Lisa’s Week In Review: 12/28/20 –1/3/21


The first three days of 2021 have come to close.

Yes, it’s a new year.  This site has now existed for 11 years, which is a thought that just kind of amazes me.  When this site started, everyone was talking about whether or not Avatar was going to be a game changer as far as movies were concerned.  Way back in 2009 when Arleigh started this site, the MCU was still a new thing and horror and fantasy fans were eagerly awaiting the premieres of The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.  If I remember correctly, I don’t think anyone was even talking about Star Wars ever being rebooted.  Even Netflix was still kind of a luxury (as opposed to a necessity).  Today, of course, people are wondering whether or not theaters will survive the decade.  Time’s change and, if we’re going to be honest, they change a lot more quickly than we might realize.  In the grand scheme of things, 11 years is not the huge of an amount of time.

So far, my 2021 is going quite well.  You may say that it’s silly to brag about a good three days but, in those three days, I’ve read two books, watched several movies, hosted or co-hosted three very successful live tweets, and I’ve watched a handful of movies.  The year started with rain and freezing temperatures.  The weekend is ending with clear skies and the temperature in the high 50s.  Things continue and life moves forward, regardless of what the latest drama may be.  Ever since the new year, I’ve been listening to a lot of 70s disco.  (I also watched two disco films — Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It’s Friday.  If only Roller Boogie was on Prime, it would have been three.)  I love to dance and I still think the 2020s are going to have more in common with the 1970s America than with 14th Century Europe.

On a final note: last year, I watched a total of 820 films.  My goal for 2021 is a thousand!  I’ve got quite a few films from last year that I need to watch over the upcoming two days so I’m looking forward to getting started on them.

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

Films I Watched:

2020:

  1. After The Thin Man (1936)
  2. Another Thin Man (1939)
  3. Bill & Ted Face The Music (2020)
  4. The Birds (1963)
  5. Cape Fear (1962)
  6. Hugo (2011)
  7. Of Mice and Men (1992)
  8. Onward (2020)
  9. Psycho (1960)
  10. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
  11. Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
  12. Song of the Thin Man (1947)
  13. Tesla (2020)
  14. The Thin Man (1934)
  15. The Thin Man Goes Homes (1944)

2021:

  1. Deep Impact (1998)
  2. Fatal Fiancé (2021)
  3. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)
  4. Kidnapped in Paradise (2021)
  5. Odd Thomas (2013)
  6. Shattered Glass (2003)
  7. Thank God It’s Friday (1978)
  8. The Wrong Real Estate Agent (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. A Teacher
  2. California Dreams
  3. City Guys
  4. Community
  5. Coronation Street
  6. Court Cam
  7. Degrassi
  8. The District
  9. Ghost Whisperer
  10. Hang Time
  11. Hill Street Blues
  12. King of the Hill
  13. The Love Boat
  14. The Masked Dancer
  15. The Office
  16. Parking Wars
  17. Saved By The Bell
  18. The Simpsons
  19. Temptation Island
  20. The Twilight Zone
  21. Twin Peaks: The Return

Books I Read:

  1. The Burning of the White House (2013) by Jane Hampton Cook
  2. Encyclopedia Mysteriosa (1994) by William L. DeAndrea

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Adi Ulmansky
  3. Aimee Mann
  4. Alvin Risk
  5. Amy Winehouse
  6. The Andrea True Connection
  7. Arcade Fire
  8. Arlo Guthrie
  9. Armin Van Buuren
  10. Avicii
  11. Backstreet Boys
  12. Bee Gees
  13. Big Data
  14. The Black Keys
  15. Blur
  16. Bob Dylan
  17. Britney Spears
  18. Cage the Elephant
  19. Charli XCX
  20. The Chemical Brothers
  21. The Commodores
  22. Crud
  23. The Crystal Method
  24. Dillion Francis
  25. DJ Judaa
  26. DJ Snake
  27. Edgar Allan Poets
  28. Elle King
  29. Empire of the Sun
  30. Fatboy Slim
  31. Fiona Apple
  32. Flight of the Conchords
  33. Gwen Stefani
  34. The Hues Corporation
  35. I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
  36. Icona Pop
  37. Jakalope
  38. Jake Bugg
  39. Jane’s Addiction
  40. Joywave
  41. Katy Perry
  42. KC and the Sunshine Band
  43. Kedr Livanskiy
  44. Kelly Clarkson
  45. Lara Snow
  46. Love & Kisses
  47. Maxine Nightengale
  48. Michael Fredo
  49. Moby
  50. Muse
  51. Nine Inch Nails
  52. Odyssey
  53. Phantogram
  54. Public Service Broadcasting
  55. Purity RIng
  56. Rich White
  57. Rolling Stones
  58. Saint Motel
  59. Siouxsie and the Banshees
  60. Skrillex
  61. Sleigh Bells
  62. Spice Girls
  63. Swedish House Mafia
  64. t.A.T.u
  65. Talking Heads
  66. Taylor Swift
  67. Thelma Houston
  68. Underground
  69. UPSHAL
  70. Walter Murphy
  71. War
  72. The White Stripes
  73. Yvonne Elliman

Trailers:

  1. WandaVision

Awards Season Links:

  1. Chicago Indie Critics Nominations
  2. North Carolina Film Critics Nominations
  3. Alliance of Women Film Journalists Nominations
  4. Greater Western New York Film Critics Winners
  5. Chicago Indie Critics Winners
  6. Columbus Film Critics Association Nominations 

Best of 2020 Links:

  1. Top 10 Ongoing Series (Ryan C.)
  2. Top 10 Special Mentions (Ryan C.)

Live Tweets:

  1. The First Day of 2021

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Amazing Stories, The Ice Schooner, The Hot Kiss of Youth, Time Is Ticking Away, No Swimming, Wild and Wicked, and Only the Bed!
  2. Doc welcomed everyone to 2021!
  3. Jeff shared music videos from Eliot Sumner, King Missile, Danzig, Raydio, Crispin Glover, Kim Wilde, and Black Sabbath!  He also reviewed Cannonball Run II!
  4. I paid tribute to F.W. Murnau and Sergio Leone!  I also shared 4 Shots from 4 of my top 2020 films!  I reviewed The Wrong Real Estate Agent and Kidnapped in Paradise!  I also wrote about what’s in store for 2021!

More From Us:

  1. This twitter thread lists the 820 movies that I watched last year!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from Soul!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared: Water Tower, Trees, Speed Limit 10, Flag, Road, Alley, Step on Through, Vintage, Vintage 2, Vintage 3, Vintage 4, Vintage 5, Vintage 6, Vintage 7, Vintage 8, Vintage 9, Vintage 10, The Backyard, Backyard 2, Security, Waiting To Be Picked Up, Shovel, Grill, Blue Sky, Renewal, Ticking, The Last Sky, Distant Light, Start of 21, The Road, and Fall/Winter!
  4. At SyFy Designs, I shared: A Resolution for 2021, Tradition Sneaks Up On You, I Love Hugo, Happy New Year’s Eve, and Happy New Year!
  5. On my dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Extremely Weird Family Reunion Dream, Last Night’s Dancing Dream, Last Night’s Movie Dream, and No Dreams Last Night!
  6. At my music site, I shared songs from Skrillex, Empire of the Sun, MGMT, Blur, Love & Kisses, Maxine Nightingale, and Thelma Houston!
  7. Ryan has a patreon!  You should start of 2021 by subscribing!

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

Have a good week, everyone!  Thank you for reading and I wish the best for all of you in this upcoming year!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 12/21/20 — 12/27/20


Just a few more days to go and 2020 is over!

Films I Watched:

  1. A Christmas Story (1983)
  2. All the Right Moves (1983)
  3. The Burnt Orange Heresy (2020)
  4. Die Hard (1988)
  5. Die Hard 2 (1990)
  6. Driveways (2020)
  7. Elf (2003)
  8. I’ll Name The Murderer (1936)
  9. I’m Your Woman (2020)
  10. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
  11. Less Than Zero (1987)
  12. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  13. Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2020)
  14. Silent Night Bloody Night (1972)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. A Teacher
  2. The Andy Griffith Show
  3. The Bachelorette
  4. California Dreams
  5. Cheers
  6. Community’
  7. Court Cam
  8. Degrassi
  9. The Dick Van Dyke Show
  10. Frasier
  11. King of the Hill
  12. Happy Days
  13. The Love Boat
  14. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  15. The Office
  16. Parks and Recreation
  17. The Ripper
  18. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  19. Seinfeld
  20. Taxi
  21. Vengeance: Killer Lovers

Books I Read:

  1. Apropos of Nothing (2020) by Woody Allen
  2. Cinema 62 (2020) by Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan
  3. The Sister In Law (2020) by Sue Watson

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Armin van Buuren
  2. Bob Dylan
  3. Chuck Berry
  4. Coldplay
  5. Cornershop
  6. Daft Punk
  7. Electric Feel
  8. Goo Goo Dolls
  9. Haim
  10. Katy Perry
  11. Kodaline
  12. The Pretty Reckless
  13. The Ramones
  14. Saint Motel
  15. Si Crastoun
  16. Skrillex
  17. Taylor Swift

TSL Year-End Lists:

  1. Top Ten Single Issues (Ryan C)

Live Tweets:

  1. Christmas Eve
  2. Christmas Day

Trailers:

  1. Desert Strike
  2. Coming 2 America
  3. WandaVision
  4. The Village in The Woods
  5. Land
  6. The Human Voice
  7. The Little Things

Award Season Links:

  1. Lisa’s Oscar Predictions for December
  2. The Chicago Film Critics Association
  3. Indiana Film Journalists
  4. Greater Western New York Film Critics Association
  5. Music City Film Critics Association
  6. Florida Film Critics Circle

More Links From The Site:

  1. Erin reviewed Overcomer and An Unlikely Weapon.  She shared scenes from A Christmas Story and A Charlie Brown Christmas.  She shared the Covers of Science Fiction Quarterly.  She also shared: Planet Stories, Unknown, Homicide at Yuletide, Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas, The Day After Christmas, and The City!
  2. Doc wished everyone a happy Christmas Eve and a merry Christmas!
  3. Jeff wished everyone a Happy Festivus.  He shared music videos from Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.  He wrote about both the Black Widow and the time Big Crosby met David Bowie.  He reviewed A Midnight Clear, Hickey & Boggs, Stroker Ace, Destroy All Humans, and Spider-Man: Miles Morales!
  4. Ryan reviewed Sludgy!
  5. I shared music videos from The Pretty Reckless, Armin van Buuren, Si Cranstoun, The Ramones, and the Goo Goo Dolls!
  6. I reviewed Maid in Manhattan, The Mystery of D.B. Cooper, The Rhythm Section, Driveways, Money Plane, My Psychedelic Love Story, Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind, Valley Girl, Shooting Heroin, Olympic Dreams, Mighty Oak, Possessor, and Ava!
  7. I paid tribute to Humphrey Bogart and Michael Curtiz!
  8. I shared Treevenge, Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny, and Santa Claus Conquers The Martians!  I also shared an AMV, 4 Shots From 4 Holiday Classics, and a scene from It’s A Wonderful Life!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. On her photography site, Erin shared: Fog, Santa, The Grinch, Santa’s Here, Merry Christmas To All, Number 5, and Swans!
  3. At my music site, I shared songs from Kodaline, Bob Dylan, Katy Perry, Chuck Berry, Coldplay, Saint Motel, and Cornershop!

Want to check out last week?  Click here!

Die Hard (1988, directed by John McTiernan)

Lisa’s Week In Review: 12/14/20 — 12/20/20


Christmas is almost here!

And you know what that means …. it’s time to rob the money plane!

No, no — actually, it means that it’s time to start preparing for a new year!  We’ve finally got a COVID vaccine, we’ve got an extended awards season, and …. well, 2021 will have to be an improvement, right?  My hope is that — after nonstop drama and spending the past 20 years or so being told what to do — 2021 will be the year that people say, “Screw it!” and start doing whatever the Hell they want.

It’s time to bring about the 1920s and the 1970s, my friends.  And the best way to do that is to …. rob the money plane!

Anyway, ’til then, here’s what I watched and listened to this week:

Films I Watched:

  1. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
  2. Burden (2020)
  3. The Call of the Wild (2020)
  4. Cape Canaveral Monsters (1960)
  5. Friday the 13th (1980)
  6. Howard the Duck (1986)
  7. Maid in Manhattan (2002)
  8. Money Plane (2020)
  9. My Psychedelic Love Story (2020)
  10. Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)
  11. Office Space (1999)
  12. Peyton Place (1957)
  13. Robot Monster (1953)
  14. Shooting Heroin (2020)
  15. Trilogy of Terror (1975)
  16. Valley Girl (2020)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. A Teacher
  2. The Amazing Race 32
  3. The Bachelorette
  4. Bar Rescue
  5. The Bob Newhart Show
  6. The Bold and the Beautiful
  7. The Brady Bunch
  8. Cold Case Files
  9. Coronation Street
  10. Days of Our Lives
  11. Friends
  12. General Hospital
  13. Industry
  14. The Mandalorian
  15. The Office
  16. Parking Wars
  17. Saved By The Bell
  18. Seinfeld
  19. The Voice
  20. The Young and the Restless

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Annie Lennox
  2. Armin van Buuren
  3. Backstreet Boys
  4. Britney Spears
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. Chuck Berry
  7. DJ Judaa
  8. Dropkick Murphys
  9. Frank Sinatra
  10. Kodaline
  11. Rick Astley
  12. Saint Motel
  13. Saxon
  14. Sharon den Adel
  15. Taylor Swift
  16. Tim Agaye

Awards Season:

  1. Indiana Film Journalist Association
  2. Florida Film Critics Circle
  3. Chicago Film Critics
  4. New York Film Critics Circle
  5. Boston Online Film Critics
  6. Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared music videos from DJ Judaa, Annie Lennox, Kodaline, Chuck Berry, Annie Lenox again, Tim Agaye, and Rick Astley!
  2. Erin shared the Holiday Covers of Galaxy Science Fiction and Faith of Tarot, Demon in the Mirror, Fantastic Adventures, The Castle of Iron, Avon Fantasy, Thongor and the Dragon City, and Rebel of Antares!
  3. Ryan reviewed Malarkey, 1956, and Burning Hotels!

More From Us:

  1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I wrote about The Amazing Race!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
  3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Hearing Damage by Thom Yorke!
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from Saxon, Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys, Dropkick Murphys, Armin Van Buuren,  Taylor Swift, Frank Sinatra, and Britney Spears!
  5. On her photography site, Erin shared; Ice, More Ice, Stuck in the Parking Lot, Sundown, Bike, Winter, and Christmas Is Coming!

Click here to check out last week!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 12/7/20 — 12/13/20


It was a good week.  I watched both It’s A Wonderful Life and Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, so I’m happy!

Films I Watched:

  1. Alabama Snake (2020)
  2. The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
  3. Christmas Evil (1980)
  4. Fatima (2020)
  5. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
  6. John Q (2002)
  7. The Girl With A Bracelet (2020)
  8. Mighty Oak (2020)
  9. Olympics Dreams (2020)
  10. Possessor (2020)
  11. The Rhythm Section (2020)
  12. Santa Claus and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972)
  13. Sana Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
  14. Saved By The Bell: Hawaiian Style (1992)
  15. Slay Belles (2018)
  16. A Very British Christmas (2019)
  17. Saved By The Bell: Wedding In Las Vegas (1994)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. A Teacher
  2. The Amazing Race 32
  3. The Bachelorette
  4. Bar Rescue
  5. The Bold and the Beautiful
  6. Days of Our Lives
  7. Dr. Phil
  8. Friends
  9. General Hospital
  10. Industry
  11. The Last Drive-In
  12. The Office
  13. The Powers of Matthew Star
  14. Room 2806: The Accusation
  15. Saved By The Bell
  16. Seinfeld
  17. The Voice
  18. The Young and the Resltess

Books I Read:

  1. The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together (2018) by Adam Nayan
  2. Joshua Son of None (1973) by Nancy Freedman

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Blanck Mass
  2. Bob Dylan
  3. Britney Spears
  4. Coldplay
  5. DJ Judaa
  6. The Doors
  7. Drew Citron
  8. The Drifters
  9. Elle King
  10. Fiona Apple
  11. Frank Sinatra
  12. Goo Goo Dolls
  13. Jacques Greene
  14. Kate Bush
  15. Krakow Loves Adana
  16. Lindsey Stirling
  17. Neon Indian
  18. Radiohead
  19. Robert DeLong
  20. Rosie Carney
  21. Saint Motel
  22. Steve Aoki
  23. Taylor Swift

Awards Season:

  1. Boston Society of Film Critics

Links From Last Week:

  1. Did You Notice How “Game of Thrones” Just… Disappeared?
  2. “He’s Radioactive”: Inside Johnny Depp’s Self-Made Implosion
  3. In Conversation: Francis Ford Coppola
  4. The YouTube Ban Is Un-American, Wrong, and Will Backfire

News From Last Week:

  1. Matthew McConaughey slams Hollywood ‘hypocrisy’ over 2020 election results
  2. Bob Dylan Sells His Songwriting Catalog in Blockbuster Deal
  3. David Lynch to Write/Direct New Netflix Original Series

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared music videos from Jacques Greene, Rosie Carney, Goo Goo DollsLindsey Stirling, Drew Citron, The Norman Luboff Choir, and the Goo Goo Dolls again!  I reviewed A Very British Christmas, Alabama Snake, and The Christmas Chronicles 2!
  2. Ryan reviewed Moustache, What Its Like, “A Brief Yet Rambling Journey Through A Bunch Of Country Style Quotes And Bits Of Worthless Advice,” and Me Me Me Me!
  3. Erin shared The Four Covers of Verdict and Pearl Harbor 2003, French Model, Two Faces of Passion, Love Story Magazine, The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, Against the Prince of Hell, and Thrilling Wonder Stories!

More From Us:

  1. On her photography site, Erin shared: This Holiday, Santa Summit, Isolated Beauty, Red, Refresh, Greenery, and Clearing!
  2. Ryan has a patreon and you should consider subscribing to it!
  3. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I wrote about The Amazing Race!
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from Krakow Loves Adana, Bob Dylan, Kate Bush, DJ Judaa, Saint Motel, Elle King, and The Drifters!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 11/30/20 — 12/6/20


Happy December, everyone!

Well, things are coming to a close as far as this year is concerned.  For the rest of this month, along with celebrating the holidays, I’ll be trying to get caught up on the 2020 films that I need to see.  I’m looking forward to it.

Here’s what I did this week:

Films I Watched:

  1. After We Collided (2020)
  2. The Angel Doll (2002)
  3. Ava (2020)
  4. Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
  5. Christmas Lodge (2011)
  6. Citizen Kane (1941)
  7. Collateral Beauty (2016)
  8. Deep Red (1975)
  9. Flap (1970)
  10. The Mystery of D.B. Cooper (2020)
  11. Red, White and Blue (2020)
  12. A Song for the Season (1999)
  13. Split Image (1982)
  14. The Warriors (1979)
  15. Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus (1991)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. A Teacher
  2. The Amazing Race 32
  3. Archie Bunker’s Place
  4. The Bachelorette
  5. Bar Rescue
  6. The Bold and the Beautiful
  7. Community
  8. Days of Our Lives
  9. Diff’rent Strokes
  10. Euphoria
  11. General Hospital
  12. Ghost Whisperer
  13. Growing Pains
  14. King of the Hill
  15. Major Crimes
  16. The Office
  17. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  18. Saved By The Bell: The College Years
  19. Seinfeld
  20. Parking Wars
  21. Shipping Wars
  22. Three’s Company
  23. The Voice
  24. Who’s The Boss
  25. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

  1. Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed And Confused (2020) by Melissa Maerz
  2. Right Time, Right Place (2009) by Richard Brookhiser

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Armin Van Buuren
  3. Avicii
  4. Blondie
  5. Britney Spears
  6. Carly Rae Jepsen
  7. The Chemical Brothers
  8. Coldplay
  9. deadmua5
  10. Dillon Francis
  11. DJ Snake
  12. Dry Cleaning
  13. Eva Hurychova
  14. Goo Goo Dolls
  15. Haim
  16. HANA
  17. Hrdza
  18. Icona Pop
  19. Jakalope
  20. Krakow Loves Adana
  21. Lindsey Stirling
  22. Murder on Middle Beach
  23. Muse
  24. New Order
  25. Nilufer Yanya
  26. Nine Inch Nails
  27. Paul Oakenfeld
  28. Pentatonix
  29. Phantogram
  30. Saint Motel
  31. Sleigh Bells
  32. Taylor Swift
  33. Trentemøller
  34. Universal Honey

Awards Season Links:

  1. Lisa’s Oscar Predictions for October
  2. The Sunset Film Circle Awards

Links From The Site:

  1. I paid tribute to Terrence Malick and Ridley Scott! I shared music videos from Blondie, Pentatonix, Dry Cleaning, HANA, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hrdza, and Lindsey Stirling!  I reviewed Collateral Beauty, Red, White, and Blue, After We Collided, Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus, Beyond Tomorrow, and Christmas Lodge!
  2. Erin shared the covers of Beauty Parade and Naked Fury, December, The Passionate Season, Good Hardware, Too Many Loves, Queen of Tarts, and Film Fun!
  3. Jeff reviewed Frontier Uprising and Star in the Dust!
  4. Ryan reviewed Pussycats, Paperbacks, Pennants, And Penance, Mix Yourself A Dead End, Theater of Cruelty, and Rodeo Comics!

More From Us:

  1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
  3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Dallas 4, Christmas Trees Behind Plastic, Christmas Carriage, Light in the Dark, Christmas Tree, Path, and December!
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from Trentemøller, Paul Oakenfold, New Order, Britney Spears, Nilufer Yanya, Eva Hurychova, and Jakalope!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 11/23/20 — 11/29/20


What a week!  I celebrated Erin’s birthday.  I celebrated Arleigh’s birthday.  And I celebrated Thanksgiving!  And I finally got some reviews written!

Can you believe that this year is nearly (or should I say, finally) over?  We’ve only got one more month to go!

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Ator, The Fighting Eagle (1982)
  2. Cheer Squad Secrets (2020)
  3. Cheerleader Abduction (2020)
  4. Deadly Double Cross (2020)
  5. The Fog (1980)
  6. Instapsycho (2020)
  7. Killer Competition (2020)
  8. Killer Dream Home (2020)
  9. The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
  10. My Nightmare Landlord (2020)
  11. The Princess of Mars (2009)
  12. Strangers On A Train (1951)
  13. What If? (2010)
  14. The Wrong Cheerleader Coach (2020)
  15. The Wrong House Sitter (2020)
  16. The Wrong Stepfather (2020)
  17. The Wrong Wedding Planner (2020)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. A Teacher
  2. The Amazing Race 32
  3. The Bachelorette
  4. Bar Rescue
  5. Baywatch
  6. Community
  7. The Crown
  8. Daily Mass
  9. Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life
  10. Dancing With The Stars
  11. Dr. Phil
  12. Fear the Walking Dead
  13. ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
  14. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  15. Las Vegas Skating Spectacular
  16. The Love Boat
  17. The Powers of Matthew Star
  18. Saved By The Bell
  19. The Undoing
  20. The Walking Dead: World Beyond
  21. The Voice

Books I Read:

  1. Lace (1982) by Shirley Conran

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Alaska Reid
  2. Altered Images
  3. Alvin Risk
  4. Blondie
  5. Britney Spears
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. Chloe Flower
  8. Courtney Barnett
  9. Designer Drugs
  10. Jakalope
  11. Linkin Park
  12. Nine Inch Nails
  13. Norah Jones
  14. Novelists FR
  15. Siouxsie and the Banshees
  16. Solumun
  17. Stephen Kellog
  18. Taylor Swift
  19. Underworld

Trailers:

  1. The Boss Baby 2
  2. Life In A Year
  3. The Prom

Links From the Site:

  1. The TSL Crew live tweeted Thanksgiving!
  2. Erin shared: Long Shot, Darien Venture, Rain, Thanks To The Saint, Cherry Ames Department Store Nurse, The Other Stranger, and Reluctant Nympho!  She also shared a scene from A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and took a look at Herman E. Bischoff!
  3. Doc wished everyone a happy Thanksgiving!
  4. Jeff reviewed Doctor Who: The Movie and Gun Brothers!
  5. Val took a look at Undefeatable!
  6. Ryan reviewed Sufficient Lucidity, Finnegan’s Wake, Pirate & Parrot, and Man Made Lake!
  7. I shared music videos from Stephen Kellog, Novelists FR, Solomun, Designer Drugs, Alaska Reid, Chloe Flower, and Siouxsie and the Banshees!  I also shared Arlo Guthrie’s Alice Restaurant.  I paid tribute to Boris Karloff and Daria Nicolodi and shared a scene from Shock.
  8. I reviewed Killer Dream Home, What If, A Very Brady Sequel, The Brady Bunch Movie, InstaPsycho, Killer Competition, Secrets in the Basement, Friends Who Kill, The Wrong Wedding Planner, The Wrong Stepfather, The Wrong House Sitter, The Wrong Cheerleader Coach, My Nightmare Landlord, Cheerleader Abduction, Cheer Squad Secrets, and Birthmother’s Betrayal!

More From Us:

  1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed The Amazing Race!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing! 
  3. On my music site, I shared songs from: Blondie, Altered Images, The Chemical Brothers, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Britney Spears, Underworld, and Linkin Park!
  4. On her photography site, Erin shared: Staring At You, The Morning Sky, Downtown Rain, Half-Open Window, Dallas, Dallas 2, and Dallas 3!

Want to check out last week?  Click here!

Have a good week, everyone!  Say safe!

Inferno (1980, dir by Dario Argento)

Lisa’s Week In Review: 11/16/20 — 11/22/20


Happy Thanksgiving week everyone!

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

Films I Watched:

  1. After (2019)
  2. The Atomic Brain (1964)
  3. Birthmother’s Betrayal (2020)
  4. Book of Monsters (2019)
  5. Code of Silence (1985)
  6. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
  7. Mangrove (2020)
  8. People Like Us (1990)
  9. Starcrash (1978)
  10. Valley of the Dolls (1967)
  11. Zandalee (1991)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 60 Days In
  2. A Teacher
  3. The Amazing Race 32
  4. B Postitive
  5. The Bachelorette
  6. Bar Rescue
  7. Big Sky
  8. The Brady Bunch
  9. Cheers
  10. Coronation Street
  11. The Crown
  12. Court Cam
  13. Dancing With The Stars
  14. The Dick Van Dyke Shw
  15. The Drew Barrymore Show
  16. Dr. Phil
  17. Fear the Walking Dead
  18. Ghost Whisperer
  19. Happy Days
  20. M*A*S*H
  21. Newhart
  22. The Office
  23. The Powers of Matthew Star
  24. Saved By The Bell: The College Years
  25. The Simpsons
  26. Supernatural
  27. Twilight Zone
  28. The Undoing
  29. The Voice
  30. The Walking Dead: World Beyond
  31. WKRP In Cincinnati

Books I Read:

  1. Dolls!  Dolls!  Dolls! (2020) by Stephen Rebello

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Big Data
  2. Blanck Mass
  3. Britney Spears
  4. The Chemical Brothers
  5. Courtney Barnett
  6. Dean Martin
  7. Dua Lipa
  8. Jakalope
  9. Joan Jett
  10. Lara Snow
  11. Lindsey Stirling
  12. Madness
  13. Phantom Planet
  14. The Pretty Reckless
  15. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
  16. Purity Ring
  17. Saint Motel
  18. Taylor Swift
  19. Tony Bennett

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin profiled Freeman Elliott and shared: The Girl in the Black Chemise, She Had What It Takes, Come Be My Slave, Fully Dressed And In His Right Mind, Backwoods Teaser, Bed of an Empress, and Lily in Her Coffin!
  2. Jeff shared music videos from The Smithereens, The Smithereens again, Madness, Blotto, and Madness again!   He reviewed The Dead Don’t Dream, Fury At Gunsight Pass, Experiment Alcatraz, Jack MacCall Desperado, City Limits, Man From Del Rio, and Draw!
  3. I shared music videos from Courtney Barnett and Psychedelic Porn Crumpets!  I reviewed Mangrove!  I paid tribute to Martin Scorsese and shared a scene from Goodfellas!
  4. Ryan reviewed Honeymoon in the Afterlife, Haxan Lane, Fist Raid, and Shov Shov!

More From Us:

  1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed The Amazing Race!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  3. On my music site, I shared songs from Saint Motel, Jakalope, Big Data, Purity Ring, Phantom Planet, Joan Jett, and The Pretty Reckless!
  4. On her photography site, Erin shared: Forever Happy, Side of Abandoned House, All That Was Left Behind, A Place To Think, Butterfly, The Alley When It Rains, and Campus!

Click here to see what I did last week!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 11/9/20 — 11/15/20


I’m another year older and the Shattered Lens is still recovering from October.  Here’s what I did last week:

Films I Watched:

  1. Countess Dracula (1972)
  2. Death in Small Doses (1957)
  3. Fatal Affair (2020)
  4. The Hunt (2020)
  5. The King of Staten Island (2020)
  6. The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson (1947)
  7. No Man’s Woman (1955)
  8. Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
  9. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)
  10. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)
  11. The Twilight Saga: Elicpse (2010)
  12. The Walking Target (1960)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. The Amazing Race 32
  2. The Bachelorette
  3. Dancing With The Stars
  4. Parking Wars
  5. The People’s Choice Awards
  6. The Undoing
  7. The Voice

Books I Read:

  1. Prime Minister to President (2020) by A.C. Dickens

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Big Data
  2. Brijean
  3. Britney Spears
  4. The Chemical Brothers
  5. Coldplay
  6. Curved Air
  7. Django Django
  8. Evanescence
  9. Icona Pop
  10. Julie Andrews
  11. Lindsey Stirlng
  12. Muse
  13. Phantogram
  14. Pokey LaFarge
  15. Saint Motel
  16. Soccer Mommy
  17. Taylor Swift
  18. Til Tuesday
  19. The Who

Awards Season Links:

  1. The Gotham Nominations
  2. The People’s Choice Awards

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared music videos from Soccer Mommy, Django Django, Lindsey Stirling, Brijean, Saint Motel, and Coldplay!  I reviewed No Man’s Woman, The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson, Death In Small Doses, and The Walking Target!
  2. Doc shared a music video from The Simpsons!
  3. Erin profiled John Fernie and shared: The Case of the Radioactive Redhead, Kneel to the Rising Sun, Hillbilly Feuding and Loving, The Trailer Park Girls, Let’s Go Home, Lure For Love, and Girl in the Red Dress!
  4. Jeff reviewed The Long Rope and Red Heat!
  5. Ryan reviewed Ghouls, No Romance in Hell, Post Apocalypto, and Kids With Guns!

More From Us:

  1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I wrote about the latest episode of The Amazing Race!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should subscribe!
  3. On my music site, I shared songs from Icona Pop, Curved Air, Adi Ulmansky, Pokey LaFarge, Evanescence, Django Django, and Til Tuesday!
  4. On her photography site, Erin shared: Who Lives There, General Store, Carrying the Flag, Abandoned, Grey Park Day, Creek, and Lone Duck!

Want to see what was accomplished last week?  Click here!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 11/2/20 — 11/8/20


Alex Trebek, R.I.P.

Jeff & I were up at the lake for most of last week but I still managed to watch a few things.  Now, I’m back, I’m recovered from Horrorthon, and I’m ready to finish out the year strong.

Films I Watched:

  1. 1BR (2020)
  2. Accomplice (1946)
  3. The Dark Past (1948)
  4. The Godfather (1972)
  5. The Godfather, Part II (1974)
  6. The Godfather, Part III (1990)
  7. Hell Bound (1957)
  8. The Killer is Loose (1956)
  9. Meteor (1979)
  10. Mr. Jones (2020)
  11. Southbound (2016)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. The Amazing Race 32
  2. The Bachelorette 16
  3. Community
  4. Dancing With The Stars
  5. Fear the Walking Dead
  6. The Office
  7. The Powers of Matthew Star
  8. Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult
  9. The Undoing
  10. The Voice
  11. The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Britney Spears
  2. Fleet Foxes
  3. Icona Pop
  4. Kid Rock
  5. LAUREL
  6. Lynard Skynard
  7. Rolling Stones
  8. Saint Motel
  9. Soccer Mommy
  10. Sophie Ellis-Bextor
  11. Talking Heads
  12. The Who

News From Last Week:

  1. Theater Owners Chief Warns Cinemas Will Go Bankrupt Unless Congress Acts
  2. Alex Trebek, Revered Host of ‘Jeopardy!’ for 36 Years, Dies at 80

Links From Last Week:

  1. Saturday Night Live and Its Mean-Spirited Players
  2. Voter Chic
  3. Norman Lloyd Turns 106: ‘He Is the History of Our Industry’

Links From The Site:

  1. Jeff reviewed Five Days One Summer, Porky’s, Porky’s II, Porky’s Revenge, and Striking Poses!
  2. I reviewed Blonde Ice, Guns Girls and Gangsters, The Killer Is Loose, The Criminal, The Dark Past, Hellbound, and Accomplice!
  3. Ryan reviewed Exit, Two More Stories, and Three Stories!
  4. Erin held down the fort while I was gone and she did a wonderful job!  She shared music videos from Avril Lavigne, They Might Be Giants, Kelly Clarkson, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Oasis, and Lindsay Lohan!  She reviewed Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot, For Love of the Game, A Flash of Light, Charlie’s Angels, The Battered Bastards of Baseball, and Ralph Gibson: Photographer/Book Artist.  She took a look at The Flight Attendants of the Pulp Era, Vintage Campaign Posters, and The Adventures of Steve Harragan and His Eye Patch!  And finally, she shared: The Sky Before Election Day, Don’t Forget, Deluxe Tour, Worse Than Murder, The Young Have Secrets, The Lash of Lust, and Commuter Widow!

More From Us:

  1. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  3. On my music site, I shared songs from Soccer Mommy, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Who, Talking Heads, Saint Motel, LAUREL, and Fleet Foxes!
  4. On her photography site, Erin shared Horses, Vote, One Horse, Spying Squirrel, Abstraction, and Gazebo in Black and White!

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

By the way, did you know that November 9th is my birthday?  You do now!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 10/26/20 — 11/1/20


I hope everyone had a good Halloween and I want to thank everyone who participated in Horrorthon here at the Shattered Lens!  Horrorthon is always a little bit exhausting but I love doing it every year.  I can’t wait to do it again next year.

This upcoming week, Jeff & I are going to be on a mini-vacation.  However, as always, I’ve got some reviews scheduled to post while I’m gone.  I hope everyone had a good October and good luck with whatever happens this upcoming week!

Here’s what went on this week:

Films I Watched:

  1. The Alien Dead (1978)
  2. Boiler Room (2000)
  3. The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations (2009)
  4. Chopping Mall (1986)
  5. Compulsion (1959)
  6. Death Curse of Tartu (1966)
  7. Downhill (2020)
  8. Eat Locals (2017)
  9. Eye of the Devil (1967)
  10. Fear and Desire (1953)
  11. From Beyond The Grave (1973)
  12. From Hell It Came (1957)
  13. Fury To Freedom (1985)
  14. Halloween (1978)
  15. Halloween 2 (1981)
  16. Her Secret Family Killer (2020)
  17. The Indestructible Man (1956)
  18. The Killer Snakes (1974)
  19. Kung Fu Beyond The Grave (1982)
  20. Mad Love (1935)
  21. Madhouse (1974)
  22. The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
  23. Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
  24. Nothing Underneath (1985)
  25. Ophelia (2019)
  26. Out Cold (2001)
  27. The Outsider (1951)
  28. Regarding Henry (1991)
  29. The Return of Dr. X (1939)
  30. Saved By The Bell Hawaiian Style (1992)
  31. Somewhere (2010)
  32. The Sound of A Stone (1955)
  33. Understanding Others (1958)
  34. Vampire Circus (1972)
  35. The Walking Dead (1936)
  36. White Zombie (1932)
  37. The World’s End (2013)
  38. You Should Have Left (2020)

 

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. The Amazing Race 32
  2. The Bachelorette 16
  3. Big Brother 22
  4. Dancing With The Stars
  5. Fear the Walking Dead
  6. freakylinks
  7. Ghost Whisperer
  8. King of the Hill
  9. The Love Boat
  10. Lovecraft County
  11. The Powers of Matthew Star
  12. Saved By The Bell
  13. Saved By The Bell: The College Years
  14. Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult
  15. Survivor: Thailand
  16. The Undoing
  17. The Voice
  18. The Walking Dead
  19. The Walking Dead: The World Beyond

Books I Read:

  1. Bad Moonlight (1994) by R.L. Stine
  2. Blind Date (1986) by R.L. Stine
  3. The Perfect Date (1996) by R.L. Stine
  4. Road to Nowhere (1993) by Christopher Pike

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Britney Spears
  3. The Chemical Brothers
  4. Danny Elfman
  5. Goblin
  6. Jakalope
  7. John Carpenter
  8. Niki DeMar
  9. Pretty Reckless
  10. Royal Blood
  11. Saint Motel
  12. Soccer Mommy
  13. Steve King

Horror on the Lens:

  1. Phantom From Space
  2. The Lodger
  3. Baffled
  4. The Abominable Dr. Phibes
  5. Carnival of Souls
  6. Night of the Living Dead

Horror on TV:

  1. Freakylinks 1.1
  2. Freakylinks 1.3
  3. Freakylinks 1.5
  4. Freakylinks 1.7
  5. Freakylinks 1.11
  6. Freakylinks 1.13

Trailers:

  1. Halloween Kills
  2. Songbird
  3. The Midnight Sky
  4. Don’t Click
  5. Survival Games
  6. Parallel
  7. Smiley Face Killers

Links From The Site:

  1. Case reviewed Dracula Parts One, Two, and Three!
  2. Erin counted down to Halloween: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and 0!  Then she wished you a happy Halloween and then she said goodbye to Halloween!  She also shared The Covers of Thrilling Wonder Stories and: Another World, Argosy, Nightmare, This Trick’s The Best, Mutant Duck, Ghost, and BountyShe congratulated the Dodgers!
  3. Doc delivered a holiday message!
  4. Jeff played and reviewed Amazing Quest, Congee, BYOD, and Doppeljobs!  He watched and reviewed The Offence, Relentless 1, Relentless 2, Relentless 3, Relentless 4, and The War of the Worlds!  He wrote about Silent Hill, The Tomb of Dracula, Doctor Who, Doctor Druid, and Captain Freedom!
  5. Leonard reviewed Demon Knight and Love and Monsters!
  6. Ryan reviewed Ultra8 and Untitled!
  7. I shared music videos from Danny Elfman, Goblin, Goblin again, Goblin a third time, John Carpenter, Niki Demar, and the Pretty Reckless!
  8. I paid tribute to James Whale, Dan Curtis, Lucio Fulci, Dario Argento, John Carpenter, George Romero, and Sean Connery!
  9. I shared scenes from Invasion of the Body Snatchers, House of Dark Shadows, City of the Living Dead, The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, The Fog, and The Nightmare Before Christmas!
  10. I shared: The Sound of a Stone, What About Juvenile Delinquency, Understanding Others, Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds and Dracula, James Earl Jones Reading the Raven, Christopher Lee reading the Raven, Basil Rathbone reading The Masque of the Red Death, and Boris Karloff drinking coffee!
  11. I shared an AMV of the Day: Secret.
  12. I shared my Oscar predictions for October!
  13. I shared six trailers for the Thursday before Halloween and 6 Trailers for October 30th!
  14. I read and reviewed Road to Nowhere, The Perfect Date, Blind Date, and Bad Moonlight!
  15. I watched reviewed Bunco Squad, Madhouse, The Alien Dead, Kung Fu From Beyond the Grave, You Should Have LeftDownhill, Compulsion, Chopping Mall, The Killer Snakes, mother!, Squirm, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Fury to Freedom, Edge of FuryNothing Underneath, The Butterfly Effect 3, Her Secret Family Killer, The Silence, We Summon the Darkness, Victor Crowley, The Crazies, and Eye of the Devil!

More From Us:

  1. For Reality TV Chat, I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!
  2. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
  3. At my music site, I shared songs from Steve King, Royal Blood, Goblin, Goblin again, John Carpenter, John Carpenter again, and Above & Beyond!
  4. At her photography site, Erin shared Meditate, Halloween Cookies, Halloween Cake, Crying, Janus, Happy Halloween, and Green Field!
  5. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!

Want to see what went on last week?  Click here!

“Happy Halloween!”