Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 2/26/24 — 3/3/24


Here comes Oscar week!

As for the week we just finished, here’ what I watched and listened to:

Films I Watched:

  1. Blackberry (2023)
  2. Busaba The Agent (2021)
  3. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
  4. The Phantom Planet (1961)
  5. Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
  6. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Abbott Elementary
  2. Baywatch Nights
  3. Check It Out!
  4. Fantasy Island
  5. Friday the 13th
  6. Highway to Heaven
  7. The Jerry Springer Show
  8. King of the Building
  9. The Love Boat
  10. Monsters
  11. Night Flight
  12. Radio 1990
  13. Survivor
  14. T and T
  15. The Vanishing Shadow
  16. Welcome Back Kotter

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Allie X
  3. Blondie
  4. Britney Spears
  5. Charli XCX
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. Ellie Goulding
  8. Fallout Boy
  9. Fatboy Slim
  10. Ha Vay
  11. Icona Pop
  12. Jakalope
  13. Jessica Pratt
  14. Johnny Cash
  15. Joywave
  16. Kedr Livanskiyy
  17. Kid Rock
  18. Lana Del Rey
  19. Lindsay Lohan
  20. Lynard Skynard
  21. Madness
  22. Midnight Vampire
  23. Muse
  24. Public Service Broadcasting
  25. Saint Motel
  26. Selena Gomez
  27. Sum 41
  28. Tiesto
  29. The Who

Live Tweets:

  1. Busaba The Agent
  2. Some Kind of Wonderful
  3. Talladega Nights
  4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

News From Last Week:

  1. Director Paolo Taviani Dies
  2. Actor and Comedian Richard Lewis Dies

Links From Last Week:

  1. The Rock’s 007 Connection! “You Only Live Twice” Is The End Of Sean Connery’s “Bond”!
  2. Tater’s Week in Review 3/1/24
  3. What’s Rockin’ My World (3.1.2024)

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared music videos from Allie X, Selena Gomez, Joywave, Fallout Boy, Sum 41, Ha Vay, and Charli XCX!
  2. I shared songs from Johnny Cash and The Who!
  3. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Kind of the Building, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th: The Series, and Welcome Back, Kotter!
  4. I reviewed CODA!
  5. I shared my week in television and a programming note!
  6. I shared scenes from Cleopatra, Apollo 13, and Mad Max 2!
  7. I paid tribute to Zack Snyder and Martin Ritt!
  8. Erin shared The Hunt Club, South of the Bordello, Women Spies, Fifth Column Stories, Giggles, Libido Beach, and Mardios Beach!

More From Us:

  1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared music from Hans Zimmer!
  2. At her photography site, Erin shared Wall, Growing, Light, Leaving February, Made in Texas, Fire Department, and The Hotel Lawrence!
  3. At my music site, I shared songs from Lana Del Rey, Blondie, Jessica Pratt, Ellie Goulding, Tiesto, Fatboy Slim, and Selena Gomez!

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

PROGRAMMING NOTE: Retro Television Reviews Will Return On March 11th


Hi, everyone!  Lisa Marie here with a quick programming note!

For nearly two years, I’ve been posting daily retro television reviews here on the Lens.  That feature is going on hiatus for this upcoming week so that this site can concentrate on the Oscars.  Speaking for myself, I know that I have a lot that I need to watch and review before the Oscars are handed out on March 10!

So, my daily reviews of Miami Vice, Baywatch Nights, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Monsters, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, Check It Out, and Degrassi Junior High will return on March 11th, after Oscar week concludes!

For now, let’s watch some movies!

Scenes That I Love: Lord Humongous Arrives in Mad Max 2


Today, we wish filmmaker George Miller a happy birthday!

Today’s scene that I love comes from 1983’s Mad Max 2 (a.k.a. The Road Warrior).  In the scene, Lord Humongous and his followers arrive at a compound.  Humongous and his followers are both ludicrous and menacing at the same time.  While watching this scene, Miller makes sure that the viewer knows that, even if Humongous’s followers are a little bit daft, Humongous himself is truly dangerous.

Incidentally, when Mad Max 2 was in the pre-production stages, one idea was that Max would discover that, underneath the mask, was his old partner from the first film, Jim Goose!  Miller says that idea was abandoned but, just as I imagine Immortan Joe was actually Toecutter grown up, I also always assume that Humongous was the formerly cheerful Jim Goose.

Music Video of the Day: Von dutch by Charli XCX (2024, dir by Torso)


In this new video, Charli XCX challenges the world.  I’m proud to say that Charli XCX and I both walk through airports with the same defiant attitude.  Of course, I’m making an effort to start walking with a little less attitude, if just because my attitude often seems to result in me spraining my ankle.

Anyway, where was I?  Oh yeah — cool video!

Enjoy!