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Lisa’s Week In Review: 3/29/21 — 4/4/21

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

easter cat

Happy Easter everyone!

This was a good week.  I survived April Fool’s Day and, unlike last year, I was able to spend Easter with my family.  For this upcoming week, I look forward to continuing to clean out my DVR and also to getting caught up on my film reviewing.

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

Films I Watched:

  1. BMX Bandits (1983)
  2. Boom! (1968)
  3. BUtterfield 8 (1960)
  4. The Comedians (1967)
  5. The Evil Twin (2021)
  6. Girl in the Basement (2021)
  7. King Kong (1933)
  8. Mulberry Street (2006)
  9. The Sandpiper (1965)
  10. Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
  11. The Ten Commandments (1956)
  12. The 300 Spartans (1962)
  13. Tony Rome (1967)
  14. The V.I.P.s (1963)
  15. The Wrong Prince Charming (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Allo Allo
  2. America’s Most Wanted
  3. American Idol
  4. Baywatch
  5. The District
  6. Fear They Neighbor
  7. Hell’s Kitchen
  8. Hill Street Blues
  9. The Killer Beside Me
  10. King of the Hill
  11. Law & Order: Organized Crime
  12. Law & Order: SVU
  13. The Love Boat
  14. The Masked Singer
  15. The Office
  16. The Old Guys
  17. Open All Hours
  18. Parking Wars
  19. Rome’s Chariot Superstar
  20. The Rookies
  21. The Screen Actors Guild Awards
  22. Shipping Wars
  23. Temptation Island
  24. Tough as Nails
  25. Upstart Crow
  26. The Voice
  27. Wipeout
  28. Yes, Minister
  29. Your Worst Nightmare

Books I Read:

  1. Once Is Not Enough (1973) by Jacqueline Susann

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Afrojack
  2. Armin van Buuren
  3. Big Data
  4. Blanck Mass
  5. Britney Spears
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. deadmau 5
  8. Dillon Francis
  9. DJ Snake
  10. Fiona Apple
  11. Icona Pop
  12. Joywave
  13. Jungle
  14. Kaskade
  15. Kedr Livanskiy
  16. Phantogram
  17. Purity Ring
  18. Saint Motel
  19. St. Vincent
  20. Selena Gomez
  21. Stardust
  22. Steve Aoki

Trailers:

  1. Black Widow
  2. Space Jam: A New Legacy
  3. The Mitchells vs. The Machines
  4. Percy vs. Goliath
  5. The Resort
  6. Zola
  7. Spiral: From the Book of Saw
  8. The Night House
  9. The Wrath of Man

Awards Season:

  1. The SAG Awards
  2. Online Television and Film Critics Association Awards
  3. Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards
  4. Set Decorators Society of America

News From Last Week:

  1. DC Films Shelving ‘New Gods’ With Ava DuVernay, ‘The Trench’ With James Wan
  2. Netflix Buys ‘Knives Out’ Sequels for $450 Million
  3. The Invisible Oscars: Consumers Largely Unaware of This Year’s Best Picture Nominees
  4. DMX Hospitalized After Apparent Drug Overdose
  5. David Schwimmer hints ‘Friends’ cast will revive characters
  6. Inside Sandra Lee and Andrew Cuomo’s split: Gov’s cheating ‘an open secret,’ sources say
  7. Rare Super Mario Bros. game sells for a record $660,000
  8. Russell T. Davies Receives Positive Note From Tony Kushner Amid ‘It’s a Sin’ Controversy

Links From Last Week:

  1. The King of the Geezer Teasers Inside Randall Emmett’s direct-to-video empire, where many Hollywood stars have found lucrative early retirement.
  2. Everyone Jumps Off Bridge After New Government Order Telling Everyone To Jump Off Bridge
  3. Marlon Brando’s Acting Style Was Ahead of Its Time
  4. Tom Hanks’ three other kids are less embarrassing than his son Chet

Links From The Site:

  1. Case shared his COVID experience and reviewed Ghosts of War!
  2. Erin wished us all a Happy Easter and shared: Real Detective, Johnny Come Deadly, G-Men, The Red Couch, White Cross Gray Sky, Clouds at Sunset, and Faith!
  3. Jeff shared music videos from Depeche Mode, Markita, AC/DC, Modern Talking, The Cramps, Mojo Nixon, and Johnny Cash!
  4. Leonard shared the trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy!
  5. Ryan reviewed Crusher Loves Bleeder Bleeder Loves Crusher!
  6. I wished everyone a Happy April Fools Day!  I shared my week in TV watching!  I shared my early March Oscar predictions.  I paid tribute to Eric Rohmer and Christopher Walken.  I reviewed the first episode of Law & Order: Organized Crime, The Wrong Prince Charming, The Evil Twin, Robocop, Robocop 2, Robocop 3, Girl in the Basement, Killer Advice, Tony Rome, The 300 Spartans, Sodom and Gomorrah, Boom!, The Comedians, The Sandpiper, The VIPs, and BUtterfield 8!

More From Us:

  1. At SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Miffed Ruffianz!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  Please consider subscribing!
  3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Showing Off, Lone Duck, Angels, Remember Baseball, Church in the Rain, Church in the Rain 2, and The Church Is Behind The Trees!
  4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Suez Canal Boat Is Free, Pop Politics Endorses Andrew Yang For Mayor of New York City, Is Anyone Actually Surprised, I Was Fooled, An Amtrak Thought, My Congressman Is Less Productive Than AOC, and Happy Easter!
  5. At my music site, I shared songs from: Britney Spears, The Chemical Brothers, Phantogram, Jungle, Joywave, Stardust, and Big Data!
  6. At SyFy Designs, I shared: It’s Time To Clean Out The DVR!
  7. At my dream journal, I shared Last Night’s Quest To See A Show Dream!

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

Happy April Fools Day!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Hi, everyone!

So, just like last year, I was originally planning on writing a lengthy post about why you shouldn’t play any April Fools jokes on anyone today and I was going to come up with a list of really important reasons why it’s just not a good idea to do this sort of thing when everyone’s already on edge.

At the very least, I was going to suggest that you keep your jokes simple and short. I had a friend who used to come up with elaborate pranks for April 1st but she never knew when to stop. So, you’d laugh and then she’d just keep going and going until people weren’t laughing anymore and then she’d still keep going until people actually felt ashamed and resentful for laughing in the first place. She was like the human equivalent of a Seth MacFarlane show.

But then I thought about it and I realized that the main reason why I wanted to tell everyone not to play an April Fools Day joke is because I always end up falling for them and feeling foolish afterwards. I’m the one who always ends up wishing people a happy birthday on April 1st, even though I can plainly remember celebrating their birthday on June 16th. I’m the one who gets all excited and teary-eyed when someone tells me that they ran off to Vegas and got married. I’m the one who believes every pronouncement of death. I’m the one who always falls for these tricks and it’s left me totally bitter and angry….

April Fools! I never fall for your jokes! Ha!

Okay, see how annoying that was?

Seriously, I hope that if any of you played an April Fools joke today, it was better than that. I hope you gave some thought to it. I hope you put some effort into making it believable. I hope that your friends and your family eventually forgive you.

Anyway, April Fools is the most annoying day of the year but if you want to take part in it, go ahead! Don’t let anyone else tell you what to do! If you want to pretend to get married, do it! If you want to fake your own death to get out of paying taxes, do it! Do whatever the Hell you want and stop taking advice from people online who are just trying to hit a certain word count.

Finally, if you need something to do today that doesn’t involve personally playing any pranks on anyone, might I suggest one of the best slasher films of the 80s? The 1986 film, April Fool’s Day, is currently on Prime and that’s no joke.

Happy April Fools Day everyone!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 3/22/21 — 3/28/21

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Right now, there’s a lot that I could talk about as far as world events are concerned but I’ll be honest with you.  As of right now, I’m obsessed with one thing:

Yes, that’s right.  This boat is currently blocking the Suez Canal.  (Update: The ship is apparently now free. — LMB)  And you know there’s going to be a movie.  There’ll probably be several movies.  Peter Berg will make a movie with Mark Wahlberg as the engineer brought in to figure out how to move the boat.  Wes Anderson will make a movie with Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and a hundred others having quirky adventures that are all somehow connected to the boat.  Steven Spielberg will come up with an inspiring story starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance.  I’m sure there’s also a hundred horror fans thinking about sea monsters and pirate ghosts right now.

Personally, I want to see a 70s-style disaster movie made about the Suez Canal crisis.  I want C and D-list actors emoting all over the place.

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Auto Focus (2002)
  2. The Beach Girls (1982)
  3. Billy Madison (1995)
  4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  5. Deadly Excursion: Kidnapped From The Beach (2021)
  6. Happy Gilmore (1996)
  7. The Hoarder (2014)
  8. Hunk (1987)
  9. Killer Advice (2021)
  10. The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (1976)
  11. Love in A Goldfish Bowl (1961)
  12. On The Town (1949)
  13. Planet of the Dinosaurs (1977)
  14. Robocop (1987)
  15. Robocop 2 (1989)
  16. Robocop 3 (1993)
  17. Scandal (1989)
  18. Space Raiders (1983)
  19. St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
  20. Tom & Jerry (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

(For some reason, I pretty much exclusively watched old shows this week.  To be honest, I think it’s because I spent a lot of time out in my private office, where I can get a lot of the retro stations on my TV.  Sometimes, when you’re trying to meet a deadline, a low-stakes show from the 60s or the 70s can provide the ideal background noise.)

  1. ‘Allo Allo
  2. American Idol
  3. Baywatch
  4. The Bob Newhart Show
  5. The Bold and the Beautiful
  6. Charlie’s Angels
  7. City Confidential
  8. DailyMailTV
  9. Days of Our Lives
  10. The Dick Van Dyke Show
  11. The District
  12. Fawlty Towers
  13. First Among Equals
  14. General Hospital
  15. Ghost Whisperer
  16. Hell’s Kitchen
  17. Hill Street Blues
  18. Hunter
  19. Law & Order
  20. The Love Boat
  21. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  22. Medium
  23. My Evil Sister
  24. Newhart
  25. One Day At A Time
  26. Open All Hours
  27. Red Dwarf
  28. The Rookies
  29. Saved By The Bell
  30. Starsky and Hutch
  31. Three’s Company
  32. The Voice
  33. Who’s The Boss?
  34. Yes, Minister
  35. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

  1. Killer Instinct (1997) by Jane Hamsher

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Amy Winehouse
  2. Banks
  3. Big Data
  4. Blanck Mass
  5. Britney Spears
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. The Crystal Method
  8. Edgar Allan Poets
  9. Fritz and the Tantrums
  10. Jakalope
  11. Joywave
  12. New Order
  13. Nine Inch Nails
  14. Public Service Broadcasting
  15. Saint Motel
  16. Simple Plan

Awards Season:

  1. Producers Guild Winners
  2. NAACP Image Awards Winners

News From Last Week:

  1. Beverly Cleary, beloved children’s book author, dies at 104
  2. Larry McMurtry, ‘Lonesome Dove’ Novelist and ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Oscar Winner, Dies at 84
  3. George Segal, Leading Man of Lighthearted Comedies, Dies at 87
  4. Jessica Walter, Tart-Tongued Matriarch of ‘Arrested Development,’ Dies at 80
  5. Bertrand Tavernier, French Filmmaker and Leader of a Generation, Dies at 79
  6. Oz star and poet Craig ‘muMs’ Grant dies aged 52
  7. Kylie Jenner backlash swirls on Twitter after GoFundMe donation request
  8. FBI posts photo of Capitol Riot suspect who looks like Rick Moranis
  9. Social-Media Star David Dobrik Leaves Dispo App Startup After Sexual-Assault Accusation Against Ex-Member of His Entourage
  10. David Hasselhoff to Play David Hasselhoff in German TV Series
  11. William Shatner celebrates 90th birthday by creating an AI version of himself for future generations
  12. Alamo Drafthouse Opening New Location in Texas
  13. DC Films Taps ‘Promising Young Woman’ Director Emerald Fennell to Write Zatanna Superhero Movie
  14. ‘Jeopardy!’ contestants petition to remove Dr. Oz as guest host
  15. Cineworld’s Regal Cinemas to Reopen With ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ in Deal With Warner Bros.
  16. They Just Moved Into an Austin Neighborhood. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions.
  17. Britney Spears files petition to remove father as conservator
  18. Anonymous Songwriters Group Calls for Artists to Stop Demanding Royalties for Songs They Didn’t Write
  19. Sharon Osbourne exits ‘The Talk’ amid race controversy
  20. Piers Morgan defends Sharon Osbourne after she exits ‘The Talk’
  21. Scarlett Johansson says her political views shouldn’t affect her career
  22. Chet Hanks Says Something Stupid
  23. New Harvey Weinstein accuser claims she bloodied his genitals fighting back
  24. NY Gov. Cuomo got family priority Covid testing, including CNN’s Chris Cuomo (reports)
  25. CNN must investigate host Chris Cuomo over special Covid-19 tests, says Society of Professional Journalists

Links From Last Week:

  1. George Segal, R.I.P.
  2. RIP Jessica Walter…An Appreciation Of Her Life And A Look At Her Classic Thriller “Play Misty For Me…”
  3. Will Zack Snyder Be Invited to Make a ‘Justice League’ Sequel? The Answer Is a Test of Whether Hollywood Still Works
  4. The Pain of Paying Dues in a Pandemic: Hollywood Hopefuls on the Rough Start to Their Careers
  5. The Dream of the ’90s Died in Portland
  6. Francis and The Godfather: is Hollywood becoming creatively bankrupt?
  7. Sean Young on Surviving Hollywood’s Many Toxic Men
  8. A New Genre of Film Is Already Here: COVID Movies
  9. The ridiculous, censorious social media campaign against Six Days In Fallujah
  10. CNN’s Defense of Chris Cuomo’s Special COVID Privileges is Grotesque
  11. The Cuomo Scandals: This Is CNN
  12. 10 Movies That Will Make You Cry
  13. New Graphic Novel Explores History of Cults In America

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared the trailer for The Suicide Squad!  I paid tribute to Michael Haneke and Akira Kurosawa!  I shared a scene from Once Upon A Time In Hollywood!  I reviewed Tom & Jerry, Deadly Excursion: Kidnapped From The Beach, Auto Focus, Eureka, Love In A Goldfish Bowl, and Hunk!
  2. Erin shared: The Absence of a Cello, The Thin Line, Mercy Island, Other Worlds, Big-Town Hellcat, Murder!, and Detective World!
  3. Jeff shared music videos from John Waite, Journey, Roxy Music, Tears For Fears, Poison, Modern Talking, and Rage Against The Machine!
  4. Ryan interviewed Alex Graham and reviewed The Antifa Super Solider Cookbook, Bughouse, and That Full Moon Feeling! 

More From Us:

  1. At SOLRAD, Ryan Carey reviewed Campbell Whyte’s Home Time!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared: Faucet, New Washing Machine, Christmas Past, Old Dryer, Sudden Blur, The Last Phone Book, and Some Ducks Go Their Own Way!
  4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Happy Birthday William Shatner, Tom Reed’s Retiring, Israel’s Fourth Election In Two Years, Biden’s Press Conference, We’re All On A Boat In The Suez Canal, Happy Passover, and My WordPress Updated!
  5. At SyFyDesigns, I shared: One Good Thing About All of This, Another Day of Old TV, The Commercial Trend I Hate, Go Dino Go, One Thing I Hope Never Changes, Ask The Undertaker, and The 6 Most Underrated Presidents!
  6. At my music site, I shared songs from Blanck Mass, Saint Motel, Edgar Allan Poets, Simple Plan, Jakalope, Public Service Broadcasting, and Banks!
  7. At my dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Car Theft Dream, No Dreams Last Night, Last Night’s Party Dream, Fragment From Last Night, Last Night’s Dallas Dream, This Morning’s Con Artist Dream, and Last Night’s Dream In Which I Yelled At Joe Biden!
  8. For Horror Critic, I reviewed: Planet of the Dinosaurs!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 3/15/21 — 3/21/21

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

And so another week comes to an end.

After all the drama of the extended awards season and all of the scenarios that we all went through as we tried to predict which films would and would not be nominated, Monday’s Oscar nominations were rather anti-climatic.  For the most part, there were no shocking snubs nor were there any truly awful nominations.  I can even accept the nominations that Borat received.  For those who were hoping for at least one totally weird nod — like Jared Leto for The Little Things — it didn’t happen.  (The only real shocker was both Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield being nominated for supporting actor for Judas and the Black Messiah, a film that I guess the Academy decided did not have a lead actor.)  For the first time in history, two female directors were nominated. That’s a good thing but, otherwise, the Oscar nominations were, for those of us who love controversy, almost boring.

Of course, I have to admit that I was far more interested in celebrating St. Patrick’s Day this week than obsessing over the Oscars.  Even though the annual parade got cancelled, I was determined to go out and celebrate and that’s just what I did.  I went out and I celebrated my heritage with friends and family and I stepdanced to Celtic folk music and, later on that night, I got a bit too enthusiastic and I missed a few steps and I managed to twist my ankle.  It’s really not a holiday unless I manage to injure myself in some way, is it?

Anyway, it’s not a bad sprain.  (To be honest, I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve sprained and/or strained that ankle.)  I spent most of this weekend resting and, when I woke up on Sunday morning, I was feeling a lot better.  Of course, as I stumbled around this morning, I managed to accidentally slam my ankle against the coffee table, which led to me doing a lot of cursing and hopping around but I’ve recovered.

Finally, I hosted three live tweet events this week.  For #FridayNightFlix, we watched Cocktail, which is on Prime and which everyone of you needs to watch this upcoming week.  And then, for Saturday’s #ScarySocial, it was The House On Sorority Row!  And then, after #ScarySocial, it was time to watch The Thirty Dead with the #LateNightMovie Gang!  And then, just a few hours ago, I watched Deadly Illusions with some of my fellow TSL contributors.  Four fun movies with good friends, that’s the perfect way to end your week.

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


Films I Watched:

  1. The Caller (1987)
  2. Cocktail (1988)
  3. Cutting Class (1989)
  4. Deadly Illusions (2021)
  5. The House on Sorority Row (1982)
  6. Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
  7. Pitch Perfect (2012)
  8. Scissors (1991)
  9. The Thirsty Dead (1974)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. Allo Allo
  3. America’s Most Wanted
  4. American Idol
  5. The Bachelor
  6. Bar Rescue
  7. Baywatch
  8. The Bold and the Beautiful
  9. Call Me Kat
  10. Community
  11. Days of Our Lives
  12. Degrassi
  13. The District
  14. General Hospital
  15. Ghost Whisperer
  16. Hell’s Kitchen
  17. Hill Street Blues
  18. Intervention
  19. King of the Hill
  20. Most Daring
  21. Open All Hours
  22. Parking Wars
  23. The Rookies
  24. The Voice
  25. The Walking Dead
  26. Yes, Minister
  27. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

  1. Devoted (2020) by Dean Koontz
  2. Gilded Cage: A Russian Mafia Romance (2021) by Nicole Fox

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Addison Rae
  2. Big Data
  3. Billie Eilish
  4. Bob Dylan
  5. Britney Spears
  6. Brittany Howard
  7. Cage the Elephant
  8. The Chemical Brothers
  9. Coldplay
  10. Daft Punk
  11. Dillon Francis
  12. Dropkick Murphys
  13. Fatboy Slim
  14. Franka Potente
  15. Gary Nunan
  16. Gorillaz
  17. Hans Zimmer
  18. Icona Pop
  19. Imagine Dragons
  20. Jake Bugg
  21. John Carpenter
  22. The KLF
  23. M/A/R/R/S
  24. Madeleine The Person
  25. Muse
  26. Neon Indian
  27. Nine Inch Nails
  28. Olivia Rodrigo
  29. Phantogram
  30. The Prodigy
  31. Public Service Broadcasting
  32. Saint Motel
  33. Selena Gomez
  34. Sleigh Bells
  35. The Selkie Girls
  36. Taylor Swift
  37. Teisto
  38. Zedd

Awards Season:

  1. The Oscar Nominations
  2. Phoenix Film Critics Winners
  3. Austin Film Critics Association Winners
  4. Writer’s Guild of America Winners

News From Last Week:

  1. Oscars Make History by Nominating Two Women Directors
  2. Chloé Zhao Is First Chinese Woman Nominated for Best Director at the Oscars
  3. China Orders Media To Downplay Oscars Coverage After Chloé Zhao, Hong Kong Doc Noms – Update
  4. Yaphet Kotto Dies At 81
  5. ‘The Talk’ producers ‘destroyed the show’ with Sharon Osbourne debacle
  6. The Talk Extends Hiatus A Second Time During Piers Morgan/Sharon Osbourne Controversy
  7. ‘Bhad Bhabie’ Danielle Bregoli says she was abused at Dr. Phil-touted troubled-teen camp
  8. 2021 Oscar Awards Show To Look Like A Movie: No Zoom, No Sweatshirts allowed
  9. Matthew McConaughey Addresses Speculation He May One Day Run for Texas Governor: “It’s Something I’m Giving Consideration”
  10. Christopher Nolan’s Tenet Gets HBOMAX launch date
  11. SXSW: ‘The Fallout’ Takes Grand Jury Award
  12. Chris Harrison Hires Powerful Lawyer over Bachelor Dispute
  13. Oscars surprises, snubs include Glenn Close, ‘Da 5 Bloods’
  14. Oscars 2021: How The Two Leads for Judas and the Black Messiah Were Both Nominated For Supporting Actor
  15. Disneyland Reopens And Begs You To “Scream Inside Your Heart!”
  16. Female roadie rats out rock gods: A Beatle proposed, Iggy Pop stole from her
  17. Texas Roadhouse founder Kent Taylor commits suicide amid COVID-19 battle
  18. Sharon Stone: I was pressured to have sex with co-star
  19. Armie Hammer Being Investigated by LAPD after woman accuses him of rape
  20. Ronald DeFeo, whose murder spree inspired The Amityville Horror, dies
  21. Andrew Cuomo Is Accused of Sexual Harassment By Current Aide
  22. Andrew Cuomo threatened to compare critic to “child rapist” in leaked audio
  23. Andrew Cuomo accuser Lindsey Boylan leads NYC impeachment rally — as fans gather to support him
  24. CNN guest calls out network on-air for Cuomo brothers ‘love-a-thon’
  25. Chris Cuomo has lost an average of 600,000 viewers a night on CNN since his brother’s nursing home and sex scandals – which the show ignores
  26. Intruder takes shower, drinks booze in Johnny Depp’s Hollywood mansion: report
  27. Coachella Music Festival Moving to 2022: Sources
  28. ‘In the Heights’ Moves Up Release Date
  29. L.A. Celebrates Return of Movie Theaters: ‘I’ve Been Waiting for This for a Year’
  30. Queen Elizabeth to hire ‘diversity czar’ after Meghan Markle’s Oprah interview: report
  31. Meghan Markle reportedly networking with Democrats, eyes bid for US president
  32. Critics Choice Association Expels Jeffrey Wells Following Posts About Atlanta Shootings

Links From Last Week:

  1. All the ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoffs in the Works at HBO
  2. Justice League: Comparing The Snyder Cut vs the Joss Whedon Cut
  3. First Day of Spring Poetry
  4. ☘️Happy St. Patrick’s Day!☘️
  5. 17 Irish Movies to Watch on St Patrick’s Day
  6. RIP Yaphet Kotto…Paying Homage To This Iconic Actor…His Greatest Roles…
  7. On Guilt
  8. CLASSIC ALBUMS REVISITED: PET SOUNDS
  9. An E-mail Interview with Oudai Kojima, Director of JOINT [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
  10. How Some Americans Fell For Andrew Cuomo’s Good Guy Performance
  11. Why ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Is So Pointed About Race, Nationalism and the World Today
  12. Only Tolerance Can Save Us From Political Fanatics
  13. Why Government Funding Hurts PBS and NPR
  14. Chloe Zhao Backlash Will Test China’s New Era of Hollywood Censorship

Links From The Site:

  1. I paid tribute to David Cronenberg.  I wished everyone a happy St. Patrick’s Day.  I reviewed Schizoid, The Beach Girls and the Monster, Top Secret!, The Sound of Metal, Jaws: The Revenge, and The Thirsty Dead!
  2. Erin shared: Love Life of a Hollywood Mistress, Hollywood Hellcat, Fight Stories, Tom Blood Highwayman, Madame Buccaneer, Mystery Adventures Magazine, and La Paree!
  3. Jeff paid tribute to Yaphet Kotto and shared music videos from Pet Shop Boys, Eurythmics, U2, 4hero, ABC, The Beach Boys, and Survivor!
  4. Ryan interviewed Sean Knickerbocker!

More From Us:

  1. At SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Dog Biscuits!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
  3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from Brittany Howard!
  4. At Pop Politics., Jeff shared: Beware The Ides of March, Thoughts of a Former Smoker, Happy St. Patrick’s Day, 2024 Predictions, Here Come The California Recall, Everything You Need To Know, and Andy Kaufman on The Dating Game!
  5. At her photography site, Erin shared: More Old Cameras, Old Flash Bulbs, St. Patrick’s Day Morning, Mourning, Morning, Bird On A Wire, and Made in Texas!
  6. At SyFy Designs, I shared: Perspective, I Miss Spring Break, For St. Patrick’s Day A Poem By William Butler Yeats, St. Patrck’s Day Recap, Ankle Update, What I’ve Learned over The Past Two Days, and Ouch!
  7. At my music site, I shared songs from Phantogram, Gorillaz, Saint Motel, Imagine Dragons, Gary Nunan, Billie Eilish, and Olivia Rodrigo!
  8. On my online dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Oscar Dream, Last Night’s Weird Party Dream, Last Night’s Shopping Dream, Last Night’s Dancing Nightmare, Last Night’s Dream About Waiting Out A Tornado While Half-Naked In The Laundry Room, Last Night’s James Franco Dream, and Last Night’s Bad Kitty Dream!
  9. At Horror Critic, I reviewed The Caller, Scissors, Invitation to Hell, Summer of Fear, Cutting Class, The Wraith, and The Food of the Gods!

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

Happy St. Patrick’s Day From The Shattered Lens

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

St. Patrick’s Day has always been an important day to me.  I’m Irish on my father’s side and I’ve always been a bit obsessed with Irish history.  Add to that, St. Patrick has always been one of my favorite saints.  Patrick lived a fascinating life, first going to Ireland as a slave and spending six years as a shepherd before escaping back to Britain.  He would subsequently return to Ireland as a missionary and eventually becoming one of the most influential figures in Irish history.  Admittedly, there is some debate about the exact facts of Patrick’s life.  Did Patrick really drive the snakes out of Ireland?  I have no idea but it’s a good story and certainly one worth celebrating.  I’ve spent most of my life living in the Southwest and once, in New Mexico, I nearly stepped on a freaking rattle snake so you better believe that I appreciate anyone who can drive away the snakes.

During this pandemic, I’ve noticed that, for some people, the holidays sometimes seem to run together.  When no one is going out and celebrating, it’s easy to forget what day it is.  One of the worst things about the lockdowns is the way that they’ve robbed people of anything to look forward to.  That’s one thing that I think is often overlooked.  People are not robots that can be simply reprogrammed to stay in one place or to forget about what their existence used to be like.  It takes a startling lack of empathy to fail to understand that there’s more to most people’s happiness than just going to work, come home, and doing what they’re told.

For that reason, I think it’s important to remember that today is St. Patrick’s Day!  And it’s also important to celebrate it in whatever way you feel comfortable doing. Take whatever precautions you have to take to protect yourself and your loved ones but also enjoy the day.  Celebrate the night.  Most importantly, don’t give up.  If Patrick could get the snakes out Ireland, then we can certainly survive whatever life decides to throw at us.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.  May the road rise up to meet you.

 

Lisa’s Week In Review: 3/8/21 — 3/14/21

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

We lost an hour but, soon, we will have gained a whole new slate of Oscar nominees.  So, everything evens out!

Anyway, I’m feeling a little under the weather — and before anyone asks, it’s just a cold and not the COVID, so I’m going to lay down and wait for the Oscar nominations to be announced!  While I wait, I’ll think back to all of the movies and television shows that I watched over the previous 7 days.

Good thing I made a list!

 

Films I Watched:

  1. A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2020)
  2. Airplane! (1980)
  3. American Strays (1996)
  4. Baffled (1973)
  5. The Boston Strangler (1968)
  6. The Bounty (1984)
  7. Breathless (1983)
  8. The Crush (1993)
  9. Eureka (1983)
  10. Hitcher in the Dark (1989)
  11. Invitation to Hell (1984)
  12. Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
  13. King Dinosaur (1955)
  14. Malicious (1995)
  15. Marjoe (1972)
  16. Once Upon A Time in Hollywood (2019)
  17. One Foot In Heaven (1941)
  18. Schizoid (1980)
  19. Thoth (2001)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. 9-1-1: Lone Star
  3. 20/20 on ID
  4. American Idol
  5. The Bachelor
  6. Bar Rescue
  7. City Confidential
  8. Deadly Women
  9. The District
  10. Evil Twins
  11. Friends
  12. Grammy Awards
  13. Hell’s Kitchen
  14. Hill Street Blues
  15. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  16. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  17. Married With Secrets
  18. Nightmare Next Door
  19. Obsession: Dark Desires
  20. People Magazine Investigates
  21. Saved By The Bell
  22. Seinfeld
  23. Selling Mega Mansions
  24. South Park
  25. Unsolved Mysteries
  26. The Voice
  27. WKRP In Cincinnati
  28. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

  1. The Vanishing Half (2020) by Brit Bennett

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019, dir by Quentin Tarantino)

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Ali Barter
  2. Britney Spears
  3. The Chemical Brothers
  4. Daft Punk
  5. DJ Snake
  6. Islands
  7. Kaiser Chiefs
  8. Karate Guns & Tanning
  9. The Killers
  10. Laurence-Anne
  11. Muse
  12. The Prodigy
  13. The Psychedelic Furs
  14. Saint Motel
  15. St. Vincent
  16. Selena Gomez
  17. Taylor Swift

Awards Season:

  1. PGA Nominations
  2. Detroit Film Critics Society Winners
  3. BAFTA Nominations
  4. Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations
  5. DGA Nominations
  6. African-American Film Critics Winners
  7. American Society of Cinematographers Nominations
  8. Eddie Nominations
  9. Austin Film Critics Nominations
  10. Georgia Film Critics Association Winners

Links From Last Week:

  1. Reid between the lines – the Joy Reid saga tells us what’s “acceptable” in the media
  2. Last summer, Disney promised change. Then the first Black ‘Bachelor’s’ season unraveled

News From Last Week:

  1. ‘Nomadland’ Production Sound Mixer Michael Wolf Snyder Dies at 35
  2. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Interview: ‘Trash-a-thon,’ ‘Bomb,’ ‘Terrible State’ Among U.K. Reactions
  3. Piers Morgan leaving ‘Good Morning Britain’ after storming off set over his attacks on Meghan
  4. Pepe Le Pew Will Not Make an Appearance in Space Jam 2 After His Scene Was Cut
  5. “They thought they had identified another political star,” Sources Say That Andrew Cuomo’s Tortured Pandemic Memoir Scored A Seven Figure Advance
  6. Teen Vogue Staff Rail Against New Editor-in-Chief’s Past Tweets Mocking Asians
  7. US box office notches strongest weekend since the pandemic began
  8. A Bucks County woman created ‘deepfake’ videos to harass rivals on her daughter’s cheerleading squad, DA says
  9. ‘Bye Bye Morons’ Wins Best Film, ‘Another Round’ Wins Best Foreign Film at France’s Cesar Awards
  10. It’s 2021 and ‘Avatar’ Just Overtook ‘Avengers: Endgame’ as Highest-Grossing Movie of All Time
  11. Sharon Osbourne: ‘CBS Blindsided Me’ With Heated Piers Morgan Discussion on ‘The Talk’
  12. Piers Morgan Demands Apology From CBS’ ‘The Talk’ After Sharon Osbourne Clarifies Racism Stance
  13. Former ‘The Talk’ Host Holly Robinson Peete Says Sharon Osbourne Complained She Was Too ‘Ghetto’
  14. Chris Harrison is out as host of the next ‘Bachelorette’ season
  15. Here Are Your 2021 Grammy Winners

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared my personal Oscar nominations!  I paid tribute to Jack Smight!  I shared music videos from The Prodigy, Karate Guns and Tanning, islands, Ali Barter, and Laurence-Anne! I reviewed The Boston Strangler and One Foot In Heaven!
  2. Erin shared: The Jet Set, The Hunter, Mail-Order Passion, The Lone Deputy, Hell Hath No Fury, Love-Crazy Millionaire, and Riverfront Girl!
  3. Jeff shared Ten Essential Chuck Norris Films and Ten Essential Michael Caine films!  He shared a music video from Pet Shop Boys and then another music video from Pet Shop Boys!
  4. Ryan reviewed This Wasn’t What I Had In Mind, Open All The Way, and Black Clouds Rolling In!

More From Us:

  1. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed I Never Promised You A Rose Garden!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
  3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared: Fight For You (by H.E.R.)
  4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Harry and Meghan Thing, A Trip to Half Price Books, A Little From Alex Ross, Overhead Today, A Short Review of Biden’s Speech, How I Miss Baltimore, and Happy Pi Day!
  5. At her photography site, Erin shared: Trunk, Light, Tree, Green Grass, Chimney, Old Cameras, and Old Projectors!
  6. At my music site, I shared songs from Saint Motel, The Killers, Muse, Daft Punk, Islands, St. Vincent, and Kaiser Chiefs!
  7. At my online dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Flooded House Dream, Last Night’s Island Dream, Last Night’s Renaissance Faire Dream, Another Dream About A Flooded House, Last Night’s Audition Dream, Last Night’s Motorcycle Crash Dream, and Last Night’s London Dream!

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Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 3/1/21 — 3/7/21

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

One more week until the Oscar nominations are announced!  I don’t know what was really accomplished by extending the Oscar eligibility window, beyond dragging out Awards Seasons to such an extent that even someone like me got sick of it all.

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

Films I Watched:

  1. A Face In The Crowd (1957)
  2. Argo (2012)
  3. Fanged Up (2017)
  4. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
  5. Invitation to Hell (1984)
  6. John Huston: The Man, The Movies, The Maverick (1988)
  7. Superman (1978)
  8. Top Secret! (1984)
  9. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. 9-1-1: Lone Star
  3. ‘Allo ‘Allo
  4. American Idol
  5. The Bachelor
  6. Bar Rescue
  7. The Critics Choice Awards
  8. Degrassi
  9. The District
  10. Ghost Whisperer
  11. Hell’s Kitchen
  12. Hill Street Blues
  13. Kindred Spirits
  14. The Love Boat
  15. The Office
  16. Oprah With Meghan and Harry
  17. South Park
  18. Tough as Nails
  19. The Voice
  20. WandaVision
  21. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

  1. Peyton Place (1956) by Grace Metalious

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Beck
  2. Blackstreet
  3. Broken Bells
  4. The Cardigans
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. Chromatics
  7. The Cranberries
  8. Daft Punk
  9. DJ Snake
  10. Eels
  11. The Fratellis
  12. Gary Numan
  13. Gravity Kills
  14. Haim
  15. Luscious Jackson
  16. Mark Morrison
  17. Muse
  18. The Prodigy
  19. Rage Against The Machine
  20. Saint Motel
  21. Selena Gomez
  22. Sleigh Bells
  23. Sneaker Pimps
  24. Social Distortion
  25. Soundgarden
  26. Spacehog
  27. Squirrel Nut Zippers
  28. Stone Temple Pilots
  29. Tom Grennan
  30. Wolf Alice

Awards Season:

  1. Golden Reel Nominations
  2. Cinema Audio Society Nominations
  3. Visual Effects Society Nominations
  4. Set Decorators Society Nominations
  5. Phoenix Film Critics Society Winners
  6. Online Association of Female Film Critics Winners
  7. Latino Entertainment Journalist Association Nominations
  8. Society of Composers and Lyricists Winners
  9. Annie Nominations
  10. Costume Designers Guild Nominations 
  11. AARP Winners
  12. Detroit Film Critics Society Nominations
  13. Georgia Film Critics Nominations
  14. Hollywood Critics Association Winners
  15. Las Vegas Film Critics Society Winners
  16. Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Winners
  17. Women Film Critics Circle Winners
  18. Critics Choice Awards Winners

Links From Last Week:

  1. Morning After Report: Global Warning
  2. The Golden Globes Face Irrelevance
  3. Golden Globes TV Review: Technical Glitches Weren’t The Only Disasters On Tone Deaf HFPA Ceremony
  4. The Golden Globes Is Beyond Fixing And The HFPA’s Time Is Up – Commentary
  5. How is Chris Cuomo still on the air at CNN?
  6. Dr. Seuss outrage: ‘The Cat in the Hat’ says don’t cancel that!
  7. Hypocritical COVID politicians want lockdown for you, but not them
  8. CNN has a Cuomo problem

News From Last Week:

  1. Dr. Seuss Books Deemed Offensive Will Be Delisted From eBay
  2. Chicago Public Library system to pull six Dr. Seuss books from circulation
  3. TV Ratings: Golden Globes Crater, Headed for Multi-Year Low
  4. ‘iCarly’ star Jennette McCurdy on quitting acting: ‘I’m so ashamed’
  5. ‘Degrassi’ star Jahmil French dead at 29
  6. ‘The Mandalorian’s Bill Burr Defends Gina Carano In Wake Of Her Controversial Statements: “She Was An Absolute Sweetheart”
  7. Texas-based Alamo Drafthouse files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
  8. Local theaters still plan to reopen after Alamo Drafthouse bankruptcy filing
  9. Alamo Drafthouse’s Founder Vows to Protect What Makes It Special
  10. Cuomo accuser Karen Hinton says governor fears ‘truth’ the most

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared the latest teaser for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier!  I reviewed The Guns of Navarone and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre!  I wished George Miller a happy birthday!  I asked if the Oscars must go on and I also shared my final Oscar predictions!
  2. Erin shared: Icicles In The Sun, They Found Atlantis, The Big Eye, Naked Canvas, Sport Story Magazine, Love is a Surprise, and End of a J.D
  3. Jeff shared music videos from Pat Benatar, Nick Lowe, Billy Idol, AC/DC, The Psychedelic Furs, Sammy Hagar, and Lou Reed!
  4. Ryan reviewed Venue, Beach, and Beeline for the Crafty!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should subscribe!
  2. On my music site, I shared songs from: Broken Bells, Wolf Alice, Chromatics, Gary Numan, DJ Snake and Selena Gomez, The Fratellis, and Tom Grennan!
  3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Snow and Ice, When The Snow Started To Melt, Grass, Possum, Thursday Evening, Friday Evening, and Saturday Afternoon!

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

The Oscars: Must The Show Go On?

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Ever since the COVID lockdowns started roughly 12 months ago ago, there have been people saying that we should cancel all of the big events that usually define the year. Sometimes, the argument has been that it’s just simply gauche to celebrate or indulge in sort of distraction while the world is suffering.   Other times the argument has been that doing anything other than staying inside and feeling miserable will lead to a superspreader event.  Over the past 12 months, there have been efforts to cancel everything from football and baseball to Halloween and Christmas.

My response to these efforts has always been to proudly yell, “No! People need some sort of normalcy, now more than ever!   Traditions are important and we all need something to look forward to. The show must go on!” Even though I’m not into football, I was happy that the regular NFL season went forward as scheduled.  I was happy that, even with everything going on, there was at least a Super Bowl.  Even though I’ve never cared that much about the Emmys, I was still glad that they made it a point to hold some sort of ceremony.   And when it comes to Oscars, I’ve been looking forward to them for a year now. The show must go on, right?

Indeed, ever since the lockdown started, I’ve been saying that the show must go on.  It’s a belief in which my faith was unwavering.

Until last night.

Last night, I watched The Golden Globes and, as I’ve already said on this site, it was an amazingly depressing experience. While I knew that the Globes would be different this year and there would undoubtedly be a few awkward moments, nothing could have prepared for me for just how terrible last night’s show truly was. The entire show felt weird and creepy and vaguely dystopian.  Even the jokes about the HFPA’s lack of diversity and the nominations for stuff like Music and Emily In Paris felt less like speaking truth to power and more like officially sanctioned dissent, delivered in smarmy fashion by officially approved messengers.  It felt like watching a carefully rehearsed roast of a corrupt politician, where all of the jokes are carefully written so that the subject of them can later say, “See, I can laugh at myself!” in between looting the treasury and putting dissidents in prison.  It was depressing not just because it reflected what’s currently going on in the world but also because it seemed to indicate what we had to look forward to in the future.

Awards show have always been vapid, of course. For the most part, the humor has always been smarmy and self-congratulatory.   (There’s a reason why Ricky Gervais will probably never be invited back to host another Golden Globes ceremony.)   The political statements have always lacked self-awareness.  The winners have often been regrettable. But, in the past, we could at least focus on the glamour.  We could distract ourselves with the clothes and the hair and the gossip.  There was no glamour last night.  There was just an overwhelming blandness.

Traditionally, the Golden Globes are the “fun” awards ceremony so, if the Golden Globes were that bad, can you imagine what the Oscars are going to be like?  The Oscars, after all, are the staid and, at times, painfully formal ceremony.  If the Globes represent your shady, self-destructive, but always unpredictable uncle, the Oscars represent the rich uncle who awkwardly shows up at the annual family reunion out of a sense of obligation and who never seems to be having as much fun as he should.  (That said, you’re still always happy to see him and you know you’ll miss him if he ever stops coming.)  If the Globes were that depressing, it’s frightening to imagine the depths of despair to which the Oscars could potentially descend.

It’s enough to make you wonder whether the show must really go on!  I mean, technically, there’s really no need to have a big Oscar ceremony.   The show gets terrible ratings, with less and less people watching each year.  In fact, it’s only a few of us awards fanatics who really care about the ceremony.  One could just as easily post the names of the winners online and then everyone could just upload their acceptance speeches to YouTube, where people like me could watch the speeches we care about and ignore the rest.  At this point, even those of who love the show understand that it’s rare that the best films actually win.  The appeal of the Oscars is not really to be found in the results of the contest.  Instead, the appeal of the Oscars has always been the glamour of the ceremony.  If there’s no glamour, what’s the point?  One could just as easily take the money that’s usually spent on the ceremony and instead donate it to the communities that are still recovering from last month’s winter storm.

It’s a legitimate question.  Must the show go on?

Despite the way that I found my faith wavering last night, I still ultimately think that the show should go on. I still believe that, psychologically, it’s important to have some sort of normalcy.   I think that if the world could survive the lack of good Super Bowl commercials, it should be able to survive the Oscars.  But, seriously, let’s hope that the Oscar producers learned something from last night’s disastrous ceremony. Let’s hope that the producers give some serious thought to what went wrong for the Globes and that they make an effort not to repeat the same mistakes.  Somehow, the Oscars have to keep glamour alive.  They can’t repeat the mistake of the Golden Globes of allowing themselves to just become a tepid zoom conference call.  The Oscars are many things, both good and bad.  But they should never be depressing.

This year, Steven Soderbergh is one of the Oscar producers and, while I’m not really a huge fan of some of his more recent films, I think he does understand the importance of glitz and glamour.  (Let’s hope we get the Ocean’s 11 Soderbergh as opposed to the Soderbergh who makes self-indulgent Meryl Streep films.)  I’m looking to you, Steven Soderbergh, with hope in my eyes.  Don’t let me down.

Because, in the end …. THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

 

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 2/22/21 — 2/28/21

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I was going to write about how I finally feel as if I’ve gotten my rhythm back after having my focus shaken by last week’s  winter storm but I just finished watching this year’s Golden Globes ceremony and it was literally one of the most depressing things that I’ve ever seen in my entire life.

After all that, I’m just ready for the week to be over.

Films I Watched:

  1. Airport (1970)
  2. Airport 1975 (1974)
  3. Airport 77 (1977)
  4. The Concorde …. Airport 79 (1979)
  5. The Dead Pit (1989)
  6. The Little Things (2021)
  7. Staying Alive (1983)
  8. Summer of Fear (1978)
  9. The Towering Inferno (1974)
  10. The Way Back Home (2006)
  11. Wildcats (1986)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. 9-1-1: Lone Star
  3. AMC Backstory
  4. The Bachelor
  5. Bar Rescue
  6. Community
  7. Degrassi
  8. The District
  9. Gangsters: America’s Most Evil
  10. Golden Globes
  11. Hell’s Kitchen
  12. Hill Street Blues
  13. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  14. The Love Boat
  15. Mobsters
  16. The Office
  17. Parking Wars
  18. Perry Mason
  19. Tough as Nails
  20. Twilight Zone
  21. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

  1. Leave The World Behind (2020) by Rumaan Alam

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Air Supply
  2. Broken Bells
  3. Chromatics
  4. Daft Punk
  5. Dropkick Murphys
  6. Dua Lipa
  7. Elle King
  8. Glume
  9. Marilyn Manson
  10. Modern English
  11. Muse
  12. Phantogram
  13. The Prodigy
  14. Saint Motel
  15. Simple Minds
  16. Vitalic

Live Tweet:

  1. Through the Shattered Lens Live Tweets The Golden Globes

Awards Season:

  1. Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Winners
  2. Vancouver Film Critics Winners
  3. Online Association of Female Film Critics
  4. Art Directors Guild Nominees
  5. The Golden Globe Winners

News From Last Week:

  1. Daft Punk Break Up
  2. 366 Feature Films Are Eligible for the Oscars, the Most Since 1970
  3. Norway Museum Says Edvard Munch Wrote ‘Madman’ On ‘The Scream’
  4. NBC Pulling ‘Nurses’ Episode From Digital Platforms After Criticism Over Orthodox Jewish Storyline
  5. Lady Gaga’s two French bulldogs have been returned safely, LAPD says
  6. CNN reporter under fire for ‘insensitive’ remarks on Tiger Woods crash
  7. Cuomo Is Accused of Sexual Harassment by a 2nd Former Aide
  8. Cynthia Nixon, others scoff after Cuomo team names judge to ‘review’ gov’s sex scandal
  9. As recall threat grows, California Gov. Gavin Newsom shifts his governing style, pushing reopenings
  10. Cannes, France, Opens Its Stunning Underwater Museum

Links From Last Week:

  1. My story of working with Governor Cuomo
  2. Media star Andrew Cuomo has gone missing
  3. The Golden Globes’ weirdest nominations: Sia’s ‘Music’ and more
  4. Justice League: The Shocking, Exhilarating, Heartbreaking True Story of #TheSnyderCut
  5. NBC Needs To Apologize For Their Libelous Portrayal of Hasidic Jews In “Nurses”
  6. Inside Joss Whedon’s ‘Cutting’ and ‘Toxic’ World of ‘Buffy’ and ‘Angel’
  7. We’re gonna celebrate: How Daft Punk’s Discovery gave computer music soul
  8. ‘They left an indelible mark on my psyche’: how Daft Punk pushed pop forward
  9. Daft Punk and the virtues of mystery
  10. Bye, Robot: a farewell to Daft Punk
  11. The Robots Who Ruled the World

Links From The Site:

  1. I reviewed The Little Things and shared a scene that I love from Staying Alive!
  2. Erin shared: The Dark Throne, The Spice of Life, Hardrock, Diary of Death, Off Limits, Death Haunts The Dark Lane, and Gold!
  3. Jeff shared music videos from Heart, Pearl Jam, Journey, Kiss, Matchbox Twenty, Chicago, and Hot Chocolate!
  4. Ryan reviewed Moments with Mo’ Peaches, Bubblegum Maelstrom, and Dust!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard wrote about Daft Punk!
  3. At Pop Politics, Jeff proclaimed: I’m Still Alive!
  4. On her photography site, Erin shared: The Backyard Last Week, Ice, Daggers Above Your Head, Cold Air, Side of the House, Snow, and Swing!
  5. On my music site, I shared songs from: Glume, Daft Punk, Modern English, Vitalic, Dropkick Murphys, Phantogram, and Muse!

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