4 Shots From 4 Films: Escape Into Fantasy


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!

4 Shots From 4 Fantasy Films

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, Dir. by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones)

Legend (1985, Dir. by Ridley Scott)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, Dir by Peter Jackson)

How To Train Your Dragon (2010, Dir. by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois)

6 Shots From 6 Christopher Lee Films


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, we honor the legacy of a man who was not just a great horror star but also a great actor. period  Christopher Lee worked with everyone from Laurence Olivier to Steven Spielberg to Peter Jackson to Martin Scorsese.  Though he turned own the chance to play Dr. No, Lee later did go play a Bond villain in The Man with The Golden Gun.  He was one of those actors who was always great, even if the film wasn’t.

That said, it’s for his horror films that Lee is best known.  He was the scariest Dracula and the most imposing Frankenstein’s Monster.  He played mad scientists, decadent aristocrats, and even the occasional hero.  Christopher Lee was an actor who could do it all and today, on what would have been his birthday, we honor him with….

6 Shots From 6 Christopher Lee Films

The Horror of Dracula (1958, dir by Terence Fisher, DP: Jack Asher)

Count Dracula (1970, dir by Jess Franco, DP: Manuel Merino and Luciano Trasatti)

Horror Express (1972, dir by Eugenio Martin, DP: Alejandro Ulloa)

The Wicker Man (1973, dir by Robert Hardy. DP: Harry Waxman)

The Man With The Golden Gun (1974, dir by Guy Hamilton, DP: Ted Moore and Oswald Morris)

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, dir by Peter Jackson, DP: Andrew Lesnie)

Music Video of the Day: May It Be by Enya (2001, dir by Peter Nydrle)


J.R.R. Tolkein was born 132 years ago today.

Today’s music video comes from Peter Jackson’s epic adaptation of The Lord of the RingsMay It Be was the theme song for the first installment, 2001’s The Fellowship of the Ring, and the music video features clips from the films, along with Enya singing.  The Hobbit trilogy probably would have been better if it had featured more Enya.

Enjoy!

4 Shots From 4 Films: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Gangs of New York, V For Vendetta, The Great Gatsby


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!

Because it’s the fourth, this edition of 4 Shots From 4 Films features some classic cinematic moments involving fireworks!

4 Shots From 4 Films

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, dir by Peter Jackson, DP: Andrew Lesnie)

Gangs of New York (2002, dir by Martin Scorsese, DP: Michal Ballhaus)

V for Vendetta (2005, dir by James McTeigue, DP: Adrian Biddle)

The Great Gatsby (2013, dir by Baz Luhrmann, DP: Simon Duggan)

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Christopher Lee 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!

98 years ago today, the greatest actor of all time, Christopher Lee, was born in London!  Today, we honor a legacy of iconic performances, in films that were both good and bad.  Lee worked with everyone from Terence Fisher to Peter Jackson to Martin Scorsese to Laurence Olivier to John Huston to ….. well, if they were an important director, they probably made at least one movie with Christopher Lee!  He was Dracula.  He was Saruman.  He was one of the best Bond villains and it’s been rumored that, during World War II, Lee was a bit of a James Bond himself.

Today, we honor a brilliant career with….

4 Shots From 4 Films

Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972, dir by Alan Gibson)

The Man With The Golden Gun (1974, dir by Guy Hamilton)

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001, dir by Peter Jackson)

Hugo (2011, dir by Martin Scorsese)