Last week, at this time, I was feeling incredibly ill.  This week, I’m feeling better.  I’m a bit congested but, given the weather and all the cold air, I’m sure I’m not the only one.

As I sit here in my little home office, shivering even though I’m wearing a jacket inside and I’ve got the heat on, I can hear the windows shaking with each gust of wind.  Overnight, the temperature went from being in the mid-50s to being below freezing.  The last time the temperature got this cold down here, it snowed and I had to spend the week dealing with rolling blackouts.  Hopefully, that won’t happen this week.  I wouldn’t mind some snow but I definitely need power because I have a lot of movies that I need to watch.  I also hope to buy a new laptop this week because the one that I’m currently using is starting to show some signs of its age.

I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to post as much this week as I usually do.  If we get hit by rolling blackouts again …. agck!  I don’t even want to think about it.

Anyway, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week.

Films I Watched:

1. Aftermath (2024)
2. Airplane! (1980)
3. Ant-Man and the Wasp in Quantumania (2023)
4. A.P.E.X (1994)
5. Barbie (2023)
6. The Equalizer 3 (2023)
7. Nyad (2023)
8. Payback (1999)
9. Polaroid (2019)
10. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023)
11. The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023)
12. Thief (1971)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Baywatch Nights
2. Check It Out
3. CHiPs
4. Critics Choice Awards
5. Dr. Phil
6. Fantasy Island
7. Friday the 13th: The Series
8. Highway to Heaven
9. The Love Boat
10. Maury
11. Miami Vice
12. Monsters
13. Night Flight
14. Sally Jessy Raphael
15. Saved By The Bell
16. The Steve Wilkos Show
17. T and T
18. Turn-On!
19. TV 2000
20. Welcome Back Kotter

Books I Read:

1. The Broken Hummingbird (2023) by Anne Marie Jackson
2. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood’s Kings of Carnage (2023) by Nick de Semlyen
3. Surely, You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! (2023) by David Zuker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Ashlee Simpson
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. The Cure
8. Ellie Goulding
9. Jessica Simpson
10. The Kinks
11. Rita Coolidge
12. Saint Motel
13. Selena Gomez
14. Spice Girls
15. Taylor Swift
16. Till Tuesday
17. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season:

1. Golden Globe Winners
2. Columbus Film Critics Circle Winners
3. Set Decorator Society Nominations
4. Georgia Film Critics Association Winners
5. DiscussingFilm Critics Awards Winners
6. National Society of Film Critics Winners
7. Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Winners
8. Utah Film Critics Association Winners 
9. Portland Critics Association Nominations
10. North Dakota Film Society Nominations
11. Music City Film Critics Association Nominations
12. Chicago Indie Critics Nominations
13. Seattle Film Critics Society Winners
14. SAG Nominations
15. DGA Nominations
16. Austin Film Critics Association Winners
17. Houston Film Critics Society Nominations
18. PGA Nominations
19. Denver Film Critics Society
20. American Society of Cinematographers Nominations
21. San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Winners
22. Art Directors Guild Nominations
23. Cinema Audio Society Nominations
24. AARP Nominations
25. Hawaii Film Critics Society Winners

Live Tweets:

1. A.P.E.X.
2. Payback
3. Airplane!
4. Polaroid 

News From Last Week:

1. TV Critic Tom Shales Dies At 79
2. Author Edward Jay Epstein Dies At 88
3. Actor Adan Canto Dies At 42
4. Actress Joyce Randolph Dies At The Age of 99
5. Daytime TV Legend Billy Hayes Dies At 98
6. Soap Star Alex Musser Dead At 50
7. Actor Peter Crombie Dies At 71
8. Drummer James Kottak Dies At 61
9. RFK Jr. backs out of his own birthday fundraiser gala after Martin Sheen, Mike Tyson said they’re not attending
10. Open letter about Oscars calls out diversity initiative exclusion of Jews

Links From Last Week:

1. Weaving a Tapestry of Magick, Creativity, and Rebellion
2. Cinema “A – Z” Rolls Out Ten Classic “B” Movies!
3. Tater’s Week in Review 1/12/24

Links From The Site:

1. I shared a music video from my girl, Melanie C!
2. I announced I was sick.
3. I shared my week in television!
4. I reviewed Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Turn-On, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check It Out!
5. I reviewed Golda, Nyad, The Equalizer 3, Aftermath, and Thief!
6. I paid tribute to Ulu Grosbard, Walter Hill, Alfonso Arau, Rob Zombie, John McNaughton, and Joseph Losey!
7. I shared a song from Marjoe Gortner!
8. I shared scenes from Sabata, The Warriors, Plan 9 From Outer Space, and Bonnie and Clyde!
9. Jeff shared music videos from Madness, Buster Poindexter, Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, and LL Cool J!
10. Jeff paid tribute to John McTiernan!
11. Jeff shared a scene from Jailhouse Rock!
12. Erin shared Titter, True Confessions, Reel Humor, Shameless Woman, Computu-Nymph, House Call, and Tobasco!

More From Us:

1. At my music site, I shared songs from Above & Beyond, Amy Winehouse, The Chemical Brothers, Jessica Simpson, Armin van Buuren, Ellie Goulding, and Selena Gomez!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Swing, Rain, Ominous, Old TV Shows, Natural Light, Razorbacks, and Longhorns!

Want to see what I did last week?  Click here!