Greetings from Lake Texoma and Happy Labor Day!

I spent the previous week making plans for October.  We really are coming up on the best Horrorthon ever.  Unfortunately, I didn’t get to watch as many movies as I would have liked but it happens.  I’ll make up for it over the upcoming few weeks.

Here’s what I did manage to watch, read, and listen to.

Films I Watched:

1. A Demon Within (2018)
2. Al Capone (1959)
3. Apollo 11 (2019)
4. The Bad the Beautiful (1952)
5. Dodgeball: A True Underdog’s Story (2004)
6. Fangs of the Living Dead (1969)
7. Jimmy (2013)
8. Lust For Life (1956)
9. Shazam! (2019)
10. Town Without Pity (1961)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 60 Days in Narcoland
2. Bachelor in Paradise
3. Bar Rescue
4. BH90210
5. Big Brother 21
6. The Bold and the Beautiful
7. Couples Court with The Cutlers
8. Dance Moms
9. Doctor Phil
10. Face the Truth
11. General Hospital
12. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
13. Saved By The Bell
14. So You Think You Can Dance
15. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

1. Star-Spangled Scandal (2019) by Chris DeRose

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Active Child
3. Afrojack
4. Amy Peters
5. Beabadoobee
6. Bebe Rexha
7. Britney Spears
8. The Chemical Brothers
9. deadmau5
10. Dillon Francis
11. DJ Judaa
12. DJ Snake
13. Fantastic
14. Grandma
15. Jakalope
16. Kaskade
17. Katy Perry
18. Lana Del Rey
19. Michael Fredo
20. Nero
21. Saint Motel
22. Sarah May Chadwick
23. She Wants Revenge
24. Sleigh Bells
25. Spector
26. Stereo Love
27. Tegan and Sara
28. UPSAHL
29. Vancouver Sleep Clinic
30. Zedd

Links From Last Week:

1. Please consider subscribing to Ryan’s patreon!
2. On her photography site, Erin shared: Arboretum Tree, Campus, Sunset, Reaching Out, Rain in the Alley, Alley, and Volleyball Pit!
3. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared thoughts on Madden 20, the CNN climate change forum, British politics, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Labor Day!
4. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
5. For Horror Critic, I reviewed A Demon Within!
6. On my music site, I shared music from Lana Del Rey, Beabadoobee, Sarah May Chadwick, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Active Child, Michael Fredo, and UPSAHL!
7. Box Office: John Travolta Hits Career Low As ‘The Fanatic’ Bombs
8. “Lost In Translation!” Bill Murray’s “Cult Movie Monday” Heads To Tokyo With Scarlett Johansson!
9. Morrissey: The last unwoke pop star
10. In Conversation: Joel Schumacher

Links From The Site:

1. Erin profiled L.B. Cole and shared: The Sex Pulse, Stranger Passions, Free and Easy, Mabel and Men!, Return of a Cheat, Sin Cove, and Black Mask!
2. Gary reviewed Black Velvet and Dodge City and paid tribute to Joan Blondell!
3. I reviewed Al Capone and shared my early Oscar predictions.  I also shared music videos by Spector, Active Child, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Tegan and Sara, UPSAHL, Grandma, and Amy Peters!
4. Patrick reviewed This Way Up, Clownado, and Empathy Inc!
5. Ryan reviewed Suburban Coffin, The Review, and Womp Womp!  He also interviewed George Wylesol!
6. Arleigh shared a first look at Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker!

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“Happy Halloween!”

I started out this week with a lot of energy but it quickly vanished halfway through Tuesday.  I think it’s probably because of the heat.  But fear not!  The horrid Summer season is almost over and soon, it’ll be time for the October Horrorthon!

Here’s what little I did this week.

Films I Watched:

1. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
2. Basic Instinct (1992)
3. The General (1926)
4. How To Stuff A Wild Bikini (1965)
5. Long Shot (2019)
6. Rivals (1972)
7. Sherlock, Jr (1924)
8. Susan Slade (1961)
9. Under the Silver Lake (2019)
10. Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 60 Days in Narcoland
2. Bachelor in Paradise
3. BH90210
4. Big Brother 21
5. The Bold and the Beautiful
6. Dance Moms
7. General Hospital
8. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
9. The Office
10. Saved By The Bell
11. So You Think You Can Dance
12. The Terror: Infamy
13. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

1. Best.  Move.  Year.  Ever. (2019) by Ben Rafferty
2. Star Spangled Scandal (2019) by Chris DeRose

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Beabodoobee
3. Bikini Kill
4. Bob Dylan
5. Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard
6. Carly Rae Jepsen
7. Chloe MK
8. Chromatics
9. Coldplay
10. Elvis Presley
11. Fitz and the Tantrums
12. Gabrielle Alpin
13. Gwen Stefani
14. Joywave
15. JP Cooper
16. Lana Del Rey
17. Maude LaTour
18. Michael Spaulding
19. Moby
20. Neon Indian
21. Penny Police
22. Rich White
23. The Rolling Stones
24. Saint Motel
25. Taylor Swift

Links From Last Week:

1. Ryan The Trashfilm Guru has a patreon that you should consider subscribing to!
2. On Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about planning a vacation in a time of uncertainty, why The Single Guy was better than Caroline in the City, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, Jay Inslee, Seth Moulton, and Joe Walsh!
3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Red Car, The Girl With The Magic Camera, Looking At The Trees, Looking Up In Black and White, Administration Building, Abandoned House, and Spring Creek in Black-and-White!
4. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
5. On SyFy Designs, I observed Dorothy Parker’s birthday and wrote about the new Socialist monopoly game!
6. On my music site, I shared songs from Adi Ulmansky, Gabrielle Alpin & JP Cooper, Carly Rae Jepsen, Chloe MK, Penny Police,  Joywave, and Avril Lavigne.
7. Breaking: Spider-Man Out of the MCU: Marvel, Sony Can’t Reach Deal
8. Name of next James Bond film revealed – No Time To Die
9. Apparently, Everyone Just Forgot about the Allegations against Mark Halperin
10. Five Years Later, It’s Time To Admit We Overreacted About Apple Putting A Free U2 Album On Our Phones
11. The “Queen Of Artsploitation” Christina Lindberg Speaks! Great New Interview And Look At Her Career!
12. It’s A Dancing Show: Sean Spicer danced for Trump’s amusement, now let him dance for ours

Links From The Site:

1. Care reviewed Ready or Not!
2. Erin profiled Bruce Minney and shared The Office Game, She Tried To Be Good, Man Hunt, The Exotic Affair, Welcome the Wicked, She Who Strays…., and Journey into Ecstacy!
3. Gary reviewed Treasure Island and the Baron of Arizona!
4. I reviewed Susan Slade and shared the poster art for Black Widow and music videos from Penny Police, Maude LaTour, Chloe MK, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, Michael Spaulding, Beabadoobee, and Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard!
5. Ryan reviewed Sniper Corpse, No Title, and I Totally Know What You Did Last Summer!

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

Films I Watched:

1. After (2019)
2. The Beach Bum (2019)
3. Detective Pikachu (2019)
4. Dirty Dancing (1987)
5. Duck, You Sucker (1972)
6. Frozen Alive (1964)
7. Gimme Shelter (1970)
8. Greta (2019)
9. Home Abduction (2019)
10. Miss Bala (2019)
11. Saving Westbrook High (2013)
12. Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
13. V.C. Andrews’s Gates of Paradise (2019)
14. Woodstock (1970)
15. Zombie Tidal Wave (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 60 Days in Narcoland
2. Bachelor in Paradise
3. Better Call Saul
4. BH90210
5. Big Brother 21
6. The Confession Tapes
7. Dance Moms
8. Fear the Walking Dead
9. Ghost Whisperer
10. Grand Hotel
11. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
12. King of The Hill
13. Legion
14. Masterchef
15. Saved By The Bell
16. So You Think You Can Dance
17. Sweetbitter
18. The Terror: Infamy

Books I Read:

1. Make My Day: Movie Culture In The Age of Reagan (2019) by J. Hoberman
2. The M.D. (1991) by Thomas M. Disch

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Anna Straker
4. Avicii
5. Biond
6. Blanck Mass
7. Bloc Party
8. The Chemical Brothers
9. Elohim
10. Florence + The Machine
11. Gwen Stefani
12. HAIM
13. Jakalope
14. Lara Snow
15. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
16. Miya Folick
17. Moby
18. UPSAHL

Links From Last Week:

1. Please consider subscribing to Ryan C.’s Patreon!
2. On Days Without Incident, Leonard reviewed Re: Creators!
3. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Fred Williamson and James Brown Are Down And Out In New York City In Black Caesar, Happy International Left-Handers Day, Where Is Ghislaine Maxwell?, I Guess President John Hickenlooper Isn’t Happening, Ken Clarke Again?, and Kennedy vs. Markey!
4. On her photography site, Erin shared: Tree Flower, Black-and-White Tree, Yellow, Black-and-White Morning, Duck in Black-and-White, Clouds, and Outside!
5. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
6. On my music site, I shared music from Florence + The Machine, The Chemical Brothers, Elohim, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Anna Straker, Bloc Party, and Adi Ulmansky.
7. When Their Book Deal Blew Up After Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Glenn Thrush Kept His Advance. Maggie Haberman Had To Pay Hers Back.
8. Gay personal assistant says Faye Dunaway called him ‘a little homosexual boy’: lawsuit
9. ‘Luxury beliefs’ are the latest status symbol for rich Americans
10. Disgraced Pundit Mark Halperin Signs Deal to Publish New Political Book
11. Deadspin Editor Quits, Rails Against Bosses: ‘I’ve Been Repeatedly Lied To and Gaslit’

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed Titans!
2. Erin helped everyone get ready for back to school and shared: Damned Are The Meek, The Street Is My Beat, The Scuba Set, The Houseguest, Strip Street, Trap of Lesbos, and Double Up!
3. Gary reviewed The Sandlot and paid tribute to Peter Fonda!
4. Jeff paid tribute to Peter Fonda and shared music from M., Primal Scream, and Eddie Money!
5. I shared music videos from Biond, Amy Winehouse, Arlo Guthrie, and Miya Folick!  I also reviewed Greta, Miss Bala, and After!
6. Ryan reviewed Pope Hats, The Empress Cixtissis, My Fanny, Andros, and Tat Rat, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!

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It’s been a long week and it’s also been ludicrously hot.  At least I bought a lot of stuff during our tax-free weekend.  Here’s what else I did over the week:

Films I Watched:

1. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
2. The Caine Mutiny (1953)
3. Deadly Influencer (2019)
4. Harvey (1950)
5. Killer Grandma (2019)
6. The Last Woman On Earth (1960)
7. Missing Link (2019)
8. V.C. Andrews’ Dark Angel (2019)
9. V.C. Andrews’ Fallen Hearts (2019)
10. V.C. Andrews’ Heaven (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 60 Days in Narcoland
2. Bachelor in Paradise
3. BH90210
4. Big Brother 21
5. Breaking Bad
6. Dance Moms
7. Evil Lives Here
8. Fear the Walking Dead
9. Grand Hotel
10. House Hunters
11. King of the Hill
12. Legion
13. Love Island
14. No One Saw A Thing
15. Saved By The Bell
16. So You Think You Can Dance
17. Sweetbitter

Books I Read:

1. Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey and the Last Great Show Biz Party (1999) by Shawn Levy
2. This Storm (2019) by James Ellroy

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Abbie Ozard
2. Afrojack
3. Alexina
4. Amanda Palmer
5. Bat For Lashes
6. Big Data
7. Bjork
8. Bob Dylan
9. Carys
10. The Chemical Brothers
11. Elle Azar
12. Elle King
13. Florence + The Machine
14. Gloria Trevi
15. HAIM
16. Lara Snow
17. Missions
18. Phantogram
19. Saint Motel
20. Steve Aoki
21. t.a.t.u
22. twenty-one pilots

Links From Last Week:

1. Ryan the Trash Film Guru has a patreon.  Please consider subscribing!
2. On Days Without Incident, Leonard wrote about All Of Us.
3. On her photography site, Erin shared: More of the Possum, Downtown, The Shops at Legacy, Downtown II, Downtown In The Rain, Red Tree, and Shadows!
4. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Return of Michael Avenatti, Congratulations Melinda Katz, Danny Trejo Is A Super Hero, Everything’s Coming Up Blago, 45 Years Ago Today Richard Nixon Resigned, Joe Biden Is Really Old, Remember When J. Jonah Jameson Was Elected Mayor of New York, and Jeffrey Epstein is Dead!
5. I wrote about Big Brother for Big Brother Blog!
6. Over on SyFy Designs, I shared New York Movie Painted By Edward Hopper, Compartment C Car by Edward Hopper, Thoughts on Sleep, and Why I Love This Time Of Year!
7. On my music site, I shared music from Abbie Ozard, Alexina, HAIM, Bjork, Elle Azar, Bat For Lashes, and Florence + The Machine!
8. How American Beauty lost the title of 1999’s best movie
9. Woodstock 50’s Failure Is the New Left’s Success

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed the 9th episode of Titans!
2. Erin shared The Many Adventures of 0008 and also: Model Maids, Say When, Weekend Widows, The Odd Switch, The Married Kind, Fury in my Heart, and Free and Easy!
3. Doc shared 4 shots in honor of International Cat Day!
4. Gary reviewed Gunman’s Walk, Half Shot At Sunrise, and Cockeyed Cavaliers!
5. Jeff wrote about video games and shared music videos from Rick James, Midnight Oil, and …. Tom Hanks!
6. I shared music videos from Carys, Big Data, Missions and Lara Snow!  I reviewed Missing Link, Highway Dragnet, Last Woman On Earth, Heaven, Dark Angel, and Fallen Hearts!
7. Ryan reviewed What the Actual, The Bus Driver, I Think Our Friend Dan Might Be A Dolphin, and Funky Dianetics, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!

Click here for what I did last week!

I spent most of this week reading old paperbacks and rewatching Breaking Bad on Netflix.  It was time well-spent.

Films I Watched:

1. Blow Out (1981)
2. Close Encounters of Third King (1977)
3. Cold Pursuit (2019)
4. Crossroads (2002)
5. From Justin to Kelly (2003)
6. Highway Dragnet (1954)
7. Palm Springs Weekend (1963)
8. Soul Surfer (2011)
9. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
10. Star Wars Episode IV — A New Hope (1977)
11. Unmasking Jihadi John (2019)
12. The Upside (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 60 Days In Narcoland
2. The Bachelorette
3. Breaking Bad
4. Big Brother 21
5. CNN 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate — Night 1
6. CNN 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate — Night 2
7. Dance Moms
8. Euphoria
9. iZombie
10. Legion
11. Love Island
12. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
13. Orange is the New Black
14. So You Think You Can Dance
15. Sweetbitter

Books I Read:

(Look at what I discovered at the Internet Archive)

1. Bait (1962) by George Cassidy
2. Naked Lens (1961) by Paul Gregory
3. Reckless (1961) by Tom Stone
4. Wanton (1960) by Ben Smith

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Amyl and the Sniffers
3. Crud
4. Bikini Kill
5. Black Marble
6. Blanck Mass
7. Carys
8. The Chainsmokers
9. Coldplay
10. HAIM
11. K. Flay
12. Lara Snow
13. Lolo Zouaï
14. Miike Snow
15. Muse
16. NAM
17. Phantogram
18. twenty-one pilots
19. UPSAHL

Links From Last Week:

1. Be sure to check out Ryan’s patreon site!
2. On her photography site, Erin shared Watching The Rain, With The Sun In The Sky, Ribbon, August, Church, Dallas, and The Possum Returns!
3. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Andrew Golden is Dead, The Brilliance of TCM (Example #3456), I Skipped The Debate and I Regret Nothing, Gracie Mansion: Where Dreams Go To Die, It Looks Like President Mike Gravel is Not Going To Happen, and Will Brexit Ever Happen?
4. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
5. For Horror Critic, I reviewed Terrifier!
6. On my online dream journal, I shared Last Night’s Canadian Dream and Last Night’s Weird Dream About The New Neighbor On An Elephant!
7. Over at SyFy Designs, I shared: A Positive Note, Where Does Summer Go?, I Woke Up To The Sound of Rain, Sad News From El Paso, and a poem from Emily Dickinson!
8. On my music site, I shared music from The Chainsmokers, Black Marble, Lara Snow, Phantogram, Amyl and the Sniffers, Carys, and K. Flay!
9. Matthew Modine, Rosanna Arquette Allege Gabrielle Carteris Mishandled SAG-AFTRA’s Sexual Harassment Protections
10. ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX sue Locast, the AT&T-backed service that streams TV for free
11. Marianne Williamson connects in a way that regular pols can’t, like Trump

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed Episodes 7 and 8 of Titans and Capsized: Blood In The Water!
2. Erin shared Endless Shadow, The Spell of Seven, Blondes Don’t Give A Damn, An Earth Man On Venus, Passionate Trio, Man Chase, and All In The Game!
3. Gary reviewed The Bride and the Beast, shared a song from Creed, and wrote about Candy Johnson!
4. Jeff shared a great moment from comic book history!
5. Ryan reviewed Bicycle Day, Within The Woods of Undead County, Something Crashed In The Woods, The Ghost Pirate, and Desolation Bay, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
6. I shared music videos from Crud, NAM, Miike Snow, Amyl and the Sniffers, Blanck Mass, HAIM, and Lolo Zouaï.  I shared the trailers for Spider In The Web, The Irishman, Queen & Slim, The Lighthouse, and 1917.  I shared my June Oscar predictions.  I reviewed Palm Springs Weekend, The Upside, Cold Pursuit, and Unmasking Jihadi John.

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Rutger Hauer, R.I.P.

Films I Watched:

1. All About Eve (1950)
2. Bad Influence (1990)
3. The Blob (1958)
4. Dressed to Kill (1980)
5. Elmer Gantry (1960)
6. Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
7. Hard Promises (1992)
8. The Hot Spot (1990)
9. In A Lonely Place (1950)
10. The In Crowd (1988)
11. L.A. 2017 (1971)
12. Meteor (1979)
13. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
14. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
15. One Night With The King (2006)
16. The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983)
17. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
18. The Time Machine (1960)
19. Toy Story 4 (2019)
20. The Wrong Tutor (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 60 Days In
2. The Bachelorette
3. Big Brother 21
4. Big Little Lies
5. Breaking Bad
6. Cheaters
7. Dance Moms
8. Euphoria
9. Fear the Walking Dead
10. Ghost Whisperer
11. Grand Hotel
12. Legion
13. Love Island
14. Orange is the New Black
15. So You Think You Can Dance
16. Sweetbitter
17. Vida

Books I Read:

1. After Dark, My Sweet (1955) by Jim Thompson
2. In A Lonely Place (1947) by Dorothy B. Hughes

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Afrojack
2. Alice Gray
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Bauhaus
5. Cedric Gervais
6. Crud
7. deadmau5
8. Ghastly
9. Go Betty Go
10. Goblin
11. Goblin Reborn
12. JOY.
13. Kedr Livanskiy
14. Lara Snow
15. Moonchild
16. Neon Indian
17. Phantogram
18. Sabrina Gunston
19. Saint Motel
20. Schlomo
21. The Simonetti Horror Project
22. twenty-one pilots

Links from Last Week:

1. Are you a comic book fan?  Are you a movie fan?  Are you into politics?  Are you a Socialist?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, please consider subscribing to Ryan The Trash Film Guru’s Patreon Site!
2. On her photography site, Erin offered up: Final Mushroom, Reaching Out, Walking on A Summer Day, The Creek On A Summer Day, Neighborhood, Bird, and Possum!
3. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Al Franken.  Again, Boris Johnson is the New PM, The Mueller Hearings Were Strange, Happy Birthday Mick Jagger, It’s Been Six Years Since My Last Cigarette, and Alas Baltimore!
4. On my music site, I shared music from Ghastly, Leyya, Moonchild, JOY, Alice Gray, Sabrina Gunston, and Crud!
5. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
6. Kickin’ The Willy Bobo With…Mark Bousquet
7. The Defeding of Cats
8. Watch ‘The Shining’ at The Overlook Hotel’s Filming Location
9. Don’t let The New Yorker get away with its brazen Al Franken hypocrisy
10. The New Yorker Seriously Mischaracterized the Story of One of Al Franken’s Accusers

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed Episode 5 and Episode 6 of Titans!
2. Erin shared with us the Spectacular Adventures of G-8 and His Battle Aces, along with The Love Clinic, Next Stop Sinland, The Hucksters, Automatic Detective, The Oz Wonderland Chronicles, Doing What Comes Naturally, and Hootenanny Nurse!
3. Gary paid tribute to David Hedison and reviewed The Man From Laramie and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood!
4. Jeff reviewed a biography of Steve McQueen and shared music videos from Cliff Richard, George Harrison, The Whispers, Mick Jagger, and Sagat!
5. I shared music videos from Go Betty Go and Saint Motel, along with paying tribute to Rutger Hauer and reviewing Dumbo, L.A. 2017, One Night With The King, and The Hot Spot!
6. Ryan reviewed Rust Belt, Monks Mound, Pierott Alterations, and Baseline Blvd, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
7. Arleigh shared a song from The Roots and BT!

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A Trip to the Moon (1902, dir by Georges Melies)

It’s hot as Hell, the new twitter layout sucks, CBS is no longer available on Uverse, and my allergies have been driving me crazy.  What a week!  Oh well, this upcoming week will be better.

Films I Watched:

1. Apollo 13 (1995)
2. Apollo 18 (2001)
3. Double Impact (1991)
4. Dumbo (2019)
5. First Man (2018)
6. For Those Who Think Young (1964)
7. How Awful About Allan (1970)
8. The Hunter (1980)
9. Moon (2009)
10. The Right Stuff (1983)
11. A Trip To The Moon (1902)
12. The Wrong Mommy (2019)
13. Zabriskie Point (1970)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Bachelorette
2. Big Brother 21
3. The Bold and the Beautiful
4. Dance Moms
5. Days of our Lives
6. Doctor Phil
7. Face the Truth
8. General Hospital
9. Ghost Whisperer
10. Grand Hotel
11. iZombie
12. King of the Hill
13. Legion
14. Love Island
15. Profiler
16. So You Think You Can Dance
17. Veronica Mars
18. The Young and The Restless

Books I Read:

1. Behind the Bell by Dustin Diamond (2009)
2. The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss (1972)
3. White by Bret Easton Ellis (2019)

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Arcade Fire
2. Big Data
3. Blanck Mass
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Daft Punk
6. Deadmau5
7. Duncan Lloyd
8. Elle King
9. Ellie Goulding
10. Ghastly
11. Goblin
12. Goo Goo Dolls
13. Kaskade
14. Moonchild
15. Phantogram
16. The Prodigy
17. The Regrettes
18. Saint Motel
19. She & Him
20. Sleigh Bells
21. Texas
22. Xul Zolar

Links From Last Week:

1. Please consider subcribing to Ryan’s patreon!
2. On her photography site, Erin shared Street in Black-and-White, Windy Day, Leaves, Leaves 2, Backyard Mushrooms, More Mushrooms, and Even More Mushrooms!
3. Over on Pop Politics, Jeff shared Shatner, Nimoy, and MAD; The (Possible) Return of Mark Sanford, 332 to 95, Captain America: The People’s Choice, Alex Ross Captures Galactus In All Of His Glory, and What I’m Reading: Smokin’ Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier by Mark Kram, Jr. 
4. On my music site, I shared songs from The Regrettes, deadmau5 and Kaskade, Xul Zolar, Arcade Fire, The Prodigy, Duncan Lloyd, and Rita Ora!
5. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
6. Kickin The Willy Bobo With…LUCAS GARRETT
7. Quentin Tarantino Says ‘Star Trek’ Will Be His Last Film If He Commits To Directing
8. Paul McCartney Has Been Secretly Writing an ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Musical
9. Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than anyone realized.  Here’s how it was saved.
10. ‘Agents of SHIELD’ to End With Season 7 at ABC
11. Marianne Williamson on Her “Woo-Woo” Rep, Hollywood Friends and Dead-Serious Plan to Save America
12. Box Office: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Passes ‘Avatar’ to Become No. 1 Grossing Film of All Time
13. The Orville Moving Exclusively to Hulu for Season 3, to Premiere in Late 2020
14. Everything Marvel has planned for Phase 4: Natalie Portman returns as a new Thor, Mahershala Ali will be Blade, Angelina Jolie trains to be an Eternal, more
15. The 2019 Emmy Nominations

Links From The Site:

1. Erin wished us all a happy Moon Day and profiled artist Morgan Kane.  She also shared Trouble Valley, Halo for A Heel, Payment in Sin, Female Convict, Corrupt Woman, How Sharp The Point, and Burro Alley!
2. Gary reviewed The Bloody Brood and For Those Who Think Young and said goodbye to Pumpsie Green!
3. Jeff reviewed Double Impact!
4. I shared music videos from She & Him, Ghastly, Goo Goo Dolls, Ellie Goulding, Big Data, Moonchild, and Daft Punk!  I shared the trailer for Cats and the trailer for Zombie Tidal Wave and my personal Emmy nominations!  I reviewed The Wrong Mommy!
5. Leonard shared the trailers for Top Gun: Maverick and It — Chapter Two!
6. Ryan reviewed Rodeo and shared his latest weekly reading round-up!

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Rip Torn in Maidstone

Rest in peace, Rip Torn.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Dark Victory (1939)
2. Forbidden Planet (1956)
3. Frogs (1972)
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
5. It Came From Outer Space (1953)
6. Maidstone (1970)
7. Payday (1972)
8. Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker’s Nightmare (2019)
9. Terrifier (2016)
10. The Thing From Another World (1951)
11. The War of the Worlds (1953)
12. The Wrong Boy Next Door (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Bachelorette
2. Bar Rescue
3. Big Brother 21
4. Big Little Lies
5. Dance Moms
6. Euphoria
7. Face The Truth
8. Fear the Walking Dead
9. Friday the 13th: The Shocking Truth
10. Friends
11. Grand Hotel
12. Hotel Impossible
13. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
14. The Killer Beside Me
15. King of the Hill
16. The Last Days of JFK Jr.
17. Legion
18. Love Island
19. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
20. Saved By The Bell
21. So You Think You Can Dance
22. Stranger Things
23. Sweetbitter
24. Your Worst Nightmare

Books I Read:

1. One Night at the Lake (2019) by Bethany Chase

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Avril Lavigne
3. Bat For Lashes
4. Big Data
5. Blanck Mass
6. Bob Dylan
7. Britney Spears
8. Cat Pierce
9. The Chemical Brothers
10. Coldplay
11. Daft Punk
12. David Bowie
13. Deadmau5
14. Dillon Francis
15. Ghastly
16. Gwen Stefani
17. Haim
18. Hardwell
19. Icona Pop
20. Jakalope
21. Jake Bugg
22. Jake Epstein
23. Joywave
24. Katy Perry
25. Madness
26. Meg Myers
27. Michael Fredo
28. Moby
29. Panic! at the Disco
30. Phantogram
31. P!nk
32. PVRIS
33. The Regrettes
34. Robyn
35. Saint Motel
36. She & Him
37. Skrillex
38. Sleigh Bells
39. Steve Aoki
40. Taylor Swift
41. The Ting Tings

Links From Last Week:

1. Ryan the Trashfilm Guru has a patreon and you should consider supporting it!
2. Patrick’s now a happy cat owner!
3. On her photography site, Erin shared Rest Stop, Clouds in Black-and-White, Cabin Table, Moon, Red, The Park In Black and White, and Ducks!
4. On Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about Eric Swalwell, Ross Perot, The Larry Sanders Show, Ball Four, Jeffrey Epstein, The Avengers on David Letterman, and Michael Bennet!
5. On my music site, I shared music from Robyn, The Chemical Brothers, Cat Pierce, Hardwell, Dillon Francis, The Regrettes, and Sleigh Bells!
6. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
7. RIP Rip Torn, a genuine character, a great Southern character actor–1931-2019
8. Bond 25 ‘will see actress Lashana Lynch take over from Daniel Craig to become first female 007’
9. Top 10 Underrated Performances from 1999
10. “The Commitments”! Terrific Movie Musical Is My “Cult Movie Monday!” Glen Hansard’s Rise To Oscar Gold!
11. Kickin’ The Willy Bobo With…TIMOTHY MAYER
12. Kickin’ The Willy Bobo With…BEX AARON
13. Grimace …. 33 Words

Links From The Site:

1. Case finished reviewing Stranger Things season 3: here, here, and here!
2. Erin shared Hill Billy In High Heels, The Avenue of the Pimps, Atlantic Avenue, Fog of Doubt, This is My Night, The Singing Lariat, and The Barbarians!
3. Gary reviewed Machete Maidens Unleashed and The Cincinnati Kid!
4. Jeff shared music videos from Madness, The Cutting Crew, Phil Collins, Milli Vanilli, and the Clash!  He also took a look at the time The Avengers appeared on David Letterman!
5. I shared music videos from Joywave and Moby.  I also reviewed Payday, The Wrong Boy Next Door, Trapped Model, and Stalked By My Doctor 4.
6. Ryan reviewed Expelling My Truth and the Adventures of Moonpie, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!

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Did everyone survive Independence Day?

It’s been quite a week here at the Shattered Lens Bunker.  First off, Jeff (a.k.a. Jedadiah Leland) started a personal blog on Monday and, two days later, he ended up breaking one of the biggest stories of the week!  Seriously, when I looked at the reaction to his post, I finally got to do my imitation of Edie Falco in The Comedian exclaiming, “YOU’RE GOING VIRAL!”

Meanwhile, our own Case Wright, had his Stranger Things theory proven correct!

Finally, Patrick celebrated his birthday on the 1st!  Happy birthday, Pat!

Compared to all that …. well, I pretty much did nothing.  I did manage to take out a wasp’s nest so yay me!  Here’s the rest of what I did this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Born Yesterday (1950)
2. The California Kid (1974)
3. Casablanca (1943)
4. Hometown Killer (2019)
5. The House That Jack Built (2018)
6. It Happened Last Night (1934)
7. Ninotchka (1939)
8. Trapped Model (2019)
9. Us (2019)
10. Wonder Park (2019)
11. The Wrong Stepmother (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 20/20
2. 60 Minutes
3. The Bachelorette
4. Big Brother 21
5. Big Little Lies
6. Cheerleader Generation
7. Couples Court with the Cutlers
8. Dance Moms
9. Degrassi
10. Doctor Phil
11. Euphoria
12. Face The Truth
13. Grand Hotel
14. King of The Hill
15. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
16. Love it or List It
17. The Office
18. Seinfeld
19. Shipping Wars
20. The Skyjacker Who Got Away
21. Stranger Things
22. So You Think You Can Dance

Books I Read:

1. Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View (2019) by Ramin Setoodeh
2. Mr. Know-It-All (2019) by John Waters

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Afrojack
2. Bat for Lashes
3. Big Data
4. Britney Spears
5. Cage the Elephant
6. Cat Pierce
7. Cedric Gervais
8. Charli XCX
9. The Chemical Brothers
10. Ed Sheeran
11. Fiona Apple
12. Haim
13. Jakalope
14. Jonas Brothers
15. Joy Division
16. Meg Myers
17. Miley Cyrus
18. New Order
19. P!nk
20. The Regrettes
21. Saint Motel
22. Taylor Swift
23. Tears for Fears
24. The Ting Tings
25. Tomoyasu Hotei
26. Tove Lo
27. UPSAHL

Links From Last Week:

1. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: My First Post (and it’s only four years late!), I’m Watching Metropolis on TCM, Lee Iacocca For President?, Mad Magazine Is Shutting Down (UPDATED), Happy 4th of July, Is Justin Amash Running For President?, Robert Blake on 20/20, Is Mike Gravel Ending His Presidential Campaign?, and One Of My Favorite Comic Book Moments: Alex Ross Brings Spider-Man To Life In Marvels
2. On her photography site, Erin shared: White Rock Lake 3, Fireworks, More Fireworks, Happy 4th of July, No Swimming, Grove, and Bench!
3. On my music site, I shared songs from The Ting Tings, Charli XCX, Fiona Apple, Team America: World Police, Bat For Lashes, Meg Myers, and Bat For Lashes again!
4. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
5. National media outlets told the story of David Briscoe surviving the Santa Fe shooting. He wasn’t there.
6. Green Goblin & Doctor Octopus Might Not Make It Into Spider-Man 3
7. Mad Magazine Is Basically Dead
8. Thirty Years On, Seinfeld Still Can’t Be Beat
9. Johnny Marr invites fan up on stage to play guitar on This Charming Man…and he absolutely smashes it

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed Episode 1 and Episode 2 of the third season of Stranger Things!
2. Erin highlighted the adventures of Secret Service Operator #5 and shared some vintage postcards, some American film posters, and vintage fireworks advertisements!  She also wished America a happy birthday with the help of John Wayne.  And she shared the following artwork: Canadian Crisis, Shark Island, Desert Town, Triggerman, Everybody Loves A Looker, Shotgun Gold, and True Crime!
3. Doc wished everyone a Happy Canada Day!
4. Gary wrote about the Cowsills, Wipeout, White Line Fever, and High-Ballin‘!
5. Jeff reviewed Naked Obsession and wrote about Mad Magazine shutting down.  He shared music videos from Kim Wilde, The Hooters, AC/DC, and Huey Lewis and the News!
6. Leonard shared the trailer for Knives Out!
7. Ryan reviewed Galactic Friends, Zerosis Deathscape #1, and Teratoid Heights, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
8. I shared music videos from Sarah McLachlan, P!nk, and Crud.  I also wished everyone a Happy 4th of July and I reviewed The House That Jack Built, The Wrong Stepmother, and Hometown Killer!  Finally, I shared 4 Shots From 4 Films and wrote about my experiences on National Bikini Day!

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Love you, Canada!

Monday is Canada Day so I spent most of Sunday celebrating by watching Degrassi!  I imagine I’ll do the same tomorrow.  Love you, Canada!

What a week.  On my first night back from my vacation, I got a call from my neighbor and was informed that some strange man had just put a piece of paper on my car’s windshield.  After throwing on some clothes, I ran outside and discovered that I had been given a parking ticket for parking in front of my own house!  (Usually, I park in the driveway but, on Monday, we had company so I did the nice thing and let them have the driveway.)  According to the ticket, I was guilty of “Illegal Parking — Facing Traffic.”

And listen, I get it.  If you’re parking in the city, you need to park so you’re not facing traffic.  But this was a residential street, one that hardly has any traffic.  I mean, at the very least, give me a warning before charging me 60 dollars!

Later, I would learn that I was one of several people in the neighborhood to have been given a parking ticket that night.  Apparently, some good citizen decided to call the police and let them know that something had to be done about all the people parking in the street!

Well, here’s the good thing.  After three days of trying, I was finally able to look up my citation online and I discovered that the charges had been dismissed and the ticket had been reduced to just being a “warning.”  Unofficially, I’ve been informed that all the citations were originally meant to be just warnings but the cop they sent down to the neighborhood apparently screwed up and gave out actual tickets.  On Thursday, I got a “Dear Resident” letter from the police department, saying that all of the “charges” filed against the residents of the neighborhood had been dropped “in the interest of justice.”

Which …. you know, whatever.  As long as I don’t have to pay 60 dollars for parking in front of my house, that’s all that matters to me.  Still, if there was any chance of me becoming any less anti-government this year, this experience killed it.

Anyway, that’s my drama of the week.  In other news, I started my summer job writing for the Big Brother Blog this week!  And I watched some movies and I read a lot of books about traffic law.

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

Films I Watched:

1. A Bride’s Revenge (2019)
2. Captive State (2019)
3. A Daughter’s Deception (2019)
4. From Russia With Love (1963)
5. Prophecy (1979)
6. Road House (1989)
7. Staged Killer (2019)
8. Viewer Discretion Advised (1996)
9. The Wild One (1953)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate — Night 1
2. The 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate — Night 2
3. The Amazing Race 31
4. The Bachelorette
5. Big Brother 21
6. Big Little Lies
7. Cheerleader Generation
8. Dance Moms
9. Degrassi
10. Doctor Phil
11. Euphoria
12. Face the Truth
13. Fear the Walking Dead
14. Grand Hotel
15. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
16. iZombie
17. Jeopardy
18. King of the Hill
19. Legion
20. Vida
21. Wheel of Fortune

Books I Read:

1. Beat Your Traffic Ticket: How to Go to Court and Win! (2015) by Mick Reiser
2. How to Get Out of a Traffic Ticket and 9 Other Tips to Get What You Want Using Body Language (2014) by Traci Brown
3. How to get out of a Traffic Ticket : Written by a former Police Officer (2018) by Mark Ferrusi
4. Police State: How America’s Cops Get Away with Murder (2015) by Gerry Spence
5. Seven Principles of Good Government (2012) by Gov. Gary Johnson
6. Tickets You Never Knew Existed (2011) by Scott R. Miller

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adam Rickfors
2. Big Data
3. Calvin Harris
4. Cassius
5. Cat Pierce
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Downtown Sasquatch
8. Jakalope
9. Jake Epstein
10. P!nk
11. Phantogram
12. The Regrettes
13. Robert DeLong
14. The Ting Tings
15. Tove Lo

Links from Last Week:

1. On her photography site, Erin shared Tree, The Sky, Life Saver, SMU Athletic Field, Driving in the Rain, White Rock Lake, and White Rock Lake 2!
2. I started my summer job of writing about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
3. I wrote about the finale of The Amazing Race!
4. On my music site, I shared music from The Chemical Brothers, Cassius, Calvin Harris, P!nk, Tove Lo, Cat Pierce, and The Regrettes!
5. For Horror Critic, I reviewed 1979’s Prophecy!

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed the third episode of Titans!  He also reviewed Professor Marston and the Wonder Women!
2. Erin profiled John Coleman Burroughs and shared the following artwork: Two-Timing Sister (uh oh), Cat Man, Crazy To Kill, Desk Wife, The Dove, Killer Shark, and Killer Sharks!
3. Gary reviewed Mighty Joe Young and Eddie and the Cruisers!
4. Jeff shared music videos from The Beach Boys, Madness, Information Society, Mick Smiley, and PJ Harvey!
5. Ryan reviewed All-Time Comics : Zerosis Deathscape” #0 and Deadly Prey, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
6. I shared my Oscar predictions for June.  I shared music videos from The Ting Tings and The Regrettes!  I shared teasers from James Bond 25 and Hobbs & Shaw.  I reviewed The Adventurers and The Wild One!

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HAPPY CANADA DAY!