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!

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

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!

Check out last week by clicking here!

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!

Most of this week has been spent up at Lake Texoma.  After five months of working, I took a week off and got even more work done than usual.  Seriously, though, it was good to relax.  I’m proud of the reviews I wrote this week and I’m looking forward to giving you more next week!

In other news …. CANNES!  Yes, the Cannes Film Festival has begun.  Cannes is always kind of fun to follow because the big hits at Cannes hardly ever seem to become big hits once they’re released in the U.S.  That said, I usually find myself agreeing more with the Cannes jury than with the American audiences.

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

Films I Watched:

1. After Yang (2022)
2. Barton Fink (1991)
3. Cruel Instruction (2022)
4. Graveyard Shift (1990)
5. Maria Candelaria (1943)
6. M*A*S*H (1970)
7. Nosferatu, the Vampyre (1979)
8. Othello (1951)
9. Real Men (1987)
10. Top Gun (1986)
11. Valley Girl (1983)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Very British Scandal
2. Atlanta
3. Barry
4. Better Call Saul
5. Beyond the Edge
6. Court Cam
7. Creepshow
8. The Curse of Degrassi
9. The Last Drive-In
10. Law & Order
11. Survivor
12. We Own This City

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Alabama 3
3. Aronchuba
4. Bob Dylan
5. Britney Spears
6. Castlebeat
7. Flamingoz
8. Giorgio Morodor
9. Hans Zimmer
10. Hazel English
11. Journey
12. Katy Perry
13. Kid Rock
14. Kylie Minogue
15. Lynard Skynard
16. Martin Garrix
17. Marty Wilde
18. Noah Cyrus
19. Penelope Houston
20. Saint Motel
21. Soccer Mommy
22. Souixsie and the Banshees
23. Starcrawler
24. Thelma Houston
25. Upsahl
26. Vangelis

News From Last Week:

1. Famed composer Vangelis dies at 79
2. Downton and Dr. Strange Dominate The Box Office
3. Cannes 2022 Launches Amidst Controversy, War, and Optimism 
4. Cannes 2022 Week One Round-up
5. Tom Cruise Jets Into Cannes—And Leaves With a Palme d’Or
6. Cannes 2022 Photos: ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ Premiere Draws Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton & A Naked Protester
7. Feminist protestors shut down Cannes premiere of Holy Spider with smoke devices
8. Tater on TV: CW Announces Fall Schedule
9. Tater on TV: CBS Announces Fall Schedule
10. Tater on TV: ABC Announces Fall 2022 Schedule
11. Tater on TV: FOX Announces Fall 2022 “Portfolio”
12. Tater on TV: NBC Announces Fall 22 Schedule

Links From Last Week:

1. Cannes Diary: Why Tom Cruise Is Our Biggest — and Most Elusive — Movie Star
2. A Seafood Newburg Recipe! “Dinner And A Movie” With “Downton Abbey – A New Era!” — Bite! Eat! Repeat!

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Fantastic Adventures, T as in Trapped, The Deadly Duo, Smoky Road, Love Story Magazine, Space Detective, and Action Stories!
2. Jeff shared a music video from Vangelis!
3. Case wrote about the decline of Titans!
4. I shared music videos from Upsahl, Moon Zappa, Soccer Mommy, Starcrawler, Noah Cyrus, and Castlebeat!
5. I reviewed M*A*S*H, Maria Candelaria, Barton Fink, and Othello!
6. I paid tribute to Frank Capra!
7. I shared scenes from Richard III, It’s A Wonderful Life, and Barry!
8. I shared my week in television and the trailer for Three Thousand Years of Longing!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a Patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At Day Without Incident, Leonard shared Tears in the Rain, Love Survive, and Injection!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared miday, Fountain, birdy, shadow, purple, country road, and tree in the park!
4. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed Survivor!
5. At my music site, I shared songs from Marty Wilde, Penelope Houston, Thelma Houston, Katy Perry,  Martin Garrix, Giorgio Moroder, and Alabama 3!

Check out last week by clicking here!

Another up-and-down week comes to a close.  Here’s the important thing: we all survived Friday the 13th.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Fit to Kill (2022)
2. Friday the 13th (1980)
3. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
4. Gasoline Alley (2022)
5. Robo Vampire (1988)
6. Starcrash (1978)
7. Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)
8. World War Z (2013)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. Atlanta
3. Barry
4. Better Call Saul
5. Beyond The Edge
6. The Brady Bunch
7. Candy
8. Dynasty
9. Fantasy Island
10. Full House
11. Ghosts
12. Law & Order
13. The Love Boat
14. Survivor
15. We Own This City

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Blanck Mass
2. BoywithUke
3. Charli XCX
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Crud
6. Crystal Method
7. Daft Punk
8. Giorgio Moroder
9. Gloria Gaynor
10. Icona Pop
11. Jakalope
12. Jane’s Addiction
13. Katy Perry
14. Lady Gaga
15. Liberato
16. Martin Garrix
17. OneRepublic
18. Patti Smith
19. Purity Ring
20. Saint Motel
21. UPSAHL

Trailers:

1. 6 Classic Fred Ward Trailers
2. Avatar: Way of the Water
3. Love Death + Robots Volume 3
4. Hustle
5. Cha Cha Real Smooth
6. Resurrection

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Fred Ward Dies at 79
2. Upfronts 2022: TV Renewals, Cancelations, Trailers, Schedules and More
3. ‘Strange’ Reigns Again, ‘Firestarter’ Fizzles
4. Hulu Says No To Hillary Clinton
5. “Spinal Tap” Is Back! New Sequel Announced! Here Are Details!

Links From Last Week:

1. Making Clemenza’s Meatballs! Celebrate “The Godfather” At 50 With This Classic Recipe! — Bite! Eat! Repeat!
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 5/13/22

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Nylon Passport, Dishonorable Lady, Friday the 13th Part 3, Wayward Nurse, True Detective, Soft in the Shadows, and Tramp Nurse!
2. Jeff shared a music video from The Black Dahlia Murder!
3. Leonard shared trailers for Resurrection, Avatar: The Way of Water, and Love Death + Robots Vol. 3!
4. I shared music videos from OneRepublic, Purity Ring, Crud, Liberato, BoywithUke, and Lady Gaga!
5. I shared my week in television!  I reviewed Gasoline Alley and Candy!  I wished everyone a happy Friday the 13th!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared: neighbor, West Elm, heading home, his eyes follow you, store, rabbit, and crutch!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Charli XCX, Patti Smith, Gloria Gaynor, Katy Perry, Giorgio Moroder, Martin Garrix, and Jane’s Addiction!
4. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed Survivor!

Want to check out last week?  Click here!

I started this week off by spending close to 40 dollars to fill up my car with gas and apparently, I’m living in one of the states where the current price is considered to be low when compared to everywhere else.  Thank goodness the Mad Max films were there to take away the sting of it all.

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

Films I Watched:

1. The Batman (2022)
2. Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
3. The Fallout (2022)
4. The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)
5. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
6. The Road Warrior (1981)
7. Super Force (1990)
8. The Terror (1963)
9. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Atlanta
2. Barry
3. Better Call Saul
4. The Brady Bunch
5. Full House
6. Ghosts
7. The Girl From Plainville
8. Law & Order
9. The Love Boat
10. Survivor
11. We Own This City

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Aretha Franklin
3. Barrett Strong
4. The Beatles
5. Blind Channel
6. Blondie
7. Bob Dylan
8. The Brian Jonestown Massacre
9. Britney Spears
10. The Chemical Brothers
11. The Crystal Method
12. David Hasselhoff
13. Dilllon Francis
14. DJ Snake
15. Fiona Apple
16. Giorgio Moroder
17. Katy Perry
18. Lady Gaga
19. Martin Garrix
20. Rammstein
21. Riz Ortolani
22. Saint Motel
23. Siouxsie and the Banshees
24. The 69 Eyes
25. Tina Turner
26. Tove Lo
27. UPSHAL
28. Yungblud
29. zalagasper

Trailers:

1. House of the Dragon
2. Weird
3. Don’t Worry, Darling

News From Last Week:

1. Doctor Strange Makes A Lot Of Money
2. Ncuti Gatwa is the new Doctor
3. Iconic comic book artist George Perez dies at 67
4. Twin Peaks Villain Kenneth Welsh Dies at 80
5. Punk icon Howie Pyro Dead at 61
6. Kaila Posey Dies At Age 16
7. Dave Chappelle tackled during comedy show, police arrest man
8. Kevin Hart: Dave Chappelle’s Attacker ‘Needed’ to Get Beaten Up Because ‘It Sends a Message’
9. Dave Chappelle Spoke to Man Accused of Attacking Him and Reveals Why He Stormed Stage
10. Dave Chappelle Wants DA to ‘Correct Mistake,’ File Felony Charges Over Stage Attack: Lawyer
11. Fred Savage Fired From ‘The Wonder Years’ Amid Allegations
12. SAG Awards Will No Longer Air on TNT and TBS After 25 Years

Links From Last Week:

1. Frank Langella and the Climate of Fear
2. The Incredible “Sound” Of Linda Ronstadt’s Voice! Terrific Documentary Of A Brilliant Singer!
3. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 5/6/22

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Mother and Children, Ranch Romances, Space Platform, Baile en Tehauntepec, The Empire Strikes Back, The Streetwalker, and the Devil’s Spawn!
2. I shared music videos from zalagasper, Yungblud, Blind Channel, Tove Lo, Tina Turner, The 69 Eyes, and Rammstein!
3. I paid tribute to Orson Welles and Audrey Hepburn! 
4. I shared my week in television and a scene from Starcrash!

More From Us:

1. Ryan had a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared favorite place, squirrel, alley, row, moon, being watched, and clouds!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Barrett Strong, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Aretha Franklin, Katy Perry, Martin Garrix, Giorgio Morder, and the Brian Jonestown Massacre!
4. For Reality TV Chat, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
5. For Horror Critic, I reviewed The Bunker Game!

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

Welcome to the wonderful month of May!  It’s a new month and I’m definitely feeling better.  I’m not sure why April was so difficult but no matter!  It’s in the past.

Speaking of the past, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to over the course of the previous week:

Films I Watched:

1. 06/05 (2004)
2. The Cannonball Run (1981)
3. A Good Days Work: Selling (1974)
4. Mad Max (1979)
5. Mr. Majestyk (1974)
6. Nashville (1975)
7. Our Man Flint (1966)
8. Run, Lola, Run (1998)
9. The Survivor (2022)
10. White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercombie and Fitch (2022)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 61st Street
2. Abbott Elementary
3. Allo Allo
4. Atlanta
5. Barry
6. Better Call Saul
7. The Brady Bunch
8. Full House
9. The Girl From Plainville
10. Happy Days
11. King of the Hill
12. Law & Order
13. The Love Boat
14. M*A*S*H
15. Open All Hours
16. Survivor
17. T.J. Hooker
18. We Own This City

Books I Read:

1. Getting It Straight: Villains Talking (2001) by Freddie Foreman and Tony Lambrianou

Music To Which I Listened:

1. American Football
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Blanck Mass
4. Britney Spears
5. Cedric Gervais
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Daft Punk
8. deadmau 5
9. Dillon Francis
10. DJ Snake
11. Florence + The Machine
12. Flume
13. Flying Lizards
14. Gjiko
15. Haim
16. Maggie Rogers
17. Michael Nesmith
18. The Monkees
19. The Prodigy
20. Rammstein
21. Rolling Stones
22. Saint Motel
23. Sigrid
24. Sub Urban
25. Susie Van De Meer
26. Swedish House Mafia
27. Talk Talk
28. Tiesto

Trailers:

1. Jurassic World Dominion
2. Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers
3. Monstrous

News From Last Week:

1. Country music star Naomi Judd dies at age 76
2. Neal Adams, comic book artist who revitalized Batman and fought for creators’ rights, Dies at 80
3. Actress Joanna Barnes Dies at 87
4. Kenneth Tsang, ‘Die Another Day’ actor, found dead while quarantining in Chinese hotel
5. Elon Musk, a $160,000 wine bill, and a confession: 12 highlights from week 3 of the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial
6. Elon Musk tells AOC to ‘stop hitting on me’ after his Twitter purchase
7. A24’s ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Hits Impressive Box Office Milestone
8. Bill Murray Gives First Comments on Inappropriate Behavior Complaint: ‘It’s Been Quite an Education for Me’

Links From Last Week:

1. What The New Yorker Didn’t Say About a Famous Writer’s Anti-Semitism
2. Netflix Lost Subscribers, But It Really Lost Something Larger — Call It Mythology
3. Paul McCartney And John Lennon’s NEW Duet! “I’ve Got A Feeling” LIVE Thanks To Peter Jackson!
4. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 4/29/22

Links From The Site:

1. Jeff paid tribute to Neal Adams!
2. Erin shared Rulah Jungle Goddess, Anniversary, Rangeland Romances, The Love Racket, Desperate Choice, Pick-Up At Midnight, and American Legion!
3. I shared music videos from Gjiko, Sub Urban, Sigrid, Flume, American Football, Florence + The Machine, and Maggie Rogers!
4. I shared an AMV of the Day, a blast from the past, a scene from Hard Target, and I paid tribute to Wes Anderson!  I also shared my week in television and my too early Oscar predictions!
5. I reviewed Solarbabies!

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3. At my music site, I shared songs from The Flying Lizards, Talk Talk, Swedish House Mafia, Haim, Saint Motel, Britney Spears, and Blanck Mass!
4. For Reality TV Chat, I reviewed Survivor!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared spin away, above, tapestry, afternoon, green, night, and housing!
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Another week, another struggle.

Well, actually, that’s me being a bit overdramatic.  This was not an easy week, mostly because I was feeling awful for most of it.  I wasn’t really depressed and I wasn’t really sick but I felt like I was on the verge of becoming both.  It was just a totally bleh week for me.  Watching Christiane F., one of the most downbeat films ever made, may have been a mistake under the circumstances.  Fortunately, I watched Solarbabies a few nights later and the sight of everyone rolling around the desert on roller skates really brightened my mood.  And then, on Saturday, I watched Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, and Peter Lorre in The Raven and that cheered me up even more.

As for the world of television, I finally got to watch Only Murders In The Buildings and I loved it.  And I also binged the first episodes of Atlanta’s new season and I’m still haunted by the premiere in particular.

Anyway, I’m feeling better just having typed out those few paragraphs.  In other words, I’ll be okay.

Films I Watched:

1. Avengement (2019)
2. Christiane F. (1981)
3. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
4. The Filth and the Fury (2000)
5. Lady Frankenstein (1971)
6. The Raven (1963)
7. Rider on the Rain (1970)
8. Solarbabies (1986)
9. Zombie Strippers (2008)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 61st Street
2. Allo Allo
3. Atlanta
4. Better Call Saul
5. The Brady Bunch
6. The Doctors
7. Full House
8. The Girl From Plainville
9. Only Murders in the Building
10. Open All Hours
11. Rachael Ray
12. Survivor

Books I Read:

1. The Lost Apothecary (2022) by Sarah Penner

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Animotion
2. The Beatles
3. Blanck Mass
4. Blondie
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Coldplay
8. Crystal Method
9. David Bowie
10. Duran Duran
11. Fiona Apple
12. Haim
13. The Human League
14. INXS
15. Jakalope
16. Kim Wilde
17. Muse
18. Phantogram
19. The Prodigy
20. Public Service Broadcasting
21. Saint Motel
22. Sleigh Bells
23. Swedish House Mafia
24. Talk Talk
25. Taylor Swift

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Robert Morse dies at 90
2. CNN+ Is Shutting Down One Month After Launch
3. Netflix Loses Subscribers For The First Time In A Decade

Links From Last Week:

1. Celebrating “Fatal Attraction” At 35! A Great Timeless Thriller!
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 4/22/22

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Action Stories, Mammoth Detective, Mission: Danger, Two Flags, Gangland Stories, Sky Novel, and Argosy!
2. Jeff reviewed The Drifter and The Man From Utah!  He shared music videos from Silverchair, Guns N’ Roses, Ozzy Osbourne, The Alarm, Carmel, Guns N’ Roses again, and UB40!
3. I shared my week in television and reviewed Avengement!  I shared trailers for Thor: Love and Thunder, Last Seen Alive, Lightyear, and Night Sky!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should check it out!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared spring, friends, one tree, reaching, night, judgment, and testing!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from The Beatles, Animotion, Swedish House Mafia, Haim, Saint Motel, Britney Spears, and Blanck Mass!
4. For the Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!

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This week was all about family.  I spent the holidays with my sisters and I didn’t really watch any movies or …. do anything else for that matter.  But I guess I needed the rest.

I was a bit upset when I discovered that ABC was not showing The Ten Commandments on Saturday.  I may have even sent an angry tweet to my local ABC affiliate about it.  (Okay, I did send it and I was a little bit rude, which I feel bad about.)  Watching the first 30 minutes of The Ten Commandments before leaving for Easter Vigil and then the rest afterwards is a Bowman family tradition!  But this Saturday, a basketball game aired instead and I was not happy.

“BASKETBALL!?” I raged, “How dare they!?”

Anyway, I subsequently discovered that ABC had apparently aired The Ten Commandments last week and I just missed it.  I really didn’t have anyone to blame but myself and I feel kind of bad for yelling at ABC on twitter over it.  To be honest, The Ten Commandments is on Prime so I can watch it whenever I want but I guess I was upset because watching it on TV with commercials is a family tradition and I don’t like change in general.

Anyway, turns out my sister Megan had the movie on DVD so, even as I type this up, my sisters and I are watching Yul Brynner and Charlton Heston in The Ten Commandments!

Here’s what else I watched this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Barabbas (1961)
2. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
3. My Wonderful Life (2022)
4. Planet of the Dinosaurs (1977)
5. The Silver Chalice (1954)
6. The Ten Commandments (1956)
7. The Velocipastor (2018)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 61st Street
2. The Girl From Plainville
3. Hard Cell
4. Law & Order
5. The Outlaws
6. Survivor
7. Yellowjackets

Music To Which I Listened:

1. The Beatles
2. Big Data
3. Blanck Mass
4. Britney Spears
5. The Chemical Brothers
6. Crystal Medthod
7. Haim
8. Madness
9. Radiohead
10. Saint Motel
11. Swedish House Mafia
12. Yvonne Elliman

News From Last Week:

1. Iconic comedian Gilbert Gottfried Dies at 67
2. Comedian and actor Michel Bouquet Dies at 97
3. Actress Liz Sheridan Dies at 93
4. Actress Catherine Spaak Dies at 77
5. Actor Rio Hackford Dies at 51
6. Gilbert Gottfried Laid to Rest in Star-Studded, Joke-Filled Funeral: ‘He Would Have Loved It’
7. Cannes Film Festival Announces 2022 Lineup, Including New Films From George Miller, David Cronenberg, and Park Chan-wook
8. The David Lynch rumours are growing by the day

Links From Last Week:

1. Martin Scorsese’s Movies Are Funnier Than Most Modern Comedies
2. Easter Special Music Break: 7 Favorite Scores from Redeeming Films
3. Songs In The Key Of “E”! From Elvis To Pearl Jam With Some Eagles And Eminem Too!
4. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 4/15/22

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared a scene about the Easter Beagle and 7 pictures of the sun: Looking for the Sun, Let The Sun Come In, Sunset at the Park, Thursday Sunrise, Sunset on Friday, Sun, and View of the Sun!
2. Jeff shared music videos from U2, The Hooters, Shine, The Beach Boys, Belinda Carlisle, Warrant, and David Bowie!  He also reviewed The Hard Hombre, Law of the Rio Grande, and Hell-Fire Austin!
3. I paid tribute to Uli Edel and I shared my week in television and a scene from Apocalypse Now!  I reviewed Death on the Nile, The Girl From Plainville, and the 103rd Ballot!
4. Leonard shared the trailer from Crimes of the Future!

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1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subcribing!
2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from Jesus Christ Superstar!
3. At her photography site, Erin Shared: path, lizard, base of the rainbow, house, friendship, flowers, and faith!
4. At my music site, I shared songs from The Beatles, Madness, Swedish House Mafia, Haim, Saint Motel, Britney Spears, and Blanck Mass!
5. For the Realty TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!

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