Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 5/23/22 — 5/29/22


Most of this week was spent up in Arkansas, on a little mini-vacation.  It was pretty nice until I found myself standing browsing the aisles of a small store in Ft. Smith on Friday.  That was when I tripped because I was trying to avoid someone who, apparently unaware that there were other people standing behind him, nearly backed into me and I ended up straining my back as a result.  BLEH!  I know that I always say that getting sick or getting injured just means that you have more time to watch movies while you recover but you know what?  That’s mostly wishful thinking on my part.

Anyway, I’m back home now!  And my back hurts but I’m looking forward to watching a lot of movies while I recover!  Speaking of movies, here’s what I watched this week:

Films I Watched:

  1. Daylights End (2016)
  2. Escape From Alcatraz (1979)
  3. Fast Company (1979)
  4. How Do You Know It’s Love? (1950)
  5. The Incredible Melting Man (1977)
  6. Jud (1971)
  7. The Lost City (2022)
  8. Paris, Texas (1984)
  9. RoboVampire 2 (1988)
  10. She (1985)
  11. Vincent (1982)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 1883
  2. Allo Allo
  3. American Idol
  4. Barry
  5. Better Call Saul
  6. Creepshow
  7. Dynasty
  8. Full House
  9. Survivor
  10. We Own This City

Books I Read:

  1. The Assassination Chain (1976) by Sybil Leek
  2. Born to Kill (1984) by John D. Revere
  3. Death’s Running Mate (1985) by John D. Revere
  4. Justin Perry: The Assassin (1983) by John D. Revere
  5. Stud Service (1985) by John D. Revere
  6. Vatican Kill (1984) by John D. Revere

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. AronChupa
  2. The Beatles
  3. Blondie
  4. Bob Dylan
  5. Britney Spears
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. Christopher Lee
  8. Coldplay
  9. Girogio Moroder
  10. Gloria Gaynor
  11. Hazel English
  12. Jefferson Airplane
  13. Katy Perry
  14. Kid Rock
  15. Kylie Minogue
  16. Led Zeppelin
  17. Lynard Skynard
  18. Martin Garrix
  19. Michael Fredo
  20. Muse
  21. The Prodigy
  22. Rolling Stones
  23. Saint Motel
  24. Stevie Nicks
  25. Tom Waits
  26. Upsahl
  27. Warren Zevon
  28. The Who

Trailers:

  1. Mission Impossible — Dead Reckoning
  2. The Gray Man
  3. Thor: Love and Thunder!

News From Last Week:

  1. Ray Liotta dies at 67
  2. Actor Bo Hopkins Dies at 84
  3. Andy Fletcher, founder of Depeche Mode, dies at 60
  4. Musician Ronnie Hawkins Dies at 87
  5. Box Office: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Debuts to Stratospheric $124 Million
  6. Kevin Spacey Charged With Four Counts of Sexual Assault in U.K.

Links From Last Week:

  1. Would You Stay In This Modern Capsule Hotel? That Monitors Your “Snoring?”
  2. The World’s Common Tater’s Last Couple of Weeks in Books, Movies, and TV 5/27/22

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared JFK Memorial, Algerian Adventure, The Barefoot Mailman, Dracula, Swords Against Darkness, The Wide World, and Tap Softly on my Bedroom Door!
  2. Erin took a look at Hard Case Crime, Stockton Mulford, Dracula, the Dangerous Lives of Models, the covers of Weird Thrillers, and the Wild West of Richard Case!
  3. Leonard reviewed Top Gun: Maverick!
  4. I shared music videos from Hazel English, Kylie Minogue, Christopher Lee, Stevie Nicks, AronChupa, Bob Dylan, and Traci Lords!
  5. I reviewed Vincent, Fast Company, and Paris, Texas!
  6. I shared my week in television and the winners at Cannes!  I shared a Castlevania AMV and another Castlevania AMV!
  7. I paid tribute to Josef von Sternberg, Gordon Willis, Ray Liotta, Pam Grier, John Wayne, Roger Deakins, and Ryan Coogler!
  8. I shared scenes from American Graffiti, The Skull, The Satanic Rites of Dracula, Boogie Nights, and Run Lola Run!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon.  You should subcribe!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard paid tribute to Andy Fletcher!
  3. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the finale of Survivor!
  4. At my music site, I shared songs from The Beatles, Blondie, Gloria Gaynor, Katy Perry, Martin Garrix, Giorgio Moroder, and Tom Waits!
  5. At her photography site, Erin shared couch, flying, statue, bags, flowers, Tower, and crawl!

Check out last week here!

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Josef von Sternberg Edition


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!

On this date, 128 years ago, the great cinematic stylist Josef von Sternberg was born in Vienna.  Von Sternberg would become one of the great directors of both the silent and the early sound era and is today best remembered for his many collaborations with Marlene Dietrich.  

It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Josef von Sternberg Films

Underworld (1927, dir by Josef von Sternberg, DP: Bert Glennon)


The Blue Angel (1930, dir by Josef von Sternberg, DP: Gunther Rittau)


Shanghai Express (1932, dir by Josef von Sternberg, DP: Lee Garmes and James Wong Howe)


The Scarlet Empress (1934, dir by Josef von Sternberg, DP: Bert Glennon)

Music Video of the Day: All Dressed Up by Hazel English, feat. Day Wave (2022, dir by Hazel English and Jackson Phillips)


Enjoy!

Lyrics

say you wanna live in a dream
but i’d rather you sit here with me
well it could be what you’re needing

so you know you know that its true
that when i’m here i’m thinking of you
well it could be what you’re needing

all dressed up for you
and baby you don’t even have a clue
all the things that i have tried to do
they never seem to get to you

lately you’re gone and its been too long
what’s going wrong
i’m still drawn to you

well are you tired of being alone
its been a while its time to come home
well it could be what you’re needing

all dressed up for you
and baby you don’t even have a clue
all the things that i have tried to do
they never seem to get to you

you told me once that you wanted to go somewhere with me
you told me let’s go lay in the theatre it’s empty