Coming at you live from Perdido Key, FL, I thought I’d share some of my favorite beach scenes! Enjoy!
Brad’s “4 Shots from 4 Films” celebrates the Beach!
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Join #MondayMania For Watch Your Back!
Hi, everyone! Tonight, on twitter, I will be hosting one of my favorite films for #MondayMania! Join us for Watch Your Back!
You can find the movie on Prime 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!
Scenes That I Love: Steve Guttenberg In Police Academy
Today is the birthday of actor Steve Guttenberg!
Here he is in 1984’s Police Academy, showing the type of impulsive behavior that would eventually lead to him becoming his city’s best cop.
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Dante Spinotti 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, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to the legendary cinematographer, Dante Spinotti! It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Dante Spinotti Films
Manhunter (1986, dir by Michael Mann, DP: Dante Spinotti)
Heat (1995, dir by Michael Mann, DP: Dante Spinotti)
L.A. Confidential (1997, dir by Curtis Hanson, DP: Dante Spinotti)
Public Enemies (2009, dir by Michael Mann, DP: Dante Spinotti)
Monday Live Tweet Alert: Join Us for Mutant Hunt!
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 Mutant Hunt!
If you want to join this watch party, just hop onto Mastodon, pull up Mutant Hunt on YouTube, start the movie at 8 pm et, and use the #MondayActionMovie hashtag!
Enjoy!
Song of the Day: Singin’ In The Rain, performed by Gene Kelly
Obviously, I couldn’t let Gene Kelly’s birthday without sharing a little Singin’ In The Rain.
Scenes That I Love: “Good Mornin'” from Singin’ In The Rain (Happy Birthday, Gene Kelly!)
In honor of Gene Kelly’s birthday, today’s scene that I love comes from the 1952 classic, Singin’ In The Rain. In this scene, Debbie Reynolds performs the song Good Mornin’ with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor.
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Gene Kelly 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 celebrate the birth of Gene Kelly! It’s time for….
4 Shots From 4 Gene Kelly Films
Anchors Aweigh (1945, dir by George Sidney, DP: Charles Boyle and Robert Planck)
An American In Paris (1951, dir by Vincente Minnelli, DP: Alfred Gilks)
Singin’ In The Rain (1952, dir by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, DP: Harold Rosson)
Xanadu (1980, dir by Robert Greenwald, DP: Victor J. Kemper)
Scenes That I Love: Sunshine Day from The Brady Bunch Movie
“Put on your Sunday best, kids. We’re going to Sears.”
Ah, the 70s. Or actually the 90s. All I know is that the Sears that was located near our house closed in 2014 and the empty parking lot briefly became a flea market before the police showed up and told everyone to go home.
Today’s scene that I love is from 1995’s The Brady Bunch Movie.
4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Cat 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 we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking.
Let’s celebrate cats!
4 Shots From 4 Films
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957, dir by Jack Arnold)
Sleepwalkers (1992, dir by Mick Garris)
Team America: World Police (2004, dir by Trey Parker)
Captain Marvel (2019, dir by Anna Bolden and Ryan Fleck)
