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 wishes a happy birthday to director James Cameron. It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 James Cameron Films
The Terminator (1984, dir. James Cameron)
Aliens (1986, dir by James Cameron)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, dir. James Cameron)
Steve Martin celebrated his 80th birthday two days ago. Belatedly, today’s song of the day is dedicated to him. From 1978’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, here is Steve Martin performing Maxwell’s Silver Hammer!
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to actor Steve Carell. This scene that I love is from Foxcatcherand it features Carell cast against type, as the sociopathic John du Pont. (Carell received his first and — to date — last Oscar nomination for his performance as Du Pont.) In this scene, Du Pont corrupts a young wrestler played by Channing Tatum.
As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in a few weekly live tweets on twitter. I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and 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, for #ScarySocial, I will be hosting 1977‘s End of the World, starring Christopher Lee!
If you want to join us on Saturday night, just hop onto twitter, start the film at 9 pm et, and use the #ScarySocial hashtag! The film is available on Prime and Tubi! I’ll be there co-hosting and I imagine some other members of the TSL Crew will be there as well. It’s a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy!
Emma Thompson and Judy Greer aren’t the first names that come to mind when you think of survival horror but maybe (?) that will change after the release of Dead of Winter. The trailer finds Thompson alone in a frozen Minnesota landscape, apparently trying to escape her grief. As you can see in the trailer, she’s not alone for long.
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! The movie? 1988’s Masquerade!
If you want to join us this Friday, just hop onto twitter, 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.
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 would have been the 97th birthday of the great and enigmatic director, Nicolas Roeg. As both a cinematographer and a director, Roeg was responsible for some of the most visually striking films ever made. Today, we honor his legacy with….
4 Shots From 4 Nicolas Roeg Films
Walkabout (1971, dir by Nicolas Roeg, DP: Nicolas Roeg)
Don’t Look Now (1973, dir by Nicolas Roeg, DP: Anthony Richmond)
The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976, dir by Nicholas Roeg, DP: Anthony Richmond)
Insignificance (1985, dir by Nicolas Roeg, DP: Peter Hannan)
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to one of the best actresses of her generation, Jennifer Lawrence. This scene that I love comes from 2009’s Winter’s Bone. I still think this is Lawrence’s best performance.
Today would have been the 80th birthday of actress Brenda Benet, a beautiful and talented woman whose life was cut short with tragedy. Born Brenda Ann Nelson in Los Angeles, California on August 14th, 1945, Benet had a career spanning over 16 years, mostly on TV. She’s probably best known for playing the character of Lee DuMonde in 298 episodes of Days Of Our Lives, but she appeared in episodes of many other classic TV series, and even in the Elvis Presley movie HARUM SCARUM (1965). In her personal life, she was married to actor Bill Bixby from 1971 to 1980, and they had one child, Christopher Sean Bixby. Tragically, Christopher died in 1981 during a ski vacation in California. Devastated and in the grip of depression after her son’s death, Brenda took her own life on April 7th, 1982. A very sad end for a very beautiful woman.
Today, I choose to celebrate her beauty and talent in this scene from WALKING TALL (1973). This is not her character’s most revealing scene in the film, but her exotic beauty at the beginning is quite the contrast to a situation that’s about to get real ugly. Rest in peace, Brenda.
Scarlett Johansson is making her directorial debut with EleanorTheGreat, a film that stars 95 year-old June Squibb as Eleanor Morgenstein, an elderly woman from Iowa who moves to Manhattan after a devastating loss and who gets involved in the lives of Chiwetel Ejiofor and his daughter. Though it’s not obvious from the trailer, the reviews from Cannes indicate that Eleanor is not quite who she claims to be.
Many actors have tried their hand at directing, often with mix results. Ron Howard enjoyed directing so much that he gave up acting. Kevin Costner made his debut with a bang and he’s been struggling to match it ever since. Robert Redford is a far more interesting director than actor. You could probably make the same argument about Warren Beatty, Sean Penn, and Jon Favreau. But then there are countless other actors who directed one forgettable film and then quit. How will Scarlett Johansson’s debut play out? Watch the trailer and try to judge for yourself.
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