Today, Chuck Norris celebrates his 86th birthday and it only feels appropriate that today’s scene that I love should come from one of his greatest films. From 1985’s Invasion U.S.A., watch as Chuck Norris saves America from Richard Lynch!
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Join #MondayMania For Lisa!
Hi, everyone! Tonight, on twitter, I will be hosting one of my favorite films for #MondayMania! Join us for 1990’s Lisa!
You can find the movie on Prime and 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!
Song of the Day: I’m Shipping Up To Boston by The Dropkick Murphys
I shared a screenshot from The Departed for today’s 4 Shots From 4 Films and now I’ve got this song stuck in my head. And now, it’ll be stuck in your head too! Even if this song hadn’t been used in The Departed, just the sound of it brings to mind low-level gangsters making big mistakes and causing a lot of damage. There are some songs that are just fight songs and this is one of them.
He lost his leg, y’know.
St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner!
Scenes That I Love: A Scanner Darkly
First released in 2006, Richard Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly is one of the unacknowledged great films of the past ten years. The scene below, featuring Rory Cochrane as the hapless Charles Freck, is all the stronger for being adapted almost word-for-word from Philip K. Dick’s source novel.
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special 2006 Edition
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, let us take a look back at a classic cinematic year. It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 2006 Films
Inland Empire (2006, dir by David Lynch, DP: David Lynch)
Marie Antoinette (2006, dir by Sofia Coppola, DP: Lance Acord)
A Scanner Darkly (2006, directed by Richard Linklater, DP: Shane F. Kelly)
The Departed (2006, dir by Martin Scorsese, DP: Michael Ballhaus)
Monday Live Tweet Alert: Join Us For Dreamscape!
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 Dreamscape!
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 and 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!
Live Tweet Alert: Watch Mountaintop Motel Massacre With #ScarySocial!
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 1983’s Mountaintop Motel 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!
Scene That I Love: The Flying Motorcycle From Megaforce
Today’s scene that I love comes from director Hal Needham. It really doesn’t get more early 80s than Barry Bostwick flying a motorcycle while wearing a headband and a skintight suit.
From Megaforce:
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Hal Needham Edition
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, we take a moment to remember the great director and stuntman, Hal Needham. It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Hal Needham Films
Smokey and the Bandit (1977, dir by Hal Needham, DP: Bobby Byrne)
Hooper (1978, dir by Hal Needham, DP: Bobby Byrne)
The Cannonball Run (1981, dir by Hal Needham, DP: Michael Butler)
Rad (1986, dir by Hal Needham, DP: Richard Leiterman)
Live Tweet Alert: Join #FridayNightFlix for Highlander!
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? 1986’s Highlander!
If you want to join us this Friday, just hop onto twitter, find Highlander on Prime or Tubi, 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!
Through the Shattered Lens 