2024 is nearly over and I have a cold so here’s one final abbreviated week in review for 2024!  This time next week, it will be 2025 and hopefully, I’ll be feeling a lot better.  I’ve already got a lot of reviews written and scheduled to drop, starting with January 1st.  2024 was a rough year for me so I’m looking forward to making 2025 count!

I hope everyone had a great holiday season!  Stay safe out there1

Films I Watched:

1. A Christmas Story (1983)
2. Cyberjack (1995)
3. Die Hard (1988)
4. The Don Is Dead (1973)
5. Escape (2012)
6. Galaxy of Terror (1981)
7. Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
8. The Life of Emile Zola (1936)
9. In Old Chicago (1936)
10. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
11. Major League (1989)
12. Megalopolis (2024)
13. The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
14. The Valiant (1929)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Check It Out!
2. Degrassi High
3. Degrassi: The Next Generation
4. Dragnet
5. Friday the 13th: The Series
6. Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
7. Highway to Heaven
8. Homicide: Life On The Street
9. King of the Hill
10. The Love Boat
11. Monsters
12. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
13. Saved By The Bell
14. Seinfeld
15. St. Elsewhere
16. TV 2000
17. Welcome Back, Kotter

Links From Last Week:

1. Actress Olivia Hussey Dies At 73
2. Actress Dayle Haddon Dies At 76
3. Movies With A “Q!” Yes, There Are Ten! Bill Murray’s “Quick Change!” Helen Mirren Is “The Queen” And More!
4. Obsession and its “Undoing”
5. My December 2024 in Books So Far

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It’s A Wonderful Life (1946, dir by Frank Capra, DP: Joseph Walker and Joseph Biroc)

Happy holidays everyone!  I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Films I Watched:

1. Beyond The Poseidon Adventures (1979)
2. Black Christmas (1974)
3. Caddyshack (1980)
4. Chariots of the Gods (1970)
5. A Christmas Carol (1951)
6. Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)
7. Double Nickels (1977)
8. Elf (2003)
9. Godzilla against Mechagodzilla (2002)
10. Miracle Mile (1988)
11. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
12. Rockshow (1980)
13. Scrooge (1970)
14. Shoot First: A Cop’s Vengeance (1991)
15. Starcrash (1978)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Abbott Elementary
2. Accused
3. Amerika
4. Dragnet
5. Malibu CA
6. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
7. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
8. That Girl

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Ballet Zoom
2. Bing Crosby
3. Blondie
4. Bob Dylan
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Chiara Savasta
8. Clint Mansell
9. Coldplay
10. Commodores
11. Dasha
12. David Bowie
13. Donna Summer
14. Hues Corporation
15. Lydia
16. Madness
17. Paul McCartney and Wings
18. Paul Simon
19. Postmodern Jukebox
20. The Rabbits
21. Ramones
22. Reyin
23. Richard Hell and the Voidoids 
24. Saint Motel
25. Simple Minds
26. Siouxsie and the Banshees
27. Taylor Swift
28. Thelma Houston
29. The Trammps
30. Van McCoy
31. The Wallflowers
32. Walter Murphy
33. X
34. Yvonne Elliman

Live Tweets:

1. Double Nickels
2. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
3. Miracle Mile
4. Black Christmas

Awards Season:

1. Iowa Film Critics Association
2. Southern Eastern Film Critics Association 
3. Seattle Film Critics Society
4. New York Film Critics Online
5. Indiana Film Journalists Association 
6. Phoenix Film Critics Society
7. Satellite Nominations
8. San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle
9. St. Louis Film Critics Association 

News From Last Week:

1. Lords of Acid’s Ruth McArdle dies
2. Where is James Bond?  Trapped in an ugly stalemate with Amazon
3. Actor Art Evans dies at 82

Links From Last Week:

1. Do You Know The Secrets Of “Die Hard?” Here’s Proof It’s A Christmas Film!
2. Tater’s Week in Review 12/20/24
3. Yule Tidings: 2024

Links From The Site:

1. Necromoonyeti shared his top 35 albums of 2024!
2. Leonard shared the trailer for Superman!
3. Brad reviewed Ladyhawke, Christmas List, The Family Man, Ruthless People, Frequency, Showdown at Boot Hill, and My Cousin Vinny!
4. Erin shared Dime Detective Magazine, Seven Steps East, Speed Detective, The Servant, Popular Detective, The Wide World, and Film Fun!

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Well, this is embarrassing.

Last night, after a long day of shopping, movie watching, and walking in the rain, I fell asleep before I got a chance to do my week in review!  So, here is a quick, late, mini-version of my week in review.

Movies I Watched:

1. Average Joe (2024)
2. Caligula: The Ultimate Cut (2024)
3. The Deer Hunter (1978)
4. Enemy Within (2016)
5. Heaven’s Gate (1980)
6. Jack Frost (1997)
7. Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
8. Saturday Night (2024)
9. The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
10. Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
11. Strange Brew (1983)
12. Woyzeck (1979)

Links From Last Week:

1. Tater’s Week in Review 12/13/24
2. Light hearts and warm smiles
3. Do You Know The Secrets Of “Love Actually?” All My Favorite Holiday Films Are Here!
4. 200 Balloons (By Prince)

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I’ve got a cold so I’m just going to do an abbreviated week in review.  Thank you for your understanding!

Films I Watched:

1. After Hours (1985)
2. The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
3. The Baron (1977)
4. Bull Durham (1988)
5. The Challenge (1982)
6. Che! (1969)
7. Dead For A Dollar (2022)
8. Death Race 2000 (1975)
9. The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974)
10. The Final Season (2007)
11. Ghost Can’t Do It (1989)
12. Night Shift (1982)
13. Open Grave (2013)
14. Portrait of a Showgirl (1982)
15. Red Alert (1977)
16. Sex and Broadcasting (2014)
17. Skokie (1981)
18. Solomon King (1974)
19. Stealing Home (1988)
20. Tucker: The Man And His Dream (1988)
21. Voyage of the Damned (1976)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Amerika
2. A Charlie Brown Christmas
3. CHiPs
4. Fantasy Island
5. Frosty The Snowman
6. Homicide
7. How The Grinch Stole Christmas
8. The Love Boat
9. Miami Vice
10. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
11. St. Elsewhere
12. Snub
13. Welcome Back Kotter

Links From Last Week:

1. Actor Thom Christopher Dies At 84
2. New York’s Lit Up For The Holidays! The 30 Rock Tree Video! + Bergdorf Goodman’s Magical Holiday Windows!
3. Today’s Inspiration c/o Prince Ramses XII
4. Tater’s Week in Review 12/6/24

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By Erin Nicole

Happy birthday, Erin Nicole!

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

Films I Watched:

1. Black Friday (2021)
2. Broken Path (2008)
3. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
5. My Name Is Nobody (2014)
6. The Replacemanet Killers (1998)
7. Sinister Hands (1931)
8. Victory By Submission (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Baywatch Nights
2. Bewitched
3. Check It Out!
4. CHiPs
5. Degrassi High
6. Fantasy Island
7. Friday the 13th: The Series
8. Highway to Heaven
9. Homicide: Life On The Steet
10. The Love Boat
11. Malibu CA
12. Miami Vice
13. Monsters
14. Night Music
15. St. Elsewhere
16. That Girl
17. Welcome Back Kotter

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Britney Spears
3. The Chambers Brothers
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Dorothy
6. The Folk Implosion
7. Gwen Stefani
8. Kim Deal
9. Madness
10. Nico Vega
11. Saint Motel
12. Tate McRae
13. X

Live Tweets:

1. The Replacement Killers
2. Broken Path
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Black Friday

Links and News From Last Week:

1. Game Show Host and Musician Chuck Woolery Dies At 83
2. Alice Brock of Alice’s Restaurant Dies
3. Have You Seen New York’s Smallest Piece Of Private Property? Here’s The Wild Story!
4. Tater’s Week in Review 11/22/24
5. Concrete Jungle Update: We beat the storm!

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Nickel Western, Sin Now Pay Later, Argosy, Ranch Romances, Short Stories, The Lust Bosses, and Battle Cry!
2. Brad wrote about The Wicker Man, Jubal, Split Second, Death Wish, Death Wish II, Death Wish III, Death Wish IV, Death Wish V, Stripped to Kill, 8 Seconds, Coward of the County, Macon County Line, Pure Country, and Hoosiers!
3. Leonard shared the trailers for The Bad Guys 2 and How To Train Your Dragon!

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