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Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 3/14/22 — 3/20/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Just a few more days until the Oscars!  I’ve always said that the year doesn’t really begin until after the Oscar ceremony and I stand by that, largely because it gives me a few months where I don’t really have to do anything.

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

Films I Watched:

  1. 11M: Terror in Madrid (2022)
  2. Age of Ice (2014)
  3. The Bunker Game (2022)
  4. Deep Water (2022)
  5. H.P. Lovecraft’s Monster Portal (2022)
  6. Laserblast (1978)
  7. Robocop (1987)
  8. The Shooting (1966)
  9. We Are Still Here (2015)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. American Idol
  2. The Bachelor
  3. Bar Rescue
  4. Baywatch Hawaii
  5. Beyond the Edge
  6. The Bold and the Beautiful
  7. The Brady Bunch
  8. Court Cam
  9. The Dropout
  10. Full House
  11. Happy Days
  12. Inventing Anna
  13. King of the Hill
  14. The Love Boat
  15. M*A*S*H
  16. The Office
  17. Saved By The Bell
  18. Silk Stalkings
  19. Survivor
  20. Talking Dead
  21. The Walking Dead

Books I Read:

  1. The Naked Lens: An Illustrated History of Beat Cinema (1997) by Jack Sergeant
  2. Oath of Office (1988) by Steven Kirsch

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Arcade Fire
  2. Anas Otman
  3. Arlo Guthrie
  4. Blondie
  5. Bob Dylan
  6. Britney Spears
  7. Charli XCX
  8. CHVRCHES
  9. Dillon Francis
  10. DJ Snake
  11. Dropkick Murphys
  12. Fatboy Slim
  13. Haim
  14. House of Pain
  15. LAZZA
  16. Lindsey Stirling
  17. Muse
  18. Phantogram
  19. Saint Motel
  20. Sex Pistols
  21. Souixsie and the Banshees
  22. Taoufik
  23. Tiesto
  24. Tomosayu Hotei
  25. twenty one pilot
  26. Upshal
  27. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season:

  1. PGA Winners

News From Last Week:

  1. The MoMA Stabber is Still At Large, and Posting Through It
  2. MoMA stabbing suspect DMs Post reporter that he ‘lost it’ over Van Gogh painting
  3. Suspect in New York MoMA Stabbing Is Arrested in Philadelphia
  4. Pete Davidson To Travel Into Space
  5. Marlee Matlin, Who Accused William Hurt of Abuse, Reacts to His Death: ‘We’ve Lost a Great Actor’
  6. ‘The Batman’ Rules Again, Crosses $300 Million in North America
  7. Maury Povich Retires, Ending a 31-Season Run of Revealing Who Is the Father

Links From Last Week:

  1. Francis Ford Coppola Opens Up About The Godfather’s Legacy
  2. The Riveting World Of “Tokyo Vice!” A New Series Based On A Real-Life Thriller!
  3. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 3/18/22

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Shanty-Town Tease, Amazing Stories, Detective Book Magazine, St. Patrick Bishop of Ireland, Rip Tide, The Sins of Allie May, and Flame!
  2. Jeff reviewed Harry Brown, Cliffhanger, and the Domino Principle!  He also shared a music video from House of Pain!
  3. I shared music videos from Charli XCX, Twenty One Pilots, Muse, Tiesto, Lazza, and Taoufik!
  4. I reviewed Deep Water, The Dropout, The Walking Dead, and Laserblast!
  5. I shared my week in television and a scene from Julius Caesar!
  6. I paid tribute to David Cronenberg!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At my music site, I shared songs from Fatboy Slim, Muse, Souixsie and the Banshees, Dropkick Murphys, Tiesto, Haim, and Blondie!
  3. At SyFyDesigns, I shared: I Want My Hour Back, Beware The Ides of March, Dental Update, Tis The Weekend, Lent Update, California Dreams vs. Zack Attack: Which Band Was Better?, and Confusion!
  4. At my online Dream Journal, I shared: Airport Dream, Book Club Dream, Missing Toothbrush Dream, Fragment of a Dream, Movie Collection Dream, Dream Forgotten, and Name Dream!
  5. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
  6. For Horror Critic, I reviewed Creature of Destruction and Boris Karloff: The Man Behind The Monster!
  7. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Welcome Back Tom Brady, Olbermann Stays On The Balcony For Now, Try To Get This Out of Your Head, It Couldn’t Happen To A Nicer Group of People, Don Young R.I.P., Andy’s Not Done Just Yet, and The Most Tone Deaf Thing You’ll See Today!
  8. At her photography site, Erin shared: Door, SMU Stairs, Trails in the Sky, Green, Shy, The Stare, and Morning!

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

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 3/7/22 — 3/13/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

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

(Yeah, I know that is kind of a rudimentary introduction but cut me some slack.  It’s been a long week and the government stole an hour from me last night.  As a result, it’s now going to take forever for the sun to actually go down.  I’m a night person.  Extending the daylight does me no favors!)

Films I Watched:

  1. The Bombardment (2021)
  2. Creature of Destruction (1968)
  3. Day of the Reaper (1984)
  4. Enter the Dragon (1973)
  5. Lucy and Desi (2022)
  6. Reign of Fire (2002)
  7. Restless (2022)
  8. Shag: The Movie (1989)
  9. Spaceballs (1987)
  10. You Get Me (2017)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. American Idol
  3. Bar Rescue
  4. Baywatch Hawaii
  5. The Brady Bunch
  6. Children’s Hospital
  7. Court Cam
  8. The Dropout
  9. Full House
  10. Law & Order
  11. The Love Boat
  12. Open All Hours
  13. Pam & Tommy
  14. Savoring Our Faith
  15. Survivor
  16. Talking Dead
  17. Vaticano
  18. The Walking Dead

Books I Read:

  1. A Glorious Disaster by J. William Middendorf IIII (2006)

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Barry Adamson
  3. Big Data
  4. Blanck Mass
  5. Britney Spears
  6. Calista
  7. Cannons
  8. Charli XCX
  9. The Chemical Brothers
  10. Cher
  11. CHVRCHES
  12. Cowboy Junkies
  13. The Crystal Method
  14. Dillon Francis
  15. DJ Snake
  16. deadmau5
  17. Deathwhite
  18. Fatboy Slim
  19. Fitz and the Tantrums
  20. Florence + The Machine
  21. Garbage
  22. Haim
  23. Jennifer Lopez
  24. Kaskade
  25. Katy Perry
  26. Lionrock
  27. Lou Reed
  28. Marc Collin
  29. Mia Dimsic
  30. Muse
  31. Pat Benatar
  32. Phantogram
  33. Pixies
  34. The Prodigy
  35. Public Service Broadcasting
  36. Saint Motel
  37. Sleigh Bells
  38. Tiesto
  39. Tomasu Hotei
  40. Upshal
  41. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season:

  1. DGA Awards

News From Last Week:

  1. William Hurt, Oscar-Winning Actor for ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman,’ Dies at 71
  2. US journalist Brent Renaud ‘killed in Ukraine
  3. Traci Braxton Dies At 50 Following Cancer Battles
  4. ‘Toxic behavior’: Norah O’Donnell’s attitude under fire at ‘CBS Evening News’
  5. Jussie Smollett Sentenced to Five Months in Jail in Hate Crime Hoax
  6. Box Office: ‘The Batman’ Stays Strong With $66 Million in Second Weekend

Links From Last Week:

  1. ‘Cuomo-W. Trump-L.’: How CNN’s Jeff Zucker and His Cronies Manipulated the News
  2. Conner Ratliff’s “Dead Eyes!” Tom Hanks Took Part In This Mesmerizing Podcast About Being Fired By Tom Hanks!
  3. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 3/11/22

Links From The Site:

  1. Patrick has returned!
  2. Erin shared The Clocks, Social Club, Give Me Ecstasy, Party Time, Breezy Stories, Daybreak — 2250 A.D., and Some Women Won’t Wait!
  3. Jeff reviewed Band of the Hand!
  4. I shared music videos from Mia Dimsic, Jennifer Lopez, Florence + The Machine, Deathwhite, Iz, Florence + The Machine again, and Charli XCX!
  5. I reviewed The Walking Dead, Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman, The Dropout, Pam & Tommy, Shag, You Get Me, and The Real Cancun!
  6. I shared my week in television!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At her photography site, Erin shared: Time Never Stops, Possum, Landscape, Isolation, Hello, Fences, and Beach Sunset!
  3. At my music site, I shared songs from CHVRCHES, Barry Adamson, Garbage, Cowboy Junkies, Calista, Pixies, and Cannons!
  4. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I wrote about the season premiere of Survivor!

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

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review — 2/28/22 — 3/6/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Between Mardi Gras, the Texas state primaries, Ash Wednesday, and everything else, I’m exhausted.  For the record, I gave up cursing for Lent.  I don’t really curse to begin with so I guess I’m cheating a little but oh well.  I made my decision and I’m sticking with it, dagnabit.

Films I Watched:

  1. Day of the Reaper (1984)
  2. Dominion: The Last Star Warrior (2015)
  3. Easy Rider (1969)
  4. From Noon Till Three (1976)
  5. Icahn (2022)
  6. Men of War (1994)
  7. The Real Cancun (2003)
  8. The Scary of Sixty-First (2021)
  9. The Weekend Away (2022)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. The Amazing Race
  3. The Bachelor
  4. Bar Rescue
  5. The Brady Bunch
  6. Court Cam
  7. The Dropout
  8. Full House
  9. Inventing Anna
  10. Law & Order
  11. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’
  12. The Love Boat
  13. The Office
  14. Open All Hours
  15. Pam & Tommy
  16. Secrets of Playboy
  17. Silk Stalkings
  18. South Park
  19. The State of the Union
  20. The Walking Dead
  21. Worst Roommate Ever

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Armin van Buuren
  3. Avril Lavigne
  4. Bloc Party
  5. Blondie
  6. Britney Spears
  7. Cage the Elephant
  8. Calvin Harris
  9. Camila Cabello
  10. The Chainsmokers
  11. Charli XCX
  12. The Chemical Brothers
  13. Crud
  14. Crystal Method
  15. Daft Punk
  16. Dillon Francis
  17. Fatboy Slim
  18. Haim
  19. Isak Danielson
  20. Jakalope
  21. Jake Bugg
  22. Katy Perry
  23. Lindsey Stirling
  24. Lionrock
  25. Miami Showband
  26. Muse
  27. Nine Inch Nails
  28. Phantogram
  29. The Prodigy
  30. Public Service Broadcasting
  31. Purity Ring
  32. Rich White
  33. The Robber Who Robbed The Town
  34. Saint Motel
  35. Sleigh Bells
  36. Swedish House Mafia
  37. Tegan and Sara
  38. Tiesto
  39. Universal Honey
  40. Yvonne Elliman
  41. Zedd

Awards Season:

  1. Lisa Marie’s Way Too Early Oscar Predictions for February

News From Last Week:

  1. Legendary producer Alan Ladd, Jr. Dies At 84
  2. Actor Mitchell Ryan Dies at 88
  3. Actor Tim Considine Dies at 81
  4. Lindsay Lohan’s career comeback: Actress inks multifilm deal with Netflix
  5. Comedian Johnny Brown Dies at 84
  6. Oscar Winner Tom Fleischman Resigns From Motion Picture Academy Over Controversial Telecast Plans
  7. Oscars: Academy Infighting Mounting Over Categories Controversy
  8. Denis Villeneuve Calls Oscar Telecast Changes “A Mistake”; Jane Campion Also Expresses Dismay
  9. ‘The Batman’ beats out ‘Uncharted’ for top box office spot
  10. ‘The Boys’ Actor Antony Starr Arrested in Spain for Alleged Assault

Links From Last Week:

  1. They Are Fans of ‘Euphoria,’ but Not of Its Creator, Sam Levinson
  2. Maybe they should’ve just cancelled the Oscars?
  3. “The Batman’s” Wild “Pasta Pillow” Sandwich Was Real! Robert Pattison Confirms! Here’s The Recipe!
  4. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 3/4/22

Links From The Site:

  1. Ryan reviewed Vessel and Acid Nun!
  2. Leonard reviewed The Batman!
  3. Jeff reviewed Running For His Life and shared a music video from MC Hammer!
  4. Erin shared Untamed, Mardi Gras Walker, Ash Wednesday in New Orleans, Armadillo, Underworld Detective, Backwoods Bride, and The Last Appointment!
  5. I paid tribute to Zack Snyder and wished him a happy birthday!
  6. I reviewed The Dropout, The Scary on Sixty-First, The Weekend Away, Pam & Tommy, and The Walking Dead!
  7. I shared music videos from Avril Lavigne, Camila Cabello, Swedish House Mafia, Isak Danielson, Haim, and Tegan and Sara!
  8. I shared my week in television and a scene from Easy Rider!  I also shared 8 things that I’m looking forward to in March!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from Zendaya!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared: Twin Ducks, Reunion, Gray Skies, Blue Skies, In the Distance, rain, and Grove!
  4. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I wrote about the season finale of The Amazing Race!
  5. At SyFy Designs, I shared: Today’s Twitter Complaint!
  6. At my online dream journal, I shared the most boring thing I’ve ever written: No Dreams Last Night!
  7. On my music site, I shared songs from Charli XCX, The Chainsmokers, Purity Ring, Operation Phoenix, HAIM, Lindsey Stirling, and Miami Showband!

Want to check out last week?  Click here!

8 Things To Which To Look Forward To In March

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

It’s March!  March is the 3rd month of the year and it’s always been a favorite of mine, just because it has one of the best names of any month.  March!  It sounds so decisive and forward-looking.  Who doesn’t love that?

Here’s what I’m looking forward to in March:

  1. The Batman

Okay, honestly, I don’t know that I’m so much looking forward to The Batman as much as I’m just happy for everyone who I know can’t wait to see this movie tomorrow.  I will say that I support anything that brings Paul Dano to the public eye.  And I’m happy for Robert Pattinson, though I hope he will continue to also make challenging films like Good Time and Cosmopolis.  The Batman seems guaranteed to become the first really big hit of the year.  With Pattinson starring in this and Kristen Stewart having a decent chance to win an Oscar, it may be time to seriously reconsider the legacy of Twilight.

Critically, The Batman has been receiving the best reviews of the year so far.  If I have any doubts about the film, that’s due to the fact that it’s a 3-hour film and Twitter, which is where I’ve seen the most enthusiasm for The Batman, tends to be an echo chamber when it comes to evaluating the box office potential of comic book films.  If I’ve learned anything over the past year, it’s that you really can’t use Film Twitter as a way to gauge how enthusiastic the general public may or may not be for a movie.  If The Batman somehow does fail at the box office and we get yet another reboot, I guess they’re going to have to call it “A Batman.”  It’s hard not to feel that we’re running out of titles here.

2. The Oscars

The Oscars will finally be handed out on the 27th and, as always, we’ve got a lot planned for that day here at the Shattered Lens.  With all the controversy surrounding the show and the decision to do stuff like give out “Fan Favorite” awards, this year seems primed to be an even bigger fiasco than last year’s show.  Every “fix” that’s been announced for the show feels like a “threat.”  I mean, when you announce that the show is going to be hosted by Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes, that also makes the promise of “time for more comedy bits” seem rather ominous.  (You’ll notice that I didn’t mention Regina Hall because she’s the best and really, she’s the only host the show needs.)  The Academy and ABC are so desperate to not go over that three-hour running time that I’m personally rooting for a four-hour show.  I want people to ramble on interminably in their speeches.  I want technical difficulties to slow things down.  I want the ABC execs to freak out as the clock strikes ten and the show is nowhere near being over.

Of course, the only question that really matters is whether the ratings will improve or not.  To be honest, I’m kind of hoping the ratings don’t improve because I don’t want the Academy thinking that “Fan Favorite” and less categories is the way to go.  My hope is that less than 100,000 people watch and the Oscars move to a streaming platform.  Next year, I want to see the Oscars on Peacock, with Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley hosting.  Hmmm….maybe I shouldn’t watch this year….

3. A New Season of Survivor

Admittedly, the most recent season of Survivor was weird.  Jeff Probts kept trying to be nice and every member of the cast had some big, dramatic story to tell about their life back home.  There were a lot of emotional tribal councils.  There was a lot of hugging.  That’s not what we watch Survivor for.  Survivor is not meant to be a show that makes you feel better about humanity.  Survivor is supposed to be a show that celebrates betrayal and ruthlessness.  Survivor is about great villains, not sob stories.  Fortunately, a new season of my second-favorite (after The Amazing Race) reality show is starting in March and I hope it will be a return to the Survivor of old.

4. Deep Water

Finally, this Ben Affleck/Ana de Armas film will be getting its release!  Earlier this year, it went from being a theatrical release to a movie that’s going to premiere on Hulu.  Some people may think that’s a bad sign but personally, I think that indicates that the film will be enjoyably trashy.  We’ll find out this month!

5. A Day To Die

Another Bruce Willis film?  This will be Willis’s third film of the year and it’s only March!  I’ve made it my goal to watch every Bruce Willis appears in this year.  I still haven’t gotten started so I guess I’ll have to do an American Siege/Gasoline Alley/Day to Die marathon sometime this month.  My hope is that, at some point this year, we’ll get the Nicolas Cage/Bruce Willis/Frank Grillo collaboration that VOD fans have been waiting for.  (For the record, Frank Grillo is in A Day To Die but Nic Cage apparently is not.)

As for A Day to Die, I wonder how many people will accidentally watch it because they think it’s a Die Hard sequel.  You have to admire the hustle, that’s all I’m saying.

6. American Song Contest

Wow, that’s a bland title!  Anyway, this is America’s version of Eurovision.  Singers from all 50 states will be competing and I’m sure our media will not use this as a way to push this whole Blue State vs. Red State narrative that they are so proud of.  I’m looking forward to this because I can’t wait to hear how bad the songs are.  Vermont’s song will probably be some sort old folkie nonsense and I can’t wait to ridicule it on Twitter.  I know that’s kind of a negative way to look at things but fug it.  It happens.

7. Lent

I gave up cursing for Lent!

8. After Yang

I’ve heard very good things about this film, which will be premiering this Friday on Showtime.  I look forward to seeing it!

What are you looking forward to in March?

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 2/21/22 — 2/27/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Films I Watched:

  1. Aileen Wournos: American Boogeywoman (2021)
  2. Birdy (1984)
  3. Chasing Amy (1997)
  4. Dead & Buried (1981)
  5. Don’t Kill Me (2021)
  6. Fame (1980)
  7. Fistful of Vengeance (2022)
  8. House of Cards (1990)
  9. Inferno (1980)
  10. Kronos (1957)
  11. No Exit (2022)
  12. Shoot the Moon (1982)
  13. Ski Patrol (1990)
  14. Survival Run (1979)
  15. Swingers (1996)
  16. Twin Peaks: The Pilot (1989)
  17. The Wrong Blind Date (2022)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. The Amazing Race
  3. American Idol
  4. Celebrity Big Brother
  5. Couples Court with the Cutlers
  6. Friends
  7. Full House
  8. I Survived A Serial Killer
  9. King of the Hill
  10. Law & Order
  11. The Love Boat
  12. Murderville
  13. The Office
  14. Open All Hours
  15. Pam & Tommy
  16. The SAG Awards
  17. Seinfeld
  18. Silk Stalkings
  19. Snowpiercer
  20. Talking Dead
  21. Twin Peaks
  22. The Walking Dead

Books I Read:

  1. Bronson’s Loose Again (2015) by Paul Talbot
  2. Virtue Bombs (2022) by Christian Toto

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. The Chainsmokers
  2. The Chemical Brothers
  3. Clint Mansell
  4. Coldplay
  5. Crystal Method
  6. Florence + The Machine
  7. Frank Sinatra
  8. Haim
  9. Hans Zimmer
  10. Jakalope
  11. Lady Gaga
  12. Lindsey Stirling
  13. Muse
  14. Nancy Sinatra
  15. Okean Elzy
  16. OneRepublic
  17. The Prodigy
  18. Radiohead
  19. Rita Coolidge
  20. Saint Motel
  21. Susie Van Der Meer
  22. Wig Wam
  23. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season:

  1. The SAG Award Winners

News From Last Week:

  1. Underground Filmmaker Nick Zedd Dies at 63
  2. Actress and Oscar Nominee Sally Kellerman Dies at 84
  3. Singer Mark Lanegan Dies at 57
  4. Academy Won’t Air All Categories Live for 94th Oscars Telecast
  5. Sean Penn on the Ground in Ukraine Filming Documentary About Russia’s Invasion
  6. Box Office: Tom Holland’s ‘Uncharted’ Wins Weekend as ‘Spider-Man’ Inches Closer to $800 Million in North America

Links From Last Week:

  1. RIP Veronica Carlson…A Celebration Of This Hammer Glamour Queen’s Greatest Hits…
  2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 2/25/22

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared The White House, Detective Tales, Weird Tales, Special Detective True Crime Cases, Amazing Stories, Variety Sports, and Zarak!  She reviewed Angels In The Outfield and took a look at the covers of Ginger Magazine!
  2. Jeff paid tribute to Sam Peckinpah!  He reviewed Bad Medicine, Time of the Apes, The TV Set, and Locked Door VI!  He shared music videos from Screaming Trees and the Verve Pipe!  He wrote about Captain America and Saturday Night Live!
  3. Ryan reviewed Deadnaughts, Oubilette, and Apples!
  4. I reviewed The Wrong Blind Date, The Walking Dead, Pam & Tommy, No Exit, Don’t Kill Me, Fistful of Vengeance, and Swan Song!
  5. I shared music videos from Lindsey Stirling, Florence + The Machine, Okean Elzy, The Chainsmokers, and Frank Sinatra!
  6. I shared a scene from Five Easy Pieces and my week in television!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
  2. At her photography site, Erin shared Happy President’s Day, Expectations, Artifacts, Meditation, Fountains, Wilderness, and Storm!
  3. At my music site, I shared songs from Muse, OneRepublic, Florence + The Machine, Okean Elzy, Wig Wam, Clint Mansell, and Lady Gaga!
  4. At SyFyDesigns, I shared Happy President’s Day!
  5. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I wrote about The Amazing Race!
  6. At the Big Brother Blog, I wrote about Celebrity Big Brother!

Click here to check out last week!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 2/14/22 — 2/20/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I’ve been suffering from fatigue this entire month.  So, I’m getting some sleep tonight!  Sleeps helps with fatigue, right?

Anyway, here’s what I watched and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

  1. Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (2022)
  2. How I Fell In Love With A Gangster (2022)
  3. My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021)
  4. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022)
  5. The Tomorrow War (2021)
  6. Watch Out, We’re Mad! (1974)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. The Amazing Race
  3. Celebrity Big Brother
  4. Cobra Kai
  5. Inventing Anna
  6. King of the Hill
  7. Murderville
  8. The Office
  9. Open All Hours
  10. Pam & Tommy
  11. Silk Stalkings
  12. The Winter Games

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Blanck Mass
  2. Caroline Romano
  3. Charlie XCX
  4. The Chemical Brothers
  5. Dillon Francis
  6. Joy Crookes
  7. Kedr Livanskiy
  8. Louis Armstrong
  9. Moby
  10. Saint Motel
  11. Steve Aoki
  12. Theodore
  13. Tove Lo

Trailers:

  1. Deep Water

Links From Last Week:

  1. The United States Is an Olympics Coward
  2. Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir kept quiet during Kamila Valieva’s skate. It was powerful TV
  3. Figure Skating Looks Fun!
  4. The Hollywood Sign Becomes The “RAMSHOUSE”? Check Out This Wacky Super Bowl Makeover!
  5. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 2/18/22

News From Last Week:

  1. Ivan Reitman, ‘Ghostbusters’ director and son of Auschwitz survivor, dies at 75
  2. Political Satirist PJ O’Rourke dies at 74
  3. SB TV Founder Jamaal Edwards dead at 31
  4. Oscars: Twitter’s Top Fan Favorite Will Be Recognized During Show
  5. Amazon’s Cinderella Leads Fan Favorite Poll
  6. Notes On The Season: Johnny Depp, Camila Cabello Ignite Academy’s #OscarsFanFavorite Race; AMPAS Nixes Ticket Lottery; Ann-Margret Oscar Rewind
  7. The entire NFL seemingly thrilled to watch Eli Apple’s Super Bowl 2022 fail
  8. ‘Destructive’ Rams fans take over downtown LA after Super Bowl win
  9. LA mayor Eric Garcetti, celebs called out not wearing masks at Super Bowl
  10. Amy Schumer, Regina Hall, Wanda Sykes Eyed to Host Oscars
  11. Chris Cuomo fired after CNN learned of alleged sex attack during office ‘lunch’: report
  12. Parents, 12-year-old say Abby Broyles verbally ‘accosted’ kids at Valentine’s party
  13. Sha’Carri Richardson sees a double standard in allowing Kamila Valieva to compete

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared music videos from Caroline Romano, Theodore, Moby, Tove Lo, Blanck Mass, Dillon Francis, and Tim Beveridge!
  2. I reviewed Downfall, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, My Best Friend Anne Frank, the latest episode of Pam & Tommy, and How I feel In Love With A Gangster! 
  3. I shared my week in television.  I paid tribute to Alejandro Jodorowsky!
  4. Leonard shared the trailer for Deep Water!  
  5. Case reviewed Tomorrow War!
  6. Doc wished everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day!
  7. Erin shared Kissing In Hawaii, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Romantic Marriage, The Genial Dinosaur, G-Men Detective, Recoil and Movie Merry-Go-Round!  She also shared as scene from Walk Hard and celebrated love for the 8th year in a row.  Yay!
  8. Erin reviewed Old-Fashioned!
  9. Jeff reveiwed A Locked Door V!
  10. Ryan reviewed Disco Lavante, On A Cute One, and Life Out of Sequence!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared A Valentine’s Day Playlist!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared: You Light Up My Life, At The Park, Three In A Row, Hazy, Cemetery, One Tree, and fire!
  4. At my music site, I shared songs from The Chemical Brothers, Steve Aoki, Moby, Joy Crookes, Kedr Livanskiy, Charli XCX, and Louis Armstrong!
  5. I wrote about Celebrity Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
  6. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!

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

Happy Valentine’s Day From The Cats and the Humans at Through The Shattered Lens

Posted on by Doc Bowman

To all of our readers, Happy Valentine’s Day!

I’ve written a lot of version of this post since I joined TSL.  This year, the Flame-haired One just wanted to post a picture of Godzilla and King Kong shaking hands but I looked at it and I said, “meh.”  There are some things that only a cat can do.

Today is not going to be an easy Valentine’s Day for some.  For some humans, Valentine’s Day is never easy.   If you will allow a cat to be serious for a minute, many humans have lost loved ones over the past two years, due to the pandemic and everything that goes along with it.  Celebrate love and celebrate happiness but take a minute to remember those who might be hurting or who might be missing their loved ones for the first time.  It’s up to you, the humans, to do this because we cats probably won’t.

Valentine’s Day isn’t just about what you do or where you go.  It’s about loving what you love.  Some humans love other humans.  Me, I love Temptations snacks, playing with my toys, and sleeping 10 hours a day.  That’s what Valentine’s Day is all about to me.

Whatever Valentine’s Day is about to you, we all hope that you are having a good and a safe one!  Happy Valentine’s Day to all!  Be kind to those you love and never, ever forget the cats and the humans in your life!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 2/7/22 — 2/13/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Ivan Reitman, R.I.P.  I just heard that the influential Canadian director passed away yesterday.

This has been a busy week.  We started with the Oscar nominations and the Olympics.  We’re ending with the Super Bowl.  We’re finishing up what’s left of 2021.  I almost feel like next week will be the first week that 2022 actually feels like 2022.

Anyway, I’m obviously too tired to have coherent thoughts so let’s just move on to what I watched and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

  1. Atlantis (1990)
  2. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
  3. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
  4. Big Man on Campus (1963)
  5. C.C. and Company (1970)
  6. C.H.U.D. (1984)
  7. Home Team (2022)
  8. Into the Wind (2022)
  9. Kimi (2022)
  10. Men With Brooms (2002)
  11. Munich — The Edge of War (2022)
  12. Nightmare Alley (1947)
  13. Race With The Devil (1975)
  14. Shattered …. If Your Kid’s On Drugs (1986)
  15. Shut In (2022)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. The Amazing Race
  3. BBC World News
  4. Celebrity Big Brother
  5. King of the Hill
  6. Pam & Tommy
  7. South Park
  8. Super Bowl LVI
  9. Super Bowl Pre-Show
  10. The Winter Olympics

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Alice Martin
  3. Bloc Party
  4. Bob Dylan
  5. Britney Spears
  6. Cedric Gervais
  7. Charli XCX
  8. The Chemical Brothers
  9. Coldplay
  10. David Guetta
  11. Fatboy Slim
  12. Hans Zimmer
  13. Hozier
  14. Icona Pop
  15. Jake Bugg
  16. Louis Armstrong
  17. Lydia
  18. MEDVZA
  19. Muse
  20. Opus III
  21. Rita Coolidge
  22. Saint Motel
  23. Selena Gomez
  24. Sex Pistols
  25. Souixsie and the Banshees
  26. Tiesto
  27. The Wallflowers

Live Tweets:

  1. The Shattered Lens Live Tweets Super Bowl Sunday

Awards Season:

  1. Oscar Nominations
  2. What If Lisa Had All The Power: 2022 Edition

Trailers:

  1. Jurassic World Dominion
  2. Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
  3. Netflix
  4. Moon Knight
  5. The Lost City
  6. Nope
  7. Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
  8. DC — The World Needs Heroes

Links From Last Week:

  1. Make Your Own Bacon Roses! Love Burgers! Here Are Recipes For “Love In A Bun”! The Best Valentine’s Day Treats!
  2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 2/11/22

Links From The Site:

  1. Leonard shared the trailer for Jurassic World Dominion!
  2. Ryan reviewed Megillah, Isolated, and Unfolding!
  3. Case reviewed episodes two and three of Reacher!
  4. Jeff reviewed True Grit: A Further Adventure, Banjo Hackett, and Locked Door IV.
  5. Jeff shared his Super Bowl predictions, some thoughts on The Simpsons, and some thoughts on Kickers, Inc!
  6. Erin shared Make Sure I Win, Movie Story Magazine, Payment In Sin, Over Night, Men, Dirt Farm, and Movie Humor!  She also profiled Robert Oliver Skemp!
  7. I shared music videos from Louis Armstrong, Alice Martin, Coldplay, Above & Beyond, MEDVZA, David Guetta, and Hans Zimmer!  I paid tribute to football and shared a scene from Any Given Sunday!  I shared my week in television and a film called Big Man on Campus!  I also shared my top 6 super bowl ads!
  8. I reviewed C.C. And Company, KIMI, Shut In, Munich — The Edge of War, Men With Brooms, Home Team, Into the Wind, and the latest episode of Pam and Tommy!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared the Moon Knight teaser!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared: Paw Prints In The Snow, Peace on Earth, Rorschach Clouds, desolate, Red Car In A Gray Alley, Window, and Just Visiting!
  4. At my music site, I shared songs from Lydia, Sex Pistols, Bloc Party, Opus III, The Wallflowers, Britney Spears, and Romeo and Juliet!
  5. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!
  6. For the Big Brother Blog, I have been writing about Celebrity Big Brother!

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

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 1/31/22 — 2/6/22

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I watched a lot of movies this week.  I finally feel like I’m ready for the Oscar nominations to be announced on February 8th.  Ideally, I would have had all this done before the first week of February but we don’t live in an ideal world and you know what?  I’ve seen a lot of really good movies over the past two weeks.  This has been a fun two weeks, even if I was very aware that I was quickly running out of time to see everything that I wanted to see.

Anyway, Oscar nominees on Tuesday!  I can hardly wait!  And then the Super Bowl on Sunday, which is usually one of our busiest days at the site as we try to keep up with the movie previews and all of the other commercials.  I can’t wait!

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Annette (2021)
  2. Ator, The Fighting Eagle (1982)
  3. Belfast (2021)
  4. Bergman Island (2021)
  5. Black Widow (2021)
  6. Blind Fury (1990)
  7. The Card Counter (2021)
  8. CODA (2021)
  9. Encanto (2021)
  10. Eternals (2021)
  11. Flee (2021)
  12. The French Dispatch (2021)
  13. In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992)
  14. Licorice Pizza (2021)
  15. Luca (2021)
  16. Nightmare Alley (2021)
  17. Prayers For The Stolen (2021)
  18. Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)
  19. Rolling Like Thunder (2021)
  20. Shangi-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
  21. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
  22. The Velvet Underground (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. The Amazing Race
  3. The Bachelor
  4. Bar Rescue
  5. Celebrity Big Brother
  6. The Love Boat
  7. The Office
  8. Open All Hours
  9. Pam & Tommy
  10. Parking Wars
  11. The View
  12. The Winter Olympics
  13. WKRP In Cincinnati

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Bloc Party
  2. Britney Spears
  3. Charli XCX
  4. Clint Mansell
  5. Cream
  6. Destroyer
  7. Elisa
  8. Hans Zimmer
  9. Jefferson Airplane
  10. Kylie Minogue
  11. Lily Allen
  12. Lynard Skyanrd
  13. Muse
  14. Phantogram
  15. Saint Motel
  16. Taylor Swift
  17. Yazoo
  18. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season:

  1. Lisa Marie’s Oscar Predictions for January

News From Last Week:

  1. Italian screen icon Monica Vitti dies at 96
  2. NBC’s China Challenge: Politically Fraught Beijing Olympics Make Tokyo Look Tame
  3. Whoopi Goldberg suspended from “The View” after saying the Holocaust was “not about race”
  4. Jeff Zucker Resigns From CNN After Relationship With Top Executive
  5. CNN Probe Eyes Jeff Zucker’s Ties to Andrew Cuomo
  6. Zucker, Gollust’s cozy ties with Andrew Cuomo included coaching him on COVID briefings
  7. Box Office: ‘Jackass Forever’ Catapults to No. 1 as ‘Moonfall’ Craters

Links From Last Week:

  1. Making Clemenza’s Meatballs! Celebrate “The Godfather” At 50 With This Classic Recipe! — Bite! Eat! Repeat!
  2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week In Books, Movies, and Television 2/4/22

Links From The Site:

  1. Case reviewed the first episode of Reacher!
  2. I reviewed Pam & Tommy and Blind Fury!  I also shared a short film about bikes and my week in television.  I shared 8 things that I’m looking forward to in February.
  3. I shared music videos from Lily Allen, Muse, Elisa, Bloc Party, Charli XCX, Muse (again), and Destroyer!
  4. Jeff reviewed Siege at Marion, Ride Lonesome, The Big Stampede, and Rescue from Gilligan’s Island!  He also reviewed A Locked Room III.
  5. Jeff paid tribute to John Ford and shared the histories of NFL SuperPro and the Second Pro Bowl.
  6. Erin reviewed Boys’ Ranch and wished everyone a happy Groundhog Day!
  7. Erin Shared Hot Dam, Last February, Day Into Night, Snowslide, Movie Humor, South Sea Stories, and Law and Order, Unlimited.  She also profiled artist Carlo Jacona!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should subcribe!
  2. On her photography site, Erin shared: Collection, waiting, Invite, Lava Lamp, Winter Weather, Tunnel, and Blue Eyes!
  3. For Big Brother Blog, I wrote about Celebrity Big Brother!
  4. At Reality TV Chat Blog I reviewed the latest episode of the Amazing Race!
  5. At my music site, I shared songs from: Jefferson Airplane, Kylie Minogue, Yazoo, Charli XCX, Cream, Lynard Skynard, and Yvonne Elliman!

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

8 Things That I Am Looking Forward To In February

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Ah, February!

February is usually one of my favorite months of the year.  Not only do we usually have a lot of Oscar scenarios to which to look forward but it’s also the month of Valentine’s Day!  This is the month of love, people!  Admittedly, pre-COVID, this was also the month when I would usually take my vacation and get out of town for a while.  My vacation’s going to be a little bit later this year, though.

What am I looking forward to this month?  Well, there’s always a chance of snow!  Of course, last year, it snowed in February and we ended up going without power for a week.  That was a difficult time for a lot of people down here in Texas.  It really wasn’t that difficult for me, though.  I kind of enjoyed the snow.  Even without the lights, I could still read a book late at night because of the light reflecting off of all the snow.  That was kind of fun.  But I should probably be careful about admitting that too loudly.

Anyway, here are eight things to which I am looking forward in February!  What are you looking forward to?  Let me know in the comments and maybe I’ll send some snow your way.  (And by snow, you mean cocaine, right?  No, I mean metaphorical snow.  Wait a minute, who am I talking to?)

  1. The Oscar Nominations

The Oscar nominations will finally be announced on February 8th!  With any luck, I will be posting my personal nominations on the 7th.  I have a lot of movies left to watch and I know I’m probably going to miss out on a few because there’s only so many hours during the day.  That sucks but I’m going to do my best, I promise.

2. The Winter Olympics

Am I looking forward to the Olympics?  On the one hand, I am because I’m love ice skating and curling and all of that good stuff.  On the other hand, I’m like, “This is the most problematic Olympics of my lifetime.”  I know that some people believe that we should have totally boycotted the Olympics this year.  I don’t agree with that because that wouldn’t accomplish much beyond punishing our athletes.  Instead, as a proud Irish-Italian-Spanish-American, I will be cheering on all of our athletes, even the really obnoxious ones and I will also be hoping that the coverage of the games will be honest when discussing why they are so controversial this year.

3. Death on the Nile

Speaking of controversy ….. Death on the Nile is finally getting released!  First, it was delayed by COVID.  Then it was delayed by Armie Hammer.  I’m just curious to see how it does at the box office.  Personally, I like the idea of Kenneth Branagh playing Poirot and solving murders.  To me, it’s interesting that he directed this film before Belfast but it’ll be opening at a time when it’s success or failure could effect Belfast’s Oscar campaign.

4. Cyrano

Cyrano is apparently going to finally get a wide release on February 25th.  I guess the hope is that it’ll pick up some Oscar nominations and, when it opens, everyone will be like, “Finally!  We can see what the Academy is so excited about!”  I hate platform releases but I’m still looking forward to finally seeing Cyrano.

5. Marry Me

This looks like the best romantic comedy of 2004!  Seriously, sometimes you see a trailer for a movie that is so destined to be bad that you just have to watch it.

6. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

My Marry Me comments apply here as well, except for the romantic comedy part.  Don’t worry. If this latest reboot/sequel doesn’t work, they’ll just try again in 2024.  Many years ago, someone got mad at me because I pointed out that no one would care about a Vermont Chainsaw Massacre.  I stand by that opinion.

7. Super Bowl Sunday

Yes, I watched a bit of football in January.  It was an experiment to see if I could get into the sport.  It turns out that I can’t.  But I’m still looking forward to the Super Bowl commercials and the trailers and the tweets!  Always, the tweets….

8. Valentine’s Day

I love Valentine’s Day and I never quite get the bitterness that it seems to inspire in some people.  Of course, I don’t think I’ve ever been single on Valentine’s Day, either.

As for what I’m not looking forward to in February …. the return of Celebrity Big Brother.  Ugh.  I’ll watch it but that doesn’t mean I’m looking forward to it.