It’s been a busy week but, on Saturday, I watched Santa Claus Conquers The Martians with my friends, the Late Night Movie Gang.  And all was right with the world.

Movies I Watched:

1. Easy Rider (1969)
2. Romina (2018)
3. Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
4. Seven in Heaven (2018)
5. Thank God, It’s Friday (1978)
6. Three Identical Strangers (2018)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 911
2. Andy Warhol’s Factory People
3. The Brady Bunch
4. The Case That Haunts Me
5. Dead Silent
6. Doctor Phil
7. Evil Up Close
8. Face the Truth
9. Hell’s Kitchen
10. Jonestown Massacre: As We Watched
11. King of the Hill
12. The Love Boat
13. Murder Made Me Famous
14. The Night That Didn’t End
15. The Office
16. Saved By The Bell
17. Seinfeld
18. Shipping Wars
19. South Park
20. Survivor 37
21. Unsolved Mysteries
22. Young Sheldon

Books I Read:

1. Just After Midnight (2018) by Catherine Ryan Hyde
2. Naughty or Nice (2018) by Alexa Riley
3. True Indie: Life and Death in Filmmaking (2018) by Don Coscarelli

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Avril Lavigne
2. Big Data
3. Black Honey
4. Champagne Superchillin
5. The Chemical Brothers
6. Fitz and the Tantrums
7. Jakalope
8. Kim Wilde
9. Lana Del Rey
10. Lindsey Stirling
11. M83
12. Mew
13. Ørjan Nilsen
14. Röyksopp
15. Sharon Van Etten
16. Sleigh Bells
17. Taylor Swift
18. Tove Lo

Links From Last Week:

1. On Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
2. On my music site, I shared music from Taylor Swift, Black Honey, Sharon Van Etten, Ørjan Nilsen, Röyksopp, and M83.
3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Black-and-White Street, Window, A Look Through A Window, Court Yard, The Dog, Fork, and Statue.
4. Shame Storm
5. A Tribute to Elisha Cook, Jr.
6. Make Me Believe Dear Poet
7. Throw Out The Paints

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared the following artwork: Country Girl, Good Luck To The Corpses, The Clocks at Ravenwood, Career of Sin, Best True Fact Detective, Thrilling Mystery, and The Affairs of a Leading Lady!
2. Gary reviewed The Story of Temple Drake, Too Much Too Soon, Christmas Wrapping, and Superman!
3. Ryan reviewed A House In The Jungle, A Ghost Sickness, and Recollection and he shared his weekly reading round-up!
4. Arleigh shared the trailer for Godzilla and two K-pop songs: Be Natural and Décalcomanie!
5. I shared music videos for Santa Baby, You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch, Silent Night, What Child Is This, and Skyrim (all performed by Lindsey Stirling), Last Christmas by Crazy Frog, and She Came Home For Christmas by Mew.

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I was on vacation last week so I missed most of the controversy over Kevin Hart being the host of the Oscars for 24 hours.  My personal opinion — and this is one that I’ve had for a while — is that the Oscars don’t need a host.  The host is usually dead weight and usually spends too much time bragging about the same industry that refused to hold Harvey Weinstein accountable until it absolutely had no other choice but to do so.  Instead of a host, just have someone announce each presenter’s name and what award they’re going to present.

Anyway, here’s my week in review.

Movies I Watched

1. 22 July (2018)
2. Early Man (2018)
3. Hugo (2011)
4. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
5. Winchester (2018)

Television Shows I Watched

1. The Apprentice
2. A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
3. EastEnders
4. The Graham Norton Show
5. Holby City
6. A Hotel for the Super Rich and Famous
7. I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here
8. ITV News At Ten
9. ITV New London
10. Live at the Apollo
11. The One Show
12. Ramsay’s Hotel Hell
13. Serial Killer With Piers Morgan
14. Survivor 37
15. Unsolved Mysteries

Books I Read

1. Bitter (2018) by Francesca Jakobi
2. Ghost Virus (2018) by Graham Masterson

Music To Which I Listened

1. Above & Beyond
2. Adam Rickfors
3. Adi Ulmansky
4. Afrojack
5. Alessia Cara
6. Alex Winston
7. Ariana Grande
8. Ava Max
9. Avicii
10. Big Data
11. The Black Keys
12. Blanck Mass
13. Bloc Party
14. Blur
15. Calvin Harris
16. The Chainsmokers
17. The Chemical Brothers
18. Daft Punk
19. David Guetta
20. DJ Judaa
21. DJ Snake
22. Elle King
23. Gwen Stefani
24. The Killers
25. Lindsey Stirling
26. MØ
27. Moby
28. New Order
29. Public Service Broadcasting
30. Pulp
31. Purity Ring
32. Saint Motel
33. Sia
34. Skating Polly
35. Sleigh Bells
36. The Struts
37. Talking Heads
38. Taylor Swift
39. Thom Yorke
40. The Ting Tings
41. Underworld

Links From Last Week

1. On my music site, I shared songs from Big Data, MØ, Skating Polly, Alex Winston, Lindsey Stirling, and Alessia Cara.
2. Erin shared the following pictures on her photography site: Happy, Christmas Trees, Christmas Dream, Frozen Fire Hydrant 2011, A Path To A Christmas House, Curved Street 2011, and Black-and-White Street!
3. Erin wrote about the latest episode of Survivor for the Reality TV Chat Blog!
4. Will Write For Food: The Freelance Stories of Derrick Ferguson
5. Erik Anderson of Awards Watch wrote a bit about the Kevin Hart.

Links From The Site

1. Erin reviewed Finding Santa and profiled Bernard Barton.  She also shared the following artwork: La Traición tiene Curvas, The Dangerous One, Swamp Hoyden, The Case of the Constant God, The Case of the One-Eyed Witness, Ward Nurse, and the Loves of Dr. Devere!
2. Gary reviewed Stir Crazy, Tension, and Drunken Master and paid tribute to Ken Berry!
3. Jeff shared music videos from George Harrison, Madness, The Rolling Stones, Def Leppard, R.E.M., Journey, and Kid Creole and the Coconuts!
4. I shared the trailer for The Avengers: Endgame and also my thoughts on the Golden Globe nominations!
5. Arleigh shared the trailer for Captain Marvel!
6. Ryan continued his look back at 2018 with his top ten contemporary collections, vintage collections, special mentions, and graphic novels!

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Jeff & I are on holiday until the 9th!  Happy December everyone!

Movies I Watched:

1. Barrabas (2012)
2. Before Sunrise (1995)
3. Before Sunset (2004)
4. Having You (2013)
5. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
6. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
7. The Rewrite (2014)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 24 Hours in A&E
2. The Apprentice
3. Caught on Camera
4. Coronation Street
5. Curvy Girls: Stripped Bare
6. Doctor Who
7. Emmerdale
8. Enterprice
9. Eyewitness News
10. Friends
11. The Graham Norton Show
12. I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!
13. ITV Evening News
14. ITV News London
15. Last Call With Carson Daly
16. Maid in Hell: Why Slavery?
17. Nightline
18. Panorama
19. Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
20. Poker
21. Seinfeld

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Acoustic Truth
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Avicii
4. Big Data
5. Coldplay
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. David Guetta
8. Fade
9. Gwen Stefani
10. Jakalope
11. Martin Garrix
12. Saint Motel
13. Son Lux
14. Swedish House Mafia
15. Taylor Swift

Links From Last Week:

1. George H.W. Bush Dies at 94: president, family man, war hero
2. On my music site, I shared music from Son Lux, Fade, Gwen Stefani, Coldplay, Saint Motel, Taylor Swift, and Acoustic Truth.
3. On my dream site, I shared Last Night’s Art Gallery Dream!
4. On her photography site, Erin shared Playground, Campus, Central, Trees, Christmas is Coming, Church In The Rain, and Christmas 2011!
5. On the Reality TV Chat Blog site, Erin reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
6. Amanda Bynes Breaks The Internet
7. Fantastic Oscar Hosts And Where To Find Them
8. “If Bobbie Talks, I’m Finished” How Les Moonves Tried To Silence An Accuser
9. Curtains for the Clintons
10. ‘Cosmos’ Host Neil deGrasse Tyson To Be Investigated By Fox, Nat Geo & Producers After New Sexual Misconduct Allegations
11. Neil DeGrasse Tyson Addresses Sexual Misconduct Accusations: “I’m The Accused, So Why Believe Anything I Say?”

Links From The Site:

1. We all wished Arleigh a happy birthday!
2. Erin shared the following artwork: Startling Stories, The Girls in 3-B, The Green Girl, Pierre’s Woman, Woman of the Avalon, White Christmas, and Snowslide.  She also reviewed a Hallmark film, Mingle All The Way!
3. Gary reviewed Dark Passage, The Trial of Billy Jack and Billy Jack Goes To Washington!  He also took a look at the television career of Larry Cohen!
4. Jeff shared music videos from 1,000 Clowns, Spacehog, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Animotion, Jesus Jones, and George Harrison!
5. I reviewed Behind Green Lights, Parole, Inc, Time Table, Johnny O’Clock, and The Stranger!  I shared my Oscar predictions for November and I shared the picks of the National Board of Review, the Satellite nominations, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Detroit Film Critics, and The Washington D.C. Film Critics!
6. Ryan reviewed Mother’s Walk, Mac and Me, Breach, and American Psycho, along with sharing his Top Ten Single Issues of 2018 and his Top Ten Ongoing Series of 2018!

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Well, one holiday down and one more month to go until we say goodbye to 2018 and hello to 2019!  Thanksgiving was last week and now it’s time to celebrate whatever it is you choose to observe in December!

November has been a month of birthdays here at the Shattered Lens!  My birthday was on the 9th.  My sister Erin (a.k.a., our wonderful Arts Editor, the Dazzling Erin) celebrated her birthday on Saturday!  Arleigh has a birthday coming up on the 27th!  And finally, the site itself will be turning 9 years old in December!

Here’s what I did this week:

Movies I Watched:

1. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
3. Behind Green Lights (1946)
4. Black Noon (1971)
5. Christopher Robin (2018)
6. Creed II (2018)
7. Every Other Holiday (2018)
8. Fourteen Hours (1951)
9. Have  A Nice Day (2018)
10. For You I Die (1947)
11. Framed (1947)
12. Gangster Story (1959)
13. He Walked By Night (1948)
14. Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018)
15. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
16. Johnny O’Clock (1947)
17. Killer Vacation (2018)
18. My Teacher, My Obsession (2018)
19. Never Trust A Gambler (1951)
20. Once Upon A Holiday (2015)
21. Parole, Inc. (1948)
22. Ralph Breaks The Internet (2018)
23. Robin Hood (2018)
24. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
25. Sorry to Bother You (2018)
26. The Stranger (1946)
27. The Ten Commandments (2006)
28. Time Table (1956)
29. Woman On The Run (1950)

Television Show I Watched:

1. 9-1-1
2. Bar Rescue
3. California Dreams
4. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
5. Couples Court with the Cutlers
6. Dancing With The Stars
7. Degrassi Junior High
8. Degrassi High
9. Degrassi: New Class
10. Degrassi: The Next Generation
11. Doctor Phil
12. Face The Truth
13. Friends
14. Jamestown
15. King of the Hill
16. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
17. The Little Drummer Girl
18. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
19. My Brilliant Friend
20. Pablo Escobar: El Patron del mal
21. The Romanoffs
22. Saved By The Bell
23. Seinfeld
24. Shipping Wars
25. Survivor 37
26. Tengo telento, mucho talento
27. The Walking Dead
28. Waterfront House Hunting
29. Who Wants To Date A Comedian?

Books I Read:

1. For Special Services (1982) by John Gardner
2. Icebreaker (1983) by John Gardner
3. Role of Honour (1984) by John Gardner
4. Nobody Lives Forever (1986) by John Gardner

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Armin van Buuren
2. Avicii
3. Big Data
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. David Guetta
6. Elle King
7. Jakalope
8. Jake Bugg
9. Matthew Dear
10. Sabrina Carpenter
11. Saves the Day
12. St. Vincent
13. Steve Aoki

Links from Last Week:

1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
2. On my music site, I shared music from Armin van Buuren, Avicii, Jake Bugg, St. Vincent, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, and David Guetta again!
3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Standing In The Middle of the Tracks, Tracks, Huffines Park, November Trees, Background Squirrel, On Dry Land, and Enjoy the Shade!

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed The Christmas Chronicles!
2. Erin profiled James McConnell and shared the following artwork: Kill Him Twice, Special Detective, The Thursday Turkey Murders, Judge, She-Devil, Point of View, and Demon Caravan!
3. Doc wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
4. Gary reviewed Stranger on the Third Floor and Tommy, along with highlighting a one-hit wonder and offering up a bit of retro Thanksgiving joy!
5. Jeff shared music videos from Iron Maiden, The Smiths, Talking Heads, John Lennon, Boston, Steve Winwod, and the Rolling Stones!  He also paid tribute to Nicolas Roeg!
6. I reviewed Never Trust A Gambler, He Walked By Night, For You I Die, Woman On The Run, Framed, Killer Vacation, Fourteen Hours, and Gangster Story!
7. Ryan reviewed Journal of Smack, Go-Bots, and Three Magical Recipes From The Book Of Secrets Of Albertus Magnus!  He also shared his weekly reading round-up!

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Have a great week!

The holidays approach!

Movies I Watched:

(TCM did a Billy Jack marathon on Wednesday!  I was up until 5 in the morning, live tweeting it!)

1. The Born Losers (1967)
2. Billy Jack (1971)
3. Billy Jack Goes To Washington (1977)
4. Bring It On (2000)
5. C-Man (1949)
6. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
7. The Girl In the Spider’s Web (2018)
8. Hotel Artemis (2018)
9. I Was A Communist For The FBI (1951)
10. Loan Shark (1952)
11. The Man With My Face (1951)
12. Shoot To Kill (1947)
13. Suspiria (2018)
14. Teenagers Battle The Thing (1958)
15. The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
16. Undertow (1949)
17. You Again (2010)

Television Shows I Watched:

(As you may notice from looking at the list below, I watched a lot of old TV shows on MeTV this week.)

1. 911
2. American Horror Story Apocalypse
3. Antiques Roadshow
4. Benson
5. Charmed
6. Clique
7. Dancing With The Stars
8. Dennis The Menace
9. Doctor Phil
10. Bewitched
11. Face the Truth
12. Father Knows Best
13. Ghost Whisperer
14. Gilmore Girls
15. The Good Doctor
16. Hazel
17. Hell’s Kitchen
18. I Dream of Jeannie
19. Jamestown
20. King of the Hill
21. Last Call With Carson Daly
22. Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
23. The Partridge Family
24. Party of Five
25. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
26. Seinfeld
27. Shipping Wars
28. Soap
29. South Park
30. Survivor 37
31. The Walking Dead
32. Welcome Back Kotter
33. The Woman in White
34. You

Books I Read:

1. Degrassi Extra Credit #3: Missing You (2007) by J. Torres and Eric Kim
2. Degrassi Extra Credit #4: Saftey Dance (2007) by J. Torres and Steve Rolston
3. Season Finale: The Unexpected Rise and Fall of the WB and UPN (2007) by Suzanne Daniels
4. Suddenly Last Summer: Degrassi Extra Credit #2 (2007) by J. Torres and Ramon Perez
5. Turning Japanese: Degrassi Extra Credit #1 (2006) by J. Torres and Ed Northcott

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Avicii
4. Backstreet Boys
5. Big Data
6. Bradley Cooper
7. Britney Spears
8. The Chainsmokers
9. The Chemical Brothers
10. Elle King
11. Ellie Goulding
12. Hozier
13. Jakalope
14. Lady Gaga
15. Margo Price
16. Moby
17. Saint Motel
18. The Spice Girls
19. Subsonica
20. Talking Heads
21. Tiesto
22. The Ting TIngs

Links From Last Week:

1. On SyFy Designs, I posted: My Friend John, Bring It On, Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, and The Importance of Tradition, and My Favorite Year.
2. On Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
3. On my music site, I shared music from: La Casa Azul, Geri Halliwell, Subsonica, The Chemical Brothers, Ellie Goulding, The Ting Tings, and Sabrina Carpenter!
4. From Erin’s photography site: View of White Rock Lake From The Pool, Looking At White Rock Lake, Empty, Flowers, Yellow, Bench, and Lookout Park!
5. From Days Without Incident, Leonard shares Music: Paradise Circus (Gui Boratto Remix) by Massive Attack
6. Fall CMBA Blogathon – Outlaws…
7. The Last Soldier
8. Who Gets To Live In Victimville?
9. New suspect in D.B. Cooper skyjacking case unearthed by Army data analyst; FBI stays mum
10. My sons have autism – so Stan Lee’s superheroes were invaluable to them
11. RIP William Goldman
12. Book Review: Exiled in America: Life on the Margins of a Residential Motel (Dum)
13. Stan Lee: An Inspiring Life
14. Kickin’ The Willy Bobo With…Christofer Nigro

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared the following artwork: The Spitfires, The Wow Factory, The Figure In the Dusk, Planet Stories, Take A Murder, Darling, The Motel, and Dead Stop!
2. Gary paid tribute to Stan Lee and Roy Clark and he reviewed The Sands of Iwo Jima, Bait, Tarzan, and Mandingo!
3. Jeff also paid tribute to Stan Lee and shared the following music videos: True Faith, Don’t You Want Me, Heart and Soul, Shout, Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Ball of Confusion, and Night Boat to Cairo!
4. I reviewed Hotel Artemis and, for Noirvember, The Hitch-Hiker, Undertow, Shoot To Kill, The Man With My Face, I Was A Communist for the FBI, Loan Shark, and C-Man!
5. Ryan reviewed One Dirty Tree and Accursed, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!

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“Make this your year!”

This words were shared during the 8th season opener of Degrassi by Mia Jones’s mother.  “Make this your year!” she said and Mia proceeded to do just that, not only becoming a top model but also eventually leaving the show after the actress who played her, Nina Dobrev, was cast on The Vampire Diaries.

Those words have been ringing in my head all this weekend.  This has been my birthday weekend.  Another year older and you know what?  I’m going to make this my year.  I hope you’ll make it your year too.

Here’s my week in review:

Movies I Watched:

1. The African Queen (1951)
2. The Basketball Diaries (1995)
3. Casino Royale (1954)
4. Double Indemnity (1944)
5. Eighth Grade (2018)
6. First Man (2018)
7. God’s Not Dead: A Light in the Darkness (2018)
8. Gotti (2018)
9. Halloween (2018)
10. The Hitch-hiker (1953)
11. The Hoodlum (1951)
12. Incredibles 2 (2018)
13. Leave No Trace (2018)
14. Pickup (1951)
15. The Red Menace (1949)
16. Roses are Red (1947)
17. The Sniper (1952)
18. Suspiria (1977)
19. Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
20. Walk the Dark Street (1956)
21. Wicked Woman (1953)
22. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 911
2. American Horror Story
3. Bar Rescue
4. California Dreams
5. Dancing With The Stars
6. Degrassi
7. The Deuce
8. Doctor Phil
9. Face the Truth
10. The Good Doctor
11. Hell’s Kitchen
12. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
13. Legacies
14. Paul: The Emissary
15. Saved By The Bell
16. Seinfeld
17. South Park
18. Survivor 37
19. Veep
20. The Walking Dead
21. The Woman In White
22. Young Sheldon

Books I Read:

1. Blowing the Bloody Doors Off (2018) by Michael Caine
2. The Essential James Garner (2018) by Stephen H. Ryan and Paul J. Ryan

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. AC/DC
3. Adi Ulmansky
4. Big Data
5. Bradley Cooper
6. Britney Spears
7. Carly Rae Jepsen
8. La Casa Azul
9. Cedric Gervais
10. The Chemical Brothers
11. The Crystal Method
12. Dillon Francis
13. DJ Judaa
14. DJ Showoff
15. DJ Snake
16. Fitz and the Tantrums
17. Flint Eastwood
18. IC3PEAK
19. Jakalope
20. Joywave
21. Kedr Livanskiy
22. Lady Gaga
23. Marta Sanchez
24. Muse
25. Robert DeLong
26. Saint Motel
27. Sleigh Bells
28. St. Vincent
29. Tara Lee
30. Taylor Swift
31. Vanessa Soul

Links From Last Week:

1. On SyFy Designs, I live blogged Election Day.
2. From Days Without Incident, Leonard writes abotu a song called Make the Move.
3. On Reality TV Chat Blog, I wrote about the latest episode of Survivor!
4. On my music site, I shared music from: Jakalope, more music from Jakalope, AC/DC, Carly Rae Jepsen, Britney Spears, even more music from Jakalope, and Flint Eastwood!
5. On her photography site, Erin shared The Creek Continues, Texas Flag, Winter’s Coming, Cottonwood Park, Cottonwood Arts Festival, White Rock Lake, and White Rock Lake With Dallas In The Background!
6. The Speakeasy #162… “OF COURSE NOT, SILLY!”
7. Oscars: Disney Makes Up for Lost Time With ‘Black Panther’
8. Don’t join this year’s Women’s March unless you’re good with anti-Semitism

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared the following artwork: The Smuggled Atom Bomb, Stiffs Don’t Vote, Bright Victory, Episode of the Wandering Knife, The Girl With No Shadow, Lakeside Love Nest, and Argosy!
2. Gary reviewed The Unsuspected, Gun Fury, Macon County Line, and Return to Macon County!  He also paid tribute to Ethelreda Leopold!
3. Jeff shared music videos from Talking Heads, INXS, and New Order!
4. I shared music videos from Tara Lee, Big Data, Taylor Swift, and IC3PEAK!  I reviewed Hoodlum, Walk The Dark Street, The Sniper, The Red Menace, Pickup, Roses are Red, and Wicked Woman!
5. Ryan reviewed Tongues of Fire, “The Complete Matinee Junkie : Five Years At The Movies”, Steranko : The Self-Created Man, and Iron Sights!  He also shared his weekly reading round-up!
6. Arleigh wished me a happy birthday!

Check out what I did last week by clicking here!

Have a great week, everyone!  Make this your year!