Daily Archives: December 12, 2025

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Wings Hauser Edition

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!

Today would have been the birthday of Wings Hauser.  It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Wings Hauser Films

Vice Squad (1982, dir by Gary Sherman, DP: John Alcott)

A Soldier’s Story (1984, dir by Norman Jewison, DP: Russell Boyd)

Tough Guys Don’t Dance (1987, dir by Norman Mailer, DP: Mike Moyer)

The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989, dir by Brian Trenchard-Smith, DP: Kevin Lind)

Live Tweet Alert: Join #FridayNightFlix for The Neverending Story!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in a few weekly watch parties.  On Twitter, I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday and I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday.  On Mastodon, I am one of the five hosts of #MondayActionMovie!  Every week, we get together.  We watch a movie.  We tweet our way through it.

Tonight, at 10 pm et, I will be hosting #FridayNightFlix and celebrating the event’s 5th birthday with an encore presentation!  The movie?  1984’s The Neverending Story!

If you want to join us this Friday, just hop onto twitter, find The Neverending Story on Prime, start the movie at 10 pm et, and use the #FridayNightFlix hashtag!  I’ll be there happily tweeting.  It’s a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy.

See you there!

Music Video of the Day: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Blake Lewis (2017, dir by ????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Blake Lewis totally should have won American Idol.  (I voted for him and cried when he lost!)  But at least he can still win our hearts with this interpretation of a classic Christmas carol!

Enjoy!