Today’s song of the day is the oddly cheery theme music of 1975’s Trip With The Teacher. Composed by Igo Kantor, this music may be inappropriate for a film about a teacher and four students who are kidnapped by a sociopath with narcolepsy but I defy you to get it out of your head!
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Scene that I Love: Yojimbo
The great filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa, was born 116 years ago today, in Tokyo. Kurosawa would go on to become one of the most influential directors of all time, making 30 films over a career that lasted 57 years. Though Kurosawa is often cited as an influence on westerns (Seven Samurai became The Magnificent Seven, Yojimbo inspired Serigo Leone to create The Man With No Name), Kurosawa’s influence goes for beyond just one genre. He directed action films. He directed gangster films. He directed social problem films. He directed historical epics. Kurosawa taught an entire generation of future film film directors the language of cinema.
In honor of the anniversary of Akira Kurosawa’s birth, here is a scene that we all love from his 1961 masterpiece, Yojimbo. Playing the lead role of the lone swordsman is, of course, Kurosawa’s frequent star, Toshiro Mifune.
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Akira Kurosawa Edition
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More 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, the Shattered Lens honors both the birth and the legacy of the great filmmaker, Akira Kurosawa! It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Akira Kurosawa Films
Monday Live Tweet Alert: Join Us for Slaughter in San Francisco!
As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in hosting a few weekly live tweets on twitter and occasionally Mastodon. I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of Mastodon’s #MondayActionMovie! Every week, we get together. We watch a movie. We snark our way through it.
Tonight, for #MondayActionMovie, the film will be Slaughter in San Francisco!
If you want to join this watch party, just hop onto Mastodon, pull up Slaughter in San Francisco on YouTube, start the movie at 8 pm et, and use the #MondayActionMovie hashtag!
Enjoy!
Music Video of the Day: Don’t Let Me Be The Last To Know by Britney Spears (2001, dir by Herb Ritts)
It’s Britney on the beach! This video was controversial when it was first released. It seems rather tame now.
This video was directed by photographer Herb Ritts and Britney’s boyfriend was played by French model Brice Durand. Supposedly, neither Justin Timberlake nor Lynne Spears were happy with this video. Lynne felt it was too explicit and Justin apparently had an issue with Britney kissing another guy, even though Britney was just acting, it was just for the music video, and it’s not as if Justin wasn’t messing around behind Britney’s back.
Enjoy!
Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 3/16/26 — 3/22/26
Rest in Peace, Chuck Norris.
Films I Watched:
- Color of Night (1994)
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
- Evil Nanny (2016)
- Fear City (1984)
- Fire Maiden From Outer Space (1956)
- Firewalker (1986)
- Hard Ticket To Hawaii (1987)
- Mortal Thoughts (1991)
- Once Upon A Time In Venice (2017)
- Out of Death (2021)
- Resident Evil (2002)
- Setup (2011)
- The Siege (1998)
- 10 to Midnight (1983)
- Used Cars (1980)
- 1st & Ten
- CHiPs
- The Love Boat
- Miami Vice
- Pacific Blue
- Radio 1990
- Saved By The Bell: The New Class
Books I Read:
- Out of the Woods (2025) by Gregg Olsen
Live Tweets:
News From Last Week:
- Chuck Norris Dies At 86
- Art Critic Calvin Tomkins Dies At 100
- Nicholas Brendon Dies At 54
- Director Jamie Blanks Dies At 54
- Actor Matt Clark Dies At 89
- Oscars Ratings Hit 17.9 Million Viewers, Down 9% From Last Year and Lowest Since 2022
- The Latest Season Of The Bachelorette Has Been Canceled
- Champagne socialists in Cuba stage concert, stay in 5-star hotel as country plunges into nationwide blackout
- Afroman Wins Civil Trial Over Use of Police Raid Footage in His Music Videos
- Box Office: ‘Project Hail Mary’ blasts off with $80.5 million, a best for Amazon MGM, and the year
Links From Last Week:
Links From The Site:
- Arleigh reviewed Project Hail Mary, Made In Abyss, Interspecies Reviewers, and Dune Part One! Arleigh reviewed episodes 4, 5, 6, and 7 of One Piece: Into The Grand Line! He shared a song from Led Zeppelin!
- Brad wrote about Soldier and Chuck Norris!
- Erin reviewed Look Who’s Talking and The Whole Nine Yards!
- Erin shared Too Many Girls, St. Patrick Bishop of Ireland, Nurse On The Beach, Die Hard, Johnny Havoc, Invasion USA, and Amazing Stories! She also wished all of you a happy St. Patrick’s Day!
- Jeff shared music videos from House of Pain, INXS, and INXS again. He reviewed Blind Date and Beavis and Butt-Head Do America!
- I shared scene of the day featuring William Shatner, Gary Oldman, Wesley Snipes, Bruce Willis, Peter Graves, Kurt Russell, and Erik Estrada!
- I paid tribute to William Shatner, Russ Meyer, Chuck Norris, Hollywood, Bruce Willis, Luc Besson, Kurt Russell, and Bernardo Bertolucci!
- I shared songs from Angelo Badalamenti, The Dust Brothers, Badalamenti again, Bruce Willis, The Who, and Alan Silvestri!
- I shared music videos from Tomoyasu Hotei, Laura Michelle, Afroman, and Tom Jones!
- I reviewed the Oscar ceremony!
- I congratulated you — yes, you! — for surviving Oscar Sunday!
- I shared my early Oscar predictions!
Scenes That I Love: William Shatner Interprets Rocket Man
Today, we wish a happy 96th birthday to the one and only William Shatner!
In this scene that I love, William Shatner performs Rocket Man at the 1978 Science Fiction Film Awards (better known as the Saturn Awards). This video has become a bit of tradition around here. Only Shatner could make this work so brilliantly.
Song of the Day: Twin Peaks Theme by Angelo Badalamenti
On today, what would have been Angelo Badalamenti’s birthday, there’s little question as to what our song of the day should be.
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special William Shatner Edition
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More 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 is William Shatner’s birthday, which means that it is time for….
4 Shots From 4 William Shatner Films
Music Video of the Day: Mission Impossible, performed by Tomoyasu Hotei (2016, dir by ????)
Last night, my sisters and I enjoy watching the Mission Impossible films.. In honor of all those hours of sisterly bonding, here is the great Tomoyasu Hotei performing the Mission Impossible theme song.
Enjoy!









