Hi, everyone! Tonight, on twitter, I will be hosting the debut of the newest social media watch party, #MondayMania! We’re getting things started with 2015’s Stalked By My Doctor, starring the great one himself, Eric Roberts!
You can find the movie on Prime or Tubi and then you can join us on twitter at 9 pm central time! (That’s 10 pm for you folks on the East Coast.) See you then!
Whenever I watch 2010’s Birdemic, I wonder how the birds could possibly want to destroy a civilization that is capable of something like Hanging Out With My Family.
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to director James Nguyen! Today’s scene that I love comes from Nguyen’s masterpiece, 2010’s Birdemic: Shock and Terror!
Those who claim that Brian De Palma stole too much from Hitchcock obviously never met James Nguyen.
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!
Happy birthday to director James Nguyen! It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special James Nguyen Edition
Julie and Jack (2003, dir by James Nguyen)
Replica (2005, dir by James Nguyen)
Birdemic (2010, dir by James Nguyen)
Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (2013, dir James Nguyen)
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 1970’s Angel Unchained! I picked it so you know it’ll be good.
It should make for a night of fun viewing and I invite all of you to join in. If you want to join the live tweets, just hop onto Mastodon, find the movie on YouTube, hit play at 8 pm et, and use the #MondayActionMovie hashtag! The watch party community is a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy.
See you soon!
As August comes to a close, the Oscar picture is clearing up a bit due to the festivals. The early word on some films is very strong. Meanwhile, films that were once seen as surefire contenders are falling to the wayside.
And, with that inspiring introduction out of the way, here are my predictions for August.
Click here for my April and May and June and July predictions!
Best Picture
After the Hunt
F1
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Wicked For Good
Best Director
Ryan Coogler for Sinners
Benny Safdie for The Smashing Machine
Josh Safdie for Marty Supreme
Joachim Trier for Sentimental Value
Chloe Zhao for Hamnet
Best Actor
Will Arnett in Is This Thing On?
Daniel Day-Lewis in Anemone
Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon
Dwayne Johnson in The Smashing Machine
Jeremy Allen White in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Best Actress
Jessie Buckley in Hamnet
Cynthia Erivo in Wicked For Good
Jennifer Lawrence in Die My Love
Renate Reinsve in Sentimental Valure
Julia Roberts in After The Hunt
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Mescal in Hamnet
Adam Sandler in Jay Kelly
Andrew Scott in Blue Moon
Stellan Skarsgard in Sentimental Value
Jeremy Strong in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt in The Smashing Machine
Zooey Deutch in Nouvelle Vague
Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande in Wicked For Good
Gwyneth Paltrow in Marty Supreme
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 is all about letting the visuals do the talking.
Let’s celebrate the end of the month with four shots from four films about Caesar’s one true love, Cleopatra!
4 Shots From 4 Films
Cleopatra (1917, dir by J. Gordon Edwards)
Cleopatra (1934, dir by Cecil B. DeMille)
Cleopatra (1963, dir by Joseph L. Mankiewicz )
Cleopatra (1970, dir by Osamu Tezuka and Eiichi Yamamoto)
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 is all about letting the visuals do the talking.
These 4 Shots From 4 Films are dedicated to the memory of the great Maureen O’Hara.
4 Shots From 4 Maureen O’Hara Films
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939, dir by William Dieterle)
Dance, Girl. Dance (1940, dir by Dorothy Arzner)
Miracle on the 34th Street (1947, dir by George Seaton)
The Quiet Man (1952, dir by John Ford)
Sláinte!
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 1984’s Zombie Island Massacre!
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!
The writer Mary Shelley was born on this date in 1797. Shelley, of course, is best-known for writing Frankenstein, a book that some claim is the first science fiction novel. (That’s debatable but it was still a major literary achievement.)
In this scene from 1936’s Bride of Frankenstein, Elsa Lanchester appears as Mary Shelley, continuing her story. (Of course, Lanchester also played the Bride herself.)
Through the Shattered Lens 