It’s December!  I can’t believe that this year is nearly over!  It seems like time has just flown by and before we know it, it’ll be 2024!

There’s so much to do this month.  I’ve got a lot of movies and books to get caught up on and I’ve got a wonderful holiday for which to prepare!

What’s your favorite Christmas movie?  I love It’s A Wonderful Life and The Godfather.  And yes, The Godfather is a Christmas movie!  Tom Hagen got the Reynolds Pen after all!  I also can’t wait for my annual viewing of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!

Happy Holiday Season!

Films I Watched:

1. Blood Sport (1973)
2. The Brain Machine (1972)
3. Death Car on the Freeway (1979)
4. Evil Dead Rise (2023)
5. No Way Out (1987)
6. Rock, It’s Your Decision (1982)
7. Santa Claus (1959)
8. The Snowman (1982)
9. Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Bar Rescue
2. Baywatch Nights
3. Check It Out
4. CHiPs
5. Degrassi Junior High
6. Dr. Phil
7. Fantasy Island
8. Friday the 13th
9. Highway to Heaven
10. Jennifer Slept Here
11. Kitchen Nightmares
12. The Love Boat
13. Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
14. Monsters
15. Mystery Science Theatre 3000
16. T and T
17. Welcome Back Kotter

Books I Read:

1. The Invisible Hour (2023) by Alice Hoffman
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (2023) by David Grann

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Annalisa
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Britney Spears
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Coldplay
6. Darlene Love
7. Dillon Francis
8. Geri Halliwell
9. Katy Perry
10. Kiki Rockwell
11. Moby
12. Olivia Rodrigo
13. Rita Ora
14. Saint Motel
15. St. Vincent
16. Spice Girls
17. Taylor Swift
18. The Ting Tings
19. Wham

Live Tweets:

1. Death Car On The Freeway
2. No Way Out
3. Yakuza Apocalypse
4. Evil Dead Rise

Awards Season:

1. Gotham Award Winners
2. Lisa Marie’s Oscar Predictions For November
3. NYFCC Winners
4. Michigan Movie Critics Guild Nominees

News From Last Week:

1. Actress Frances Sternhagen Dies At 93
2. Shane MacGowan Dies At 65
3. Felicity Huffman says college admissions scandal was ‘only option’ to help her daughter
4. Susan Sarandon apologizes for ‘terrible mistake’ of making anti-Jewish comments at Pro-Palestinian rally

Links From Last Week:

1. Kelly Clarkson’s Incredible “Sisters” Duet! Fill Your Ears With Holiday Cheer! Here Are Both Of Her Holiday Albums!
2. Happy Caturday! (12.02.2023)
3. Spider-Boy #1
4. Tater’s Week in Review 12/2/23

Links From The Site:

1. We celebrated Arleigh’s birthday!
2. I shared my week in television!
3. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, Check It Out, and Blood Sport!
4. I shared music videos from Saint Motel, Britney Spears, Annalisa, Kiki Rockwell, Armin van Buuren, Moby, and Rita Ora!
5. Erin shared Pep Stories, Romantic Western, Illustrated World, Brief Stories, Telling Tales, The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe, and Film Fun!

More From Us:

1. At her photography site, Erin shared Water Tower, Nativity, Ho Ho Ho, SMU, Chem Trail, George Dealey, and America!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from Katy Perry, Moby, Darlene Love, The Ting Tings, Geri Halliwell, Coldplay, and St. Vincent!

Click here to check out last week!

I hope everyone has good Thanksgiving!  I enjoyed spending time with my family and celebrating my sister Erin’s birthday on Friday!

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

Films I Watched:

1. Acquitted By Faith (2020)
2. Behind the Sun (1995)
3. Black Scorpion (1995)
4. Challenge of Faith (2006)
5. Days of Power (2018)
6. The Detective (1968)
7. Disturbing Behavior (1998)
8. High Tension (2003)
9. The Horror of Party Beach (1964)
10. Lady in Cement (1968)
11. Lockdown: 2025 (2021)
12. Loving the Bad Man (2010)
13. Notting Hill (1999)
14. Redemption of the Commons (2014)
15. The Secret Life of John Chapman (1976)
16. Sixteen Candles (1984)
17. Tapestry (2014)
18. Tony Rome (1967)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race
2. Baywatch Nights
3. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
4. Check It Out
5. CHiPs
6. Degrassi Junior High
7. Dr. Phil
8. Fantasy Island
9. Football: Commanders vs Cowboys
10. Football: 49ers vs Seahawks
11. Football: Packers vs Lions
12. Happy Hour
13. Highway to Heaven
14. Jennifer Slept Here
15. Kitchen Nightmares
16. The Love Boat
17. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
18. Monsters
19. Snub
20. Survivor
21. T and T
22. Welcome Back Kotter
23. WKRP In Cincinnati
24. Yes, Prime Minister

Books I Read:

1. In The Likely Event (2023) by Rebecca Yarros
2. Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden’s Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End (2023) by Jerry Dunleavy and James Hasson

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Bjork
4. The Black Keys
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. The Crystal Method
8. David Guetta
9. Dillon Francis
10. ELO
11. The Flying Lizards
12. Funkadelic
13. Katy Perry
14. Kim Petras
15. Moby
16. Olivia Rodrigo
17. The Prodigy
18. Pulp
19. Saint Motel
20. Taylor Swift
21. White Stripes

Live Tweets:

1. Black Scorpion
2. Notting Hill
3. Disturbing Behavior
4. High Tension

News From Last Week:

1. Director Aldo Lado Dies At 88
2. Susan Sarandon dropped by talent agency after anti-Semitic comments
3. ‘Scream’ star Melissa Barrera dropped from franchise after anti-Semitic posts
4. Now It’s “Hall Vs. Oates!” Their Legal Battle! Why The Best-Selling Duo “Can’t Go For That! No Can Do!”

Links From Last Week:

1. Celebrating Thanksgiving With Del Griffith! Boarding“Planes Trains & Automobiles!” The Greatest Thanksgiving Film Ever!
2. Tater’s Week in Review 11/25/23
3. Devil Woman

Links From The Site:

1. Jeff shared a scene from WKRP!
2. Jeff shard music videos from Weird Al Yankovic, Metallica, Tesla, and Rick Derringer!
3. Erin wished everyone a happy Thanksgiving!
4. Erin shared Mammoth Detective, Television Tramp, The Passionate Pilgrim, Thank You Call Again, Complete Detective Cases, Rugged Men, and Barb Wire Showdown!
5. In memory of Gary Loggins, I shared Alice’s Restaurant Massacree!
6. I shared music videos from Funkadelic, David Guetta, and Olivia Rodrigo!
7. I shared my week in television!
8. I reviewed The Secret Life of John Chapman!
9. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check It Out!

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Child of Love!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from David Guetta, Bjork, Altered Images, Saint Motel, The Flying Lizard, Pulp, and The Black Keys!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared Clearing In Black and White, Revenge of Nature, Pumpkins, A Thanksgiving Flower, A Lava Lamp For Me, Swans, and Dragons!

Check out last week by clicking here!

Well, I’m home.

I say this every time I return from any sort of vacation, whether it’s to another or just up to the lake.  It’s my homage to the last line of Lord of the Rings.  After any long journey, it’s always nice to realize that you have a home to which you can return.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Abba: The Movie (1977)
2. Black Friday (1940)
3. The Burial (2023)
4. Fallen Angel (1981)
5. High School USA (1983)
6. The Killer (2023)
7. Shoplifters: The Criminal Horde (1983)
8. Track of the Moon Beast (1976)
9. Universal Solider (1992)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race
2. Baywatch Nights
3. Check it Out
4. CHiPs
5. Degrassi Junior High
6. Fantasy Island
7. Frasier
8. Friday the 13th
9. Highway to Heaven
10. Jennifer Slept Here
11. Kitchen Nightmares
12. The Love Boat
13. Monsters
14. Night Flight
15. Survivor
16. T and T
17. Welcome Back Kotter
18. Yes, Prime Minister

Books I Read:

1. After Death (2023) by Dean Koontz
2. Exposed: A History of Lingerie (2014) by Colleen Hill

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Abba
2. Adi Ulmansky
3. Amy Winehouse
4. Britney Spears
5. Camila Cabello
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Elle King
8. Gerry Rafferty
9. Gwen Stefani
10. Hilary Duff
11. Katy Perry
12. Moby
13. Olivia Rodrigo
14. Saint Motel
15. Taylor Swift

Live Tweets:

1. Abba: The Movie
2. The Burial
3. Universal Soldier
4. Track of the Moon Beast

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Joss Ackland Dies At 95
2. Actor Peter Spellos Dies At 69
3. Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Lands on Top With $44 Million, ‘The Marvels’ Collapses With Historic 79% Drop

Links From Last Week:

1. Tower of Borage
2. Ready For “Saltburn?” Director Emerald Fennell’s Diabolical New Movie Is… “WOW!”
3. Tater’s Week in Review 11/18/23

Links From The Site:

1. I reviewed Unseen, The Killer and Fallen Angel!
2. I shared my week in television!
3. I paid tribute to Allison Anders and Martin Scorsese!
4. I shared a scene from Wolf of Wall Street!
5. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check It Out!
6. Erin shared The Golden Eagle, Hotel Nurse, I Am Desire, Startling Stories, Passionate Peril at Fort Tomahawk, Tattle Tales, and True Detective!
7. Jeff shared music videos from Bush, The Madness, Phil Collins, X, Michael Jackson, Weird Al Yankovic, and The Smile.

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared songs from Underworld and Sammy Hagar!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Black-and-White Window, Changing Colors, Invasion in Black and White, Duck, Fountain, Waterfall, and Wise Squirrel!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Gerry Rafferty, Camila Cabello, Olivia Rodrigo, Hilary Duff, Gwen Stefani, Elle King, and Amy Winehouse!

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

Greetings from beautiful Lake Texoma!  I celebrated my birthday on Thursday and now, I’m looking forward to a week of rest, relaxation, and contemplation.   What can I say?  I’m still recovering from October!

(I always find it amusing to compare how many reviews are posted per day in October to how many are posted in November.  I think everyone here at TSL needs the 30 days of November to recover from Horrorthon and to get ready for our December spectacular.)

Anyway, truth be told, I am really tired and my attempts to come up with something profound to write are running into the brick wall of my need to rest.  So why don’t I just let you see what I watched, read, and listened to this week?  In the picture below, from the T and T “movie” Straight Line, Amy Taler (played by Alex Amini) and T.S. Taylor (Mr. T.) shows us how not to dress if you’re an attorney who has just rushed over to Toronto’s dirtiest police station to represent a teenager who has been accused of murder.

Films I Watched:

1. Class Cruise (1989)
2. The Dark Side of Roger Waters (2023)
3. Escape (1971)
4. Hercules (1983)
5. Pain Hustlers (2023)
6. Straight Line (1990)
7. Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)
8. T-Force (1994)
9. Unseen (2023)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Amazing Race
2. Big Brother
3. Check it Out
4. C.H.i.Ps
5. Degrassi Junior High
6. Dirty Pair Flash
7. Dr. Phil
8. Football: Raiders Vs Jets
9. Friday the 13th
10. Gun
11. Jennifer Slept Here
12. Love Boat
13. Monsters
14. Nightmare Cafe
15. Sally Jessy Raphael
16. Steve Wilkos
17. Survivor
18. T and T
19. Welcome Back Kotter
20. Yes Prime Minister

Books I Read: 

1. The Woman In Me (2023) by Britney Spears

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Bee Gees
2. Big Data
3. Blondie
4. Britney Spears
5. The Chemical Brothers
6. Commodores
7. Donavon
8. Duffy
9. The Hues Corporation
10. Kid Rock
11. The Killers
12. Lynard Skynard
13. No Angels
14. Rich White
15. Saint Motel
16. Spice Girls
17. Talking Heads
18. Walter Murphy
19. Yvonne Elliman

Live Tweets:

1. T-Force
2. Support Your Local Sheriff
3. Hercules
4. Unseen

News From Last Week:

1. John Bailey Dies: ‘Ordinary People’ & ‘The Big Chill’ Cinematographer And Former Academy President Was 81
2. SAG-AFTRA reveals details of tentative deal made with studios
3. The Marvels goes lower, nearer, and slower with MCU’s worst box office opening ever

Links From Last Week:

1. We Need Diverse Books
2. There are Vampires (and then there are vampires…)
3. Barbra Streisand’s Massive 992-Page Memoir! Wild Stories And A “48 Hour” Audio Book!

Links From The Site:

1. I shared my week in television!
2. I reviewed Pain Hustlers, Dance ‘Til Dawn, Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, Nightmare Cafe, Fantasy Island, Gun, Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back, Kotter, and Check It Out!
3. Erin shared High Heels Magazine, The Zebra Derby, Too Good For Men, A Redhead for Mike Shayne, Adventure, The Deadly Game, and Gags!
4. Jeff shared music videos from No Angels, Poison, Cliff Richard, Duffy, Electric Light Orchestra, David Lee Roth, and Glenn Frey!

More From Us:

1. At her photography site, Erin shared Black-and-White House, Black-and-White Bench, View From The Window In Black-and-White, Radiant Flowers, Foggy Morning, Campus, and Calm!

Want to check out last week?  Click here!

Halloween is over.  Another Horrorthon has come to an end.  I’m exhausted but it was all totally worth it.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Airplane! (1980)
2. American Gothic (1988)
3. The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (2023)
4. Carnival of Souls (1962)
5. Dance Til Dawn (1988)
6. Halloween (1978)
7. Halloween 2 (1981)
8. The Heroic Trio (1993)
9. The Howling (1981)
10. The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
11. Look Away (2018)
12. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
13. Ordinary Men (2023)
14. Ruby (1977)
15. Sly (2023)
16. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
17. Suspiria (1977)
18. Terror in the Sky (1971)
19. UHF (1989)
20. Village of the Damned (1960)
21. The War of the Worlds (1953)
22. The Wave (2008)
23. You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah (2023)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Amazing Race
2. Big Brother
3. Check It Out
4. Degrassi Junior High
5. Dirty Pair Flash
6. Dr. Phil
7. Friday the 13th
8. Get Gotti
9. Gun
10. Highway to Heaven
11. Jennifer Slept Here
12. Love Boat
13. Monsters
14. Nightmare Café
15. Survivor
16. T and T
17. Welcome Back Kotter
18. Yes, Prime Minister

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Big Data
2. Britney Spears
3. The Chemical Brothers
4. Dillon Francis
5. Fiona Apple
6. Goblin
7. Gwen Stefani
8. Hans Zimmer
9. Jakalope
10. John Carpenter
11. The Libertines
12. Moby
13. Panic! At The Disco
14. Rich White
15. Saint Motel
16. Subsonica

Live Tweets:

1. The Heroic Trio
2. Look Away
3. UHF
4. American Gothic

Trailers:

1. 6 Trailers For October 30th, 2023
2. 6 Trailers For October 31st, 2023
3. The Fall Guy

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Tyler Christopher Dies At 50
2. ‘BOY MEETS WORLD’ MAITLAND WARD: I’M BACKING BEN’S RUN FOR CONGRESS … Rest of Cast Should Too!!!
3. Amy Schumer says she has lost friends for her outspoken support of Israel: ‘I stand for the truth’
4. Crisis at Marvel: Jonathan Majors Back-Up Plans, ‘The Marvels’ Reshoots, Reviving Original Avengers and More Issues Revealed

Links From Last Week:

1. Toga Parties! Belushi’s Bluto! “My Boy Blue”! School’s Out For “Animal House” And “Old School!”
2. Tater’s Week in Review 11/4/23
3. Metaphysical Index::Obsidian

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed A Smiling Woman Halloween!
2. Leonard shared the trailer for The Fall Guy!
3. Jeff shared music videos from Motorhead, Weird Al Yankovic, Metallica, Guns N Roses, Scorpions, Duran Duran, and Def Leppard!
4. Jeff reviewed A Shock to the System and Billy the Kid vs Dracula!
5. Erin shared The Panic Button, The Case of the Buried Clock, Mural of Rougned Odor Punching Out Dave Bautista, Kept Woman, Thrilling Ranch Stories, Smile, and Tree Limbs at Night!
6. Erin shared The Rangers Win Game 3 of the World Series, The Rangers Win Game 4 of the World Series and The Rangers Have Won The World Series!
7. Erin shared The Covers of Boris Karloff Tales of Mysteries!
8. Erin counted downs the days to Halloween with 1 Day to Halloween and 0 Days to Halloween!
9. Erin wished you a happy Halloween!
10. Erin said goodbye to Halloween!
11. I shared my week in television and an AMV of the Day!
12. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, Nightmare Cafe, Fantasy Island, Gun, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check it out!
13. I reviewed Terror In The Sky, You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah, Sly, Ordinary Men, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial Case, 2025 — The World Enslaved by The Virus, Magic, Look Away, Zodiac, The Wave, The End of Days: Global Catastrophe, Bleach, Ruby, Night of the Zodiac, The Stendhal Syndrome, Shocking Dark, The Curse of Frankenstein, Once Upon A Midnight Scary, Defiant, and The Howling!
14. I shared The Curse of Degrassi, an episode of Baywatch Nights, an episode of the Hitchhiker, another episode of the Hitchhiker, Vincent Price reciting the Tell-Tale Heart, The Night America Trembled, the 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds, Night of the Living Dead, Christopher Lee reading Fall of the House of Usher, Halloween is Grinch Night, and Spectre!
15. I shared scenes from Candyman and Black Sunday!
16. I read and reviewed Lights Out and The Dare!
17. I paid tribute to Rob Zombie and Edward D. Wood, Jr!
18. I shared the Gotham Award nominations!

More From Us:

1. At my dream journal, I shared No Sleep No Dreams, No Sleep No Dreams II, Last Night’s Cousin Dream, Last Night’s Godfather Dream, Last Night’s Creative Writing Dream, Last Night’s Back In College Dream, and No Dreams Last Night …. I Think!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from Rich White, Moby, The Libertines, Subsonica, Dillon Francis, Panic! At The Disco, and John Carpenter!
3. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed Survivor and shared Big Brother 25 — Quick Update, It’s Time To Open Up The Diary Room, About Tonight, and The Final Veto!
4. At her photography site, Erin shared Upon Opening It They Discovered The Body Was Gone, Have a Seat, Sign in Black-and-White, Squirrel in Black-and-White, Cottonwood Park in Black-and-White, The Shade, and Hiding!

Check out last week here!