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Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 7/18/22 — 7/24/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Is it October yet?  Is the temperature under 90 yet?  Will my car pass inspection last week and will everyone stop asking me why I always wait to last minute on stuff like this?  These and more questions will be answered soon!

For now, here is what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

(Most of the films listed below will be reviewed in October.)

Films I Watched:

  1. Band of the Hand (1986)
  2. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
  3. Book Him! (1971)
  4. Child’s Play (1988)
  5. Clue (1985)
  6. Deadly Game (1991)
  7. Engagement Party (1956)
  8. Executive Action (1973)
  9. Gang Boy (1960)
  10. In the Line of Fire (1992)
  11. Joy Ride (1976)
  12. Man With Two Lives (1942)
  13. Minamata (2020)
  14. Name Unknown (1964)
  15. Pamela’s Prayer (1998)
  16. Prom Night (1980)
  17. Time Changer (2002)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. The Bachelorette
  3. Better Call Saul
  4. Big Brother
  5. The Challenge
  6. City Homicide
  7. Full House
  8. Ghost Whisperer
  9. Medium
  10. The MLB All-Star Game
  11. Saved By the Bell

Books I Read:

  1. Undercover (2015) by Danielle Steel

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Ashlee Simpson
  3. Big Data
  4. Blanck mass
  5. Britney Spears
  6. Calvin Harris
  7. The Chemical Brothers
  8. Christina Aguilera
  9. Coldplay
  10. Demi Lovato
  11. Dillon Francis
  12. Fiona Apple
  13. Frank Stallone
  14. Gwen Stefani
  15. Jennifer Lopez
  16. Jessica Simpson
  17. Katy Perry
  18. Kedr Livanskiy
  19. Lindsey Stirling
  20. Mandy Moore
  21. Maya Hawke
  22. Muse
  23. No Doubt
  24. Phantogram
  25. The Prodigy
  26. Sean Paul
  27. Taylor Swift
  28. Uniform

Trailers:

  1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
  2. The Walking Dead
  3. Tales of the Walking Dead
  4. I Am Groot
  5. Black Adam
  6. Shazam: Fury of the Gods
  7. John Wick: Chapter Four
  8. House of the Dragon
  9. Halloween Ends
  10. Curse of the Kraken

News From Last Week:

  1. Director Bob Rafelson Dies at 89
  2. Director William Richert Commits Suicide At Age 79
  3. Stand-Up Comedian Kevin Rooney Dies at 71
  4. Former Scream Queen Rebecca Balding Dies At 73

Links From Last Week:

  1. I Witness A Wild Chicago Crane Repair – Here’s Video 30 Stories High!
  2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 7/22/22

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared my week in television and the poster for Oppenheimer!
  2. Leonard shared the trailer for Wakanda Forever!
  3. Erin shared This Sword For Hire, Thrilling Detective, For Richer For Poorer, Love Story Magazine, Daughter of Strangers, Fate, and A Diet of Treacle!
  4. Doc shared music videos from Demi Lovato, Calvin Harris, Muse, Sean Paul, Uniform, Dillon Francis, and Lindsey Stirling!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from Nine Inch Nails and Peter Murphy!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared Escape Car, Fallen Leaf, Captured, road, rising, cottage, and Not Clear!
  4. At my music site, I shared songs from Demi Lovato, Maya Hawke, Paul Zaza, Mandy Moore, Christina Aguilera, Taylor Swift, and Lindsey Stirling!
  5. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 7/11/22 — 7/17/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

It’s punishingly hot and I’ve got to get my car inspected next week so, as usual, I’m currently having one of my moments where I hate the government and all of their regulations.  Other than that, I have no complaints.  I’ve been getting a head start on my Halloween reviews.  You won’t see them in October but the wait will be worth it!

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Airplane! (1980)
  2. The Appointment (1991)
  3. The Church (1989)
  4. Crime of the Age (1988)
  5. The Crossing (1994)
  6. The End of the Harvest (1995)
  7. Evil Toons (1992)
  8. The Daylight Zone (1986)
  9. The Delta Force (1986)
  10. Early Warning (1981)
  11. Firehead (1990)
  12. FTA (1972)
  13. Late One Night (2001)
  14. Nite Song (1978)
  15. The Pretender (1987)
  16. Robot Jox (1989)
  17. Second Glance (1992)
  18. Terror at London Bridge (1985)
  19. U.S. Marshals (1998)
  20. Videodrome (1983)
  21. The Yakuza (1974)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. The Bachelorette
  3. Better Call Saul
  4. Big Brother 24
  5. Boy Meets World
  6. The Challenge
  7. Full House
  8. Hawkeye
  9. Inspector Lewis
  10. Loki
  11. Stranger Things

Books I Read:

  1. Dark Horse (1973) by Fletcher Knebel

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Armin van Buuren
  3. Average White Band
  4. Bee Gees
  5. Britney Spears
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. Dillon Francis
  8. Fatboy Slim
  9. Frank Murphy
  10. Frank Stallone
  11. James Bay
  12. Katy Perry
  13. Kedr Livanskiy
  14. Kid Rock
  15. Lindsey Stirling
  16. Lynard Skynard
  17. Primus
  18. The Prodigy
  19. Taylor Swift
  20. UPSAHL
  21. Yvonne Elliman

Trailers:

  1. The Munsters
  2. After Ever Happy
  3. She Said
  4. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

News From Last Week:

  1. Driver Bobby East, Jr. murdered at 37
  2. Mark Fleischman, former Studio 54 owner, dies via assisted suicide

Links From Last Week:

  1. Kelly Clarkson Covers “Fake Plastic Trees!” Songs With An “F”! Fleetwood Mac! David Bowie And Queen Too!
  2. The World’s Common Tater’s Last Couple of Weeks in Books, Movies, and TV 7/15/22

Links From The Site:

  1. Doc shared (with my help) music videos from Britney Spears, Elvis Presley, Fatboy Slim, Average White Band, James Bay, Primus, and Katy Perry!
  2. Erin shared The Lady is Afraid, Black Mask, Man For Hire, Gambler’s Girl, Castle in the Air, Sinner Man, and Turn On The Heat!
  3. Jeff reviewed Stagecoach, U.S. Marshals, and Poison!
  4. I shared my personal Emmy nominations and my thoughts on the actual Emmy nominations.  I also shared my week in television!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Tumbleweed!
  3. I wrote about Big Brother at the Big Brother Blog!
  4. At my music site, I shared songs from Katy Perry, Dillon Francis, The Prodigy, Average White Band, Lynard Skynard, Upsahl, and Katy Perry (again)!
  5. At her photography site, Erin shared car, Bird Watching, beacon, Ducks, Scavenging, light, and eye!

Check out what I did last week here!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 7/4/22 — 7/10/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

James Caan.  L.Q. Jones.  Tony Sirico.  Lenny von Dohlen.  Gregory Itzin.  Larry Storch.  We lost a lot of talented performers this week.  To all of them, I say thank you for the performances and thank you for the memories.  As long as people watch movies, their names and their talent will never be forgotten.

This week has been hot.  Yesterday, it was 106 degrees at its hottest.  Today, the high was 101.  My hope i that eventually, the temperature will only get up to 99 and we’ll get some relief.  Having grown up in the Southwest, I’m used to hot summers but that doesn’t make them any more fun.

Speaking of summer, my summer job of recapping Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog began this week.  It’s always difficult to keep up with everything this time of year but I still love it.

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Ambulance (2022)
  2. Blood Games (1990)
  3. The Deep House (2021)
  4. King of the Lost World (2005)
  5. Nitram (2021)
  6. A Very Brady Sequel (1996)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. The Andy Warhol Diaries
  2. The Beatles: Get Back
  3. Big Brother 24
  4. The Challenge USA
  5. Euphoria
  6. Goliath
  7. Hanna
  8. Hawkeye
  9. Inspector Lewis
  10. Invasion
  11. Loki
  12. Nine Perfect Strangers
  13. Ozark
  14. Phoenix Rising
  15. Severance
  16. Stranger Things
  17. Succession

Books I Read:

  1. A Time To Remember (1986) by Stanley Shapiro

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Bee Gees
  2. Berlin
  3. Gram Parson
  4. The Hues Corporation
  5. Iggy Pop
  6. Kid Rock
  7. Lupe Fiasco
  8. Lynard Skynard
  9. The 1975
  10. The Prodigy
  11. Pulp
  12. Radiohead
  13. Sharon Van Etten
  14. Sleeper
  15. t.A.T.u.
  16. Underworld
  17. Yvonne Elliman

News From Last Week:

  1. Actor James Caan Dies At 82
  2. L.Q. Jones, Actor in Sam Peckinpah Classics and Director of ‘A Boy and His Dog,’ Dies at 94
  3. Tony Sirico, an Eccentric Gangster on ‘The Sopranos,’ Dies at 79
  4. Actor Lenny Von Dohlen passes away
  5. Gregory Itzin, 24 and Star Trek actor, dies, aged 74
  6. Comedian Larry Storch, star of “F Troop,” dead at 99
  7. DJ Tim Westwood Is the Subject of Six Alleged Bullying and Sexual Misconduct Complaints, BBC Confirms
  8. Iconic Norman Rockwell works of art are taken off the White House walls
  9. ‘Big Brother’ host Julie Chen Moonves still supports husband Les: ‘He is a good man’
  10. Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia
  11. Just Stop Oil protesters damaged Constable’s The Hay Wain in gluing stunt, gallery says, as eco zealot faces accusations of hypocrisy for racking up 50,000 air miles jetting to Bali, Australia and the Canary Islands

Links From Last Week:

  1. Our Wild Flaming Sardinian Feast! Here’s Video Of A Spectacular Tableside Meal In Sardinia!

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Planet Comics, Black Mask, The Wind In His Fists, Had I But Groaned, Real Detective, One Star General, and Fourth of July!  She also shared some fireworks pictures!
  2. Doc shared music videos from Lupe Fiasco, 1975, Sharon Van Etten, Ozzy Osbourne, t.a.tu, and The Brady Bunch!
  3. I shared scenes from Casino, The Sopranos, and The Godfather!
  4. I reviewed A Time To Remember, The Lost City, Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture, American Siege, The Plot To Kill The President, Ambulance, The Burning of the White House, and The Thing Called Love!
  5. I wished all of you a happy 4th!  (And it was!  People were respectful with the fireworks this year!)
  6. I shared my week in television and an AMV of the Day!
  7. Jeff shared a music video from Sam Kinison and reviewed Seven in Darkness, Body Language, Cocaine Wars, Class Warfare, Powerplay, A Dangerous Place, and The Girls From Thunder Strip!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared The Promise!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared mushrooms, playground, sign, legs, Come Inside, Tree From A Dream, and Happy 4th of July!
  4. At my music site, I shared songs from Underworld, Sleeper, Pulp, Radiohead, Berlin, t.A.T.u, and Carrie Underwood!
  5. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!

Click here to check out last week!

Happy 4th of July From The Shattered Lens!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Happy Independence Day!

Obviously, this 4th of July is going to be different for a lot of people. For many people, this is probably the angriest Independence Day in my lifetime and I know there’s some people who are even saying that it’ll be our last because America’s on the verge of collapsing.  What’s funny, of course, is that I wrote the exact same words last year.  And I think that I may have written them the year before that.  In fact, I think that there hasn’t been an Independence Day since 2010 in which a large group of people were angry and saying that this one was going to be our last.

It’s gotten so predictable that I’m going to repeat exactly what I wrote last year:

Personally, I don’t think it’ll be our last and I think that, though it may not seem like it today, things will get better.  America’s been through tough times before.  If most of the people out there knew as much about history as they thought they did, they’d know that.

Now, myself, I have to admit that I love the whole ritual of fireworks.  I’m a Texan and I’m probably more of a country girl than even I’m willing to admit.  I mean, as sophisticated as I may try to be here on the Shattered Lens, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t own an American flag bikini and if I didn’t kind of get a thrill from the sight of fireworks exploding in the night sky.  Of course, if I had to choose between seeing an uncut version of Von Stroheim’s Greed or watching Fireworks, Von Stroheim would probably win out because I love cinema even more than I love fireworks.  That said, fireworks are still really cool, especially when you’ve got a bunch of stuffy government types telling you not to set them off.

Anyway, here’s my point.  There’s going to be fireworks tonight, whether they’re “legal” or not.  A lot of them will probably be set off by drunk idiots in their backyard.  People are still recovering from having been locked down for the last few years.  There’s a lot of frustration and a lot of people are going to be expressing that frustration by making as much noise as possible.  (I don’t blame the people, by the way.  I blame government officials who, instead of understanding people’s frustrations and trying to help them deal with them, instead used the entire crisis to act like a bunch of petty authoritarians.  A little empathy goes a long way to convincing people to do the right thing.)

So, please, as a favor to me — GET YOUR PETS INSIDE!  KEEP THEM INSIDE!  Seriously, they’re going to be scared to death.  Every 4th of July, our cat hides underneath a bed and refuses to come out until after the fireworks have stopped.  Erin and I usually toss one of his kitty toys under there and he’ll usually end up playing with it until he eventually decides to come out.  It’s funny.  As much as we would worry whenever we saw Doc scramble under the bed, that’s where he feels safe on the 4th of July.  I don’t know if it’s the same for dogs but cats are all about finding a safe place.  Once they do, they can handle just about anything.

Also, please remember that fireworks may be fun to you and me but they’re not fun for people who have served in war and/or who are suffering from PTSD and who might find them triggering.  So, check on your neighbors.  Keep them in mind before you go crazy trying to recreate a combat zone in their neighborhood.

“But Lisa, you just said you love fireworks….”

Yes, I do.  But I love animals and treating people with consideration even more.

Anyway, stay safe out there!  Happy Independence Day from the Shattered Lens!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 6/27/22 — 7/3/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Have a good and safe 4th of July!

Films I Watched:

  1. The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
  2. The Cannonball Run (1981)
  3. Invasion USA (1952)
  4. The Ledge (2022)
  5. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  6. Octopussy (1983)
  7. Off To School (1958)
  8. The Princess (2022)
  9. World Gone Wild (1987)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. The Beatles: Get Back
  2. Better Things
  3. Bridgerton
  4. Flack
  5. The Flight Attendant
  6. The Gilded Age
  7. Hacks
  8. iCarly
  9. Inspector Lewis
  10. The Lincoln Lawyer
  11. MacGruber
  12. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  13. The Squid Game
  14. Ted Lasso
  15. What We Do In The Shadows
  16. Yellowstone

Books I Read:

  1. Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel (2011) by Peter L. Winkler
  2. Less than Zero (1985) by Bret Easton Ellis

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Aurora 
  3. Big Data
  4. The Beatles
  5. Belouis Some
  6. Berlin
  7. Britney Spears
  8. Carly Rae Jepsen
  9. Carrie Underwood
  10. The Chemical Brothers
  11. Chromatics
  12. Cosmo
  13. Faun
  14. Felony
  15. Fiona Apple
  16. Frank Stallone
  17. Elwood
  18. Haim
  19. Katy Perry
  20. Kenny Loggins
  21. Lena Katina
  22. The Marias
  23. Michael Fredo
  24. Micow Jupiter
  25. Moby
  26. Moving Pictures
  27. Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
  28. The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats
  29. Paul McCartney
  30. Portishead
  31. Radiohead
  32. Rick Dees
  33. Rita Coolidge
  34. Saint Motel
  35. Shalamar
  36. Sleigh Bells
  37. Suzanne Vega
  38. t.A.T.u
  39. Taylor Swift
  40. The Tenors
  41. Tove Lo
  42. Yvonne Elliman

News From Last Week:

  1. Joe Turkel, Bartender in the ‘The Shining’ and ‘Blade Runner’ Actor, Dies at 94
  2. Famous Hell’s Angels found Sonny Barger Dies At 83
  3. Revolutionary British Director Peter Brook Dies in France at the age of 97
  4. Ezra Miller Accused of Harassing Woman in Germany, and Iceland Choking Victim Breaks Her Silence
  5. Lindsay Lohan is married to Bader Shammas
  6. Chris Cuomo returns to Instagram to share photos from visit to Ukraine war zone
  7. CNN ratings tank in first weeks under new boss Chris Licht
  8. ‘The View’ hosts face backlash for $14K-a-night luxury Bahamas getaway
  9. Box Office: ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Going Bananas With Projected $129.2 Million Independence Day Opening
  10. Britney Spears’ Attorney Claims Tri Star Helped Create Conservatorship, Received $18 Million From Pop Star’s Estate
  11. Academy Invites 397 New Members, Including Billie Eilish, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jamie Dornan, Dana Walden

Links From Last Week:

  1. 19 Oscar Contenders From the Year So Far Include ‘Elvis,’ ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
  2. The Inscrutable Screen Immortality of Joe Turkel — 1924-2022
  3. Ten Favorite Martial Arts Movies
  4. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 7/1/22
  5. Check Out These Historical Seoul, South Korea #ThursdayDoors!

Links From the Site:

  1. Erin reviewed Pitching Love and Catching Faith!
  2. Erin shared Pictures of a Country Cemetery, Pictures of An American City, and Pictures of Miss Victory!
  3. Erin shared Country Rain, Across The Lake, Old Ribbons Never Die, Fate, The Origin of Evil, Embassy, and The Venom Business!
  4. With my help, Doc shared music videos from Maureen McCormick, Rick Dees, The Tenors, Chromatics, Cosmo, Frank Stallone, and Paul McCartney!
  5. Jeff reviewed Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe, Cone of Silence, Max Knight: Ultra Spy, and You Arrive in America!
  6. Jeff shared a great moment from comic book history and a great moment from television history!
  7. I reviewed The Manor, Less Than Zero, Dennis Hooper: The Wild Life of a Hollywood Rebel, The Princess, Strategic Command, Beowulf, World Gone Wild, The Voyeurs, and The Ledge!
  8. I shared scenes from Top Gun, Forbidden Planet, High Anxiety, and Road House!
  9. I paid tribute to Michele Soavi, Sydney Pollack, and Robert Evans!
  10. I shared my week in television and an AMV of the Day!
  11. I wrote about the 20 best episodes of Degrassi!
  12. Ryan reviewed Five Perennial Virtues #12: Pearl!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared: Dare and Spellbound!
  3. At my music site, I shared songs from Faun, The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats, Carly Rae Jepsen, Aurora, Tove Lo, Frank Stallone, and Moby!
  4. At her photography site, Erin shared Our Flag, Corner, Creek, What Can You See?, church, The Wait, and A Place to Hide! 

Click here to check out last week!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 6/20/22 — 6/26/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

There is much that I could and probably will eventually say about the Supreme Court ruling this week but I’m not going to say it tonight and I’m not going to say it in this post and I’ll simply ask people to respect my decision as far as that’s concerned.

The Emmy nominations are right around the corner so I spent most of this week watching the various contenders for Outstanding Limited Series and TV Movie.  This upcoming week, I’ll be getting caught up on all of the sitcoms and the dramas that I missed the first time that they aired.  There’s going to be a lot of binging going on.

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe (2022)
  2. Book of Love (2022)
  3. Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
  4. Crush (2022)
  5. Dangerously Close (1986)
  6. Demons (1985)
  7. Fresh (2022)
  8. The House (2022)
  9. Jolt (2021)
  10. I Want You Back (2022)
  11. Lisa (1990)
  12. List of a Lifetime (2021)
  13. The Manor (2021)
  14. Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u (2022)
  15. Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)
  16. Psych 3: This is Gus (2021)
  17. Strategic Command (1997)
  18. Three Weeks (2022)
  19. Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off (2022)
  20. The Valet (2022)
  21. The Voyeurs (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer
  2. The Deep End
  3. The Essex Serpent
  4. The Flight Attendant
  5. Gordon Ramsay’s Uncharted
  6. History’s Greatest Mysteries
  7. Impractical Jokers
  8. Inspector Lewis
  9. The Last Days of Ptolemy Gray
  10. Love is Blind
  11. Moon Knight
  12. The Offer
  13. Painting With John
  14. Sketchbook
  15. Slasher: Flesh and Blood
  16. Two Sentence Horror Stories
  17. You
  18. The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In the Window

Books I Read:

  1. The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made (2008) by David Hughes

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Arctic Monkeys
  2. Black Eyed Peas
  3. Britney Spears
  4. The Chemical Brothers
  5. David Bowie
  6. David Guetta
  7. Dillon Francis
  8. Fatboy Slim
  9. Katy Perry
  10. Lena Katina
  11. Lorde
  12. The Marias
  13. Olivia Rodrigo
  14. Portishead
  15. Procul Harum
  16. Saint Motel
  17. Shakira
  18. Taylor Swift
  19. T. Rex
  20. Tove Lo

News From Last Week:

  1. Box Office: ‘Elvis’ and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Battle for No. 1 With $30.5 Million Each

Links From Last Week:

  1. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 6/24/22
  2. Bravo To “The Kelly Clarkson Show!” SEVEN Daytime Emmys The Most For ANY Show This Year!

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Fantastic, Summer, If, Inside Detective, Black Mask, 69 Babylon Park, and The Nylon Pirates!
  2. With my help, Doc shared music videos from Portishead, Lena Katina, David Guetta, Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, T. Rex, and Procul Harum!
  3. Ryan shared Do Comic Publishers Need Readers Anymore, Part One and Part Two!
  4. Ryan reviewed The Devil’s Grin and Time Zone J!
  5. I reviewed The Offer, Moon Knight, and I Want You Back!
  6. I shared my June Oscar Predictions and my Week in Television!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon and you should subscribe!
  2. At her photography site, Erin shared cross, A Day Out, Arrival, City, trees, summer sidewalk, and Blue!
  3. At my music site, I shared songs from Procul Harum, T. Rex, Tove Lo, Olivia Rodrigo, Britney Spears, Lena Katina, and The Marias!

You can check out last week by clicking here!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 6/13/22 — 6/19/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This year’s Emmy submissions were finally posted online on Thursday and, looking them over, I quickly realized that I have a lot of things to watch and not much time to watch them.  So, I’m just going to post what I watched and listened to this week and then I’m getting back to watching The Offer.

Films I Watched:

  1. The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970)
  2. Cone of Silence (1960)
  3. Controlling Britney Spears (2021)
  4. The Eye: Calanthek (2021)
  5. Heathers (1989)
  6. I Bury The Living (1958)
  7. Keeping Company with Sondheim (2022)
  8. The Last Hunter (1980)
  9. A Little Dead (2022)
  10. Merry Wives (2022)
  11. Rita Ora At The Eiffel Tower (2021)
  12. Shatner in Space (2021)
  13. Spell (2020)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 2022 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
  2. Allo Allo
  3. Angelyne
  4. Archer
  5. Bob’s Burgers
  6. Brooklyn Nine Nine
  7. Cheer
  8. Collector’s Call
  9. Community
  10. Dr. Death
  11. Full House
  12. Hart to Heart
  13. I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
  14. Inspector Lewis
  15. Making the Cut
  16. Married at First Sight
  17. The Offer
  18. Rick and Morty
  19. Robot Chicken
  20. Selling Sunset
  21. Slippin’ Jimmy
  22. Step Into …. The Movie With Derek and Julianne Hough
  23. Taylor Tomlinson: Look At You
  24. The True Story With Ed and Randall
  25. Two Minute Horror Stories
  26. Undone
  27. Voir
  28. We Need To Talk About Cosby
  29. What If….?
  30. Whose Line Is It Anyway?
  31. You

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. BTS
  2. Cannons
  3. Carly Simon
  4. The Chemical Brotherrs
  5. Coldplay
  6. Demi Lovato
  7. Edgar Allan Poets
  8. Foreigner 
  9. Halsey
  10. Holly Humberstone
  11. Julia Jacklin
  12. Michael Fredo
  13. Muse
  14. Public Service Broadcasting
  15. Radiohead
  16. REO Speedwagon
  17. Rita Coolidge
  18. Saint Motel
  19. t.A.T.u.
  20. Yvonne Elliman

News From Last Week:

  1. French screen icon Jean-Louis Trintignant dies aged 91
  2. Two actors from Netflix show ‘The Chosen One’ dead after horrific van crash
  3. Warner Bros. Calls It Quits With Ezra Miller’s The Flash
  4. Box Office: Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ Underwhelms With $51 Million Debut as ‘Jurassic World’ Stays No. 1
  5. Paul Haggis Arrested in Italy on Sexual Assault Charges
  6. Kevin Spacey receives unconditional bail from UK court in sexual assault case

Links From Last Week:

  1. Michael Jackson! Elton John! Journey And Brothers Johnson Too! Here’s “Music With A J!”
  2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 6/17/22

Links From The Site:

  1. Ryan reviewed Gecko, Perry Midlife, and Town & County!
  2. Erin shared Flying Aces, Astounding Science Fiction, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Codeword: Nemesis, Walk The Dark Streets, The Storm Lord, and Protest!
  3. Doc shared music videos from Blind Channel, Holly Humberstone, Demi Lovato, t.A.T.u, Julia Jacklin, Halsey, and BTS!
  4. I shared my week in television!  I reviewed A Little Dead, Angelyne, and Shatner in Space!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At her photography site, Erin shared: peace, overseeing his kingdom, wagon, flags, Red Flowers, Overgrown, and Rain Behind A Window!
  3. At my music site, I shared songs from Halsey, Holly Humberstone, Public Service Broadcasting, Edgar Allan Poets, Michael Fredo, Radiohead, and Cannons!

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Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 6/6/22 — 6/12/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

It’s currently midnight and it’s still like 100 degrees outside.  AGCK!

Oh well, I’ll try to stay cool with movies and music.

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Bad Georgia Road (1977)
  2. Buried in Barstow (2022)
  3. The Cat From Outer Space (1978)
  4. Deadly Yoga Retreat (2022)
  5. Fear No More (1961)
  6. Graduation Day (1981)
  7. Hustle (2022)
  8. Land of Doom (1986)
  9. Mafietta: Rise of a Female Boss (2022)
  10. Marry Me (2022)
  11. Max Knight: Ultra Spy (2000)
  12. Once Is Not Enough (1975)
  13. RRR (2022)
  14. The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. Barry
  3. Full House
  4. King of the Hill
  5. The Rockford Files

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Barry McGuire
  3. Blanck Mass
  4. Blanco
  5. Calvin Harris
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. Chromatics
  8. The Crystal Method
  9. Elle King
  10. Dillon Francis
  11. DJ Snake
  12. Felony
  13. Georg Friedrich Haendel
  14. Haim
  15. Jakalope
  16. Julee Cruise
  17. Junkie XL
  18. Kedr Livanskiy
  19. Michael Fredo
  20. Moby
  21. Muse
  22. Primitive Radio Gods
  23. Talk Talk
  24. The Ting Tings
  25. Muse
  26. Palaye Royale
  27. Phantogram
  28. Public Service Broadcasting
  29. Saint Motel
  30. The Spokesman
  31. Think
  32. Universal Honey
  33. Upsahl
  34. Vitalic
  35. Zager and Evans

News From Last Week:

  1. Singer Julee Cruise Dies at 65
  2. Box Office: ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ Scores Sizzling $143 Million Debut, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Stays Strong With $50 Million
  3. Britney Spears’ ex-husband is arrested for trespassing at pop star’s home ahead of wedding
  4. Britney Spears wears elegant Versace gown to wed Sam Asghari
  5. Family claims actor Ezra Miller is controlling teen in ‘cult’ situation

Links From Last Week:

  1. Terrifying “JAWS” Baby Bed! “What The Friday” Needs A Bigger Bassinet!
  2. The World’s Common Tater’s Travel Week in Books, Movies, and TV 6/10/22

Links From The Site:

  1. Doc shared music videos from Phantogram and Blanco!  He’s a very talented cat!
  2. Erin shared D-Day, Dime Mystery Magazine, The Case of the Terrified Typist, Afterglow, Space Detective, Love Story, and Escape on Venus!
  3. I shared music videos from DJ Snake, Calvin Harris, Palaye Royale, Public Service Broadcasting, and Julee Cruise!
  4. I took a look at the Dawn of Correction and Once You Understand!  I also shared my week in television!
  5. I reviewed Deadly Yoga Retreat, Marry Me, Bad Georgia Road, and Hustle!

More From Us:

  1. I hosted the #ILikeToWatch live tweet!  Here’s the playlist!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared songs from Jefferson Airplane, Tom Scott, and Pete Rock and CL Smooth!
  4. On her photography site, Erin shared Wires, Hot Day, changes, Looking Back, Tracks, Two Horses, and sky!
  5. At my music site, I shared songs from The Ting Tings, VITALIC, The Crystal Method, Universal Honey,  Zager and Evans, Dawn of Correction, and Upsahl!

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Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 5/30/22 — 6/5/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

On Monday, no sooner had I returned home from my impromptu two-week vacation then I noticed that the main trending topic on Twitter was that Jada Pinkett Smith had “finally” spoken out about The Slap.  Of course, she didn’t really say much beyond her usual “Let the healing begin” crap, which is what people always say when they’re trying to sound mature without actually being an adult about anything.

But what was interesting was that I actually had to remind myself about what The Slap was all about.  I didn’t look at that headline and think to myself, “Finally, she’s speaking up about Will Smith hitting Chris Rock on national television.”  Instead, I was like, “Oh yeah, that happened just a few months ago.”  The news moves fast nowadays.  Celebrity news moves even faster.  For all the drama surrounding The Slap, it really didn’t take long for everyone to move onto the Depp/Heard trial.  And now that the Depp/Heard trial is over, it won’t take long to move onto the next celebrity controversy.

Speaking of celebrities, Senator Dr. Oz is not something that I ever expected to be a serious possibility but here we are.  My fear is that when ever either Cruz or Cornyn retires or moves on to another office, Dr. Phil will throw his hat into the ring to succeed them.  Pretty soon, the entire Senate will be made up of TV doctors and reality show stars.

As for me, I was doing better as far as my back is concerned but then, on Friday, I was out in the backyard when it started to rain.  As I went back to the house, I slipped on a puddle of water.  I didn’t fall but, in the process of not falling, I managed to strain my back yet again!  URGH!  It’s a hard knock life.

Anyway, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to.

Films I Watched:

  1. 8-Bit Christmas (2021)
  2. Birds of Paradise (2021)
  3. Liberty & Bash (1989)
  4. Madhouse (1974)
  5. Pitch Perfect (2012)
  6. RoboVampire 3 (1989)
  7. Save The Last Dance (2001)
  8. The Sky Is Everywhere (2022)
  9. Tightrope (1984)
  10. The War of the Worlds (1953)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. Barry
  3. Creepshow
  4. Full House
  5. Norm McDonald: Nothing Special
  6. Maid
  7. Pistol
  8. Saved By The Bell
  9. We Own This City

Books I Read:

  1. Donavan (1974) by Carter Brown
  2. The Suicide Cult (1978) by Marshal Kilduff and Ron Javers

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. BANKS
  3. Big Data
  4. Blondie
  5. Britney Spears
  6. Cedric Gervais
  7. The Chemical Brothers
  8. The Clash
  9. Coldplay
  10. Crud
  11. Daft Punk
  12. Donna Summer
  13. Em Biehold
  14. Gorillaz
  15. Jace Everett
  16. Jakalope
  17. Jessie Murph
  18. Julia Rocka
  19. Katy Perry
  20. Martin Garrix
  21. Metric
  22. Michael Fredo
  23. Muse
  24. Paula Cole
  25. The Pretenders
  26. The Prodigy
  27. Public Image Ltd.
  28. Ramones
  29. Rich White
  30. Rolling Stones
  31. Saint Motel
  32. Sarah Barrios
  33. Sex Pistols
  34. Souixsie and the Banshees
  35. Tomoyasu Hotei
  36. Upsahl

Trailers:

  1. 6 Classic Trailers For May 31st, 2022
  2. Destroy All Humans 2 — Reprobed
  3. Urban Myths — Tooth Worms
  4. The Devil Within
  5. Pinocchio

News From Last Week:

  1. Jury awards millions of dollars to Johnny Depp in libel suit; Amber Heard wins less in countersuit
  2. Atlanta rapper Trouble shot and killed
  3. Actor Milton Gonclaves Dies at 88
  4. Dr. Mehmet Oz wins GOP Senate Primary in Pennsylvania
  5. Top Gun Won’t Stop
  6. Box Office: ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Bites Into $55 Million Internationally

Links From Last Week:

  1. “Dinner And A Movie”! Frogs Legs! Veal Stew Recipe From Paris! The Legendary Le Grand Colbert! “Something’s Gotta Give” With Nicholson, Keaton and Keanu! — Bite! Eat! Repeat!
  2. My May 2022 In Book (The World’s Common Tater)

Links From the Site:

  1. Erin took a look at The Covers of Space Busters, the work of Joe Little, and The Totally True Covers of True Adventure!  She also posted For Memorial Day!
  2. Erin shared North-West Romances, Jenny By Nature, Killer Come Back To Me, The Lessons of Love, Isolation, Dirty Harry, and Memorial Day At Freeman Park!
  3. Jeff reviewed Liberty & Bash and Graveyard Shift at the Riverview Motel!  
  4. Jeff shared a great moment from television history and a great moment from comic book history!
  5. I shared music videos from Em Beihold, Sarah Barrios, Jessie Murph, Paula Cole, Julia Rocka, Metric, and Upsahl!
  6. I shared my week in television, Why Study Speech?, and How Do You Know It’s Love?
  7. I shared an AMV for Clint Eastwood’s birthday!
  8. I took a look at the making of Dirty Harry!
  9. I shared my way too early Oscar predictions!
  10. I reviewed The Sky Is Everywhere, The Assassination Chain, Breezy, Escape From Alcatraz, Jud, and The Incredible Melting Man!
  11. I paid tribute to Marilyn Monroe, Howard Hawks, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder!
  12. I shared a scene from Magnum Force!
  13. I congratulated you on surviving the merry old month of May!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At her photography site, Erin shared bridge, garden, beacon, possum, tracks, another possum, and Pearl Harbor Memorial!
  3. At my music site, I shared songs from Rolling Stones, Adi Ulmansky, Donna Summer, Katy Perry, Martin Garrix, Daft Punk, and Jace Everett!

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