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Lisa’s Week In Review: 12/28/20 –1/3/21

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The first three days of 2021 have come to close.

Yes, it’s a new year.  This site has now existed for 11 years, which is a thought that just kind of amazes me.  When this site started, everyone was talking about whether or not Avatar was going to be a game changer as far as movies were concerned.  Way back in 2009 when Arleigh started this site, the MCU was still a new thing and horror and fantasy fans were eagerly awaiting the premieres of The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones.  If I remember correctly, I don’t think anyone was even talking about Star Wars ever being rebooted.  Even Netflix was still kind of a luxury (as opposed to a necessity).  Today, of course, people are wondering whether or not theaters will survive the decade.  Time’s change and, if we’re going to be honest, they change a lot more quickly than we might realize.  In the grand scheme of things, 11 years is not the huge of an amount of time.

So far, my 2021 is going quite well.  You may say that it’s silly to brag about a good three days but, in those three days, I’ve read two books, watched several movies, hosted or co-hosted three very successful live tweets, and I’ve watched a handful of movies.  The year started with rain and freezing temperatures.  The weekend is ending with clear skies and the temperature in the high 50s.  Things continue and life moves forward, regardless of what the latest drama may be.  Ever since the new year, I’ve been listening to a lot of 70s disco.  (I also watched two disco films — Saturday Night Fever and Thank God It’s Friday.  If only Roller Boogie was on Prime, it would have been three.)  I love to dance and I still think the 2020s are going to have more in common with the 1970s America than with 14th Century Europe.

On a final note: last year, I watched a total of 820 films.  My goal for 2021 is a thousand!  I’ve got quite a few films from last year that I need to watch over the upcoming two days so I’m looking forward to getting started on them.

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

Films I Watched:

2020:

  1. After The Thin Man (1936)
  2. Another Thin Man (1939)
  3. Bill & Ted Face The Music (2020)
  4. The Birds (1963)
  5. Cape Fear (1962)
  6. Hugo (2011)
  7. Of Mice and Men (1992)
  8. Onward (2020)
  9. Psycho (1960)
  10. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
  11. Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
  12. Song of the Thin Man (1947)
  13. Tesla (2020)
  14. The Thin Man (1934)
  15. The Thin Man Goes Homes (1944)

2021:

  1. Deep Impact (1998)
  2. Fatal Fiancé (2021)
  3. The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964)
  4. Kidnapped in Paradise (2021)
  5. Odd Thomas (2013)
  6. Shattered Glass (2003)
  7. Thank God It’s Friday (1978)
  8. The Wrong Real Estate Agent (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. A Teacher
  2. California Dreams
  3. City Guys
  4. Community
  5. Coronation Street
  6. Court Cam
  7. Degrassi
  8. The District
  9. Ghost Whisperer
  10. Hang Time
  11. Hill Street Blues
  12. King of the Hill
  13. The Love Boat
  14. The Masked Dancer
  15. The Office
  16. Parking Wars
  17. Saved By The Bell
  18. The Simpsons
  19. Temptation Island
  20. The Twilight Zone
  21. Twin Peaks: The Return

Books I Read:

  1. The Burning of the White House (2013) by Jane Hampton Cook
  2. Encyclopedia Mysteriosa (1994) by William L. DeAndrea

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Adi Ulmansky
  3. Aimee Mann
  4. Alvin Risk
  5. Amy Winehouse
  6. The Andrea True Connection
  7. Arcade Fire
  8. Arlo Guthrie
  9. Armin Van Buuren
  10. Avicii
  11. Backstreet Boys
  12. Bee Gees
  13. Big Data
  14. The Black Keys
  15. Blur
  16. Bob Dylan
  17. Britney Spears
  18. Cage the Elephant
  19. Charli XCX
  20. The Chemical Brothers
  21. The Commodores
  22. Crud
  23. The Crystal Method
  24. Dillion Francis
  25. DJ Judaa
  26. DJ Snake
  27. Edgar Allan Poets
  28. Elle King
  29. Empire of the Sun
  30. Fatboy Slim
  31. Fiona Apple
  32. Flight of the Conchords
  33. Gwen Stefani
  34. The Hues Corporation
  35. I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
  36. Icona Pop
  37. Jakalope
  38. Jake Bugg
  39. Jane’s Addiction
  40. Joywave
  41. Katy Perry
  42. KC and the Sunshine Band
  43. Kedr Livanskiy
  44. Kelly Clarkson
  45. Lara Snow
  46. Love & Kisses
  47. Maxine Nightengale
  48. Michael Fredo
  49. Moby
  50. Muse
  51. Nine Inch Nails
  52. Odyssey
  53. Phantogram
  54. Public Service Broadcasting
  55. Purity RIng
  56. Rich White
  57. Rolling Stones
  58. Saint Motel
  59. Siouxsie and the Banshees
  60. Skrillex
  61. Sleigh Bells
  62. Spice Girls
  63. Swedish House Mafia
  64. t.A.T.u
  65. Talking Heads
  66. Taylor Swift
  67. Thelma Houston
  68. Underground
  69. UPSHAL
  70. Walter Murphy
  71. War
  72. The White Stripes
  73. Yvonne Elliman

Trailers:

  1. WandaVision

Awards Season Links:

  1. Chicago Indie Critics Nominations
  2. North Carolina Film Critics Nominations
  3. Alliance of Women Film Journalists Nominations
  4. Greater Western New York Film Critics Winners
  5. Chicago Indie Critics Winners
  6. Columbus Film Critics Association Nominations 

Best of 2020 Links:

  1. Top 10 Ongoing Series (Ryan C.)
  2. Top 10 Special Mentions (Ryan C.)

Live Tweets:

  1. The First Day of 2021

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Amazing Stories, The Ice Schooner, The Hot Kiss of Youth, Time Is Ticking Away, No Swimming, Wild and Wicked, and Only the Bed!
  2. Doc welcomed everyone to 2021!
  3. Jeff shared music videos from Eliot Sumner, King Missile, Danzig, Raydio, Crispin Glover, Kim Wilde, and Black Sabbath!  He also reviewed Cannonball Run II!
  4. I paid tribute to F.W. Murnau and Sergio Leone!  I also shared 4 Shots from 4 of my top 2020 films!  I reviewed The Wrong Real Estate Agent and Kidnapped in Paradise!  I also wrote about what’s in store for 2021!

More From Us:

  1. This twitter thread lists the 820 movies that I watched last year!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from Soul!
  3. At her photography site, Erin shared: Water Tower, Trees, Speed Limit 10, Flag, Road, Alley, Step on Through, Vintage, Vintage 2, Vintage 3, Vintage 4, Vintage 5, Vintage 6, Vintage 7, Vintage 8, Vintage 9, Vintage 10, The Backyard, Backyard 2, Security, Waiting To Be Picked Up, Shovel, Grill, Blue Sky, Renewal, Ticking, The Last Sky, Distant Light, Start of 21, The Road, and Fall/Winter!
  4. At SyFy Designs, I shared: A Resolution for 2021, Tradition Sneaks Up On You, I Love Hugo, Happy New Year’s Eve, and Happy New Year!
  5. On my dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Extremely Weird Family Reunion Dream, Last Night’s Dancing Dream, Last Night’s Movie Dream, and No Dreams Last Night!
  6. At my music site, I shared songs from Skrillex, Empire of the Sun, MGMT, Blur, Love & Kisses, Maxine Nightingale, and Thelma Houston!
  7. Ryan has a patreon!  You should start of 2021 by subscribing!

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

Have a good week, everyone!  Thank you for reading and I wish the best for all of you in this upcoming year!

Happy 2021, I Guess!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Well, it’s finally 2021!

Did everyone have a good New Year’s?  For those of us who spent New Year’s eve at the Texas Offices of Through the Shattered Lens, it was a very, very rainy holiday.  The rain, of course, didn’t stop a few people around here from trying to make a lot of noise.  When I got home from welcoming the arrival of the new year, my neighbor was outside in his front yard, trying to set off firecrackers.  He just couldn’t seem to understand why they weren’t going off.  I was just like, “Hey, dumbass …. it’ been raining for 48 hours straight!”  I didn’t actually say that, of course.  One of my resolutions for the new year is to be nicer and more positive.  So, instead, I just said happy new year.  Later today, I may stick a few pins in a voodoo doll.  I’ll deal with my annoyance in my own way.

Last year, on this date, I made a lot of promises about what we were going to do on this site over the upcoming 12 months.  I would say that we were probably able to keep 70% of those promises.  Unfortunately, the pandemic changed a lot of our plans.  For instance, I was planning on doing a whole new series of Back to School reviews but it just didn’t feel appropriate with so many schools not reopening due to the lockdowns.  By that same token, my plan to review a batch of political movies in the summer became a bit less appealing as the presidential election kicked into full swing.  Once I saw that 2020 was going to be like, “You have to pick either Trump or Biden,” I no longer felt like writing about anything political.

Still, I think we did a lot of good work in 2020 and we’re going to do even more good work in 2021.  What do we have planned for 2021?  If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that life is unpredictable.  I’m hoping to finally do another round of Back to School and Shattered Politics reviews.  I’m also hoping to do another Embracing the Melodrama blogathan.  For this month, I’m planning on catching up with whatever 2020 films I still need to see and review.  I’m also going to be sharing my “best of” and “worst of” lists.  Mostly, though, I’m just planning to review whatever catches my attention.

I hope you’ll join me and the rest of the TSL crew as we explore 2021.  Personally, I still think that the upcoming decade is going to eventually be more like the 70s than the 60s.  People can only be scolded for so long before they say, “Screw this, I’m going to have a good time no matter what.”  But we’ll see.  Who knows what the future holds?  Whatever it is, we’ll discover it together.

Happy 2021, everyone!  Let’s not mess it up.

Lisa’s Week In Review: 12/21/20 — 12/27/20

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Just a few more days to go and 2020 is over!

Films I Watched:

  1. A Christmas Story (1983)
  2. All the Right Moves (1983)
  3. The Burnt Orange Heresy (2020)
  4. Die Hard (1988)
  5. Die Hard 2 (1990)
  6. Driveways (2020)
  7. Elf (2003)
  8. I’ll Name The Murderer (1936)
  9. I’m Your Woman (2020)
  10. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
  11. Less Than Zero (1987)
  12. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  13. Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2020)
  14. Silent Night Bloody Night (1972)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. A Teacher
  2. The Andy Griffith Show
  3. The Bachelorette
  4. California Dreams
  5. Cheers
  6. Community’
  7. Court Cam
  8. Degrassi
  9. The Dick Van Dyke Show
  10. Frasier
  11. King of the Hill
  12. Happy Days
  13. The Love Boat
  14. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  15. The Office
  16. Parks and Recreation
  17. The Ripper
  18. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  19. Seinfeld
  20. Taxi
  21. Vengeance: Killer Lovers

Books I Read:

  1. Apropos of Nothing (2020) by Woody Allen
  2. Cinema 62 (2020) by Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan
  3. The Sister In Law (2020) by Sue Watson

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Armin van Buuren
  2. Bob Dylan
  3. Chuck Berry
  4. Coldplay
  5. Cornershop
  6. Daft Punk
  7. Electric Feel
  8. Goo Goo Dolls
  9. Haim
  10. Katy Perry
  11. Kodaline
  12. The Pretty Reckless
  13. The Ramones
  14. Saint Motel
  15. Si Crastoun
  16. Skrillex
  17. Taylor Swift

TSL Year-End Lists:

  1. Top Ten Single Issues (Ryan C)

Live Tweets:

  1. Christmas Eve
  2. Christmas Day

Trailers:

  1. Desert Strike
  2. Coming 2 America
  3. WandaVision
  4. The Village in The Woods
  5. Land
  6. The Human Voice
  7. The Little Things

Award Season Links:

  1. Lisa’s Oscar Predictions for December
  2. The Chicago Film Critics Association
  3. Indiana Film Journalists
  4. Greater Western New York Film Critics Association
  5. Music City Film Critics Association
  6. Florida Film Critics Circle

More Links From The Site:

  1. Erin reviewed Overcomer and An Unlikely Weapon.  She shared scenes from A Christmas Story and A Charlie Brown Christmas.  She shared the Covers of Science Fiction Quarterly.  She also shared: Planet Stories, Unknown, Homicide at Yuletide, Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas, The Day After Christmas, and The City!
  2. Doc wished everyone a happy Christmas Eve and a merry Christmas!
  3. Jeff wished everyone a Happy Festivus.  He shared music videos from Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.  He wrote about both the Black Widow and the time Big Crosby met David Bowie.  He reviewed A Midnight Clear, Hickey & Boggs, Stroker Ace, Destroy All Humans, and Spider-Man: Miles Morales!
  4. Ryan reviewed Sludgy!
  5. I shared music videos from The Pretty Reckless, Armin van Buuren, Si Cranstoun, The Ramones, and the Goo Goo Dolls!
  6. I reviewed Maid in Manhattan, The Mystery of D.B. Cooper, The Rhythm Section, Driveways, Money Plane, My Psychedelic Love Story, Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind, Valley Girl, Shooting Heroin, Olympic Dreams, Mighty Oak, Possessor, and Ava!
  7. I paid tribute to Humphrey Bogart and Michael Curtiz!
  8. I shared Treevenge, Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny, and Santa Claus Conquers The Martians!  I also shared an AMV, 4 Shots From 4 Holiday Classics, and a scene from It’s A Wonderful Life!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
  2. On her photography site, Erin shared: Fog, Santa, The Grinch, Santa’s Here, Merry Christmas To All, Number 5, and Swans!
  3. At my music site, I shared songs from Kodaline, Bob Dylan, Katy Perry, Chuck Berry, Coldplay, Saint Motel, and Cornershop!

Want to check out last week?  Click here!

Die Hard (1988, directed by John McTiernan)

Happy Christmas Eve From All The Cats At The Shattered Lens

Posted on by Doc Bowman

Pictures by Erin Nicole Model: Doc Bowman

To all of our readers — Happy Christmas Eve from all of the humans and the cats at the Shattered Lens!

2020 has not been an easy year for a lot of people and this Christmas is going to be bittersweet for many of our readers.  Our sincere hope is that 2021 will be better for everyone.  We look forward to continuing to review films both old and new as we continue to celebrate all forms of entertainment and culture!

To all of you, we wish you the best this holiday season!  We hope that these days find you happy and safe!

Merry almost Christmas and don’t forget to embrace your loved ones, your cats, and even your dogs!

And remember: Santa Claws Never Forgets The Cat!

Happy Festivus!

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Friday is Christmas.

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve.

But today is the most important holiday of all!

Happy Festivus!  It’s 2020 so you better believe I’ve got a lot of grievances to air!  But they’ll wait until after the aluminum pole goes up and after we’ve had our Festivus dinner.  Some people say that the Feats of Strength are more important than the Airing of Grievances but I say the grievances should always be at the center of any Festivus celebration.

If you need a refresher course on the origins of Festivus, listen to Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller, RIP):

Enjoy your Festivus dinner.  Let the people in your life know how the have let you done.  And who knows?  Maybe you’ll even experience a Festivus miracle because this is Festivus for the rest of us!

Happy Festivus!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 12/14/20 — 12/20/20

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Christmas is almost here!

And you know what that means …. it’s time to rob the money plane!

No, no — actually, it means that it’s time to start preparing for a new year!  We’ve finally got a COVID vaccine, we’ve got an extended awards season, and …. well, 2021 will have to be an improvement, right?  My hope is that — after nonstop drama and spending the past 20 years or so being told what to do — 2021 will be the year that people say, “Screw it!” and start doing whatever the Hell they want.

It’s time to bring about the 1920s and the 1970s, my friends.  And the best way to do that is to …. rob the money plane!

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

Films I Watched:

  1. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
  2. Burden (2020)
  3. The Call of the Wild (2020)
  4. Cape Canaveral Monsters (1960)
  5. Friday the 13th (1980)
  6. Howard the Duck (1986)
  7. Maid in Manhattan (2002)
  8. Money Plane (2020)
  9. My Psychedelic Love Story (2020)
  10. Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)
  11. Office Space (1999)
  12. Peyton Place (1957)
  13. Robot Monster (1953)
  14. Shooting Heroin (2020)
  15. Trilogy of Terror (1975)
  16. Valley Girl (2020)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. A Teacher
  2. The Amazing Race 32
  3. The Bachelorette
  4. Bar Rescue
  5. The Bob Newhart Show
  6. The Bold and the Beautiful
  7. The Brady Bunch
  8. Cold Case Files
  9. Coronation Street
  10. Days of Our Lives
  11. Friends
  12. General Hospital
  13. Industry
  14. The Mandalorian
  15. The Office
  16. Parking Wars
  17. Saved By The Bell
  18. Seinfeld
  19. The Voice
  20. The Young and the Restless

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Annie Lennox
  2. Armin van Buuren
  3. Backstreet Boys
  4. Britney Spears
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. Chuck Berry
  7. DJ Judaa
  8. Dropkick Murphys
  9. Frank Sinatra
  10. Kodaline
  11. Rick Astley
  12. Saint Motel
  13. Saxon
  14. Sharon den Adel
  15. Taylor Swift
  16. Tim Agaye

Awards Season:

  1. Indiana Film Journalist Association
  2. Florida Film Critics Circle
  3. Chicago Film Critics
  4. New York Film Critics Circle
  5. Boston Online Film Critics
  6. Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared music videos from DJ Judaa, Annie Lennox, Kodaline, Chuck Berry, Annie Lenox again, Tim Agaye, and Rick Astley!
  2. Erin shared the Holiday Covers of Galaxy Science Fiction and Faith of Tarot, Demon in the Mirror, Fantastic Adventures, The Castle of Iron, Avon Fantasy, Thongor and the Dragon City, and Rebel of Antares!
  3. Ryan reviewed Malarkey, 1956, and Burning Hotels!

More From Us:

  1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I wrote about The Amazing Race!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
  3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Hearing Damage by Thom Yorke!
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from Saxon, Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys, Dropkick Murphys, Armin Van Buuren,  Taylor Swift, Frank Sinatra, and Britney Spears!
  5. On her photography site, Erin shared; Ice, More Ice, Stuck in the Parking Lot, Sundown, Bike, Winter, and Christmas Is Coming!

Click here to check out last week!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 12/7/20 — 12/13/20

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

It was a good week.  I watched both It’s A Wonderful Life and Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, so I’m happy!

Films I Watched:

  1. Alabama Snake (2020)
  2. The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
  3. Christmas Evil (1980)
  4. Fatima (2020)
  5. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
  6. John Q (2002)
  7. The Girl With A Bracelet (2020)
  8. Mighty Oak (2020)
  9. Olympics Dreams (2020)
  10. Possessor (2020)
  11. The Rhythm Section (2020)
  12. Santa Claus and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972)
  13. Sana Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
  14. Saved By The Bell: Hawaiian Style (1992)
  15. Slay Belles (2018)
  16. A Very British Christmas (2019)
  17. Saved By The Bell: Wedding In Las Vegas (1994)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. A Teacher
  2. The Amazing Race 32
  3. The Bachelorette
  4. Bar Rescue
  5. The Bold and the Beautiful
  6. Days of Our Lives
  7. Dr. Phil
  8. Friends
  9. General Hospital
  10. Industry
  11. The Last Drive-In
  12. The Office
  13. The Powers of Matthew Star
  14. Room 2806: The Accusation
  15. Saved By The Bell
  16. Seinfeld
  17. The Voice
  18. The Young and the Resltess

Books I Read:

  1. The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together (2018) by Adam Nayan
  2. Joshua Son of None (1973) by Nancy Freedman

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Blanck Mass
  2. Bob Dylan
  3. Britney Spears
  4. Coldplay
  5. DJ Judaa
  6. The Doors
  7. Drew Citron
  8. The Drifters
  9. Elle King
  10. Fiona Apple
  11. Frank Sinatra
  12. Goo Goo Dolls
  13. Jacques Greene
  14. Kate Bush
  15. Krakow Loves Adana
  16. Lindsey Stirling
  17. Neon Indian
  18. Radiohead
  19. Robert DeLong
  20. Rosie Carney
  21. Saint Motel
  22. Steve Aoki
  23. Taylor Swift

Awards Season:

  1. Boston Society of Film Critics

Links From Last Week:

  1. Did You Notice How “Game of Thrones” Just… Disappeared?
  2. “He’s Radioactive”: Inside Johnny Depp’s Self-Made Implosion
  3. In Conversation: Francis Ford Coppola
  4. The YouTube Ban Is Un-American, Wrong, and Will Backfire

News From Last Week:

  1. Matthew McConaughey slams Hollywood ‘hypocrisy’ over 2020 election results
  2. Bob Dylan Sells His Songwriting Catalog in Blockbuster Deal
  3. David Lynch to Write/Direct New Netflix Original Series

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared music videos from Jacques Greene, Rosie Carney, Goo Goo Dolls,  Lindsey Stirling, Drew Citron, The Norman Luboff Choir, and the Goo Goo Dolls again!  I reviewed A Very British Christmas, Alabama Snake, and The Christmas Chronicles 2!
  2. Ryan reviewed Moustache, What Its Like, “A Brief Yet Rambling Journey Through A Bunch Of Country Style Quotes And Bits Of Worthless Advice,” and Me Me Me Me!
  3. Erin shared The Four Covers of Verdict and Pearl Harbor 2003, French Model, Two Faces of Passion, Love Story Magazine, The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, Against the Prince of Hell, and Thrilling Wonder Stories!

More From Us:

  1. On her photography site, Erin shared: This Holiday, Santa Summit, Isolated Beauty, Red, Refresh, Greenery, and Clearing!
  2. Ryan has a patreon and you should consider subscribing to it!
  3. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I wrote about The Amazing Race!
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from Krakow Loves Adana, Bob Dylan, Kate Bush, DJ Judaa, Saint Motel, Elle King, and The Drifters!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 11/30/20 — 12/6/20

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Happy December, everyone!

Well, things are coming to a close as far as this year is concerned.  For the rest of this month, along with celebrating the holidays, I’ll be trying to get caught up on the 2020 films that I need to see.  I’m looking forward to it.

Here’s what I did this week:

Films I Watched:

  1. After We Collided (2020)
  2. The Angel Doll (2002)
  3. Ava (2020)
  4. Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
  5. Christmas Lodge (2011)
  6. Citizen Kane (1941)
  7. Collateral Beauty (2016)
  8. Deep Red (1975)
  9. Flap (1970)
  10. The Mystery of D.B. Cooper (2020)
  11. Red, White and Blue (2020)
  12. A Song for the Season (1999)
  13. Split Image (1982)
  14. The Warriors (1979)
  15. Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus (1991)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. A Teacher
  2. The Amazing Race 32
  3. Archie Bunker’s Place
  4. The Bachelorette
  5. Bar Rescue
  6. The Bold and the Beautiful
  7. Community
  8. Days of Our Lives
  9. Diff’rent Strokes
  10. Euphoria
  11. General Hospital
  12. Ghost Whisperer
  13. Growing Pains
  14. King of the Hill
  15. Major Crimes
  16. The Office
  17. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  18. Saved By The Bell: The College Years
  19. Seinfeld
  20. Parking Wars
  21. Shipping Wars
  22. Three’s Company
  23. The Voice
  24. Who’s The Boss
  25. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

  1. Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed And Confused (2020) by Melissa Maerz
  2. Right Time, Right Place (2009) by Richard Brookhiser

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Armin Van Buuren
  3. Avicii
  4. Blondie
  5. Britney Spears
  6. Carly Rae Jepsen
  7. The Chemical Brothers
  8. Coldplay
  9. deadmua5
  10. Dillon Francis
  11. DJ Snake
  12. Dry Cleaning
  13. Eva Hurychova
  14. Goo Goo Dolls
  15. Haim
  16. HANA
  17. Hrdza
  18. Icona Pop
  19. Jakalope
  20. Krakow Loves Adana
  21. Lindsey Stirling
  22. Murder on Middle Beach
  23. Muse
  24. New Order
  25. Nilufer Yanya
  26. Nine Inch Nails
  27. Paul Oakenfeld
  28. Pentatonix
  29. Phantogram
  30. Saint Motel
  31. Sleigh Bells
  32. Taylor Swift
  33. Trentemøller
  34. Universal Honey

Awards Season Links:

  1. Lisa’s Oscar Predictions for October
  2. The Sunset Film Circle Awards

Links From The Site:

  1. I paid tribute to Terrence Malick and Ridley Scott! I shared music videos from Blondie, Pentatonix, Dry Cleaning, HANA, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hrdza, and Lindsey Stirling!  I reviewed Collateral Beauty, Red, White, and Blue, After We Collided, Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus, Beyond Tomorrow, and Christmas Lodge!
  2. Erin shared the covers of Beauty Parade and Naked Fury, December, The Passionate Season, Good Hardware, Too Many Loves, Queen of Tarts, and Film Fun!
  3. Jeff reviewed Frontier Uprising and Star in the Dust!
  4. Ryan reviewed Pussycats, Paperbacks, Pennants, And Penance, Mix Yourself A Dead End, Theater of Cruelty, and Rodeo Comics!

More From Us:

  1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!
  2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
  3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Dallas 4, Christmas Trees Behind Plastic, Christmas Carriage, Light in the Dark, Christmas Tree, Path, and December!
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from Trentemøller, Paul Oakenfold, New Order, Britney Spears, Nilufer Yanya, Eva Hurychova, and Jakalope!

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