My heart goes out to Bruce Willis and his family.  Before the announcement was made about his health, a lot of people said a lot of pretty nasty things about Mr. Willis and his latest films.  Hopefully, this will serve as a reminder that one can be honest and, yes, even snarky about a movie without using it as an excuse to personally attack the people involved.  I’m looking at you, all you Razzie voters.

As for the Will Smith/Chris Rock discourse, it was interesting for like three days.

Between recovering from Oscar Sunday and dealing with the Texas heat, I was pretty lethargic this week.  Still, I did watch some films:

Films I Watched:

1. American Siege (2022)
2. Apollo 10 1/2 (2022)
3. Billy Madison (1995)
4. The Bubble (2022)
5. The Encounter (2010)
6. Death on the Nile (2022)
7. Dirty Harry (1971)
8. Gimme Shelter (1970)
9. Girls Just Want To Have Fun (1985)
10. Less Than Zero (1987)
11. Magnum Force (1973)
12. Miles Between Us (2017)
13. The Pit and the Pendulum (1991)
14. Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022)
15. Windfall (2022)
16. Wolves (2014)
17. Xtro (1982)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. American Idol
3. Bar Rescue
4. Baywatch Hawaii
5. The Brady Bunch
6. Couples Court With The Cutlers
7. The Dropout
8. Full House
9. The Girl From Plainville
10. King of the Hill
11. The Love Boat
12. Open All Hours
13. Survivor
14. Talking Dead
15. The Walking Dead

Books I Read:

1. The Dream Team: The Rise and Fall of DreamWorks: Lessons from the New Hollywood (2006) by Daniel M. Kimme;
2. Mafia: The Government’s Secret File on Organized Crime (2009)

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Amy Winehouse
2. The Beatles
3. Big Data
4. Blanck Mass
5. Bob Dylan
6. Britney Spears
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. Haim
9. The Human League
10. Jefferson Airplane
11. New Order
12. Role Model
13. Rolling Stones
14. Saint Motel
15. Swedish House Mafia
16. Talk Talk

News From Last Week:

1. Bruce Willis Stepping Away From Acting Following Aphasia Diagnosis
2. Fears for Bruce Willis date back to 2017 movie ‘Glass,’ say insiders
3. Kevin Smith Apologizes to Bruce Willis for Past Comments After Aphasia Diagnosis as Razzies Double Down
4. Razzies rescind award slamming Bruce Willis after backlash over diagnosis: ‘It is not appropriate’
5. Will Smith sparks Roman Polanski debate
6. Will Smith apologizes: ‘I was out of line and I was wrong’
7. Will Smith Faces Potential “Suspension, Expulsion” From Academy; Actor Wouldn’t Leave Oscars After Slapping Chris Rock, Despite Reps Being Asked By Organizers
8. Will Smith’s Oscars Slap of Chris Rock Prompts One-Liners and Worry From Comedians
9. Will Smith resigns from the academy amid Oscars slap fallout
10. Netflix Backs Away from Will Smith Film ‘Fast and Loose’
11. ‘Convoy’ singer C.W. McCall dead at 93 after cancer battle, son says

Links From Last Week:

1. We all owe Bruce Willis an apology
2. Could Will Smith lose his Oscar? Explaining the Academy’s code of conduct
3. How One of the Most Disastrous Moments in Oscar History Unfolded
4. Hollywood failed Bruce Willis
5. And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) — Diary of A Movie Maniac
6. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 4/1/22

Links From the Site:

1. Jeff reviewed Hot Lead!
2. Jeff shared music videos from Bruce Willis, Duran Duran, OMD, and They Might Be Giants!
3. Erin shared We Were Strangers, Manhunt, The Fool Beloved, Magnus The Magnificent, Look Out For That Snake!, Vicki, and Detective Tales!
4. I shared music videos from Haim, Role Model, and Amy Winehouse!
5. I reviewed the Oscars, Windfall, The Dropout, The Walking Dead, The Bubble, and The Girl From Plainville!
6. I shared my week in television, my early Oscar predictions for March, and an AMV of the Day!  I also congratulated you for surviving a very busy Oscar Sunday!
7. Ryan reviewed Screened in Exile, Once Upon A Time In Tijuana, and Queen of Knives!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subcribing!
2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard wrote about where Will went wrong.
3. At Pop Politics, Jeff also wrote about The Slap.
4. At her photography site, Erin shared Frog’s Return, prince, What Do You Want?, Passageway, setting, after, and watching!
5. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
6. At my music site, I shared songs from The Beatles, The Human League, Swedish House Mafia, Britney Spears, Haim, Amy Winehouse, and New Order!

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