I hope everyone had a good holiday!

Just one more week and this year is over!  We’ve got a lot of good things in store for this site in 2022.  I can’t wait for our readers to see them and tell us what they think!

Here’s what I did this week.

Films I Watched:

1. Big Sur (2013)
2. A Christmas Story (1983)
3. Die Hard (1988)
4. Die Hard 2 (1990)
5. Don’t Look Up (2021)
6. Elf (2003)
7. Goodfellas (1990)
8. Holiday Affair (1949)
9. It’s A Wonderful Life (1947)
10. Lethal Weapon (1987)
11. Nebraska (2013)
12. Paradise Cove (2021)
13. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
14. The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
15. Staying Alive (1983)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Very Boy Band Holiday
2. The Brady Bunch
3. Dexter: New Blood
4. Football
5. Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around
6. The Love Boat
7. The Office
8. Santa Claus is Coming To Town
9. Saved By The Bell

Books I Read:

1. Night of Camp David (1965) by Fletcher Knebel

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Bee Gees
2. Bob Dylan
3. Broken Peach
4. Britney Spears
5. Camila Cabello
6. Darlene Love
7. Jake Bugg
8. Idina Menzel
9. Katy Perry
10. Lindsey Stirling
11. Norah Jones
12. Norman Greenbaum
13. Saint Motel
14. Taylor Swift
15. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season:

1. St. Louis Film Critics Association Winners
2. Indiana Film Journalists Association Winners
3. DFW Film Critics Winners
4. Online Association of Female Film Critics Winners
5. Nevada Film Critics Society Winners
6. Florida Film Critics Circle Winners
7. Black Film Critics Circle Winners
8. North Texas Film Critics Winners
9. Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Nominations

Trailers:

1. The Northman

Best of 2021:

1. Top Ten Single Issue Comics (Ryan C)
2. Top Ten Comics Series (Ryan C)
3. Top Ten Special Mentions (Ryan C)
4. Top Ten Vintage Collections (Ryan C)

News From Last Week:

1. Jean-Marc Vallée Has Died; Director Of ‘Dallas Buyers Club,’ ‘Big Little Lies’ & ‘Sharp Objects’ Was 58
2. Joan Didion dies at 87
3. Hamptons cops pull over Alec Baldwin, Hilaria after warrant issued for his phone
4. Emmy Rule Changes: Dramas and Comedies Will No Longer Be Determined By Hour or Half-Hour Length
5. Britney Spears’ Father, Who Was Suspended From Conservatorship, Requests Daughter Pay Legal Fees
6. Jagged Little Pill’ Will Not Reopen on Broadway Due to Omicron Surge
7. Chris Noth Dropped From CBS’ ‘The Equalizer’ After Sexual Assault Allegations
8. Palm Springs Film Awards Ceremony Canceled Due to COVID Concern

Links From Last Week:

1. My Traumatizing Years With Bryan Singer
2. What really happened to Ronald Hunkeler, who inspired ‘The Exorcist’
3. Tater’s December 2021 in Books
4. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 12/17/21
5. Santa Smokes! Hilarious Cigarette Ads! Celebrities Hawking Holiday Products!

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Universe Science Fiction, The Sensualists, Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, Welcome, Star, and the Day After!  She also shared a scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas!
2. Leonard reviewed Licorice Pizza!
3. Jeff wished everyone a happy Festivus!
4. Doc wished everyone a Merry Christmas!
5. I shared music videos from Saint Motel, Norman Greenbaum, Frank Sinatra, Norah Jones, Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, and Darlene Love!  I shared my week in television!  I reviewed Wild Indian and Fear and Loathing in Aspen.  I shared scenes from Goodfellas, Miracle on 34th Street, It’s A Wonderful Life, and Less than Zero!  I shared Treevenge!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Subscribe!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Purple, Yellow, Cowboy, Inside the Dollhouse, Merry Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas, and Squirrel!
3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared The Family Madrigal!
4. At my music site, I shared songs from Norman Greenbaum, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Bob Dylan, Katy Perry, Lindsey Stirling, and Broken Peach!

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Hooray for Santy Claus!

Films I Watched:

1. An American Dream (1966)
2. Anger Management (2003)
3. The Angry Red Planet (1959)
4. Casino (1995)
5. A Crime on the Bayou (2021)
6. The Executioner’s Song (1982)
7. Fear and Loathing in Apsen (2021)
8. The Fog (1980)
9. Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987)
10. Kapo (1960)
11. King Richard (2021)
12. The Last Don II (1999)
13. Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
14. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
15. Wild Indian (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Charlie Brown Christmas
2. Dexter: New Blood
3. The Love Boat
4. Mom
5. Seinfeld
6. Survivor

Books I Read:

1. Dream State: California in the Movies by Mick LaSalle
2. Hollywood Eden by Joel Selvin

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Bloc Party
3. Blondie
4. Bones
5. Britney Spears
6. Carrie Underwood
7. Dean Martin
8. Dounia
9. Fatboy Slim
10. Frank Sinatra
11. GuiusiPre
12. Jake Epstein
13. Katy Perry
14. Kedr Livanskiy
15. Kelly Clarkson
16. Lindsey Stirling
17. Michael Fredo
18. The Motels
19. Neda Boin
20. Norman Greenbaum
21. Party Crash Vikings
22. Saint Motel
23. Sleigh Bells
24. The Spencer David Group
25. Taylor Swift
26. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season:

1. Golden Globe Nominations
2. Phoenix Film Critics Society Nominations
3. Chicago Film Critics Nominations
4. Southern Eastern Film Critics Winners
5. Critics Choice Nominations
6. Las Vegas Film Critics Society Winners
7. Portland Critics Association Nominations
8. Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations
9. Women Film Critics Circle Winners
10. North Texas Film Critics Association
11. Indiana Film Journalists Association Nominations
12. Independent Spirit Awards Nominations
13. Florida Film Critics Circle Nominations
14. Chicago Film Critics Association Winners
15. Black Reel Awards Nominations
16. Portland Critics Association Winners
17. Online Association of Female Film Critics Nominations
18. Phoenix Critics Circle Winners
19. Los Angeles Film Critics Association
20. Utah Film Critics Association

Trailers:

1. The Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

News From Last Week:

1. Eva Babitz dies at 78
2. Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Debuts to Jaw-Dropping $253 Million
3. Jeff Garlin Has Reportedly Parted Ways With “The Goldbergs” After Allegations Of On-Set Inappropriate Behavior
4. Jeff Garlin Trashed ‘The Goldbergs’ at Comedy Show Days Before Departing ABC Sitcom
5. Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Two Women
6. Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Third Woman, Actor Denies Allegation as ‘Bad Fiction’
7. Alec Baldwin requested a bigger gun in emails with ‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed ahead of production, according to investigators
8. Search warrant issued for Alec Baldwin’s phone over fatal ‘Rust’ shooting

Links From Last Week:

1. LAST STRAW DOGS ON THE LEFT – THE INCONSISTENCIES AND DOUBLE STANDARDS OF THE BBFC
2. RIP To Eve Babitz, Hollywood’s Iconic “IT” Girl…Here’s A Tribute With Her Books And A Biography Too…
3. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 12/17/21
4. SUPPORT SOLRAD IN 2022!
5. COMIX EXPERIENCE TALKS ENIGMA WITH PETER MILLIGAN & DUNCAN FEGREDO

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Gorilla’s Moll, Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories, Paulette of Paris, True Crime Cases, What Mad Universe, Revolt of the Triffids, and Whitney My Love!
2. Leonard reviewed Spider-Man: No Way Home!
3. Ryan reviewed Clusterfux Comix, Burg Land 1, and Dear Mother & Other Stories!
4. I shared my week in television, a scene from The Angry Red Planet, and a review of Dexter!  I also shared music videos from Saint Motel, Party Crash Vikings, Bones, GuiusiPre, Adi Ulmansky, Dounia, and Neda Boin!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should subscribe!
2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Haim’s Valentine!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared Fog, Tree Waiting For A Storm, All Alone, Watching, Glass, Yellow and Red, and Crystal Flames!
4. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the finale of Survivor!
5. At my music site, I shared songs from The Motels, Bloc Party, Sleigh Bells, The Spencer Davis Group, Kedr Livanskiy, Lindsey Stirling, and Kelly Clarkson!

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

It’s the holiday season! On Saturday, I watched It’s A Wonderful Life for the first time this year so I’m happy.

Films I Watched:

1. A Chorus Line (1985)
2. All That Jazz (1979)
3. Cabaret (1972)
4. Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)
5. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
6. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
7. Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
8. Pig (2021)
9. The Power of the Dog (2021)
10. Purple Noon (1960)
11. Risky Business (1983)
12. Santa Jaws (2018)
13. Space Milkshake (2012)
14. Spirit Riders (2015)
15. Tracking a Killer (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Bar Rescue
2. Baywatch: Hawaii
3. Dexter: New Blood
4. Dude, You’re Screwed
5. Fear the Walking Dead
6. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
7. Killer Cases
8. The Office
9. Survivor
10. Talking Dead
11. Walking Dead: World Beyond

Books I Read:

1. Nothing’s Ever Easy (2021) by Amanda Lee Dixon

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Afrojack
3. Aphex Twin
4. Armin Van Buuren
5. Ava Marx
6. Big Data
7. Bob Dylan
8. Britney Spears
9. The Chemical Brothers
10. The Crystal Method
11. David Guetta
12. DJ Snake
13. Dubdogz
14. Future
15. Galantis
16. Haim
17. Jake Bugg
18. Little Mix
19. Makeup & Vanity Set
20. M/A/R/R/S
21. Martin Garrix
22. Mikaela Davis
23. Muse
24. Norman Greenbaum
25. Poppy Ajudha
26. Saint Motel
27. Spaceface
28. Tiesto
29. Trentmoller
30. Van McCoy
31. Volkoder

Awards Season:

1. Lisa Marie’s Oscar Predictions for Octobers
2. Gotham Winners
3. Satellite Nominations
4. National Board of Review Winners
5. Hollywood Critics Association Nominations
6. Sunset Critics Awards Winners
7. Detroit Film Critics Society Nominations
8. New York Film Critics Circle Winners
9. Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Nominations

News From Last Week:

1. Film producer Martha De Laurentiis Dies
2. Conceptual Artist Lawrence Weiner Dies
3. Legendary Actress Arlene Dahl Dies
4. James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli says 007 ‘will be back’
5. CNN fires Chris Cuomo
6. Chris Cuomo accused of sexual harassment days before CNN firing over aiding brother Andrew Cuomo
7. Alec Baldwin says he didn’t pull the trigger in fatal Rust shooting

Links From Last Week:

1. Chris Cuomo, like Andrew, was fired for the wrong misdeeds
2. Secrets Of The David Bowie / Bing Crosby Duet “The Little Drummer Boy!”
3. The World’s Common Tater’s Week In Books, Movies, and Television

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared: Startling Stories, Add Flesh to the Fire, December, All-American Fiction, G-Man Detective, Argosy, and Famous Detective Stories!
2. I shared my week in television. I reviewed the latest episodes of Dexter and Fear the Walking Dead. I shared music videos from: Makeup & Vanity Set, DJ Snake x Future, Trentemoller, Spaceface, Saint Motel, Poppy Ajudha, and Volkoder and Dubdogz!
3. Ryan reviewed Go F❤ck Myself : The F❤ckpendium, Swonknibus, and No One Else!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon! Consider subscribing!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Bobcat, Moon, Above Your Head, Ghost Lights, Good Morning, Trees, and Good Afternoon!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from David Guetta, Aphex Twin, The Crystal Method, M/A/R/R/S, Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, and Martin Garrix!
4. For Realty TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!

Check out last week by clicking here!

It’s been a week of celebrations!  We celebrated Erin’s birthday!  We celebrated Thanksgiving!  We celebrated Arleigh’s birthday!  And now, with all of that celebrating behind us, I’m tired.  Let’s do this.

Films I Watched:

1. A Mother’s Lie (2021)
2. A Predator Returns (2021)
3. A Professor’s Vengeance (2021)
4. A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
5. Abduction Runs In The Family (2021)
6. Body Brokers (2021)
7. Burning Little Lies (2021)
8. Dying to Belong (2021)
9. Empire Records (1995)
10. The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970)
11. Passing (2021)
12. The Ruins (2008)
13. Runaway (1984)
14. V.C. Andrews’ Pearl In The Mist (2021)
15. V.C. Andrews’s Ruby (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. Baywatch Hawaii
3. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
4. Cowboys v Raiders Football Game
5. Dexter: New Blood
6. Fear The Walking Dead
7. Open All Hours
8. Survivor
9. Upstart Crow
10. The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Bob Dylan
3. The Crystal Method
4. David Guetta
5. Dido
6. Dillon Francis
7. DJ Judaa
8. DJ Snake
9. The Eagles
10. Emma Muscat
11. Foo Fighters
12. Galantis
13. Hazel English
14. The Heavy
15. Jarah Gibson
16. Katy Perry
17. Kedr Livanskiy
18. Little Mix
19. Martin Garrix
20. Mattiel
21. Muse
22. Pigeonhed
23. Player
24. Public Service Broadcasting
25. Rebecca Black
26. Saint Motel
27. Sleigh Bells

News From Last Week:

1. Stephen Sondheim Dies
2. James Rocci, film critic, dies at 53.
3. Don Phillips, casting director of Dazed and Confused and Fast Times At Ridgemont High, dies
4. Matthew McConaughey Decides to Not Run for Texas Governor

Links From Last Week:

1. Stephen Sondheim made art the made life seem more real
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 11/26/21
3. RIP Stephen Sondheim! His Brilliant Musical Career – And Cult Film Gem “The Last Of Sheila…”

Links From The Site:

1. Jeff wished you a happy thanksgiving with a scene from WKRP!
2. Erin shared: Planet Stories, The Night Horseman, Acre of Love, Arboretum Path, The Case Against Myself, Detective Short Stories, and Mortgage on Life!
3. I shared my week in TV!  I shared music videos from: Emma Muscat, Kedr Livasnkiy, Player, Rebecca Black, Katy Perry, Adi Ulmansky, and Mattiel! I reviewed Fear the Walking Dead, Dexter, Abduction Runs In The Family, Pearl in the Mist, Ruby, A Professor’s Vengeance, A Predator Returns, and A Mother’s Lie! I wished Arleigh a happy birthday and a happy Thanksgiving to all!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Adi Ulmansky, Public Service Broadcasting, Saint Motel, Dido, Foo Fighters, Jarah Gibson, and Sleigh Bells! 
4. At her photography site, Erin shared Woodpecker, Humpty Dumpty, Clouds at Sunset, Courtyard, JFK Memorial, Change, and Christmas is Coming!
5. At Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about the airport!

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I didn’t write much this week, because I’m still suffering from post-October fatigue.  However, I did watch a lot of movies and fear not, they will be reviewed. Of course, most of the reviews won’t be dropping until 2022.  I’m proud to say that, here at the Shattered Lens, we’ve already started planning for the new year.  Right now, I have no fear of guaranteeing you that this upcoming January will be our best month ever.

For now, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week.

Films I Watched:

1. A Mother’s Fury (2021)
2. Age of Treason (1994)
3. Alien vs Predator (2004)
4. Ape vs. Monster (2021)
5. Attica (2021)
6. Better Use of Leisure Time (1950)
7. Bolero (1984)
8. Censorship: A Question of Judgment (1963)
9. Dune (2021)
10. Fictitious Anacin Commercial (1967)
11. Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? (1996)
12. The Other Fellow’s Feelings (1951)
13. The Outsider (1951)
14. Penitentiary (1979)
15. Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
16. A Summer Place (1959)
17. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. Baywatch Hawaii
3. Cold Case
4. Court Cam
5. Crossing Jordan
6. Dexter: New Blood
7. Fear the Walking Dead
8. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
9. Open All Hours
10. Shipping Wars
11. Survivor
12. Three’s Company
13. The Walking Dead; World Beyond
14. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

1. Verity (2021) by Colleen Hoover

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Abba
2. Above and Beyond
3. Adi Ulmansky
4. Armin van Buuren
5. Avril Lavigne
6. Barry Adamson
7. Bee Gees
8. Big Data
9. Britney Spears
10. Cage the Elephant
11. Camila Cabello
12. Cedric Gervais
13. Charli XCX
14. Chris Farlowe
15. The Chemical Brothers
16. Chromatics
17. Cigarettes After Sex
18. Creedence Clearwater Revival
19. The Crystal Method
20. Edison Lighthouse
21. Elton John
22. Fatboy Slim
23. Gordon Lightfoot
24. Icona Pop
25. Jakalope
26. Jake Bugg
27. Jimi Hendrix
28. Katy Perry
29. Lionrock
30. Lou Reed
31. Manfred Mann
32. Marc Collin
33. Muse
34. Nine Inch Nails
35. Phantogram
36. The Prodigy
37. Public Service Broadcasting
38. Saint Motel
39. Sleigh Bells
40. Tina Arena
41. Van McCoy
42. Yvonne Elliman

Trailers:

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home
2. Pam and Tommy
3. Jockey

News From Last Week:

1. Britney Spears Calls Out Christina Aguilera for ‘Refusing to Speak’ When Asked About Conservatorship on Red Carpet
2. Britney Spears thanks Lady Gaga for ‘kind’ words after Christina Aguilera slam
3. Box Office: ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Starts Strong With $44 Million, ‘King Richard’ Whiffs
4. Chris Daughtry’s wife blasts ‘homicide’ rumors following daughter’s death

Links From Last Week:

1. Why Christopher Nolan’s $100 Million WWII Drama ‘Oppenheimer’ Could Be the Last of Its Kind
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week In Books, Movie, and Television
3. Wildly Re-Named Films! The Strangest Movie Titles! What Am I Watching?

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Rangeland Romances, Thrilling Ranch Stories, Handle With Fear, Captain Hazzard, The Shadow, Modern Mechanix, and Super Science Fiction!
2. Jeff shared music videos from Andrew Gold, The Buggles, Hall & Oates, Rod Stewart, The Vapors, and REO Speedwagon!
3. I reviewed the latest episodes of Dexter and Fear The Walking Dead!  I shared my week in television and a music video from Charli XCX!
4. Ryan reviewed Lure, From Granada to Cordoba, and Afternoon at McBurger’s! 

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Edison Lighthouse, Chris Farlowe, Cigarettes After Sex, Camila Cabello, Charli XCX, Yvonne Elliman, and Tina Arena!
4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared Goodbye to Pat Leahy, My Top Ten Of The 2021 Interactive Fiction Competition, A North Carolina Surprise, Ryan Guillen Switches and Michelle Beckley Announces, Of course, Adam Kinzinger endorses Evan McMullin, Eddie Bernice Johnson Retires, and The 24 Hour Rule!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared Corner Seat, Sometimes The Ghosts Stay, White Rock Lake, Going For A Walk, Invasion, Hornblower, and the Sun Through A Window!

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It’s a bit of a bare bones rundown this week.  This was my birthday week and the celebrations lasted for …. a few days.  Anyway, here’s what little I did watch and listen to this week!

Films I Watched:

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Godfather Part II (1974)
3. The Last Crooked Mile (1946)
4. Lost Horizon (1973)
5. The Mauritanian (2021)
6. Scarecrows (1988)
7. Strike Commando (1986)
8. The Warriors (1979)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. Dexter: New Blood
3. Fear the Walking Dead
4. The Office
5. Survivor
6. The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Ashlee Simpson
2. Avril Lavigne
3. Big Data
4. Blanck Mass
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Coldplay
8. Gordon Lightfoot
9. Icona Pop
10. Jakalope
11. Jessica Simpson
12. Katy Perry
13. Saint Motel
14. Taylor Swift
15. The Who

Trailers:

1. Fortress

News From Last Week:

1. Britney Spears’ Conservatorship Is Over
2. ‘Quantum Leap’ and ‘Blue Velvet’ actor, Dean Stockwell, dies at 85
3. Andy Barker (808 State) RIP
4. Gavan O’Herlihy, the Missing Big Brother on ‘Happy Days,’ Dies at 70
5. What we know about the Astroworld victims
6. Lynda Carter Officially Joins Wonder Woman 3 Cast
7. Patty Jenkins ‘Star Wars’ Movie ‘Rogue Squadron’ Delayed
8. Francis Lawrence to Adapt Philip K. Dick’s ‘Vulcan’s Hammer’ With New Republic and Electric Shepherd Productions
9. Travis Scott to Refund All Astroworld Attendees, Cancels Day N Vegas Festival Appearance
10. #FreeBritney supporters party in Washington Square Park

Links From Last Week:

1. What it was like to spend a day with Dean Stockwell, one of Hollywood’s kindest stars
2. RIP Dean Stockwell, a 70-Year Hollywood Renegade
3. So you want to be a movie critic…
4. My 9 Favorite Mystery/Thriller Book Series (The World’s Common Tater)
5. Our “Tokyo Idols” Encounter! We Stumble Upon The Dancelicious “Pop Idol” Dance Phenomenon!

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared: Trouble Buster, Confessions of a Carnival Dancer, The Phantom Detective, The Fires Within, Love Cheat, Breezy Stories, and Heroic Fantasy!
2. Jeff shared music videos from REO Speedwagon, Split Enz, Rod Stewart, Andrew Gold, The Pretenders, and the Silencers.  He reviewed How it was then and how it is now!
3. Ryan reviewed Birth of the Bat, Overflow, and The Domesticated Afterlife!
4. I shared a music video from Saint Motel.  I shared a scene from The Warriors.  I reviewed Georgetown, The Mauritanian, Dexter, and Fear The Walking Dead.  I shared my week in television.

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor.
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Britney Spears, Degrassi, Katy Perry, Avril Lavgine, Taylor Swift, Gordon Lightfoot, and Jessica Simpson!
4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared Dean Stockwell RIP, Chris Sununu is Not Running, Senator Doctor Oz, Holiday Challenge, Someone Had To Do It, Please No Comebacks, and The Return of Landrieu!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared Squirrel, Artists Table, Campisi’s, Tree, One Green Leaf, Morning, and Shadows!

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I’m still recovering from October.  I spent most of this week listening to 60s music, getting caught up on some non-TSL work, and resting. Not only was I resting to recover from Halloween but I was also resting up because this upcoming week is my birthday week!  Yay!  (Some see it as getting older.  I see it as getting presents.)

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

Films I Watched:

1. All The Kings Men (2006)
2. The Brain (1988)
3. Death Wish 3 (1985)
4. Georgetown (2021)
5. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
6. Land (2021)
7. Messenger of Death (1988)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. The Bachelorette
3. Baywatch Hawaii
4. Classic Concentration
5. Cold Case
6. Court Cam
7. Crossing Jordan
8. Day of the Dead
9. Dennis the Menace
10. Fear the Walking Dead
11. Ghost Whisperer
12. Hazel
13. I Dream of Jeannie
14. The Match Game ’76
15. The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour
16. Medium
17. One Step Beyond
18. Survivor 41
19. Unforgettable
20. The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Books I Read:

1. Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) by Tom Wolfe

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Arlo Guthrie
2. The Beatles 
3. Bob Dylan
4. Britney Spears
5. Buffalo Springfield
6. The Chambers Brothers
7. Cream
8. Donavon
9. The Doors
10. Grateful Dead
11. The James Gang
12. Jefferson Airplane
13. Jimi Hendrix
14. John’s Children
15. Lynard Skynard
16. Rolling Stones
17. Saint Motel
18. Strawberry Alarm Clock
19. The Who

News From Last Week:

1. Marvel’s ‘Eternals’ Racks Up $161.7 Million at Global Box Office
2. Dark Glasses First Look: Dario Argento Returns with First Film in a Decade
3. Garfield set to have same voice as Mario: Chris Pratt
4. ‘Tiger King’ star Carole Baskin sues Netflix over Season 2 footage
5. Sofia Vergara to play ‘cocaine queen’ Griselda Blanco in Netflix show
6. The Blame Game Over Alec Baldwin’s Fatal ‘Rust’ Shooting Is Getting Very Ugly
7. Deadly Astroworld Festival Wasn’t Shut Down for 40 Minutes After Plea From Cops
8. Paul Newman’s Recently Discovered Memoir Will Be Published in Fall 2022
9. William Lucking, ‘Sons of Anarchy’ actor, dead at 80

Links From Last Week:

1. Inside ‘Saved by the Bell’s’ Emotional Tribute to Dustin Diamond
2. Everyone who is mad about this Chris Pratt thing has brain worms
3. BREAKING NEWS! The 10th anniversary of WHAT A CHARACTER! Blogathon is here!
4. Kelly Clarkson’s Got A New Christmas Special! Here Are NBC’s Primetime Show Details!
5. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 11/5/21

Links From The Site:

1. I shared an AMV of the day, paid tribute to Charles Bronson, shared an episode of One Step Beyond, reviewed Land, reviewed the latest episode of Fear the Walking Dead, and shared my week in television!
2. Jeff shared music videos from Ultravox, Shoes, Nazareth, Ph.D, Elvis Costello, Ultravox again, and Louise Goffin!  He reviewed The Man From Bitter Ridge, Goat Game, Incident at Phantom Hill, Unfortunate, The Raiders, Brave Bear, Cattle Drive, The Song of the Mockingbird, Wyoming Renegades, and The Best Man!
3. Erin said goodbye to Halloween and congratulated the winners of the World Series!  She shared: Spycatcher 2, Agent of the Devil, The Pulp Art of Carl Pfuefer, Legacy of a Spy, The Thrilling Covers of Thrilling Detective, 15 Mystery Stories, The Pulp Art of Jack Rickard, Action Stories, High Times of the Pulp Era, Space Viking, The Covers of IF, and White Rock Lake At Dusk!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should subscribe!
2. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from: The Chambers Brothers, Buffalo Springfield, The Doors, Cream, Grateful Dead, Strawberry Alarm Clock, and The Who!
4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: De Blasio For Governor, Glenn Youngkin Wins In Virginia, The Morning After, Vote!, Congratulations to Vito Perillo, The 13, and The Time!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared: Fall, Path To The House, Peace, Upward, Inkblot Clouds, Red Car, and Time Change!

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This has been a nice week.  The temperature is getting cooler.  It rained on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Fall feels like it is truly here …. and I guess it is!

Plus, I watched a lot of movies!

We’ve got two more weeks of Horrorthon to go!  Enjoy your October, everyone.  It comes only once a year.

Anyway, as you can probably tell from the randomness of the sentences above and my struggle to come up with unifying theme for this post, I’m exhausted right now so let’s go ahead and check out what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

1. Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
2. Amsterdamned (1988)
3. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
4. Burnt Offerings (1976)
5. Clueless (1995)
6. Cry Macho (2012)
7. The Dark Half (1993)
8. Dead In Tombstone (2013)
9. Escape From The Bronx (1983)
10. The Fury (1978)
11. The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
12. Halloween Party (2019)
13. Lansky (2021)
14. Mystery Date (1991)
15. Nightstalker (2009)
16. Party From Hell (2021)
17. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
18. Poltergeist (1982)
19. Seven Days In Utopia (2011)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Bar Rescue
2. The Brady Bunch
3. Friday the 13th: The Series
4. Gabby Petito: ID Special Report
5. The Office
6. Parking Wars
7. Saved By The Bell
8. Survivor
9. Talking Dead
10. The Walking Dead
11. The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Books I Read:

1. The Boy Next Door (1996) by R.L. Stine
2. The Hollow Skull (1998) by Christopher Pike
3. The Lost Mind (1995) by Christopher Pike

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adele
2. Adi Ulmansky
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Britney Spears
5. Broken Peach
6. Chelsea Cutler
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. Coldplay
9. The Crystal Method
10. Coven
11. Dillon Francis
12. Dua Lipa
13. Goblin
14. Goblin Rebirth
15. Hans Zimmer
16. Icona Pop
17. Jakalope
18. John Carpenter
19. Katy Perry
20. Kedr Livanskiy
21. Keith Emerson
22. Kylie Minogue
23. Lana Del Rey
24. Lorde
25. Muse
26. Nine Inch Nails
27. Rolling Stones
28. Saint Motel
29. Talking Heads
30. Troye Sivan
31. The Velvet Underground

Trailers:

1. Scream
2. Narcos
3. The Black Phone
4. Home Sweet Home Alone
5. Black Adam
6. The Batman
7. Lisa Marie’s Grindhouse Trailers: 6 Trailers For The Second Thursday of Octobers

News From Last Week:

1. William Shatner Successfully Blasts Into Space
2. Will Poulter has been confirmed to be portraying Adam Warlock in the long-awaited superhero flick Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
3. Michael Caine clarifies statement on retiring after latest film
4. Box Office: ‘Halloween Kills’ Scores Bloody Great $50.4 Million Debut, ‘The Last Duel’ Bombs
5. Superman Changes Motto to ‘Truth, Justice and a Better Tomorrow,’ Says DC Chief
6. After IATSE Strike is Averted, Hollywood Workers are Split Over Agreement: ‘It’s Not Enough’

Links From Last Week:

1. Inside The “Madcap Motel!” Here’s Our Surreal Immersive Trip Into Pop Culture Madness – With Video!
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 10/15/21

Links From The Site:

1. Ryan analyzed the latest Superman controversy — Parts One, Two, and Three!
2. Case reviewed Holiday Fear, The Cost of Living, MeNa, Deep Dish Apocalypse, Bioshock, and My Monster!
3. Erin shared Funeral Home, Harlequin, Let’s Kill Uncle, Blood Sisters, Mark of the Werewolf, The Body Beneath, and Dracula Contra Frankenstein!
4. Erin took a look at the mad scientists of the pulp era!
5. Leonard shared the trailers for Scream, Black Adam, and The Batman!
6. Jeff played Anonymous Connection, RetroCon 2021, Aside About Everything, The Last Doctor, How The Monster Appeared In The Wasteland, and Codex Sadistica!
7. Jeff reviewed Dead Connection, Dinosaur Island, Daddy’s Girl, Open House, Against the Dark, and Terror on Tour!
8. Jeff shared music videos from David Bowie, J. Geils Band, Robert Palmer, Shoes, The Tubes, Shoes (again), and Hilly Michaels!
9. I shared Creation of the Humanoids, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Phantom of the Opera, Earth vs the Flying Saucers, Nosferatu, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Attack of the Giant Leeches!
10. I shared the following episodes of Friday the 13th: The Series: The Electrocutioner, The Quilt of Hathor, The Quilt of Hathor: The Awakening, Double Exposure, Badge of Honor, Pipe Dreams, and Bottle of Dreams!
11. I reviewed Amityville: The Awakening, The Dark Half, The Phantom Carriage, The Last Laugh, My Bloody Valentine, Amsterdamned, Nightstalker, Seven Days in Utopia, The Devil’s Rain, Mystery Date, Escape From the Bronx, Dead In Tombstone, Cry Macho, and Lansky!
12. I read Spaghetti Nightmares, The Boy Next Door, You Couldn’t Ignore Me If You Tried, The Hollow Skull, Murder By Design, and The Lost Mind!
13. I paid tribute to David Cronenberg, Bob Clark, Vincent Price, Jack Arnold, Dracula, Kevin S. Tenney, and Jeff Lieberman!
14. I shared scenes from Scanners, The Shining, The Fly, Flesh for Frankenstein, Dracula 3D, Night of the Demons, and Blue Sunshine!
15. I shared my week in television and reviewed the latest episode of The Walking Dead!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should subscribe!
2. On Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
3. On my online dream journal, I shared: Monday Morning’s AC Dream, Tuesday Morning’s Neighborhood Party Dream, Wednesday Morning’s Fragment of a Dream, Thursday Morning’s Cave Dream, Friday Morning’s Rain Dream, Saturday Morning’s College Dream, and No Sunday Morning Dreams!
4. For Horror Critic, I reviewed The Giant Gila Monster, Haxan, The Beach Girls and the Monster, The Devil’s Hand and Attack of the Giant Leeches!
5. At my music site, I shared songs from John Carpenter, Goblin Rebirth, Keith Emerson, Jakalope, Broken Peach, Nine Inch Nails, and John Williams!
6. On SyFyDesigns, I shared This Week’s Rain and The Original Members of The Commission, Ranked!
7. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Best of the 2021 IF Competition So Far, John Yarmuth is Retiring, Behold The Forwad Party, Kristof is Running, David Amess RIP, The Return of Dan Lipinski, and Thank You Chicago!
8. On her photography site, Erin shared Alley Clouds, The House, Vase, Garden, Abandoned, and Dracula’s Pub!

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