Happy Father’s Day From The Shattered Lens


Not all fathers are good fathers. That’s especially true when you’re a cat. Most cat fathers abandon their families before their kittens are even born and then, if they run into any of their children, they hiss and the growl! Most cats have serious issues as a result.

Luckily, most humans do better! Today, the TSL wishes a happy birthday to all of the fathers! Regardless of how old your children are, Father’s Day will always be your day! We hope it’s a great one for you and that all the cat fathers out there can learn to follow your exaple!

It’s never too late.

Lisa’s Week In Review: 6/7/21 — 6/13/21


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Down here in Texas, it’s getting hot.  This week, it hit the 90s for the first time this year.  It’s hard to believe that, less than 4 months ago, we were covered in ice and snow and it was 4 degrees in the afternoon.

As I sit here writing this, I am exhausted.  This week didn’t go the way that I was hoping.  My plan was to watch one hundred movies and write two hundred reviews.  In retrospect, that may have been an unrealistic goal for 7 days but honestly, I think the unrealistic goals are the best ones to have.

Still, I didn’t do anywhere near as much as I was hoping and I wish I could offer up an explanation that’s more profound than my back was hurting and I was tired but …. well, that’s the way it goes.  I’ll make up for it this upcoming week!

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Android Cop (2014)
  2. At Close Range (1986)
  3. Burn After Reading (2008)
  4. Death Wish (1974)
  5. The Descent (2005)
  6. Mahler (1974)
  7. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
  8. Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
  9. Underworld (2003)
  10. Underworld: Blood Wars (2017)
  11. Underworld: Evolution (2006)
  12. Underworld: The Rise of the Lycans (2009)
  13. The Victim (1972)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. The Bachelorette
  3. Bar Rescue
  4. Baywatch
  5. The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
  6. Cellmate Secrets
  7. Cheaters
  8. Court Cam
  9. Degrassi Minis
  10. Friends
  11. Hell’s Kitchen
  12. Intervention
  13. Moone Boy
  14. Open All Hours
  15. Parking Wars
  16. The Powers of Matthew Star
  17. Saved By The Bell
  18. Seinfeld
  19. Showtime Championship Boxing
  20. Storage Wars
  21. Upstart Crow

Books I Read:

  1. The Guest of Honor (1989) by Irving Wallace
  2. Red Chaser (2008) by Joe Spoelstra

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Alice Cooper
  3. Armin van Buuren
  4. Barry Adamson
  5. Big Data
  6. Bob Dylan
  7. Britney Spears
  8. Cage The Elephant
  9. California Dreams
  10. Calvin Harris
  11. Carter Burwell
  12. Charli XCX
  13. The Chemical Brothers
  14. CHVRCHES
  15. The Crystal Method
  16. Daft Punk
  17. Dillon Francis
  18. DJ Snake
  19. Dua Lipa
  20. Fatboy Slim
  21. Foghat
  22. Haim
  23. Hans Zimmer
  24. Icona Pop
  25. Jakalope
  26. Jake Bugg
  27. The Jim Carroll Band
  28. Lara Snow
  29. Lionrock
  30. Lords of Acid
  31. Lou Reed
  32. Lynard Skynard
  33. Marc Collin
  34. Muse
  35. Phantogram
  36. The Prodigy
  37. Public Service Broadcasting
  38. Pulp
  39. Saint Motel
  40. Sleigh Bells
  41. Steve Aoki
  42. Tiesto
  43. Universal Honey
  44. Upsahl
  45. Vitamin C
  46. War
  47. will.i.am
  48. Wolf Alice

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Trailers:

  1. The Eyes of Tammy Faye
  2. Fear Street
  3. tick, tick …. BOOM!
  4. Free Guy
  5. Nine Perfect Strangers

News From Last Week:

  1. Oscar-nominated actor Ned Beatty dies at 83.
  2. In The Heights Notches A Disappointing Box Office Opening
  3. A Quiet Place II Returns To Number One and Becomes The First Film To Cross the $100 million mark in over a year.

Links From Last Week:

  1. RIP Ned Beatty…Brilliant Character Actor Was 83…He “Messed With The Primal Forces Of Nature”…His Two Most Powerful Roles!
  2. The Today Show

Links From the Site:

  1. I shared my week in television.  I shared music videos from Dua Lipa, The Chemical Brothers, and Public Service Broadcasting!  I reviewed Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD and Those Who Wish Me Dead!
  2. Erin shared Future Science Fiction, Paris Nights Magazine, Spicy-Adventure Stories, Thrilling Sports, Town Quarry, Ranch Romances, and Texas Rangers!
  3. Jeff shared music videos from Huey Lewis and the News, Adam Ant, The Bee Gees, and Aerosmith!
  4. Ryan reviewed Barrage, Prison, and The Beast!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
  2. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Queen City!
  3. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: I Finally Watched Mayweather vs. Paul!
  4. At her photography site, Erin shared: Construction. Construction 2, Construction 3, Construction 4, Construction 5, Construction 6, and Construction 7!
  5. At my music site, I shared songs from Lara Snow, Alice Cooper, The Jim Carroll Band, Pulp, Dua Lipa, Vitamin C, and California Dreams!
  6. At my online dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Flat Tire Dream, Last Night’s Washington D.C. Dream, and Last Night’s Cat Dream!
  7. This week, I hosted the #ILikeToWatch live tweet!  Here’s my playlist: The Day Is My Enemy, The Night Is My Fave!

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

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 5/31/21 — 6/6/21


I am currently writing from a place of great frustration. Now to mince words but I absolutely hate that new WordPress editor. That may chance as I get used to it but, as of right now, I find it to be clunky, cluttered, and overly difficult. I wouldn’t be quite so frustrated if I had been given some sort of choice in the matter, if perhaps WordPress had given me the option of sticking with the so-called classic editor.

Instead, this new block editor was forced on me and it’s driving my ADD crazy. Things that were once very simple — like determining the size of the images in my post — now have extra steps. For obvious reasons, I write all of my week in review posts throughout the week but that’s not always easy to do with block editor. (For one thing, whenever I try to add to a pre-existing list, the editor tries to create an entirely new block.) Block editor is kind of like a friend who is always so eager to help that they end up getting in your way. Add to that, since this is an ongoing update, there are random moments when some WordPress function will suddenly stop working because it’s currently being tinkered with. It’s frustrating and I’d be lying if I said it hadn’t effected my productivity my week.

But you know what? I’ll figure it out and we will survive. This site had been through a lot since 2009. If nothing else, TSL survives.

(Late Note From Lisa: About an hour after I wrote the three paragraphs above, I figured out how to switch over to classic editor so yay! I once again love WordPress and I’m totally looking forward to next week now!)

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
  2. The Diary of a High School Bride (1959)
  3. Gridlock (1996)
  4. High School Confidential (1958)
  5. High School Hellcats (1958)
  6. Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD (1998)
  7. One Night With The King (2006)
  8. Piranhaconda (2012)
  9. Right or Wrong: Making Moral Decisions (1951)
  10. Teen Witch (1989)
  11. To Sir, With Love (1967)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. Baywatch
  3. Hell’s Kitchen 20
  4. Hill Street Blues
  5. Last Man Standing
  6. Lost In Space
  7. Moone Boy
  8. The Office
  9. Open All Hours
  10. Upstart Crow
  11. Yes Minister

Books I Read:

  1. The Last Thing He Told Me (2021) by Laura Dave

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Armin van Buuren
  2. Avicii
  3. Cannons
  4. Carly Simon
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. Chromatics
  7. CHVRCHES
  8. Desire
  9. Dua Lipa
  10. Dusty Springfield
  11. Foghat
  12. Haim
  13. Kedr Linvasnkiy
  14. Lynard Skynard
  15. Pertubators
  16. Public Service Broadcasting
  17. Rebecca Black
  18. Saint Motel
  19. Tiesto
  20. UPSAHL
  21. War
  22. Wolf Alice

Trailers:

  1. Black Widow
  2. Shazam 2

News From Last Week:

  1. Cannes Film Festival lineup features Wes Anderson, Sean Penn
  2. Big Brother’s Mike ‘Boogie’ Malin Found Guilty of Felony Stalking, Sentenced to 2-Year Probation
  3. Babylon Bee demands retraction from NY Times over ‘misinformation’ label
  4. The Conjuring 3 Beats A Quiet Place At The Box Office
  5. Clarence Williams III Dead: Mod Squad and Purple Rain Star Dies at 81
  6. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Welcome Daughter Lilibet Diana

Links From Last Week:

  1. Ellie Kemper and Twitter’s Two Minutes Hate
  2. Why is Ellie Kemper being targeted?
  3. How the 2001 Cannes Lineup Could Resuscitate World Cinema
  4. Tater’s May 2021 In Books

Links From The Site:

  1. I reviewed Gridlock and Save The Last Dance 2! I shared my week in television and music videos from Cannons and Desire!
  2. Erin shared images of Memorial Day past, reviewed The Bingo Longo All-Stars, and shared the worst play in the history of baseball! She also shared: Flags, Hanging Around, Campus Doll, Doomsday 1999, 10-Story Detective Magazine, Unlike Others, and D-Day: The Assault!
  3. Jeff shared music videos from David Bowie, Annie Lennox, David Byrne, U2, and The Whispers!
  4. Ryan reviewed Holy Diver, The Big Jab, and Poems for Profit!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon! You should consider subscribing!
  2. At my music site, I shared songs from War, Haim, Rebecca Black, Public Service Broadcasting, Pertubator, Chvrches, and Wolf Alice!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared Sit and Think, Best Friends In Black and White, Highland Park in Black and White, Stadium Stairs, SMU, Limbs, and Stars and Stripes!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 5/24/21 — 5/30/21


I celebrated two milestones this week.

First off, Scary Social — the live tweet event that I co-host on Saturday nights, celebrated it’s one-year anniversary! We watched Hell Night and we awarded prizes.

Secondly, after a slow start, I finally reached the 300 mark on the number of films that I’ve watched so far this year! Yay!

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

Films I Watched:

  1. The Amityville Murders (2019)
  2. And Justice For All (1979)
  3. Battle Beneath The Earth (1967)
  4. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
  5. Endgame (1983)
  6. Fractured (2019)
  7. Hell Night (1981)
  8. A Home of Our Own (1993)
  9. Invaders From Mars (1986)
  10. It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
  11. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde (2003)
  12. Messenger of Death (1988)
  13. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
  14. The New Gladiators (1984)
  15. Romeo and Juliet (2021)
  16. Save The Last Dance 2 (2006)
  17. Secret Witness (1988)
  18. Secrets on Sorority Row (2021)
  19. Stanley and Iris (1990)
  20. Strange Invaders (1983)
  21. Two Weeks (2006)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Baywatch
  2. Gangs of London
  3. Hill Street Blues
  4. Intervention
  5. King of the Hill
  6. NASCAR Cup Series
  7. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

  1. Clandestine (1982) by James Ellroy

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Bob Dylan
  2. The Chemical Brothers
  3. Dr. John
  4. Foghat
  5. George Baker Selection
  6. Katy Perry
  7. Lynard Skynard
  8. The Prodigy
  9. Saint Motel
  10. Universal Honey
  11. War

Trailers:

  1. The Eternals
  2. Last Night in Soho
  3. Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

News From Last Week:

  1. Oscars: 94th Academy Awards Set A Late-March Date As Eligibility Is Limited To 10 Months In 2021 – Here’s The Inside Story
  2. Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Smashes Pandemic Record With $48 Million Debut
  3. Friends: The Reunion’ Was Almost as Big as ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ on HBO Max
  4. Lindsay Lohan to Return to Acting by Starring in Netflix Christmas Romantic Comedy
  5. Kevin Spacey Set for First Film Cameo Following Sexual Assault Allegations
  6. North Korean Authorities Execute Man for Selling Bootleg Media
  7. Joe Lara, Victim of Tennessee plane crash, starred in 1996 ‘Tarzan’ series
  8. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head’ singer B.J. Thomas dead at 78
  9. Midnight Cowboy Best Picture Oscar winner Jerome Hellman dies at 92
  10. ‘The Love Boat’ captain Gavin MacLeod dead at 90

Links From Last Week:

  1. America and Israel: A Tale of Two Memorial Days
  2. MEMORIAL DAY POETRY- MY HOME IS NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
  3. “Fast Times At Ridgemont High!” Why Jeff Spicoli Is High School’s Greatest Hit To The Head!
  4. Experiencing the Public Again is Overrated
  5. Tater on TV: The CW Fall Schedule is Finally Here

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared music videos from Bob Dylan, Saint Motel, The Chemical Brothers, and The Chemical Brothers again! I reviewed the Amityville Murders! I shared my week in television, my May Oscar predictions, and a tribute to three icons!
  2. Leonard shared trailers for The Eternals, Last Night In Soho, and Escape Room: Tournament of Champions!
  3. Erin shared the covers of Lariat and reviewed The Babe. She also shared: The Go Go Girls, Run Tough Run Hard, The Girl in the Punch Bowl, The Love Trap, Executive Wife, Murder Mistress, and I Mobster!
  4. Jeff reviewed The End and wrote about replaying Red Dead Redemption II. He also shared music videos from The Rolling Stones, Ciccone Youth, and Tina Turner!
  5. Ryan reviewed Grim Nutrition, Schtick, B V A, drop, and Scab County!

More From Us:

  1. This is actually from last week (somehow I missed it — bad Lisa!), Ryan reviewed Heart Shaped Tears at Solrad!
  2. Ryan has a patreon! You should consider subscribing!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared: Black-and-White Street, Black-and-White Street 2, Black-and-White Street 3, Go Slow, The Loft Apartments, Side of a Restaurant, and Sapparo!
  4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Silence Is All I Needed To Hear and Enough!
  5. At SyFy Designs, I shared This Week….
  6. At my online dream journal, I shared Last Night’s Egypt Dream!
  7. At my music site, I shared songs from Universal Honey, The Prodigy, Foghat, Dr. John, War, George Baker Selection, and Lynard Skynard!

Want to see what I did last week? Get a time machine! Or click here.

Lisa’s Week In Review: 5/17/21 — 5/23/21


As I write this, I have watched 279 films this year. I want to hit 300 by the end of this month. So, 21 to go!

With that in mind, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Film I Watched:

  1. Atlantis, The Lost Continent (1961)
  2. Baywatch The Movie: Forbidden Paradise (1995)
  3. Bullitt (1968)
  4. The Church (1989)
  5. Class Action (1991)
  6. Dangerous Medicine (2021)
  7. Death at Love House (1976)
  8. Desperate Widows (2021)
  9. The Exorcist (1973)
  10. Flashdance (1983)
  11. Healed by Grace (2012)
  12. Hidden Secrets (2006)
  13. House on Fire (2021)
  14. Ice Castles (1978)
  15. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
  16. Mortal Kombat (2021)
  17. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
  18. Paths of Glory (1957)
  19. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
  20. Run, Lola, Run (1998)
  21. This Is Our Time (2013)
  22. What Do You Think? (1937)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. American Idol
  3. Baywatch
  4. Court Cam
  5. Fear Thy Neighbor
  6. Friends
  7. Gangs of London
  8. Hill Street Blues
  9. Intervention
  10. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  11. Moone Boy
  12. The Office
  13. Open All Hours
  14. Philly D.A.
  15. Saved By The Bell
  16. Seinfeld
  17. Upstart Crow

Books I Read:

  1. Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America (2014) by Leslie Zemeckis
  2. My Favorite Horror Movie: 48 Essays By Horror Creators On The Film That Shaped Them (2018), edited by Christian Ackerman

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Amy Winehouse
  3. Ashlee Simpson
  4. Bob Dylan
  5. Britney Spears
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. CHVRCHES
  8. Jakalope
  9. Jake Bugg
  10. Jessica Simpson
  11. Katy Perry
  12. Lindsay Lohan
  13. Lynard Skynard
  14. Muse
  15. Phantogram
  16. The Prodigy
  17. Saint Motel
  18. Tomoyasu Hotei
  19. Universal Honey

Trailers:

  1. Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness
  2. Dear Evan Hansen
  3. The Superdeep

News From Last Week:

  1. Hollywood Stands Up Against Antisemitism After L.A. Restaurant Attack Being Investigated as Hate Crime
  2. Jewish man recalls being chased by vehicles waving Palestinian flags in California
  3. Jewish man beaten in New York City amid dueling protests over Israel and Hamas, police say
  4. Pakistan’s top diplomat makes anti-Semitic remark during CNN interview about Gaza conflict
  5. Hate-spewing men attack Jewish family in Bal Harbour over Israel-Hamas conflict
  6. Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters clash in Times Square
  7. More Than 125 Entertainment Professionals Sign Open Letter Urging Peace in Middle East
  8. Chris Cuomo took part in strategy calls advising his brother, the New York governor, on how to respond to sexual harassment allegations
  9. CNN says it was ‘inappropriate’ for Chris Cuomo to participate in strategy sessions advising brother on sexual harassment allegations
  10. Poynter Institute blasts CNN’s Chris Cuomo for ‘crossing a journalistic line’ with advice to embattled brother
  11. Danny Masterson Ordered to Stand Trial on Rape Charges
  12. Scott Rudin Accuser Believes He Was Targeted After Coming Forward: ‘There Is a Cost to Speaking the Truth’
  13. Cher Biopic From ‘Mamma Mia!’ Producers, Eric Roth in the Works at Universal
  14. Bloomingdale’s pulls out of Chrissy Teigen deal over bullying scandal
  15. Sharon Stone: I can’t stop the release of ‘XXX’ ‘Basic Instinct’ cut
  16. James Gunn gets daily death threats from ‘Suicide Squad’ superfans
  17. Ben Platt Calls Out ‘Randos Being Jerks’ About His Age in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Trailer
  18. Porn star Maitland Ward writing juicy memoir about life since Disney
  19. Kendall Jenner accused of cultural appropriation over 818 Tequila ad
  20. Eurovision 2021: the good, bad and weird songs to look out for
  21. Italy wins Eurovision Song Contest as the world’s biggest music event returns in Rotterdam
  22. Winning Eurovision band investigated for drug use during the show
  23. Charles Grodin, Star of ‘Beethoven’ and ‘Heartbreak Kid,’ Dies at 86
  24. Paul Mooney, Comedian and Writer for Richard Pryor, Dies at 79

Links From Last Week:

  1. Tater on TV: The FOX Fall 2021 Schedule is Here
  2. Tater on TV: The ABC Fall Schedule is Here
  3. Tater on TV: The CBS Fall Schedule is Here
  4. Tater on TV: The Full Schedule(Minus CW)
  5. Let’s Predict New TV Show Fates!
  6. Ranking The Mission Impossible films on its 25th Anniversary
  7. RIP Charles Grodin… An Appreciation – From “Rosemary’s Baby” To “Midnight Run” and More!
  8. With Charles Grodin’s Death, Hollywood’s Greatest Romance Comes to an End
  9. The New Furies of the Oldest Hatred
  10. Entertainment Leaders Call on Celebrities and Influencers to Stop Spreading Misinformation about Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  11. ‘L.A. Noire’ Turns 10: Cast of the Video Game Made Up of Several ‘Mad Men’ Alums Looks Back at Making the Imaginative Title
  12. Americans ruined pizza, St. Patrick’s Day and House of Cards. Now they’re ruining Eurovision

Links From The Site:

  1. I paid tribute to Dennis Hopper, Richard Brooks, and Jimmy Stewart! I reviewed The Plumber, Class Action, The Baywatch Movie: Forbidden Paradise, Dangerous Medicine, Desperate Widows, and Mortal Kombat! I also shared my week in television!
  2. Erin shared: Marry For Money, Tight Skirt, Future Science Fiction, G-Men Detective, Amazing Stories, Amazing Stories again, and Hill Man!
  3. Jeff wrote about Charles Grodin and shared music videos from George Harrison, Phil Collins, Robert Plant, Queensryche, The Church, Rick James, and Shaq!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon! You should consider subscribing!
  2. On her photography site, Erin shared: It’s Going to Rain, Driving in Rain, Downtown Rain, Country Rain, MRI Central In the Rain, Trapped In My Car By The Rain, and Let The Sun Come In!
  3. At SyFy Designs, I shared: my newest project!
  4. At my online dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Vaccination Papers Dream!
  5. On my music site, I shared songs from NYSNC, Tomoyasu Hotei, Jake Bugg, Amy Winehouse, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Simpson, and Britney Spears!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 5/10/21 — 5/16/21


My feelings about this week are mixed.

On the one hand, I got next to no writing done. That’s a very rare occurrence and, as Sunday comes to a close, I’m a bit annoyed with myself. I ended up spending most of the week going through all of my old journals and looking over my old notebooks, trying to make out a definitive list of every film that I’ve watched since 2007. (Letterboxd is addictive.) It’s an ongoing project.

On the other hand, I did watch a lot of movies. So far, I’ve watched 257 movies this year. I want that number to be 300 by the end of May. So, I’ve got 43 movies to go and, if I keep up the pace that I established this week, I should be able to easily accomplish that goal. So yay for that!

Ah, well. There’s nothing you can do but move forward. Next week, it’s supposed to rain nonstop and the rain always seems to be inspire my best work.

So, before I end up depressing myself, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week:

Films I Watched:

  1. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
  2. Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
  3. Casablanca (1943)
  4. The Chase (1966)
  5. Cruel Intentions (1999)
  6. Dead and Buried (1981)
  7. East Side, West Side (1949)
  8. Escape From Hell (2000)
  9. Evil Under The Sun (1982)
  10. Exodus (1960)
  11. Fame (1980)
  12. Five Million Years To Earth (1967)
  13. Fools Rush In (1997)
  14. Memories of a Murder (2021)
  15. Metropolitan (1990)
  16. Mitchell (1975)
  17. The Plumber (1979)
  18. The Single Mom Conspiracy (2021)
  19. Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
  20. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
  21. Three Days of the Condor (1976)
  22. Virtuous (2015)
  23. Wasp (2003)
  24. Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. Baywatch
  3. The Brady Bunch
  4. Hill Street Blues
  5. Intervention
  6. The Jetsons
  7. The Last Drive-In
  8. Open All Hours
  9. The Rookies
  10. Sabrina The Teenage Witch
  11. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

  1. The Dance of Death (1964) by Carter Brown

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Billie Eillish
  3. The Black Keys
  4. Britney Spears
  5. Haim
  6. Health
  7. Jakalope
  8. Jessica Simpson
  9. Katy Perry
  10. Lindsay Lohan
  11. Nine Inch Nails
  12. *NSYNC
  13. Olivia Rodrigo
  14. Saint Motel

Trailers:

  1. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
  2. Stillwater
  3. The Green Knight
  4. Death in Texas
  5. The Forever Purge
  6. Snake Eyes

News From Last Week:

  1. SAINT MOTEL TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK ON JUNE 25, 2021
  2. Jennifer Jason Leigh Reuniting with Quentin Tarantino to Narrate ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Audiobook
  3. NBC won’t air Golden Globes in backlash against hosting group
  4. Prince Harry takes heat for calling First Amendment ‘bonkers’
  5. Matthew McConaughey making calls as he considers Texas governor run
  6. Les Moonves waves goodbye to $120M exit package, ViacomCBS says
  7. Ellen DeGeneres shares series-ending news with viewers: ‘You all have changed my life
  8. Neil Connery, actor brother of Sir Sean Connery, dies after battling illness
  9. Veteran Actor Norman Lloyd Dies At 106
  10. Actor Blackie Dammett dies of dementia
  11. Patrick Dean, Beloved Georgia Cartoonist, Has Died From ALS

Links From Last Week:

  1. Why a World Without the Golden Globes Isn’t a Bad World at All
  2. Ellen DeGeneres announced the end of her show. Then somehow, she made things worse
  3. Tater on TV – The NBC Fall 2021 Schedule is Here

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared my week in television and I reviewed The Chase. I also shared music videos from NSYNC and Katy Perry!
  2. Erin shared fantastic, Thrills Incorporated, Sophie, Ranch Romances, Speed Mystery, True Gangster Stories, and The Long Night!
  3. Jeff reviewed Batman and shared music videos from: Danzig, Dokken, Bon Jovi, The Bangles, and Survivor!
  4. Leonard shared the trailers for Snake Eyes and The Forever Purge!
  5. Ryan reviewed Sludgy, Acid Nun, and Forever and Everything!

More From Us:

  1. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History.
  2. Ryan has a patreon! You should consider subscribing!
  3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Leaves, Open, Skull, Night, Litter, Resume, and The Path Through The Trees!
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from: Haim, HEALTH and Nine Inch Nails, Adi Ulmansky, Haim (again), The Black Keys, Saint Motel, and Katy Perry!

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

Have a great week, everyone!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 5/3/21 — 5/9/21


I’m exhausted because it’s been another long week. So, I’m just going to say that I hope you had a good Star Wars Day, a good Cinco De Mayo, a good Orson Welles Day, and a Happy Mother’s Day and then I’m going to get down to business. And then I’m going to pass out. Sound good?

The Creation of the Humanoids (1962, dir by Wesley Barry)

Films I Watched:

  1. Beverly Hills Cops II (1987)
  2. Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
  3. Crossfire (1947)
  4. Dead Body (2017)
  5. Eye for an Eye (1996)
  6. How To Read (1938)
  7. The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother’s Hunt For Justice (2021)
  8. A Matter of Faith (2014)
  9. Night of the Hunter (1955)
  10. Saved By Grace (2016)
  11. Short Eyes (1978)
  12. The Stranger (1946)
  13. Tomb Raider (2018)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. 9-1-1: Lone Star
  3. Allo Allo
  4. American Idol
  5. Baywatch
  6. Court Cam
  7. Friends
  8. Hill Street Blues
  9. Judge Jerry
  10. Moone Boy
  11. The Office
  12. The Old Guys
  13. Open All Hours
  14. Seinfeld
  15. Storage Wars
  16. Unsolved Mysteries
  17. Upstart Crow
  18. The Voice
  19. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

  1. Serpentine (1979) by Thomas Thompson

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. The Black Keys
  2. Britney Spears
  3. Cage the Elephant
  4. Cannons
  5. Gloria Trevi
  6. Haim
  7. Jakalope
  8. Jennifer Lopez
  9. Laurel
  10. Lindsey Stirling
  11. Los Claxons
  12. Mothica
  13. Muse
  14. Phatogram
  15. The Prodigy
  16. Public Service Broadcasting
  17. Rolling Stones
  18. Siouxsie and the Banshees
  19. Susanna Hoffs
  20. Universal Honey
  21. Upsahl

Trailers:

  1. Marvel Phase 4
  2. A Quiet Place Part II

News From Last Week:

  1. AMC CEO Adam Aron raved about its new investors who are at odds with Wall Street
  2. Box Office: With Jason Statham’s ‘Wrath of Man,’ Summer Movie Season Gets Slow Start
  3. Elon Musk Brings Ratings Lift to ‘Saturday Night Live
  4. Globes in Jeopardy? Celeb PR Firms are still irked at the Hollywood Foreign Press
  5. Golden Globes: Scarlett Johansson Calls Out HFPA Over “Sexist Questions,” Proposed Reforms
  6. Cinemark inks deal with Hollywood studios as movie theaters eye recovery
  7. Lloyd Price Dies: Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer, Hitmaker With ‘Lawdy Miss Clawdy’ Was 88
  8. Tawny Kitaen, ’80s Music Video Vixen and ‘Bachelor Party’ Star, Dies at 59
  9. RIP Tawny Kitaen…This 80’s Sex Kitten Was An Iconic Music Video Actress And Cult Film Queen…

Links From Last Week:

  1. Oscar Predicting Lessons Learned From The 93rd Academy Awards
  2. Exploring: Tawny Kitaen
  3. Riding Barcelona’s Sky-High Trams! Here’s Your “Birds Eye” View! #Wanderlust Rules!
  4. The One Where Tater Meets Famous People

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared my week in television! I reviewed Short Eyes and Night Terror! I shared music videos from Muse, Mothica, Los Claxons, and Lindsey Stirling! I paid tribute to Orson Welles and Wes Anderson! I shared the Mercury Theatre’s production of Heart of Darkness and a scene from Chimes At Midnight!
  2. Erin shared Venture Science Fiction, Judge, On The Way To The Dance, Snappy, 10 True Crime Cases, Summer Retreat, and By The Sea!
  3. Jeff shared a trailer from Marvel and music videos from Def Leppard, The Eagles, and RATT!
  4. Ryan reviewed Future, Gates of Plasma, and Reckless!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon! Consider subscribing!
  2. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Jimbo: Adventures in Paradise!
  3. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Angst Of Replaying Red Dead Redemption 2
  4. At her photography site, Erin shared: Red, Ribbon, Stop!, Feather, Birds in the Rain, Flood, and Family!
  5. On my music site, I shared songs from Public Service Broadcasting, Laurel, Cannons, The Black Keys, Cage The Elephant, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Susanna Hoffs!

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Lisa’s Week In Review: 4/26/21 — 5/2/21


I’ve been exhausted this entire week. What is it about vacations that cause them to leave you more exhausted after you take them than before? Admittedly, some of it is just the fact that awards season is now over. For nearly six months, that was my obsession and the first thing that I checked on every day. Now, that’s over and it’s definitely left a bit of a void.

Oh well, no matter! The end of awards season means that it’s finally time to truly move on to 2021! Seriously, it’s about time.

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

Films I Watched

  1. The Devils (1971)
  2. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
  3. Just What The Doctor Ordered (2021)
  4. Night Terror (1977)
  5. Queen of Blood (1966)
  6. Space Mutiny (1988)
  7. A Star is Born (1976)
  8. Zombie Nightmare (1988)

Television Shows I Watched

  1. 9-1-1
  2. 9-1-1: Lone Star
  3. Allo Allo
  4. Baywatch
  5. Flight of the Conchords
  6. The Floor is Lava
  7. Gangs of London
  8. Hill Street Blues
  9. House Hunters
  10. House Hunters International
  11. The Office
  12. The Old Guys
  13. The Presidential Address
  14. Saved By The Bell
  15. Upstart Crow
  16. The Voice
  17. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

  1. Conan Doyle for the Defence: A Sensational Murder, the Quest for Justice and the World’s Greatest Detective Writer (2018) by Fox Margalit
  2. Speeding Ticket Hacks: How to get out of a speeding ticket (2014) by Josh Mattiola

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Billie Eilish
  3. Blanck Mass
  4. Britney Spears
  5. Cedric Gervais
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. Chvrches
  8. Coldplay
  9. deadmau5
  10. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
  11. Florence + The Machine
  12. Goblin
  13. Gwen Stefani
  14. Orla Garland
  15. Public Service Broadcasting
  16. Rita Coolidge
  17. Saint Motel
  18. Sleigh Bells
  19. The Struts
  20. Taylor Swift
  21. Tiesto
  22. Tina Arena
  23. The Veronicas

Trailers

  1. Ape vs Monster
  2. Georgetown

News From Last Week:

  1. Elon Musk’s upcoming ‘SNL’ hosting gig causes outrage among stars
  2. TV Ratings: Oscars Plummet to Record Low, Down 58% Compared to Last Year
  3. Anthony Hopkins Pays Tribute to Chadwick Boseman After Surprise Second Oscar Win
  4. Leonardo DiCaprio Eyed to Star in English-Language Remake of Oscar Winner ‘Another Round’
  5. ‘Citizen Kane’ Loses Its Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score After 1941 Negative Review Resurfaces
  6. Johnny Rotten blames ‘wokeness’ for US ‘collapse’
  7. VH1’s cringe-worthy ‘Fabulous’ Jeffrey Epstein show resurfaces
  8. Olympia Dukakis, Oscar Winner for ‘Moonstruck,’ Dies at 89

Links From Last Week:

  1. Hollywood fiddles while Skid Row burns
  2. Why the Oscars Needed a Host
  3. Oscars Deal Some History but With a ‘Sopranos’ Finale-Like Ending Leaving Viewers Puzzled
  4. Howard’s end: Shock jock Stern has lost his sting — and his mojo
  5. APRIL Viewing Recap + Movie of the Month (FlixChatter)
  6. Tater’s April 2021 in Books
  7. My Week in Books, Movies, and TV 4/30/21 (The World’s Common Tater)

Link From The Site:

  1. I reviewed the novelization of Saturday Night Fever, the Oscar Ceremony, Godzilla vs Kong, and Just What The Doctor Ordered! I shared my way too early Oscar predictions for April and I also shared an AMV. I shared music videos from: The Chemical Brothers, Deadmau5, Tina Arena, Gwen Stefani, and Orla Garland! I shared my week in television, as well!
  2. Ryan reviewed Einstein, Eddington, and the Eclipse, According to Jack Kirby, and Bloolight!
  3. Jeff shared music videos from Irene Cara and U2!
  4. Erin shared: Cradle of the Sun, Exciting Comics, True Confessions, After the Rain, Famous Detective Cases, A Red Flower In A Field Of Gray, and Bitter Love!

More From Us:

  1. At SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Post York!
  2. Ryan has a patreon! Consider subscribing!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared: Burning Sky, Tunnel, Blue Water, Gate In Black and White, Walls, Flags in Black and White, and Gray and Green!
  4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Cenus Results!
  5. On my music site, I shared songs from: Sleigh Bells, Coldplay, Adi Ulmansky, Florence + The Machine, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Britney Spears, and Gwen Stefani!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 4/19/21 — 4/25/21


I’ve been up at the lake this week and, as you can say, I didn’t watch much TV but I did watch a lot of movies and the Oscars! It’s been nice to get some relaxation and to get centered. Now, the Oscars are over, I feel like 2021 can finally begin! But first — a little bit of sleep! 30 posts in one day takes a lot of you.

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Breakheart Pass (1976)
  2. Conan the Destroyer (1984)
  3. The Devil’s Rain (1975)
  4. The Father (2021)
  5. Freebird … The Movie (1996)
  6. Godzilla: Planet of Monsters (2017)
  7. Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
  8. The Humanoid (1979)
  9. King Kong (1976)
  10. Minari (2021)
  11. Nomadland (2021)
  12. The Shooting (1966)
  13. Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Baywatch
  2. The Floor is Lava
  3. Hell’s Kitchen
  4. The Oscars
  5. Unsolved Mysteries
  6. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

  1. Back in the Burbs (2021) by Tracy Wolff
  2. Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am (2021) by Julia Cooke
  3. Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History (2021) by Richard Thompson Ford

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Avril Lavigne
  2. Britney Spears
  3. HRDZA
  4. Irene Cara
  5. Jakalope
  6. Kedr Livanskiy
  7. Kid Rock
  8. Led Zeppelin
  9. Lynard Skynard
  10. Muse
  11. The Prodigy
  12. Public Service Broadcasting
  13. Saint Motel
  14. Slade
  15. Styx
  16. Taylor Swift
  17. Universal Honey

Live Tweets:

  1. TSL Live Tweets Oscar Sunday

Awards Season:

  1. The Oscars
  2. Independent Spirit Awards
  3. Dorian Awards

Best Picture Race In Review:

  1. 1920s
  2. 1930s
  3. 1940s
  4. 1950s
  5. 1960s
  6. 1970s
  7. 1980s
  8. 1990s
  9. 2000s
  10. 2010s

Trailers:

  1. West Side Story
  2. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
  3. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
  4. Occupation: Rainfall
  5. Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.
  6. The Space Between
  7. Annette

News From Last Week:

  1. Monte Hellman, Cult Director of ‘Two-Lane Blacktop,’ Dies at 91
  2. Burlesque Legend Tempest Storm, Friend of Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Page, Dead at 93
  3. Charles W. Fries, Veteran Television Producer and Executive, Dies at 92
  4. Marty Bauer, Co-Founder of United Talent Agency, Dies at 74
  5. Digital Underground’s Shock G Dead At 57
  6. Joe Long, member of The Four Seasons in ’60s and ’70s, dies
  7. Elon Musk to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ With Musical Guest Miley Cyrus
  8. Scott Rudin to Resign From the Broadway League
  9. New photos show Epstein and Maxwell were VIP guests in Clinton’s White House
  10. Inside DMX’s Funeral: Rap Icons, Mourning Fans, and a Casket in a Monster Truck
  11. Construction Workers Accidentally Discovered a Pair of Priceless Lost Renaissance Frescoes
  12. ‘Captain America 4’ in the Works With ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Showrunner Malcolm Spellman
  13. Caitlyn Jenner makes it official for California governor
  14. FURIOSA (2023) Plans for Mad Mad: Fury Road prequel emerge
  15. Woman charged with felony embezzlement for not returning ‘Sabrina The Teenage Witch’ VHS 21 years ago

Links From Last Week:

  1. RIP Director Monte Hellman…From Jack Nicholson’s First Western To James Taylor’s Only Film “Two Lane Blacktop”…An Appreciation…
  2. How Monte Hellman Beat the Devil: An Appreciation
  3. What happens when an Oscar statue is stolen or lost like Jared Leto’s
  4. Jeopardy and the Dumbest Thing I Read Online Yesterday
  5. Oscars so dead: Here’s how the Academy could revive critical awards shows
  6. Halston’ first look: See Ewan McGregor as the iconic fashion designer
  7. 2021 Oscars Predictions – Who Will Win, Who Should Win (Flixchatter)
  8. 2021 OSCAR PREDICTIONS (Jordan and Eddie)
  9. Yet Another Book Tag Post
  10. New Podcast From Will McKinley about The Philadelphia Story
  11. Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten: How I became my wife’s carer

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared my week in television! I reviewed Stephen Rebello’s book about the making of the Valley of the Dolls! I shared my final 2020 Oscar predictions! I named 6 actors, 6 actresses, and 6 directors who I hope win an Oscar in another ten years! I paid tribute to Al Pacino, Larry Peerce, Edie Sedgwick, and Monte Hellman! I reviewed Conan The Destroyer, King Kong, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla: Planet of Monsters, Judas and the Black Messiah and Three Coins in the Fountain!
  2. Doc welcomed everyone to Oscar Sunday!
  3. Leonard shared the trailers for West Side Story, Shang-Chi and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It!
  4. Erin celebrated Patriot Day with The Flying Yank and reviewed It Happened in Flatbush! She shared Audrey Hepburn, Riverboat Girl, Startling Comics, Crime Busters, Bring Me Another Corpse, Nyoka The Jungle Girl, and Startling Detective!
  5. Jeff shared music videos from Sugar Ray, Madness, Mojo Nixon, Rick Springfield, Chicago, Digital Underground, and Silverchair!
  6. Ryan reviewed Before The Pandemic There Was A Touch Football Tourney, Bridge, BLINK, and World Ceramic Fair!

More From Us:

  1. At SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Paricutin!
  2. Ryan has a patreon, you should consider subscribing!
  3. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Walter Mondale Has Died, Derek Chauvin Has Been Convicted, Governor Jenner?, Senator Herschel Walker, President Christie?, Governor Jenner For Real, and This Has Been A Good Week (awwwww!)
  4. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared On and On by Curtis Harding!
  5. At her photography site, Erin shared: Purple and Blue, Blue and White, Alone in Black and White, Old House In Black and White, Passing Through, Visitor, and Snake in Black and White!
  6. At my music site, I shared songs from Led Zeppelin (you’re welcome, Dougie), Muse, Public Service Broadcasting, Kedr Livanskiy, Hrdza, The Prodigy, and Nat and Alex Wolff!

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

Welcome to Another Oscar Sunday!


It’s Oscar Sunday!

Can you tell how excited I am?

Yes, cats don’t really care about the Oscars or the movies. But some humans do! And if you’re one of those humans, the Shattered Lens has you covered today! Though the flame-haired one is up at her lakehouse lovenest right now, I know that she has several reviews and other bits of Oscar trivia that she’s planning on sharing throughout the day. Here at the TSL Bunker, I’ll be keeping a eye on all the humans to make sure that they’re ready for the Oscars tonight!

Happy Oscar Sunday to those who observe. If you watch the ceremony, don’t forget that the cat needs some attention too!

As for who I think is going to win this year …. meh. I haven’t seen any of the nominees but I’m sure they needed more scenes featuring hunting, stalking, and napping. Lots and lots of napping.