This was a good week.  The average temperature went from 110 to a mere 99 so I played a little tennis with my sister on Tuesday.  I played a little golf on Wednesday.  I turns out that I’m not particularly good at either one of those activities but still, it was nice to get out for a bit.  I’ve been told that my backhand is as cute as it is inefficient and apparently, the same is true of my swing.  Oh well.  I had fun!

You may have noticed that, after two rather low-key months, the site came alive this week.  That was by design.  I can’t wait for everyone to see what we’ve got in store for the rest of 2022!

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

Films I Watched:

1. Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
2. A Day To Die (2022)
3. Drawn Into The Night (2010)
4. Gold (2022)
5. Guns (1990)
6. The Longest Yard (1974)
7. A Mighty Wind (2003)
8. Planet Dune (2021)
9. The Sinister Squad (2016)
10. The Stranger (1995)
11. Ted K (2022)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. The Bachelortte
3. Big Brother
4. Breaking Bad
5. The Challenge
6. CHiPs
7. Diff’rent Strokes
8. Family Ties
9. Fantasy Island
10. Full House
11. Ghost Whisperer
12. Hart to Hart
13. Inspector Lewis
14. King of the Hill
15. Kojak
16. Magnum P.I.
17. Medium
18. Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butthead
19. Open All Hours
20. Taffik

Books I Read:

1. Hellraisers: The Life and Inebriated Times of Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole, and Oliver Reed (2009) by Robert Sellers

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Avril Lavigne
2. Britney Spears
3. Christina Aguilera
4. Coldplay
5. Demi Lovato
6. Gorillaz
7. Hilary Duff
8. Jakalope
9. Jefferson Airplane
10. Jennifer Lopez
11. Jessica Simpson
12. Kid Rock
13. Lynard Skynard
14. Muse
15. Phantom Planet
16. Saint Motel
17. Taylor Swift
18. Tove Lo
19. Warren Zevon

Trailers:

1. The Banshees of Inisherin
2. Cars on the Road
3. Star Wars: Andor
4. Devotion

News From Last Week:

1. Archie Battersbee: 12-year-old boy dies hours after hospital ends life support against parents’ wishes
2. Archie Battersbee: Tragic case echoes heartbreaking fight other families have faced
3. Archie Battersbee: ‘No family should go through this’ – calls for urgent reform in light of 12-year-old’s death
4. Clu Gulager, ‘The Virginian’ and ‘Return of the Living Dead’ Actor, Dies at 93
5. Actor-turned-real-estate-agent John Steiner dies in a traffic collision
6. Roger E. Mosley, ‘Magnum, P.I.’ star, dies at 83 after a car crash
7. James Franco To Play Fidel Castro In ‘Alina Of Cuba’; Mía Maestro Also Set Opposite Ana Villafañe
8. Jake Gyllenhaal-Starring ‘Road House’ Reboot Gets Green Light at Prime Video
9. Michael K. Williams was high on drugs meeting Obama, posthumous memoir reveals
10. Noah Baumbach’s ‘White Noise’ to Open 2022 NY Film Festival
11. Batgirl’ Won’t Fly: Warner Bros. Discovery Has No Plans to Release Nearly Finished $90 Million Film
12. The Dish: What’s Behind The ‘Batgirl’ & ‘Scoob!’ Discard? David Zaslav’s Abject Rejection Of Jason Kilar’s HBO Max Strategy
13. Warner Bros. Is Facing Mounting Pressure To Axe “The Flash” Amid Ezra Miller’s Controversial Behavior And After Ditching $90M Movie “Batgirl”
14. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO Defends Axing ‘Batgirl’: ‘We’re Not Going to Put a Movie Out Unless We Believe in It’
15. ‘iCarly’ Star Jennette McCurdy Claims Nickelodeon Offered Her $300,000 to Stay Quiet on Alleged Abuse
16. HBO Max, Discovery+ to Merge Into Single Streaming Platform Starting in Summer 2023
17. John Leguizamo Slams James Franco’s Casting as Fidel Castro: ‘He Ain’t Latino! How Is This Still Going On?’
18. Film Producer Janet Yang Elected First Asian American President Of The Academy
19. Anne Heche ‘stable’ after suffering severe burns in Los Angeles car accident

Links From Last Week:

1. Bob Rafelson, 1933-2022
2. I’ve won an award!!
3. The Magical Beauty Of Venice Italy At Night! From Watery San Marco Square’s Live Music To The Smallest Streets!
4. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 8/5/22

Links From The Site:

1. Jeff reviewed Big City Blues, Avenger, Body Slam, Beavis and Butthead, The Shooter, The Boy Who Drank Too Much, Rock Scissors Paper, The Case of the Wicked Wives, and Homicide: The Movie!
2. Jeff shared music videos from Alicia Keys, Stone Sour, Ana Johnsson, Snow Patrol, Phantom Planet, Sum 41, and Depeche Mode!
3. Jeff wrote about Spider-Man as a generational figure, Spider-Man as a cartoon, and Spider-Man as a frustrated job applicant!
4. Erin shared Ahead, The Armchair Detective, Adventure, Detective Novel, Dime Detective Magazine, Snappy Stories, and Dolls and Guns!
5. Erin celebrated Dinosaur Day and our mom’s doll collection!
6. Erin reviewed Retreat to Paradise!
7. Leonard shared the trailer for The Banshees on Insherin!
8. I reviewed Clue, Blood Games, Undercover, Shanghai 13, Speed, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Infernal Library, Gerry, The Last Days, Engagement Party, Message From Nam, FTA, Johnny Got His Gun, Scared Straight, Scared Straight: 20 Years Later, Scared Straight: Another Story, Hellraisers, A Day to Die, Drawn Into The Night, Robot Jox, Justin Perry: The Assassin, Traffik, Ted K, Mafia, Gold, and Vatican Kill!
9. I paid tribute to J. Lee Thompson, Wes Craven, John Huston, Andy Warhol, Umberto Lenzi, and Nicholas Ray!
10. I shared scenes from Skyfall and Guardians of the Galaxy! 
11. I shared 8 things that I am looking forward to in August and an AMV of the Day!  I also shared my week in television!  I also took a look at the making of Taxi Driver!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon, where he now publishes his reviews!  Consider subscribing!
2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song by Bob Moses and Zhu!
3. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared Dear Kansas This Is Your Chance, Forward?, Looking Over Last Night’s Results, Happy Birthday to the TRS-80, Marilyn and Abe, Questions of the Day, Finally Some Good News, Greetings To Those Above, and Good News!
4. At her photography site, Erin shared Painting, Painting 2, Painting 3, Painting 4, Painting 5, Painting 6, and Painting 7!
5. At my music site, I celebrated the past with songs by Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Hilary Duff, Britney Spears, Coldplay, Avril Lavigne, and Phantom Planet!
6. At SyFy Designs, I shared: August 1st, The Longest Yard, A Little Poetry (Not My Own) To Start the Day, Some Days, Time For Some Lake Therapy, Checking In With Next Door, and Archie Battersbee, RIP!
7. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
8. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I shared Week 4 Veto Meeting, Kyle and Alyssa, It’s Time To Open Up The Diary Room For Week 4, , About Tonight, Week 5 Nominations, and Delusions!
9. At my online dream journal, I shared Beach Dream, History Class Dream, Spy Dream, Fire Dream, High School Theater Dream, Deep Ellum Dream, and Storage Locker Dream!
10. At Horror Critic, I reviewed Sinister Squad, Planet Dune, King of the Lost World, Terror at London Bridge, Bigfoot, and 47 Meters Down: Uncaged!

Here’s what I did last week!

After spending three months looking for excuses not to get my car inspected, I finally got it done on Monday.  I really didn’t have much of a choice because my sticker was about to expire.  I had to get one tire replaced but my car passed inspection.  Yay!  So, I finally got that taken care of and now I can’t even remember what caused me to wait until the last minute.

Having spent my Monday getting that taken care of, the rest of this week has been very blissful and very relaxing.  To be honest, I made a decision to rest both last week and this week so that I would fully energized going into the last few months of 2022.  I can’t wait for October!

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

Films I Watched

1. American Hustle (2013)
2. Avenger (2006)
3. Bigfoot (2012)
4. Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)
5. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
6. The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980)
7. 47 Meters Down Uncaged (2019)
8. Gerry (2002)
9. The Greek Tycoon (1978)
10. Last Days (2005)
11. The Lift (1983)
12. Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993)
13. Scared Straight (1978)
14. Scared Straight: Another Story (1980)
15. Scared Straight: 20 Years Later (1999)
16. Shanghai 13 (1984)
17. Speed (1994)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. The Bachelorette
3. Better Call Saul
4. Big Brother
5. The Challenge
6. Full House
7. Inspector Lewis
8. Open All Hours

Books I Read:

1. Message From Nam (1991) by Danielle Steel
2. The Player (1988) by Michael Tolkan

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Avril Lavigne
2. Big Data
3. The Black Keys
4. Britney Spears
5. The Chemical Brothers
6. Coldplay
7. Daft Punk
8. Dirty Vegas
9. The Erinyes
10. Fleetwood Mac
11. Frank Stallone
12. Haim
13. Justin Guarini
14. Katy Perry
15. Kelly Clarkson
16. Kid Rock
17. Led Zeppelin
18. Lindsey Stirling
19. Muse
20. Phantogram
21. Phantom Planet
22. The Prodigy
23. Saint Motel
24. Taylor Swift

Trailers:

1. Blonde
2. Pinocchio
3. TAR
4. Pearl

News From Last Week:

1. Actor David Warner Dies At 80
2. Goodfellas Actor Paul Sorvino Dies At 83
3. Nichelle Nichols, Lieutenant Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 89
4. Actor Bernard Cribbins Dies at 93
5. Veteran actress Mary Alice dies
6. Tony Dow of Leave It To Beaver Fame Dies at 77
7. Rapper JayDayYoungan murdered at his Louisiana home
8. Toronto Film Festival Unveils Lineup Featuring New Works From Sam Mendes, Tyler Perry, Darren Aronofsky, Sarah Polley
9. Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ to Release in 2023
10. TBS cancels Samantha Bee’s ‘Full Frontal’ after 7 seasons
11. In Move to Save Golden Globes, HFPA to Become For-Profit Org, Add More Voting Members
12. Will Smith Posts Emotional Apology Video for Oscars Slap, Says Chris Rock Is ‘Not Ready’ to Speak With Him
13. Aaron Sorkin’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Abruptly Cancels Return to Broadway, Blaming Producer Scott Rudin
14. Reports: Italian Judge Calls for Paul Haggis Sexual Abuse Case to Be Tossed Out

Links From Last Week:

1. The True Madness Of “Roar!” Melanie Griffith And Mom Tippi Hedren Mauled By Lions! The Most Dangerous Film Ever Made!
2. Have You Visited Sicily’s “Part-Time” Island? We Head To “Isola Bella” – An Island Twice A Day!
3. Sometimes, You Just Have to Take The L
4. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 7/29/22

Links From the Site:

1. Erin shared Nude Croquet, G-Men, Rangeland Romances, Fire In My Blood, Back To The Stone Age, Adventure, and Weird Tales!
2. Doc shared music videos from Frank Stallone, The Black Keys, Katy Perry, Lindsay Lohan, The Erinyes, Daft Punk, and Dirty Vegas!
3. Leonard shared the trailer for Pearl!
4. I paid tribute to Christopher Nolan, Mario Bava, Enzo G. Castellari, Stanley Kubrick and shared both my week in television and my July Oscar Predictions!  I also shared a scene from Dazed and Confused and It, starring the amazing Clara Bow!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Park, Woodpecker, Shadow, A Friend, Right Lane, Doghouse, and bird!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, The Black Keys, Muse, Phantogram, Daft Punk, and Taylor Swift!
4. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!

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

Is it October yet?  Is the temperature under 90 yet?  Will my car pass inspection last week and will everyone stop asking me why I always wait to last minute on stuff like this?  These and more questions will be answered soon!

For now, here is what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

(Most of the films listed below will be reviewed in October.)

Films I Watched:

1. Band of the Hand (1986)
2. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
3. Book Him! (1971)
4. Child’s Play (1988)
5. Clue (1985)
6. Deadly Game (1991)
7. Engagement Party (1956)
8. Executive Action (1973)
9. Gang Boy (1960)
10. In the Line of Fire (1992)
11. Joy Ride (1976)
12. Man With Two Lives (1942)
13. Minamata (2020)
14. Name Unknown (1964)
15. Pamela’s Prayer (1998)
16. Prom Night (1980)
17. Time Changer (2002)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. The Bachelorette
3. Better Call Saul
4. Big Brother
5. The Challenge
6. City Homicide
7. Full House
8. Ghost Whisperer
9. Medium
10. The MLB All-Star Game
11. Saved By the Bell

Books I Read:

1. Undercover (2015) by Danielle Steel

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Ashlee Simpson
3. Big Data
4. Blanck mass
5. Britney Spears
6. Calvin Harris
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. Christina Aguilera
9. Coldplay
10. Demi Lovato
11. Dillon Francis
12. Fiona Apple
13. Frank Stallone
14. Gwen Stefani
15. Jennifer Lopez
16. Jessica Simpson
17. Katy Perry
18. Kedr Livanskiy
19. Lindsey Stirling
20. Mandy Moore
21. Maya Hawke
22. Muse
23. No Doubt
24. Phantogram
25. The Prodigy
26. Sean Paul
27. Taylor Swift
28. Uniform

Trailers:

1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2. The Walking Dead
3. Tales of the Walking Dead
4. I Am Groot
5. Black Adam
6. Shazam: Fury of the Gods
7. John Wick: Chapter Four
8. House of the Dragon
9. Halloween Ends
10. Curse of the Kraken

News From Last Week:

1. Director Bob Rafelson Dies at 89
2. Director William Richert Commits Suicide At Age 79
3. Stand-Up Comedian Kevin Rooney Dies at 71
4. Former Scream Queen Rebecca Balding Dies At 73

Links From Last Week:

1. I Witness A Wild Chicago Crane Repair – Here’s Video 30 Stories High!
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 7/22/22

Links From The Site:

1. I shared my week in television and the poster for Oppenheimer!
2. Leonard shared the trailer for Wakanda Forever!
3. Erin shared This Sword For Hire, Thrilling Detective, For Richer For Poorer, Love Story Magazine, Daughter of Strangers, Fate, and A Diet of Treacle!
4. Doc shared music videos from Demi Lovato, Calvin Harris, Muse, Sean Paul, Uniform, Dillon Francis, and Lindsey Stirling!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from Nine Inch Nails and Peter Murphy!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared Escape Car, Fallen Leaf, Captured, road, rising, cottage, and Not Clear!
4. At my music site, I shared songs from Demi Lovato, Maya Hawke, Paul Zaza, Mandy Moore, Christina Aguilera, Taylor Swift, and Lindsey Stirling!
5. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!

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

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!

James Caan.  L.Q. Jones.  Tony Sirico.  Lenny von Dohlen.  Gregory Itzin.  Larry Storch.  We lost a lot of talented performers this week.  To all of them, I say thank you for the performances and thank you for the memories.  As long as people watch movies, their names and their talent will never be forgotten.

This week has been hot.  Yesterday, it was 106 degrees at its hottest.  Today, the high was 101.  My hope i that eventually, the temperature will only get up to 99 and we’ll get some relief.  Having grown up in the Southwest, I’m used to hot summers but that doesn’t make them any more fun.

Speaking of summer, my summer job of recapping Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog began this week.  It’s always difficult to keep up with everything this time of year but I still love it.

Here’s what I watched, read, and watched this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Ambulance (2022)
2. Blood Games (1990)
3. The Deep House (2021)
4. King of the Lost World (2005)
5. Nitram (2021)
6. A Very Brady Sequel (1996)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Andy Warhol Diaries
2. The Beatles: Get Back
3. Big Brother 24
4. The Challenge USA
5. Euphoria
6. Goliath
7. Hanna
8. Hawkeye
9. Inspector Lewis
10. Invasion
11. Loki
12. Nine Perfect Strangers
13. Ozark
14. Phoenix Rising
15. Severance
16. Stranger Things
17. Succession

Books I Read:

1. A Time To Remember (1986) by Stanley Shapiro

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Bee Gees
2. Berlin
3. Gram Parson
4. The Hues Corporation
5. Iggy Pop
6. Kid Rock
7. Lupe Fiasco
8. Lynard Skynard
9. The 1975
10. The Prodigy
11. Pulp
12. Radiohead
13. Sharon Van Etten
14. Sleeper
15. t.A.T.u.
16. Underworld
17. Yvonne Elliman

News From Last Week:

1. Actor James Caan Dies At 82
2. L.Q. Jones, Actor in Sam Peckinpah Classics and Director of ‘A Boy and His Dog,’ Dies at 94
3. Tony Sirico, an Eccentric Gangster on ‘The Sopranos,’ Dies at 79
4. Actor Lenny Von Dohlen passes away
5. Gregory Itzin, 24 and Star Trek actor, dies, aged 74
6. Comedian Larry Storch, star of “F Troop,” dead at 99
7. DJ Tim Westwood Is the Subject of Six Alleged Bullying and Sexual Misconduct Complaints, BBC Confirms
8. Iconic Norman Rockwell works of art are taken off the White House walls
9. ‘Big Brother’ host Julie Chen Moonves still supports husband Les: ‘He is a good man’
10. Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia
11. Just Stop Oil protesters damaged Constable’s The Hay Wain in gluing stunt, gallery says, as eco zealot faces accusations of hypocrisy for racking up 50,000 air miles jetting to Bali, Australia and the Canary Islands

Links From Last Week:

1. Our Wild Flaming Sardinian Feast! Here’s Video Of A Spectacular Tableside Meal In Sardinia!

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Planet Comics, Black Mask, The Wind In His Fists, Had I But Groaned, Real Detective, One Star General, and Fourth of July!  She also shared some fireworks pictures!
2. Doc shared music videos from Lupe Fiasco, 1975, Sharon Van Etten, Ozzy Osbourne, t.a.tu, and The Brady Bunch!
3. I shared scenes from Casino, The Sopranos, and The Godfather!
4. I reviewed A Time To Remember, The Lost City, Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture, American Siege, The Plot To Kill The President, Ambulance, The Burning of the White House, and The Thing Called Love!
5. I wished all of you a happy 4th!  (And it was!  People were respectful with the fireworks this year!)
6. I shared my week in television and an AMV of the Day!
7. Jeff shared a music video from Sam Kinison and reviewed Seven in Darkness, Body Language, Cocaine Wars, Class Warfare, Powerplay, A Dangerous Place, and The Girls From Thunder Strip!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared The Promise!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared mushrooms, playground, sign, legs, Come Inside, Tree From A Dream, and Happy 4th of July!
4. At my music site, I shared songs from Underworld, Sleeper, Pulp, Radiohead, Berlin, t.A.T.u, and Carrie Underwood!
5. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!

Click here to check out last week!

Have a good and safe 4th of July!

Films I Watched:

1. The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
2. The Cannonball Run (1981)
3. Invasion USA (1952)
4. The Ledge (2022)
5. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
6. Octopussy (1983)
7. Off To School (1958)
8. The Princess (2022)
9. World Gone Wild (1987)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Beatles: Get Back
2. Better Things
3. Bridgerton
4. Flack
5. The Flight Attendant
6. The Gilded Age
7. Hacks
8. iCarly
9. Inspector Lewis
10. The Lincoln Lawyer
11. MacGruber
12. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
13. The Squid Game
14. Ted Lasso
15. What We Do In The Shadows
16. Yellowstone

Books I Read:

1. Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel (2011) by Peter L. Winkler
2. Less than Zero (1985) by Bret Easton Ellis

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Aurora 
3. Big Data
4. The Beatles
5. Belouis Some
6. Berlin
7. Britney Spears
8. Carly Rae Jepsen
9. Carrie Underwood
10. The Chemical Brothers
11. Chromatics
12. Cosmo
13. Faun
14. Felony
15. Fiona Apple
16. Frank Stallone
17. Elwood
18. Haim
19. Katy Perry
20. Kenny Loggins
21. Lena Katina
22. The Marias
23. Michael Fredo
24. Micow Jupiter
25. Moby
26. Moving Pictures
27. Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
28. The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats
29. Paul McCartney
30. Portishead
31. Radiohead
32. Rick Dees
33. Rita Coolidge
34. Saint Motel
35. Shalamar
36. Sleigh Bells
37. Suzanne Vega
38. t.A.T.u
39. Taylor Swift
40. The Tenors
41. Tove Lo
42. Yvonne Elliman

News From Last Week:

1. Joe Turkel, Bartender in the ‘The Shining’ and ‘Blade Runner’ Actor, Dies at 94
2. Famous Hell’s Angels found Sonny Barger Dies At 83
3. Revolutionary British Director Peter Brook Dies in France at the age of 97
4. Ezra Miller Accused of Harassing Woman in Germany, and Iceland Choking Victim Breaks Her Silence
5. Lindsay Lohan is married to Bader Shammas
6. Chris Cuomo returns to Instagram to share photos from visit to Ukraine war zone
7. CNN ratings tank in first weeks under new boss Chris Licht
8. ‘The View’ hosts face backlash for $14K-a-night luxury Bahamas getaway
9. Box Office: ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Going Bananas With Projected $129.2 Million Independence Day Opening
10. Britney Spears’ Attorney Claims Tri Star Helped Create Conservatorship, Received $18 Million From Pop Star’s Estate
11. Academy Invites 397 New Members, Including Billie Eilish, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jamie Dornan, Dana Walden

Links From Last Week:

1. 19 Oscar Contenders From the Year So Far Include ‘Elvis,’ ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
2. The Inscrutable Screen Immortality of Joe Turkel — 1924-2022
3. Ten Favorite Martial Arts Movies
4. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 7/1/22
5. Check Out These Historical Seoul, South Korea #ThursdayDoors!

Links From the Site:

1. Erin reviewed Pitching Love and Catching Faith!
2. Erin shared Pictures of a Country Cemetery, Pictures of An American City, and Pictures of Miss Victory!
3. Erin shared Country Rain, Across The Lake, Old Ribbons Never Die, Fate, The Origin of Evil, Embassy, and The Venom Business!
4. With my help, Doc shared music videos from Maureen McCormick, Rick Dees, The Tenors, Chromatics, Cosmo, Frank Stallone, and Paul McCartney!
5. Jeff reviewed Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe, Cone of Silence, Max Knight: Ultra Spy, and You Arrive in America!
6. Jeff shared a great moment from comic book history and a great moment from television history!
7. I reviewed The Manor, Less Than Zero, Dennis Hooper: The Wild Life of a Hollywood Rebel, The Princess, Strategic Command, Beowulf, World Gone Wild, The Voyeurs, and The Ledge!
8. I shared scenes from Top Gun, Forbidden Planet, High Anxiety, and Road House!
9. I paid tribute to Michele Soavi, Sydney Pollack, and Robert Evans!
10. I shared my week in television and an AMV of the Day!
11. I wrote about the 20 best episodes of Degrassi!
12. Ryan reviewed Five Perennial Virtues #12: Pearl!

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1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared: Dare and Spellbound!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Faun, The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats, Carly Rae Jepsen, Aurora, Tove Lo, Frank Stallone, and Moby!
4. At her photography site, Erin shared Our Flag, Corner, Creek, What Can You See?, church, The Wait, and A Place to Hide! 

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There is much that I could and probably will eventually say about the Supreme Court ruling this week but I’m not going to say it tonight and I’m not going to say it in this post and I’ll simply ask people to respect my decision as far as that’s concerned.

The Emmy nominations are right around the corner so I spent most of this week watching the various contenders for Outstanding Limited Series and TV Movie.  This upcoming week, I’ll be getting caught up on all of the sitcoms and the dramas that I missed the first time that they aired.  There’s going to be a lot of binging going on.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe (2022)
2. Book of Love (2022)
3. Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
4. Crush (2022)
5. Dangerously Close (1986)
6. Demons (1985)
7. Fresh (2022)
8. The House (2022)
9. Jolt (2021)
10. I Want You Back (2022)
11. Lisa (1990)
12. List of a Lifetime (2021)
13. The Manor (2021)
14. Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u (2022)
15. Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)
16. Psych 3: This is Gus (2021)
17. Strategic Command (1997)
18. Three Weeks (2022)
19. Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off (2022)
20. The Valet (2022)
21. The Voyeurs (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer
2. The Deep End
3. The Essex Serpent
4. The Flight Attendant
5. Gordon Ramsay’s Uncharted
6. History’s Greatest Mysteries
7. Impractical Jokers
8. Inspector Lewis
9. The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray
10. Love is Blind
11. Moon Knight
12. The Offer
13. Painting With John
14. Sketchbook
15. Slasher: Flesh and Blood
16. Two Sentence Horror Stories
17. You
18. The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In the Window

Books I Read:

1. The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made (2008) by David Hughes

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Arctic Monkeys
2. Black Eyed Peas
3. Britney Spears
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. David Bowie
6. David Guetta
7. Dillon Francis
8. Fatboy Slim
9. Katy Perry
10. Lena Katina
11. Lorde
12. The Marias
13. Olivia Rodrigo
14. Portishead
15. Procul Harum
16. Saint Motel
17. Shakira
18. Taylor Swift
19. T. Rex
20. Tove Lo

News From Last Week:

1. Box Office: ‘Elvis’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Battle for No. 1 With $30.5 Million Each

Links From Last Week:

1. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 6/24/22
2. Bravo To “The Kelly Clarkson Show!” SEVEN Daytime Emmys The Most For ANY Show This Year!

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Fantastic, Summer, If, Inside Detective, Black Mask, 69 Babylon Park, and The Nylon Pirates!
2. With my help, Doc shared music videos from Portishead, Lena Katina, David Guetta, Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, T. Rex, and Procul Harum!
3. Ryan shared Do Comic Publishers Need Readers Anymore, Part One and Part Two!
4. Ryan reviewed The Devil’s Grin and Time Zone J!
5. I reviewed The Offer, Moon Knight, and I Want You Back!
6. I shared my June Oscar Predictions and my Week in Television!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon and you should subscribe!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared cross, A Day Out, Arrival, City, trees, summer sidewalk, and Blue!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Procul Harum, T. Rex, Tove Lo, Olivia Rodrigo, Britney Spears, Lena Katina, and The Marias!

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This year’s Emmy submissions were finally posted online on Thursday and, looking them over, I quickly realized that I have a lot of things to watch and not much time to watch them.  So, I’m just going to post what I watched and listened to this week and then I’m getting back to watching The Offer.

Films I Watched:

1. The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970)
2. Cone of Silence (1960)
3. Controlling Britney Spears (2021)
4. The Eye: Calanthek (2021)
5. Heathers (1989)
6. I Bury The Living (1958)
7. Keeping Company with Sondheim (2022)
8. The Last Hunter (1980)
9. A Little Dead (2022)
10. Merry Wives (2022)
11. Rita Ora At The Eiffel Tower (2021)
12. Shatner in Space (2021)
13. Spell (2020)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 2022 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
2. Allo Allo
3. Angelyne
4. Archer
5. Bob’s Burgers
6. Brooklyn Nine Nine
7. Cheer
8. Collector’s Call
9. Community
10. Dr. Death
11. Full House
12. Hart to Heart
13. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
14. Inspector Lewis
15. Making the Cut
16. Married at First Sight
17. The Offer
18. Rick and Morty
19. Robot Chicken
20. Selling Sunset
21. Slippin’ Jimmy
22. Step Into …. The Movie With Derek and Julianne Hough
23. Taylor Tomlinson: Look At You
24. The True Story With Ed and Randall
25. Two Minute Horror Stories
26. Undone
27. Voir
28. We Need To Talk About Cosby
29. What If….?
30. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
31. You

Music To Which I Listened:

1. BTS
2. Cannons
3. Carly Simon
4. The Chemical Brotherrs
5. Coldplay
6. Demi Lovato
7. Edgar Allan Poets
8. Foreigner 
9. Halsey
10. Holly Humberstone
11. Julia Jacklin
12. Michael Fredo
13. Muse
14. Public Service Broadcasting
15. Radiohead
16. REO Speedwagon
17. Rita Coolidge
18. Saint Motel
19. t.A.T.u.
20. Yvonne Elliman

News From Last Week:

1. French screen icon Jean-Louis Trintignant dies aged 91
2. Two actors from Netflix show ‘The Chosen One’ dead after horrific van crash
3. Warner Bros. Calls It Quits With Ezra Miller’s The Flash
4. Box Office: Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Underwhelms With $51 Million Debut as ‘Jurassic World’ Stays No. 1
5. Paul Haggis Arrested in Italy on Sexual Assault Charges
6. Kevin Spacey receives unconditional bail from UK court in sexual assault case

Links From Last Week:

1. Michael Jackson! Elton John! Journey And Brothers Johnson Too! Here’s “Music With A J!”
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 6/17/22

Links From The Site:

1. Ryan reviewed Gecko, Perry Midlife, and Town & County!
2. Erin shared Flying Aces, Astounding Science Fiction, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Codeword: Nemesis, Walk The Dark Streets, The Storm Lord, and Protest!
3. Doc shared music videos from Blind Channel, Holly Humberstone, Demi Lovato, t.A.T.u, Julia Jacklin, Halsey, and BTS!
4. I shared my week in television!  I reviewed A Little Dead, Angelyne, and Shatner in Space!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared: peace, overseeing his kingdom, wagon, flags, Red Flowers, Overgrown, and Rain Behind A Window!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Halsey, Holly Humberstone, Public Service Broadcasting, Edgar Allan Poets, Michael Fredo, Radiohead, and Cannons!

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On Monday, no sooner had I returned home from my impromptu two-week vacation then I noticed that the main trending topic on Twitter was that Jada Pinkett Smith had “finally” spoken out about The Slap.  Of course, she didn’t really say much beyond her usual “Let the healing begin” crap, which is what people always say when they’re trying to sound mature without actually being an adult about anything.

But what was interesting was that I actually had to remind myself about what The Slap was all about.  I didn’t look at that headline and think to myself, “Finally, she’s speaking up about Will Smith hitting Chris Rock on national television.”  Instead, I was like, “Oh yeah, that happened just a few months ago.”  The news moves fast nowadays.  Celebrity news moves even faster.  For all the drama surrounding The Slap, it really didn’t take long for everyone to move onto the Depp/Heard trial.  And now that the Depp/Heard trial is over, it won’t take long to move onto the next celebrity controversy.

Speaking of celebrities, Senator Dr. Oz is not something that I ever expected to be a serious possibility but here we are.  My fear is that when ever either Cruz or Cornyn retires or moves on to another office, Dr. Phil will throw his hat into the ring to succeed them.  Pretty soon, the entire Senate will be made up of TV doctors and reality show stars.

As for me, I was doing better as far as my back is concerned but then, on Friday, I was out in the backyard when it started to rain.  As I went back to the house, I slipped on a puddle of water.  I didn’t fall but, in the process of not falling, I managed to strain my back yet again!  URGH!  It’s a hard knock life.

Anyway, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to.

Films I Watched:

1. 8-Bit Christmas (2021)
2. Birds of Paradise (2021)
3. Liberty & Bash (1989)
4. Madhouse (1974)
5. Pitch Perfect (2012)
6. RoboVampire 3 (1989)
7. Save The Last Dance (2001)
8. The Sky Is Everywhere (2022)
9. Tightrope (1984)
10. The War of the Worlds (1953)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. Barry
3. Creepshow
4. Full House
5. Norm McDonald: Nothing Special
6. Maid
7. Pistol
8. Saved By The Bell
9. We Own This City

Books I Read:

1. Donavan (1974) by Carter Brown
2. The Suicide Cult (1978) by Marshal Kilduff and Ron Javers

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. BANKS
3. Big Data
4. Blondie
5. Britney Spears
6. Cedric Gervais
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. The Clash
9. Coldplay
10. Crud
11. Daft Punk
12. Donna Summer
13. Em Biehold
14. Gorillaz
15. Jace Everett
16. Jakalope
17. Jessie Murph
18. Julia Rocka
19. Katy Perry
20. Martin Garrix
21. Metric
22. Michael Fredo
23. Muse
24. Paula Cole
25. The Pretenders
26. The Prodigy
27. Public Image Ltd.
28. Ramones
29. Rich White
30. Rolling Stones
31. Saint Motel
32. Sarah Barrios
33. Sex Pistols
34. Souixsie and the Banshees
35. Tomoyasu Hotei
36. Upsahl

Trailers:

1. 6 Classic Trailers For May 31st, 2022
2. Destroy All Humans 2 — Reprobed
3. Urban Myths — Tooth Worms
4. The Devil Within
5. Pinocchio

News From Last Week:

1. Jury awards millions of dollars to Johnny Depp in libel suit; Amber Heard wins less in countersuit
2. Atlanta rapper Trouble shot and killed
3. Actor Milton Gonclaves Dies at 88
4. Dr. Mehmet Oz wins GOP Senate Primary in Pennsylvania
5. Top Gun Won’t Stop
6. Box Office: ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Bites Into $55 Million Internationally

Links From Last Week:

1. “Dinner And A Movie”! Frogs Legs! Veal Stew Recipe From Paris! The Legendary Le Grand Colbert! “Something’s Gotta Give” With Nicholson, Keaton and Keanu! — Bite! Eat! Repeat!
2. My May 2022 In Book (The World’s Common Tater)

Links From the Site:

1. Erin took a look at The Covers of Space Busters, the work of Joe Little, and The Totally True Covers of True Adventure!  She also posted For Memorial Day!
2. Erin shared North-West Romances, Jenny By Nature, Killer Come Back To Me, The Lessons of Love, Isolation, Dirty Harry, and Memorial Day At Freeman Park!
3. Jeff reviewed Liberty & Bash and Graveyard Shift at the Riverview Motel!  
4. Jeff shared a great moment from television history and a great moment from comic book history!
5. I shared music videos from Em Beihold, Sarah Barrios, Jessie Murph, Paula Cole, Julia Rocka, Metric, and Upsahl!
6. I shared my week in television, Why Study Speech?, and How Do You Know It’s Love?
7. I shared an AMV for Clint Eastwood’s birthday!
8. I took a look at the making of Dirty Harry!
9. I shared my way too early Oscar predictions!
10. I reviewed The Sky Is Everywhere, The Assassination Chain, Breezy, Escape From Alcatraz, Jud, and The Incredible Melting Man!
11. I paid tribute to Marilyn Monroe, Howard Hawks, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder!
12. I shared a scene from Magnum Force!
13. I congratulated you on surviving the merry old month of May!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared bridge, garden, beacon, possum, tracks, another possum, and Pearl Harbor Memorial!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Rolling Stones, Adi Ulmansky, Donna Summer, Katy Perry, Martin Garrix, Daft Punk, and Jace Everett!

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