Monthly Archives: July 2022

Here’s The Trailer For Curse of the Kraken!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Below, you’ll find the trailer for Curse of the Kraken.  Humanity has been dumping trash in the ocean for so long that the Kraken has decided to toss it all back onto dry land.  It’s also decided to use its tentacles to create some cartoonish gore.

Yes, this is apparently a real movie.  And who knows?  With the right attitude, it could be fun.  I’ll watch just about anything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u8i-9U4oNI

Lisa’s Week In Review: 7/11/22 — 7/17/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

It’s punishingly hot and I’ve got to get my car inspected next week so, as usual, I’m currently having one of my moments where I hate the government and all of their regulations.  Other than that, I have no complaints.  I’ve been getting a head start on my Halloween reviews.  You won’t see them in October but the wait will be worth it!

Here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

  1. Airplane! (1980)
  2. The Appointment (1991)
  3. The Church (1989)
  4. Crime of the Age (1988)
  5. The Crossing (1994)
  6. The End of the Harvest (1995)
  7. Evil Toons (1992)
  8. The Daylight Zone (1986)
  9. The Delta Force (1986)
  10. Early Warning (1981)
  11. Firehead (1990)
  12. FTA (1972)
  13. Late One Night (2001)
  14. Nite Song (1978)
  15. The Pretender (1987)
  16. Robot Jox (1989)
  17. Second Glance (1992)
  18. Terror at London Bridge (1985)
  19. U.S. Marshals (1998)
  20. Videodrome (1983)
  21. The Yakuza (1974)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. The Bachelorette
  3. Better Call Saul
  4. Big Brother 24
  5. Boy Meets World
  6. The Challenge
  7. Full House
  8. Hawkeye
  9. Inspector Lewis
  10. Loki
  11. Stranger Things

Books I Read:

  1. Dark Horse (1973) by Fletcher Knebel

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Armin van Buuren
  3. Average White Band
  4. Bee Gees
  5. Britney Spears
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. Dillon Francis
  8. Fatboy Slim
  9. Frank Murphy
  10. Frank Stallone
  11. James Bay
  12. Katy Perry
  13. Kedr Livanskiy
  14. Kid Rock
  15. Lindsey Stirling
  16. Lynard Skynard
  17. Primus
  18. The Prodigy
  19. Taylor Swift
  20. UPSAHL
  21. Yvonne Elliman

Trailers:

  1. The Munsters
  2. After Ever Happy
  3. She Said
  4. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

News From Last Week:

  1. Driver Bobby East, Jr. murdered at 37
  2. Mark Fleischman, former Studio 54 owner, dies via assisted suicide

Links From Last Week:

  1. Kelly Clarkson Covers “Fake Plastic Trees!” Songs With An “F”! Fleetwood Mac! David Bowie And Queen Too!
  2. The World’s Common Tater’s Last Couple of Weeks in Books, Movies, and TV 7/15/22

Links From The Site:

  1. Doc shared (with my help) music videos from Britney Spears, Elvis Presley, Fatboy Slim, Average White Band, James Bay, Primus, and Katy Perry!
  2. Erin shared The Lady is Afraid, Black Mask, Man For Hire, Gambler’s Girl, Castle in the Air, Sinner Man, and Turn On The Heat!
  3. Jeff reviewed Stagecoach, U.S. Marshals, and Poison!
  4. I shared my personal Emmy nominations and my thoughts on the actual Emmy nominations.  I also shared my week in television!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Tumbleweed!
  3. I wrote about Big Brother at the Big Brother Blog!
  4. At my music site, I shared songs from Katy Perry, Dillon Francis, The Prodigy, Average White Band, Lynard Skynard, Upsahl, and Katy Perry (again)!
  5. At her photography site, Erin shared car, Bird Watching, beacon, Ducks, Scavenging, light, and eye!

Check out what I did last week here!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Television: 7/10/22 — 7/16/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I spent most of this week watching movies.  The Emmy nomination period is over with and, as a result, so is a lot of my interest in television.  I am still watching Big Brother, of course.  How could I ever stop watching that?  That’s the power of addiction.

The Bachelorette (Monday Night, ABC)

There’s two Bachelorettes, which is only right considering what a mess the last season of The Bachelor was.  We’ll see how this plays out.  To be honest, I’m suffering a bit of fatigue with this franchise.  It was more fun to watch before everyone decided that they were also in on the joke.  Jesse Palmer seems like he’ll be a better host than Kaitlyn and Tayshia.  So, we’ll see!  (Can you tell that I didn’t really pay much attention to the first episode?)

Better Call Saul (Monday Night, AMC)

Better Call Saul returned with a bang this week.  For those who thought Lalo would be around for a while longer, nope.  I still feel bad for Howard, who will apparently now forever be branded a drug addict.  I’m also increasingly concerned about what’s going to happen to Kim because pretty soon, Walter White and his sidekick are going to show up and Kim was never seen or spoken of in Breaking Bad.

Big Brother 24 (All week, CBS and Paramount+)

My thoughts on this latest season of Big Brother can be found over at the Big Brother Blog.  This big news this week was that Paloma, who was obviously a favorite of production’s, self-evicted after having what appeared to be a hypomanic episode in the House.  Julie Chen Moonves made a big deal about saying that production wished the best for Paloma and that they were only concerned with her mental health but rumor has it that production actually asked Paloma to stay in the game, even after it became obvious that she was struggling.  Anyway, that’s Big Brother for you!  (That’s also why I would never go on that show.)

Boy Meets World (Disney Plus)

On Thursday, I was bored enough to watch an episode of this late 90s sitcom.  Shawn joined a cult.  Mr. Turner got into a motorcycle accident.  As with most episodes of Boy Meets World, it was 50% cringey and 50% effective.  This episode featured a good performance from Rider Strong but it also featured Ben Savage going totally over the top as he shouted, “This is a hug, Shawn!  THIS IS A HUG!”

The Challenge (Wednesday Night, CBS)

Survivor alumni faced off against Big Brother alumni and Love Island alumni and some Bachelor alumni.  To be honest, I may have had the television on but The Challenge really has yet to capture my attention.

Hawkeye (Disney Plus)

I’m still mad that Natasha sacrificed herself in Avengers: Endgame so Clint could be reunited with his family.  That said, this series was enjoyable when taken on its town terms.  It may be because my last name is Bowman but I’ve always liked archers.  Vincent D’Onofrio seemed to be having fun as a crime lord and Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfield were believable as father and daughter.

Inspector Lewis (YouTube)

I watched another episode of Inspector Lewis on Tuesday.  I watched it with a group of friends on twitter and I have to admit that the tweets were so lively that I actually didn’t may attention to the episode.  Sitting here and typing this up on Saturday, I have no idea what happened but I do remember that Hathaway seemed troubled.

Loki (Disney Plus)

My God, could Tom Hiddleston be any more adorable?  The plot of this show was typical Marvel nonsense but Hiddleston’s devilish performance made it fun and worth watching.

Stranger Things (Netflix)

I watched the latest season and, as you can tell from my personal Emmy nominations, I liked it.  I’m going to hold off on saying anything more because I’m planning on reviewing each episode individually at some point in the near future.  By the time I get around to reviewing it, everyone will probably have moved on but oh well.  That’s one of the benefits of having your own site and being your own boss.  You can set your own schedule.