Eh.  I don’t even want to talk about this week.  Maybe I’ll be in the mood to talk about this week next week but hopefully, when next week comes around, I will have moved onto other things.  It’s nothing to be too concerned about.  It’s just that some weeks are crappy and, as a result, you don’t want to talk about them when they end.  You just want to move on!

I will say this.  If you’re a billionaire who wants to run a social network, build it up from scratch.  Be there from the start and be clear about what you’re planning.  Don’t buy another popular site and then ruin it just so you can then force everyone onto your site.  I mean, really, I’m not difficult to please.  All I ask is that people be polite and give fair warning before changing everything.

*SIGH*

Anyway, here’s what I watched and listened to this week.  Yes, I decided to avoid the crowds as far as Barbie and Oppenheimer are concerned.  I’ll see them this upcoming week, after I get my car inspected.

(Don’t even get me started on how I feel about car inspections.)

Films I Watched:

1. Convoy (1979)
2. The Creeping Terror (1964)
3. The Frozen Ground (2011)
4. Killer Elite (2011)
5. Overkill: The Aileen Wournos Story (1992)
6. Texas Killing Fields (2011)
7. The Untouchables (1987)
8. White Line Fever (1975)
9. Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009)

TV Shows I Watched:

1. City Guys
2. Claim to Fame
3. Degrassi High
4. Fantasy Island
5. Happy Hour
6. The Love Boat
7. The Master
8. Night Music
9. The Simpsons
10. Stars On Mars
11. Welcome Back Kotter

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Backstreet Boys
3. Bjork
4. Billie Eilish
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Christina Aguilera
8. Crystal Method
9. Dillon Francis
10. Felony
11. The Five Stair Steps
12. The Four Tops
13. Gwen Stefani
14. Human Nature
15. In This Moment
16. Jakalope
17. Kedr Livanskiy
18. Lady Gaga
19. Michael Fredo
20. Muse
21. Poppy
22. Rolling Stones
23. Saint Motel
24. Sophie B. Hawkins
25. Spice Girls
26. Taylor Swift
27. Tony Bennett
28. The Wallflowers
29. The Who
30. will.i.am

Live Tweets:

1. Killer Elite
2. The Untouchables
3. White Line Fever
4. The Bat

Trailers:

1. The Marvels

News From Last Week:

1. Tony Bennett dies at 96
2. Twitter is being rebranded as X
3. ‘Barbie’ Box Office to the World: The Pandemic Is Officially Over
4. Oppenheimer box office collection Day 1: Christopher Nolan’s film delivers biggest Hollywood opening of the year

Links From Last Week:

1. Tater’s Week in Review 7/21/23
2. Did Mickey Rooney Really Have A “Potato Fantasy” Restaurant? The Answer Is Here!
3. La lune

Links From The Site:

1. Jeff shared music videos from Slash, Tony Bennett, Phil Collins, Metallica, Aerosmith, The Clash, and Jane Birkin!
2. Erin shared The Broken Vase, Bedtime Stories, Secret Session, A Picture of the Moon, Parole Chief, Miss Understanding, and Argosy!
3. Erin shared a pulpy view of the Moon!
4. I shared my week in television!
5. I paid tribute to Paul Schrader!
6. I shared a scene from The Taking of Pelham One Two Three!
7. I reviewed Murder In New Hampshire, Hang Time, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, City Guys, The Master, and Welcome Back Kotter!

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Can You Hear The Music?
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Searching, Spring Creek, The Return, Moon, Missing Winter, Dallas In The Distance, and Tower in Dallas!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Poppy, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, In This Moment, Backstreet Boys, Billie Eilish, Spice Girls, and The Rolling Stones!

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

And just like that, Hollywood shut down.

It’s been a busy week for those of us who follow entertainment.  Not only did we have the Emmy nominations but we also had SAG-AFTRA going on strike, joining the Writer’s Guild and effectively shutting down Hollywood.  It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out.  I don’t want to say too much because, honestly, what do I know about labor negotiations?  But I will say that, with the era of AI approaching, I’m on the side of whoever is going to continue to give us films that are written by, directed by, and star human beings.

(As a sidenote, I usually don’t write anything about what’s been going on over at the AV Club because I’m acquainted with a few people who have written for the site and I don’t want to make things awkward for them.  But there is just something so unbelievably depressing about the news that the AV Club will be one of the sites experimenting with AI-generated articles.)

I watched a lot of true crime this week, in preparation for our October horrorthon.  Watching and reviewing 31 true crime films sounds like a good idea until you discover how depressing they are to sit through, one after another.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Andrea’s Story — A Hitchhiker’s Tragedy (1983)
2. Barbie Dance Club! (1989)
3. The Case of the Hillside Strangler (1989)
4. The Day My Kid Went Punk (1987)
5. The Drug Knot (1986)
6. The Fourth Man (1990)
7. Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (1990)
8. Happy Face Killer (2014)
9. The Hunt for the I-5 Killer (2011)
10. It’s Only Rock n Roll (1991)
11. Men In Black (1997)
12. Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story (1991)
13. Night of the Zodiac (2022)
14. Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)
15. The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004)
16. Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter (1981)
17. Ricky 6 (2000)
18. SADD: A Contract For Life (1985)
19. Stalking Laura (1993)
20. Stoned (1980)
21. Testing Dirty (1990)
22. The Wave (1981)
23. The Wraith (1986)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. All You Need Is Love
2. The Ashley Madison Affair
3. City Guys
4. Claim to Fame
5. Fantasy Island
6. Geraldo
7. Gimme A Break
8. Jenny Jones
9. Lifestories: Families In Crisis
10. The Love Boat
11. The Master
12. Night Flight
13. Welcome Back, Kotter

Books I Read:

1. Crooked: The Roaring ’20s Tale of a Corrupt Attorney General, a Crusading Senator, and the Birth of the American Political Scandal  (2023) by Nathan Masters

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Avril Lavigne
3. Britney Spears
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Christina Aguilera
6. Fatboy Slim
7. Fiona Apple
8. Gwen Stefani
9. Jessica Simpson
10. The Killers
11. Lindsay Lohan
12. Saint Motel
13. Souxsie and the Banshees

Live Tweets:

1. Parts: The Clonus Horror
2. Men In Black
3. The Wraith
4. Blood Vessel

Trailers:

1. Napoleon
2. Wonka

News From Last Week:

1. Writer Milan Kundera dies at 94
2. Actress and singer Jane Birkin dies at 76
3. Producer Daniel Goldberg dies at 74
4. Actor John Nettleton dies at 94
5. Former Rolling Stones tour manager Sam Cutler dies at 80
6. Actors are going on strike after talks with major studios and streaming services fail
7. SAG actors join writers on Hollywood picket lines
8. All the TV Shows and Movies Affected by the Actors Strike (Updating)
9. Actor Hill Harper announces US Senate bid in Michigan
10. Ben Savage lends himself $800K for Congress race; Shyne plays catch up

Links From Last Week:

1. The Case For Warren Zevon…His Complicated Life And Brilliant Music…
2. Tater’s Week in Review 7/14/23

Links From The Site:

1. Jeff shared music videos from Coolio, Eric Clapton, Art of Noise, Ice-T, Faith No More, Lindsey Buckingham, and 10,000 Maniacs!
2. Erin shared Wrong Kind of Love, Paris Nights, Western Short Stories, Brief Stories, Shark-0, A Night With Laura, and Walls Rise Up!
3. Leonard shared the trailers for Napoleon and Wonka!
4. I shared my Emmy picks and my thoughts on the actual Emmy nominations!
5. I shared my week in television!
6. I reviewed Can Ellen Be Saved, Hang Time, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, City Guys, The Master, and Welcome Back Kotter!
7. I paid tribute to Monte Hellman!
8. I shared scenes from Dracula and Apocalypse Now!

More From Us:

1. At her photography site, Erin shared Iris, Caddo Bird, Cemetery, Graveyard, Tree In The Backyard, Summer Day, and Two Ducks!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from Fatboy Slim, Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, The Killers, Saint Motel, Britney Spears, and Fiona Apple!

Want to check out last week’s activity?  Click here!

This week, I celebrated the 4th of July with my sisters, I binged a lot of television to get caught up for Tuesday’s Emmy nominations, I read a lengthy and heavily detailed book, and I also watched quite a few films.

I’m tired.

Check out what I watched, read, and listened to this week while I go get some sleep.

Films I Watched:

1. 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2022)
2. Elmore Leonard: But Don’t Try To Write (2022)
3. Father of the Bride (2022)
4. Graduation Day (1980)
5. High & Outside: A Baseball Noir (2018)
6. Inside High Noon Revisited (2022)
7. Jerry and Marge Go Large (2022)
8. Jesus Revolution (2023)
9. Kemper: The CoEd Killer (2008)
10. Over The Top (1987)
11. Pamela, A Love Story (2023)
12. Prey (2022)
13. The Princess (2022)
14. Shania Twain: Not Just A Girl (2022)
15. Sheena (1984)
16. Sick (2023)
17. Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
18. The Zebra Force (1976)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 60 Days In
2. Big Beasts
3. City Guys
4. The Crown
5. Daisy Jones & The Six
6. Dead To Me
7. Diff’rent Strokes
8. The Diplomat
9. House of the Dragon
10. Fleishman Is In Trouble
11. Forgive or Forget
12. The Last Of Us
13. The Last Thing He Told Me
14. The Love Boat
15. The Master
16. MH370: The Plane That Disappeared
17. Midnight Special
18. The Old Man
19. Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
20. Real Time With Bill Maher
21. Rollergames
22. Slasher: Ripper
23. Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99
24. Welcome Back, Kotter

Books I Read:

1. The Shards (2023) by Bret Easton Ellis

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Britney Spears
2. Camila Cabello
3. Carrie Underwood
4. Felony
5. Gwen Stefani
6. The Hues Corporation
7. Kelly Clarkson
8. No Doubt
9. Olivia Roridgo
10. Taylor Swift

Live Tweets:

1. The Zebra Force
2. Over The Top
3. Sheena
4. Graduation Day

Trailers:

1. Killers of the Flower Moon
2. Bob Marley: One Love

News From Last Week:

1. The good version of TweetDeck is back, but for how long?
2. Privacy expert issues warning about Threads, Meta’s Twitter competitor
3. How Jim Caviezel’s Faith-Based ‘Sound of Freedom’ Became This Summer’s Unlikely Box Office Hit
4. Box Office: ‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Dethrones ‘Indiana Jones 5’ With $32.6 Million Debut
5. ‘The Flash’ Struggles Toward the Finish Line at the Global Box Office
6. ‘The Good Doctor’ actor Hill Harper is inching toward a potential Senate bid in Michigan, report says
7. Actor Eduardo Verástegui may run for president of Mexico, says conservative party there ‘is dead’

Links From Last Week:

1. Fashionistas! Let’s celebrate National Fashion Day!
2. Exploring Gritty 70’s Cinema With “Straight Time!” Dustin Hoffman Fires Himself!
3. Tater’s Last Couple of Weeks in Review 7/7/23

Link From The Site:

1. Jeff shared music videos from Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Beck, Ringo Starr, The Backbeat Band, ZZ Top, and Alice In Chains!
2. Jeff shared a scene from Stripes!
3. Erin shared Mammoth Detective, Cartoon Humor, Man To Man, Bedside Manner, The White Bikini, Ribbon, and True Cases of Women In Crime!
4. Erin invited us to celebrate Bikini Day and International Kissing Day!
5. Erin wished everyone a happy 4th of July!
6. Erin shared a scene from A Boy Named Charlie Brown!
7. Erin shared some vintage fireworks, The Covers of Ace G-Men Stories, 42 Texas Ranger homeruns, and celebration of rural America with the pulps!
8. Erin reviewed A Baseball Noir!
9. I shared a music video from Lady Gaga!
10. I reviewed Hang Time, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, City Guys, The Master, and Welcome Back Kotter!
11. I shared my week in television!
12. I shared a scenes from Shaft and Tropic Thunder!
13. I paid tribute to Jean Cocteau, Michele Soavi, and films featuring fireworks!
14. I reviewed Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway and Detective Knight: Independence!
15. I shared an AMV of the Day!

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared music from Cymande!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Ribbon, Happy 4th of July, Red Flowers, Caddo Lake, Armadillo, Spring Creek Nature Trail, and Spring Creek Nature Trail 2!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Taylor Swift, Hues Corporation, No Doubt, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, Carrie Underwood, and Olivia Rodrigo!

Check out last week by clicking here!

I hope everyone (or at least everyone who is celebrating or living near those who celebrate) has a good and safe 4th of July!

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

Films I Watched:

1. Bundy: Legacy of Evil (2009)
2. Deep Rising (1998)
3. Detective Knight: Independence (2023)
4. Easy Prey (1986)
5. Exterminator 2 (1984)
6. Grunt: The Movie (1985)
7. Hell House LLC (2015)
8. House on the Hill (2017)
9. Judgment Day: The John List Story (1993)
10. Killer Bees (1974)
11. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
12. Out of the Darkness (1985)
13. Party Monster (2003)
14. The Preppie Murder (1989)
15. Purple Rain (1984)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 1923
2. The Bear
3. Beavis and Butt-Head
4. Dirty Pair Flash
5. Forgive or Forget
6. Friend of the Family
7. Jenny Jones
8. King of the Hill
9. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
10. The Master
11. Only Murders In The Building
12. Paul T. Goldman
13. Perry Mason
14. Shrinking
15. Ted Lasso
16. Wednesday
17. Welcome Back, Kotter
18. Yellowstone
19. Yes, Minister

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Carly Rae Jepsen
3. The Beatles
4. Big Data
5. Bloc Party
6. Bob Dylan
7. Britney Spears
8. The Chemical Brothers
9. Fitz and the Tantrums
10. Halsey
11. Kid Rock
12. Lynard Skynard
13. Michael Fredo
14. Rolling Stones
15. The Runaways
16. Saint Motel
17. The Wallflowers
18. The Who
19. Wu-Tang Clan

Live Tweets:

1. Deep Rising
2. Lone Wolf McQuade
3. Purple Rain
4. Hell House LLC

Trailers:

1. Five Nights At Freddy’s
2. Natty Knocks
3. Retribution
4. The Collective
5. Dune Part Two

New From Last Week:

1. Actor Alan Arkin Dies At 89
2. Julian Sands: British actor confirmed dead after remains identified
3. Actress Carmen Sivilla Passes At 92
4. Actor Nicholas Coster Dies At 89
5. Actress Meg Johnson Dies
6. Actress Judi Farr Dies At 84
7. Melanie Lynskey Remembers Julian Sands in Heartfelt Tribute: “I Will Never Forget You”
8. Gabriel Byrne says late friend Julian Sands was ‘destined for stardom but craved adventure’
9. Elon Musk under fire from Twitter users for limiting posts that can be read: ‘Picked a fight with America’
10. ‘Boy Meets World’ Cast Breaks Silence On Being ‘Ghosted’ By Friend, Co-Star Ben Savage

Links From Last Week:

1. There was a darkness behind the film’s frivolity – Merchant Ivory and the making of A Room with a View
2. Inside Boxing Helena, the macabre misfire that delighted Julian Sands – and broke Kim Basinger
3. No One Believes Elon Musk’s Explanation For Breaking Twitter
4. Censoring RFK Jr. is only making his voice louder
5. The World’s Common Tater’s June 2023 In Books
6. Would You Dive Into “The Grave Pool?” Welcome To The World’s Most Dangerous Theme Park – “Class Action Park!”

Links From The Site:

1. I reviewed Under the Influence, Purple Rain, The Exterminator, and Exterminator 2!
2. I reviewed Hang Time, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, City Guys, The Master, and Welcome Back Kotter!
3. I wrote about twitter and Tweetdeck!
4. I shared my week in television!
5. I shared my Oscar predictions for June! 
6. I paid tribute to Sydney Pollack and Paul Thomas Anderson!
7. I shared a scene from Nashville and The Master!
8. Erin shared the Groves of Desire, Awake to Darkness, Between Darkness and Day, Cameras, Dark Destiny, July, and The Man From Avon!
9. Erin shared a photographic essay about walking in the rain!
10. Erin shared covers of the cities and patriotic posters!
11. Jeff shared music videos from Metallica, The Pointer Sisters, Richard Marx, Bryan Ferry, Rodney Dangerfield, Rush, and Twisted Sister!

More From Us:

1. At my music site, I shared songs from Adi Ulmansky, Carly Rae Jepsen, Bloc Party, Fitz and the Tantrums, Bob Dylan, Halsey, and The Runaways!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Away From The World, Shadow Bird, Eye, Camera, Collapse, Pond Near The Cemetery, and Sunset at the Pond!

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

What a strange week.

I started out hoping against hope that the Titanic submersible would be found.  Of course, by the time it was found, it was already too late.  A lot of people online took seemed to take a ghoulish joy in the tragedy, reminding me of just how awful some people can be.

(I have to be honest.  Whenever I heard about the submersible in the past, I assumed that it was built and equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and that it was being guided by grizzled but competent Navy veterans.  I didn’t realize it was basically just something that someone made in their back yard.)

I then got caught up in the Russian “coup,” which turned out to be a big nothing.  On Saturday afternoon, I tweeted this:

And, by the time I returned, it was all over!

And now, today, people are sending me pictures of RFK Jr. without his shirt on and it’s true that, for a 70 year-old, he looks about 10 years younger.  But I kind of yearn for a world where presidential candidates stay off twitter and keep their shirts on.  It’s just shaping up to be a weird year and 2024 is obviously going to be a lot stranger.

As for this week, I continued to work on my reviews for this year’s Horrorthon.  I’m getting an early start so I can enjoy October this year as opposed to spending all of my time playing catch-up.  I finished watching all of the religious films and now I’m watching movies about serial killers.  It’s a strange world.

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

Films I Watched:

1. 2025 — The World Enslaved By A Virus (2020)
2. A Little Game (1971)
3. The Cross and the Switchblade (1970)
4. Cross Purposes (2021)
5. Day of Defense (2003)
6. D.C. Sniper (2010)
7. Drifter: Henry Lee Lucas (2009)
8. Edge of Salvation (2012)
9. End of Days: Global Catastrophe (2019)
10. Exodus of the Prodigal Son (2020)
11. The Exterminator (1980)
12. Freeway Killer (2010)
13. Happy Gilmore (1996)
14. Hot Fuzz (2007)
15. Plane (2023)
16. Prayer Never Fails (2017)
17. Step Over The Edge (1976)
18. The Texas Railroad Killer (2022)
19. Tiger Claws (1991)
20. The Touch (2005)
21. Trust (2018)
22. The World’s End (2013)
23. The Wristwatch (2020)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Andor
2. Are You Being Served?
3. Beavis and Butt-Head
4. Bubblegum Crisis
5. City Guys
6. Dancing With The Stars
7. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
8. The Love Boat
9. Making the Cut
10. The Master
11. Night Flight
12. So You Think You Can Dance
13. Welcome Back Kotter

Books I Read:

1. Up With The Sun (2023) by Thomas Mallon

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Annie Hardy
3. Britney Spears
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Christina Aguilera
6. Fiona Apple
7. Haim
8. The Hives
9. Kid Rock
10. Kylie Minogue
11. Lynard Skynard
12. Muse
13. Phantogram
14. Public Service Broadcasting
15. Saint Motel
16. Taylor Swift

Live Tweets:

1. Tiger Claws
2. Hot Fuzz
3. Happy Gilmore
4. The World’s End

Trailers:

1. Priscilla
2. Drive-Away Dolls

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Fredric Forrest dies at 86
2. Dean Smith, Olympian-turned-stutman, dies at 91
3. Former Megadeth drummer Lee Rauch dies
4. Guitarist John Waddington dies at 63
5. Human remains found near where Julian Sands went missing
6. No Hard Feelings opens soft
7. ‘The Flash’ Box Office ‘Disaster’ Exposes DC’s $1.1 Billion Problem for Warner Bros.
8. All five passengers on missing Titanic submersible dead after catastrophic implosion
9. Lost with the Titanic: Will submarine passengers’ remains ever be found?

Links From Last Week:

1. Is This America’s Most Dangerous Hike? I Found New Video Of Our Hike To Angel’s Landing!
2. Tater’s Week in Review 6/24/23

Links From The Site:

1. I reviewed Hang Time, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, City Guys, The Master, and Welcome Back Kotter!
2. I reviewed A Tattered Web and Plane!
3. I shared my week in television!
4. I paid tribute to Billy Widler!
5. I shared a scene from Evil Dead II!
6. Jeff shared music videos from Andy Summers, Whitesnake, Pantera, Iron Maiden, Phil Collins, U2, and Metallica!
7. Erin shared Walk in Darkness, The Search, The Murders of Fox Island, Road Kid, Summer Sidewalk, The Young Titan, and Super Science Stories!

More From Us:

1. At my music site, I shared songs from Phantogram, Kylie Minogue, Christina Aguilera, The Hives, Kid Rock, Haim, and Annie Hardy!
2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard share music from Spider-Man Across The Spider Verse and John Mayer!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared Do Not Enter, Head in the Shadows, They’re Coming To Get You, Best Friends, Evening Tree, Get Down, and This Tree!

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

The Emmy Ballots have been released and I have a lot of shows and movies that I need to watch between now and the end of July!  I got started this week but I’ve got a long way to go.  Luckily, this is going to be a harsh and hot summer so I’m going to have a lot incentive to sit inside my air-conditioned private office and spend a lot of time watching stuff.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Commando (1985)
2. The Favorite (2019)
3. Glorious (2016)
4. Held For Ransom (1976)
5. I Can’t Breathe: God Forgive Them (2022)
6. Killdozer (1974)
7. Liar Liar (1997)
8. Maniac Cop (1988)
9. Ninja Apocalypse (2014)
10. The Prodigal Planet (1983)
11. Sleepaway Camp (1983)
12. Survival (1975)
13. Uncommon (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Small Light
2. Agent Elvis
3. Andor
4. Archer
5. Bob’s Burgers
6. Captain Power & The Soldiers of the Future
7. City Guys
8. Fantasy Island
9. Forgive or Forget
10. Harley Quinn
11. The Love Boat
12. The Master
13. Obi-Wan Kenobi
14. Rick and Morty
15. Rollergames
16. U.S. Open Golf
17. Welcome Back, Kotter

Books I Read:

1. Spillane: King of Pulp Fiction (2022) by Max Allan Collins and James L. Traylor

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Annie Hardy
3. Avril Lavigne
4. Blondie
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Cheryl
8. Dillon Francis
9. DJ Snake
10. Fiona Apple
11. Halsey
12. Jakalope
13. Katy Perry
14. Kid Rock
15. Lynard Skynard
16. Michael Fredo
17. Pigeonhead
18. Taylor Swift
19. The Verve

Live Tweets:

1. Ninja Apocalypse
2. Liar Liar
3. Commando
4. Maniac Cop

News From Last Week:

1. Cormac McCarthy dies at 89
2. Legendary comics artist John Romita, Sr. dies at 93
3. Actor Treat Williams dies in a motorcycle accident
4. Actress-turned-politician Glenda Jackson dies at 88
5. The Flash is the latest comic book movie to disappoint at the box office
6. Two Dead, Three Injured as Shooter Opens Fire Outside Washington’s Gorge; Day 2 of EDM Festival Canceled
7. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Labeled ‘F—ing Grifters’ by Spotify Exec Bill Simmons After Deal Ends

Links From Last Week:

1. Tater’s Week in Review 6/17/23
2. Is Nicolas Cage AKA Superman In “The Flash?” Does Tim Burton’s Doomed “Superman Lives” Project Have A Cameo?

Links From The Site:

1. I reviewed Dr. Cook’s Garden, Hang Time, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, City Guys, The Master, and Welcome Back Kotter!
2. I paid tribute to Cormac McCarthy and Lucio Fulci!
3. I shared my week in television!
4. Jeff shared music videos from AC/DC, Styx, Glenn Frey, Urge Overkill, Rick Springfield, Genesis, and Billy Joel!
5. Erin shared Flirt, Prison Stories, Flags on Briarcrest, Jill Harvey, Smart Romance, The Progressive Grocer, and Ginger Stories!

More From Us:

1. At her photography site, Erin shared Shelter, A Dark Place At Sunset, The Fountain, The Tree, Hanging On, A View of the Sun, and Driving in the Rain!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from Britney Spears, Cheryl, Halsey, Blondie, Pigeonhead, The Verve, and Britney Spears again!

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

I watched a lot of movies this week because not only am I getting a head start on my reviews for this year’s October Horrorthon but also because I discovered that there’s like 40 Amityville film on Tubi alone.  That’s going to keep me busy for a while!

This upcoming week, I look forward to getting back to the final season of Mrs. Maisel and finishing up A Small Light.  There’s a lot that I need to watch so wish me luck (and time)!

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

Films I Watched:

1. Amityville Cop (2021)
2. Amityville Death House (2015)
3. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
4. Captain America (1990)
5. Catching Faith (2015)
6. Catching Faith 2: The Homecoming (2019)
7. Come Next Spring (1956)
8. Cutback (2011)
9. Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976)
10. Dead Again (1991)
11. Graduation Day (1981)
12. Longtime Companion (1990)
13. The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (1970)
14. Patmos (1985)
15. The Prodigal (1983)
16. Project: Kill (1976)
17. Rabid (1977)
18. Roman Holiday (1953)
19. Sabrina (1954)
20. Seventy Times Seven (2012)
21. Stand Strong (2011)
22. The 3 (2019)
23. To Hell and Back (2015)
24. Under The Influence (1986)
25. The War Within (2013)
26. Worth: The Testimony of Johnny St. James (2012)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. All You Need Is Love
2. Beavis and Butt-Head
3. Fantasy Island
4. Forgive or Forget
5. Happy Hour
6. The Master
7. The Maury Povich Story
8. Sally Jessy Raphael
9. The Steve Wilkos Show
10. Welcome Back, Kotter

Books I Read:

1. High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess (1998) by Charles Fleming

Music To Which I Listened:

1. 2Ton
2. Above & Beyond
3. Annie Hardy
4. The Beatles
5. Beck
6. Bloc Party
7. Bob Dylan
8. The Chemical Brothers
9. Dua Lipa
10. Elle King
11. Gwen Stefani
12. Intimatchine
13. Jake Bugg
14. Muse
15. No Doubt
16. Public Service Broadcasting
17. Saint Motel
18. Sleigh Bells
19. Space
20. Swedish House Mafia

Live Tweets:

1. Project Kill
2. Dead Again
3. Captain America
4. Rabid

News From Last Week:

1. Failed Philosopher And Murderous Weirdo Ted Kacynski Commits Suicide
2. Angry Comedian Pat Cooper Dies At 93
3. Actress Noreen Nash Dies at 99
4. Comic Book Artist Ian McGinty Dies At 38

Links From Last Week:

1. “The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane!” Celebrating 70’s Disaster Films And Action Classics From Cinema’s Greatest Decade!
2. Tater’s Week in Review 6/10/23

Links From The Site:

1. I shared music videos from Annie Hardy, 2Ton, Muse, No Doubt, Beck, and Intimatchine!
2. I reviewed Hang Time, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, City Guys, The Master, and Welcome Back Kotter!
3. I reviewed Project Kill, Amityville Cop, Amityville Death House, In Search of America, and Worth!
4. I shared my week in television!
5. Erin shared images of D-Day!
6. Erin shared Crime Detective, Wink, Western Novels, Top and Bottom, Sea Adventures, True Adventure, and Sex Jungle!
7. Jeff reviewed Ride Him, Cowboy!
8. Jeff shared a music video from Lisa Loeb!

More From Us:

1. At my music site, I shared songs from Annie Hardy, Sleigh Bells, Bloc Party, Space, Regina Spektor, The Beatles, and Muse!
2. At Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about the governor of New Hampshire!
3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared music from The Prodigy!
4. At her photography site, Erin shared Branch Network, Places To Be Worms To Eat, Humpty Dumpty Before The Great Fall, Peace on Earth, Abandoned Theater, Shoes On A Wire, and Who Wants To Play?

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Another week comes to an end!  Welcome to summer, my most dreaded season of the year.  Seriously, I’m not a fan of the heat.  Oh well, I’ll survive!

These upcoming weeks are going to be about trying to get caught up with the potential Emmy nominees.  I’m going to finish up Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and A Small Light this week and then move onto the other shows that I need to see.  Suggestions are welcome!

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

Films I Watched:

1. A Tattered Web (1971)
2. Berlin Express (1948)
3. Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
4. Crackerjack 2: Hostage Train (1997)
5. Don’t Bother To Knock (1952)
6. Dr. Cook’s Garden (1971)
7. In Search of America (1971)
8. Niagara (1953)
9. The Oak Room (2020)
10. The Old Way (2023)
11. Online (2013)
12. Reality (2023)
13. Robocop (1987)
14. Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
15. What She Doesn’t Know (1992)

Televisions Shows I Watched:

1. Bar Rescue
2. Beavis and Butt-Head
3. Dirty Pair Flash
4. Fantasy Island
5. Hang Time
6. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
7. Miami Vice
8. New Wave Theatre
9. Night Music
10. A Small Light

Books I Read:

1. The Secret Plot to Make Ted Kennedy President: Inside the Real Watergate Conspiracy (2008) by Geoff Shepard

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Annie Hardy
3. Bee Gees
4. Britney Spears
5. Carly Rae Jepsen
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Dido
8. Dua Lipa
9. Emma Pollock
10. Fatboy Slim
11. Flyte
12. Jan Hammer
13. Glenn Frye
14. Gwen Stefani
15. Jake Epstein
16. Jennifer Lopez
17. Kid Rock
18. Lionrock
19. Muse
20. Nancy Sinatra
21. Public Service Broadcasting
22. Saint Motel
23. Swedish House Mafia
24. Taylor Swift
25. Yvonne Elliman

Live Tweets:

1. Crackerjack 2
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. Robocop
4. The Oak Room

News From Last Week:

1. Vanishing Point Star Barry Newman Dies At 92
2. Actor Sergio Calderon Dies At 77
3. Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Slingshots to Huge $120.5 Million Debut
4. WGA, SAG-AFTRA Say DGA Deal Won’t Change Their Contract Goals

Links From Last Week:

1. Happy 93rd Birthday Clint Eastwood! His Triple Play Of Classic Films – In One Year!
2. Tater’s Week in Review 6/3/23

Links From The Site:

1. Leonard reviewed Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse!
2. Jeff shared a music video from Sammy Hagar!
3. Erin shared Four Flags, The Dark Corners of the Night, The Love Camp, Galaxy Science Fiction, Build Us A Dam, Village of Despair, and Hell’s Angels!
4. I reviewed Hang Time, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, City Guys, The Master, and Welcome Back Kotter!
5. I reviewed Online and What She Doesn’t Know!
6. I shared music videos from Emma Pollock, Jennifer Lopez, Dido, Dua Lipa, Gwen Stefani, and Bee Gees!
7. I shared my week in television!
8. I shared my May Oscar Predictions!
9. I shared a scene from Dirty Harry!
10. I paid tribute to Howard Hawks!

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a piece of music from Top Gun: Maverick!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Flag, Rainy Patio, I’m Going To Drive Straight Into That Wall, Monster Tree, Red Vase, A Leaf on a Beautiful Day, and Spotlights!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Captain America, Jake Epstein, Nancy Sinatra, Swedish House Mafia, Lionrock, Taylor Swift, and Carly Rae Jepsen!

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Tina Turner, R.I.P.

Films I Watched:

1. Amityville Emanuelle (2023)
2. Attack the Block (2011)
3. The Beastmaster (1982)
4. Crackerjack (1994)
5. Dark Angel (1996)
6. Grace Unplugged (2012)
7. History Is Made At Night (1937)
8. Ike & Tina on the Road: 1971 — 1972 (2012)
9. Inferno (1980)
10. The Irish Mob (2023)
11. Missing (2023)
12. Phantom Ship (1935)
13. Richard III (2023)
14. Step Down to Terror (1958)
15. White Men Can’t Jump (2023)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Barry
2. Beavis and Butt-Head
3. Bubblegum Crisis
4. City Guys
5. Forgive or Forget
6. Great Performances
7. Hang Time
8. The Love Boat
9. The Master
10. The Office
11. Red Dwarf
12. Survivor
13. Welcome Back, Kotter
14. Yellowjackets
15. Yes, Minister

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Atomic Kitten
2. Avril Lavigne
3. Blonde Redhead
4. Britney Spears
5. The Chemical Brothers
6. Christina Aguilera
7. Gwen Stefani
8. Jakalope
9. Jessica Simpson
10. Kylie Minogue
11. Lenny Kravitz
12. Miley Cyrus
13. Muse
14. Nancy Sinatra
15. O-Town
16. Outwork
17. Phantogram
18. Saint Motel
19. Shakira
20. Taylor Swift
21. Tina Turner

Live Tweets:

1. Crackerjack
2. The Beastmaster
3. Attack the Block
4. Inferno

Awards Season:

1. The Winners At Cannes

News From Last Week:

1. Tina Turner dies at 83
2. Ganja & Hess star Marlene Clark dies at 73
3. George Maharis, star of Route 66, dies at 94
4. Stuntman, actor, and director Gary Kent dies at 89
5. Bill Lee, father of Spike Lee, dies at 94

Links From Last Week:

1. Tater’s Week in Review 5/27/23
2. RIP Hollywood Legend Gary Kent…His “Shadows & Light” Memoir…Honoring This “Danger God”…

Links From The Site:

1. Jeff reviewed Below The Border, Ghost Town Law, Down Texas Way, Riders of the West, and West of the Law!
2. Erin shared His Last Bow, The Exciting Covers of Exciting Love, Beauty Parade, Prison Stories, Don’t Bet On Blondes, Torment was a Redhead, Danger is My Life, and Return of a Cheat!
3. I reviewed Dark Angel, Grace Unplugged, Amityville Emanuelle, White Men Can’t Jump, Missing, and The Irish Mob!
4. I reviewed Hang Time, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, City Guys, The Master, and California Dreams!
5. I shared my week in television!
6. I shared music videos from Gwen Stefani, Outwork, Blonde Redhead, Tina Turner, Muse, Kylie Minogue, and Miley Cyrus!
7. I shared a scene from Tommy!

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from Tina Turner!
2. I wrote about the Survivor finale for Reality TV Chat Blog!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Nancy Sinatra, Miley Cyrus, Lenny Kravitz, Tina Turner, Kylie Minogue, Shakira, and Muse!
4. At her photography site, Erin shared Industrial Street, An Entrance, Clouds. Abandoned, The Dollhouse, The Stare, and Still Visiting!

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

Rick Dalton, R.I.P.

Seriously, I don’t want to overanalyze this and Quentin Tarantino has certainly earned his right to do whatever he wants but what does it say about our world that people online were more upset over the death of a fictional alcoholic than they were over …. well, anything going on in the real world.  I mean, I was pretty upset about it myself.  Is Cliff still alive?  I guess he would be close to a 100 by now.

Well, anyway, here’s what I watched and listened to this week while everyone else was having fun at Cannes and mourning Rick Dalton:

Films I Watched:

1. The Avenging Conscience (1914)
2. Cloverfield (2008)
3. Defiant (2019)
4. Fenced Off (2011)
5. Fletch (1985)
6. The Great Niagara (1974)
7. The Headless Horseman (1922)
8. Joker’s Poltergeist (2016)
9. Killing American Style (1990)
10. The Mark (2012)
11. The Mark: Redemption (2013)
12. The Rundown (2003)
13. Standing Firm (2010)
14. Survival Game (1991)
15. Svengali (1931)
16. Track of the Moon Beast (1976)
17. The Unknown (1927)
18. Your Place or Mine (2023)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Barry
2. Beavis and Butthead
3. Black Bird
4. Forgive or Forget
5. Law & Order
6. The Love Boat
7. The Master
8. Night Flight
9. Sally Jessy Raphael
10. Survivor
11. Take Off To Comedy IX
12. Waco: The Aftermath
13. Yellowjackets

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Arcade Fire
2. Atomic Kitten
3. Banannarama
4. Blondie
5. Britney Spears
6. Charli XCX
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. Coldplay
9. Geri Halliwell
10. Icona Pop
11. The Killers
12. Miley Cyrus
13. Muse
14. Nat and Alex Wolff
15. O-Town
16. Saint Motel
17. Shakira
18. Spice Girls
19. Victoria Beckham

Live Tweets:

1. Survival Game
2. The Rundown
3. Fletch
4. Cloverfield

Trailers:

1. Killers of the Flower Moon

News From Last Week:

1. Quentin Tarantino Announces the Death of ‘Once Upon A Time’ Character Rick Dalton
2. Football Player And Actor Jim Brown Dies At 87
3. Austrian Actor Helmut Berger Dies At 78
4. British Author Martin Amis Dies At 73
5. Bassist Andy Rourke Dies At 59
6. Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone Conquer Cannes With 9-Minute Standing Ovation for ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
7. Box Office: ‘Fast X’ Racing to Projected $67 Million Debut

Links From Last Week:

1. Our Egypt Adventure: Random Thoughts and Observations

Links From The Site:

1. I shared music videos from O-Town, O-Town, O-Town, O-Town, O-Town, Atomic Kitten, and Atomic Kitten!
2. I reviewed Hang Time, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, City Guys, The Master, and California Dreams!
3. I shared my Cannes predictions and my week in television!
4. I reviewed The Great Niagara, Fenced Off, Joker’s Poltergeist, Killing American Style, Your Place or Mine, and Girl on a Motorcycle!
5. I shared scenes from Mr. Smith Goes To Washington and Anatomy of a Murder!
6. I paid tribute to Albert Pyun!
7. Erin shared Counter Girl, Opium Flower, The Last Princess, Secret Beyond The Door, Radio Stories, The Lost World, and Detective Novel!
8. Erin shared the Spicy Covers of Bedtime Stories!
9. Jeff reviewed Forbidden Trails, The Gunman From Bodie, and Arizona Bound!

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from St. Germain!
2. For the Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
3. At my dream journal, I shared Last Night’s Hoax Dream!
4. At my music site, I shared songs from Victoria Beckham, Charli XCX, Geri Halliwell, Spice Girls, Arcade Fire, The Killers, and Coldplay!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared Squirrel and His Bread, Searching Bird, Alley, Door, Fan, Armadillos, and Buzzard!

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