Y, en solamente nueve dias!
Qué bueno este mes celebrando a los latinos!
Además, más películas con perros y otros animales!
Muchas gracias, HBO On Demand, for this continuation of the HODFF!
As there are so many, and since I've kept notes along the way - much as I once did when I was a film critic for "Good Times" and Creative Loafing" - I shall copy those notes here, so I can carry on a bit more quickly with... well, with whatever else I'm going to do.
So, for starters, this festival carries on the day after the initial part.
In other words, the first film of HODFF 2 was on Monday, 13 September.
Shall we, then?
(smile!)
As before, the films had to be obtained by scanning the lists of movies on the HOD page and selecting those that were "free" as opposed to "free with subscription".
As many as I have viewed, kindly bear in mind that there are most likely at least that many more which are "free" and awaiting my eyes.
Some of those not yet viewed are ones I have seen before, such as "27 Dresses" or "Ford V Ferrari" or "The Chronicles Of Riddick".
Those can await another day, when I want something familiar.
The seventeen films viewed for this installment of HODFF were all new to me, so I had to pay attention and focus on the story at hand.
That's an important point: that need for focus.
That allowed each movie to take precedence over whatever might have distracted me around the house, such as viewing yet another rerun or game show or cooking show or whatnot and the same 'mercials which accompanied them.
With HODFF, there were zero commercials.
Zero.
Hallelujah!!!
And, just which movies were part of this line-up?
Well, buckle in, because here they are!
(sonrisa!)
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M 13 sept, after dinner with bfe
watched 'with' Boo
"Romance & Cigarettes" (2005)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_%26_Cigarettes
musical! written and directed by John Turturro
Susan Sarandon, James Gandolfini, Christopher Walken, Steve Buscemi
(yes, seen it before, but nice to know mi amiga was also watching it!)
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T 14 sept, wanting diversion after a day of finances
"Bangkok Dangerous" (2008)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok_Dangerous_(2008_film)
adventure with a hitman!
Nicholas Cage
he wanted to remake the 1999 original so much that his production co bought the rights
then he worked with the Pang brothers to do the remake of their film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voices
science fiction/horror category
(actually a black comedy/horror akin to last year's "Freaky")
mental illness gone astray - most def 'horror'
Ryan Reynolds wanted this so much that he auditioned by sending in his vocalizations
for EVERY animal that spoke to the main character - wow -
cool to see Gemma Arterton in a third movie (Summerland, How To Build A Girl)
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W 15 sept
another day of credit card analysis, then Shang-Chi w Carolyn
"Serving Sara" (2002)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serving_Sara
comedy-romance between a process server and the one being sued
Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Bruce Campbell as the husband suing for divorce
28yo Amy Adams as mistress, Cedric The Entertainer, Terry Crews
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R 16 sept
sales tax w Smitty, more credit card analysis
diversion needed!
"Si Yo Fuera Rico" (2018)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_yo_fuera_rico
foreign film, delightful and comedic turnaround of other - wife suing for divorce
then husband wins lottery... to share that info or not?
Loved hearing him sing & dance "If I Were A Rich Man" in Spanish!
"Greenland" (2020)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_(film)
end of the world, via comet
Gerard Butler tasked with saving his family from disaster
had been chosen for transport to safe haven, but turned away bc of son's diabetes
"Happily N'Ever After" (2007)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happily_N%27Ever_After
animated fairy tales gone awry by assts Mambo and Munk wanting some excitement
Cinderella, Jack and the beanstalk, Billy Goats Gruff (!)
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Cinderella
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F 17 sept
something dif't for brunch!
"Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White - Another Bite @ The Apple" (2008)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happily_N%27Ever_After_2:_Snow_White%E2%80%94Another_Bite_@_the_Apple
animated tale continues, crowdsourced
Mambo and Munk run amok again, allowing evil stepmom to take over -
poison apple causes rebellious teen Snow White to run her mouth into trouble!
she has Princess posse: Little Bo Peep, Red Riding Hood, and Goldilocks -
Holla Back girls! LOL
- then off to see "Sylvia" for some LIVE theatre
- not quite satisfactory, so more diversion needed
"Endings, Beginnings" (2020)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endings,_Beginnings
troubled sister quits her job, quits her bf, relocates and moves into sister's pool house -
meets 2 guys, separately, at the NYE party her sis threw, starts seeing both
finds out later they are best friends, and both leave her after she gets pregnant
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Sa 18 sept
- off to see matinee of "Dragons Love Tacos" - another dog! yeah!
"Bandits" (2001)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandits_(2001_film)
adventure/romance/comedy!
Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton as bank Robbers who fall for the same bored housewife -
and she falls for both of them and wants to keep them! LOL
"El Amor No Puede Esperar" (2019)
foreign film, romance-comedy
actress - Mónica Huarte - even sings during it! twice!!
smart video store owner's bday has come and she is still alone... but she knows one of her
regulars is secretly in love with her - and sets him up to confess his love!
title is nice play on "Heaven Can Wait", the film he came in to rent
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Su 19sept
after brunch and after setting up my next post about hobo movies...
and finding two mas peliculas para mi!
"La Boda De Rosa" (2020)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa%27s_Wedding
she's almost 45yo and her life is spent keeping company with her widowed dad, tending her brother's kids,
taking up the slack for her disorganized boss, cat-sitting for her best friend, and taking up her daughter's
financial slack - time for her to get married and make vows... to herself!
and why not re-open her mom's dress shop by the seaside, too?
beautiful!
"Weiner Dog Internationals" (2017)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3462880/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
more dogs!!! this time, in races (like they did on River Street!), with Shelly maybe out b/c the Dad has
chosen that day for him to propose to the kids' new mom - will Danny and Brigette still get her to the
races? Will big bro Skip help them? what about the evil Mrs. Merryweather and her little dog, too?
hahahahaha! Hahaha!
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W 15 sept
another day of credit card analysis, then Shang-Chi w Carolyn
"Serving Sara" (2002)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serving_Sara
comedy-romance between a process server and the one being sued
Matthew Perry, Elizabeth Hurley, Bruce Campbell as the husband suing for divorce
28yo Amy Adams as mistress, Cedric The Entertainer, Terry Crews
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R 16 sept
sales tax w Smitty, more credit card analysis
diversion needed!
"Si Yo Fuera Rico" (2018)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_yo_fuera_rico
foreign film, delightful and comedic turnaround of other - wife suing for divorce
then husband wins lottery... to share that info or not?
Loved hearing him sing & dance "If I Were A Rich Man" in Spanish!
"Greenland" (2020)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_(film)
end of the world, via comet
Gerard Butler tasked with saving his family from disaster
had been chosen for transport to safe haven, but turned away bc of son's diabetes
"Happily N'Ever After" (2007)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happily_N%27Ever_After
animated fairy tales gone awry by assts Mambo and Munk wanting some excitement
Cinderella, Jack and the beanstalk, Billy Goats Gruff (!)
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Cinderella
-----------
F 17 sept
something dif't for brunch!
"Happily N'Ever After 2: Snow White - Another Bite @ The Apple" (2008)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happily_N%27Ever_After_2:_Snow_White%E2%80%94Another_Bite_@_the_Apple
animated tale continues, crowdsourced
Mambo and Munk run amok again, allowing evil stepmom to take over -
poison apple causes rebellious teen Snow White to run her mouth into trouble!
she has Princess posse: Little Bo Peep, Red Riding Hood, and Goldilocks -
Holla Back girls! LOL
- then off to see "Sylvia" for some LIVE theatre
- not quite satisfactory, so more diversion needed
"Endings, Beginnings" (2020)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endings,_Beginnings
troubled sister quits her job, quits her bf, relocates and moves into sister's pool house -
meets 2 guys, separately, at the NYE party her sis threw, starts seeing both
finds out later they are best friends, and both leave her after she gets pregnant
---------------
Sa 18 sept
- off to see matinee of "Dragons Love Tacos" - another dog! yeah!
"Bandits" (2001)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandits_(2001_film)
adventure/romance/comedy!
Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton as bank Robbers who fall for the same bored housewife -
and she falls for both of them and wants to keep them! LOL
foreign film, romance-comedy
actress - Mónica Huarte - even sings during it! twice!!
smart video store owner's bday has come and she is still alone... but she knows one of her
regulars is secretly in love with her - and sets him up to confess his love!
title is nice play on "Heaven Can Wait", the film he came in to rent
-----------------
Su 19sept
after brunch and after setting up my next post about hobo movies...
and finding two mas peliculas para mi!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa%27s_Wedding
she's almost 45yo and her life is spent keeping company with her widowed dad, tending her brother's kids,
taking up the slack for her disorganized boss, cat-sitting for her best friend, and taking up her daughter's
financial slack - time for her to get married and make vows... to herself!
and why not re-open her mom's dress shop by the seaside, too?
beautiful!
"Weiner Dog Internationals" (2017)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3462880/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
more dogs!!! this time, in races (like they did on River Street!), with Shelly maybe out b/c the Dad has
chosen that day for him to propose to the kids' new mom - will Danny and Brigette still get her to the
races? Will big bro Skip help them? what about the evil Mrs. Merryweather and her little dog, too?
hahahahaha! Hahaha!
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M 20 sept
rain, rain, and more rain... and me with more movies to watch! Hooray!
Even at brunch!
"A Mouse Tale" (2015) originally "Rodencia Y El Diente De La Princesa"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mouse_Tale
animated update about lost teeth and fairies, and the mice who help out - like Sebastian, tasked with getting the 'white crystal' from under the pillow of 6-yo Monkey Butt - in exchange for a quarter, of course - back to the Kingdom of Mice before the Dark Rodent (and his army of rats, bats, and cats) takes over!
Good thing smart Sam is there to help him - she's the one who knows "light overcomes darkness"!
and all was a story Gpa Sebi was telling the grandkids in his treehouse castle - very nice!
"Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts" (2009)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dolittle:_Million_Dollar_Mutts
fun with more dogs, as well as a pig, horse, monkey, turtle, snake, bird, and cat! Norm Macdonald as Lucky, the dog who tells Maya to go to Hollywood in hopes of distracting her from 7 yrs away at vet school -
most fun for me were the jokes the animals told!
Lucky: "Lassie was always so beautiful. Guess she ever had any work done?"
Emmy: "Just a little collie-gen."
LOL!
"Firehouse Dog" (2007)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehouse_Dog
Rexxx, as Dewey, gets dropped from a plane, during a storm, on a film shoot - ends well, even with new owner, a 12-yo boy named Shane... and even helps save people for real and not just in a movie!
loved all the photos of the cast and crews' dogs during the credits -
almost made me want to get another dog, after all these years.
wow
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T 21 sept
late night, after a 7th viewing of "Free Guy"
"@buelos" (2019)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8092586/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
2 grandpas and a wanna-be gpa need something to occupy their idle hours, besides being free babysitters for their grandkids - why not open their own daycare center?
Ah, but that's a lot of work, just setting that up as it turns out!
no problem - never too old to learn new tricks, even when it comes to changing business plans that were thought to be solid -
rain, rain, and more rain... and me with more movies to watch! Hooray!
Even at brunch!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mouse_Tale
animated update about lost teeth and fairies, and the mice who help out - like Sebastian, tasked with getting the 'white crystal' from under the pillow of 6-yo Monkey Butt - in exchange for a quarter, of course - back to the Kingdom of Mice before the Dark Rodent (and his army of rats, bats, and cats) takes over!
Good thing smart Sam is there to help him - she's the one who knows "light overcomes darkness"!
and all was a story Gpa Sebi was telling the grandkids in his treehouse castle - very nice!
"Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts" (2009)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dolittle:_Million_Dollar_Mutts
fun with more dogs, as well as a pig, horse, monkey, turtle, snake, bird, and cat! Norm Macdonald as Lucky, the dog who tells Maya to go to Hollywood in hopes of distracting her from 7 yrs away at vet school -
most fun for me were the jokes the animals told!
Lucky: "Lassie was always so beautiful. Guess she ever had any work done?"
Emmy: "Just a little collie-gen."
LOL!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehouse_Dog
Rexxx, as Dewey, gets dropped from a plane, during a storm, on a film shoot - ends well, even with new owner, a 12-yo boy named Shane... and even helps save people for real and not just in a movie!
loved all the photos of the cast and crews' dogs during the credits -
almost made me want to get another dog, after all these years.
wow
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T 21 sept
late night, after a 7th viewing of "Free Guy"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8092586/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
2 grandpas and a wanna-be gpa need something to occupy their idle hours, besides being free babysitters for their grandkids - why not open their own daycare center?
Ah, but that's a lot of work, just setting that up as it turns out!
no problem - never too old to learn new tricks, even when it comes to changing business plans that were thought to be solid -
Just like I always told my students: education has no age limits!
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And, so, there it is: 17 films in 9 days, with my life events interspersed!
Shall I watch another movie tonight?
Doubtful.
Today was laundry day and checkbook-balancing day...
and I have yet to do the latter!
Later!
(smile!)
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