to call when the world is in danger.
Allen is the youngest, still in school, so he hasn't been part of the world-saving that's been going on.
Anthony Edwards is the stuttering tech head for the group, and his son hasn't yet played a big role, either.
They get their chance when 'Hood' (Ben Kingsley) sets up a trap that threatens the lives of the Tracy clan.
Can the kids save them in time?
Really good!
Allen is the youngest, still in school, so he hasn't been part of the world-saving that's been going on.
Anthony Edwards is the stuttering tech head for the group, and his son hasn't yet played a big role, either.
They get their chance when 'Hood' (Ben Kingsley) sets up a trap that threatens the lives of the Tracy clan.
Can the kids save them in time?
Really good!
"Smokin' Aces" (2007) attracted me to this one by the pun in the title!
See, Jeremy Piven is 'Buddy "Aces" Israel', a Las Vegas comedian and magician who has been working with the mob and now has a price on his head by those very same people.
Get it? Smoking' Aces? Hahahaha!
Ryan Reynolds and Ray Liotta as FBI men tasked with finding him and keeping him safe so he can testify against the mobsters.
Alicia Keys is an assasin after the bounty for Aces' death!
Ben Affleck is a bounty hunter hired by the bail bondsman (Jason Bateman), out to get Aces for leaving Vegas and running off to Tahoe!
Totally excellent movie with fabulous ending!
Then there was "Sexy Evil Genius", a 2013 film that missed Savannah.
See, Jeremy Piven is 'Buddy "Aces" Israel', a Las Vegas comedian and magician who has been working with the mob and now has a price on his head by those very same people.
Get it? Smoking' Aces? Hahahaha!
Ryan Reynolds and Ray Liotta as FBI men tasked with finding him and keeping him safe so he can testify against the mobsters.
Alicia Keys is an assasin after the bounty for Aces' death!
Ben Affleck is a bounty hunter hired by the bail bondsman (Jason Bateman), out to get Aces for leaving Vegas and running off to Tahoe!
Totally excellent movie with fabulous ending!
Then there was "Sexy Evil Genius", a 2013 film that missed Savannah.
Three people - Miranda, Martin, and Zachary (Seth Green) who don't know each other are summoned to a bar by Miranda, an ex-lover of each, and they all go!
Miranda is a lesbian ex-junkie, Martin is a jazz musician, and Zachary is the boyfriend she dumped after high school.
And why did she summon them?
So they could meet her new boyfriend, 'Bert' (William Baldwin), who is also the criminal lawyer who defended her in a murder case for killing her stalker (Anthony Michael Hall).
Say what???
Lots of twists and hidden agendas and surprisingly good!
Miranda is a lesbian ex-junkie, Martin is a jazz musician, and Zachary is the boyfriend she dumped after high school.
And why did she summon them?
So they could meet her new boyfriend, 'Bert' (William Baldwin), who is also the criminal lawyer who defended her in a murder case for killing her stalker (Anthony Michael Hall).
Say what???
Lots of twists and hidden agendas and surprisingly good!
Yes, indeed, these took me from the world of fashion depicted in "Phat Girlz" to the world of porn to "Meet Monica Velour" - woohoo!
In the 2006 movie, "Pretty Hot And Tasty" 'Jazmin' (Mo'Nique) has fashion designs she's sure will change the world, but she can't get a meeting with the boss (Eric Roberts) of the clothing store she works in.
She wins a trip to Palm Springs and goes with her bestie and her cousin and they find three wealthy Nigerian doctors there for a conference who go gaga over the voluptuous bodies of her and her bestie and it looks like love is hers at last!
Then a misunderstanding sends her and her girls back to LA to sulk.
But she meets with her boss and he helps launch her fashions as "Thick Madame", what the Nigerian had called her.
Really a good flick about accepting yourself as you are!
She wins a trip to Palm Springs and goes with her bestie and her cousin and they find three wealthy Nigerian doctors there for a conference who go gaga over the voluptuous bodies of her and her bestie and it looks like love is hers at last!
Then a misunderstanding sends her and her girls back to LA to sulk.
But she meets with her boss and he helps launch her fashions as "Thick Madame", what the Nigerian had called her.
Really a good flick about accepting yourself as you are!
Then there's the other movie, which is from 2010.
Kim Cattrall had been the queen of porn two decades ago, starring in hundreds, like "Pork And Mindy" and "Frankenbooty" as well as a "Star Wars" ripoff, "Long Journey Into Kate".
That's the favorite 'Monica Velour' movie for 'Toby', newly graduated teen kid who drives the Weenie mobile and lives with his grandpa (Brian Dennehy) and thinks of the girl next door when he's not watching porn and dreaming of 'Monica'.
'Toby' wants a change so he puts the Weenie mobile up for sale and has a buyer in Indiana... where 'Monica' is having an appearance!
So off he goes on an adventure, getting some money and getting to spend time with the woman of his dreams!
That's the favorite 'Monica Velour' movie for 'Toby', newly graduated teen kid who drives the Weenie mobile and lives with his grandpa (Brian Dennehy) and thinks of the girl next door when he's not watching porn and dreaming of 'Monica'.
'Toby' wants a change so he puts the Weenie mobile up for sale and has a buyer in Indiana... where 'Monica' is having an appearance!
So off he goes on an adventure, getting some money and getting to spend time with the woman of his dreams!
I totally enjoyed it!
So very nice to have found eleven movies that were all new to me!
(smile!)
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