Congratulations! You Survived Oscar Sunday!


That’s it!  That’s a wrap!

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We hope everyone has enjoyed Oscar Sunday!

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Now that the Oscars are over with, it’s time to start a new year in entertainment!  Thank you everyone for reading us over the course of 2019 and the first two months of 2020!

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Now, let’s make 2020 the best year ever as we continue to celebrate the 10th year anniversary of the Shattered Lens!

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Love you!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 2/3/20 — 2/9/20


This was a long but rewarding week.  Between all the weird political stuff going on and the Oscars, I think we managed to pack about a year’s worth of news cycles into just one week.  But as Elizabeth Holmes once said, “Screw it, let’s test some blood.”

Here’s what I did this week:

Films I Watched:

  1. The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)
  2. The Encounter (2010)
  3. The Firm (1989)
  4. Flirtation Walk (1934)
  5. The Investigation (2013)
  6. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
  7. Me & My Shadow (2020)
  8. Up in The Air (2009)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1: Lone Star
  2. 60 Days In
  3. The 92nd Academy Awards
  4. Assorted Iowa Caucus Coverage
  5. The Bachelor 24
  6. The Bionic Woman
  7. The Bob Newhart Show
  8. Brooklyn Nine Nine
  9. Charlie’s Angels
  10. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
  11. Curb Your Enthusiasm
  12. The Democratic Debate
  13. The Donna Reed Show
  14. Emergency!
  15. Family Affair
  16. Highway to Heaven
  17. I Love Lucy
  18. Little House on the Prarie
  19. The Lucy Show
  20. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  21. The Masked Singer
  22. Newhart
  23. The Outsider
  24. Petticoat Junction
  25. Project Runway
  26. The Six Million Dollar Man
  27. The State of the Union Speech
  28. Survivor at 40

Books I Read:

  1. Infamous Player (2011) by Peter Bart

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Blondie
  2. The Chemical Brothers
  3. Dua Lipa
  4. Elodie
  5. Forever
  6. Hannah Grace
  7. Hazel English
  8. Hinds
  9. Muse
  10. Saint Motel
  11. Shakira
  12. Souixsie and the Banshees
  13. Talia Stewart
  14. Taylor Swift
  15. The Ting Tings
  16. Zayn Malik

Award Season Links:

  1. Lisa’s Oscar Predictions for Sunday Night
  2. Independent Spirit Awards
  3. Razzie Nominations
  4. The Academy Awards

News From Last Week:

  1. Staffers Say Sexism Runs Deep At The Washington Post
  2. McSCANDAL: New Documentary Shows How One Man Orchestrated A Scam Using McDonald’s ‘Monopoly’ Game
  3. ‘Comfortably Smug’ Twitter Account Suspended For Asking ‘Where’s Hunter, Fat?’
  4. CNN’s Brian Stelter wins first-ever ‘Liberal Hack Tournament,’ topping mainstream media giants
  5. Harvey Weinstein Appears To Doze Off Repeatedly During Victim’s Tearful Testimony
  6. Sam Raimi in Talks to Direct ‘Doctor Strange 2’
  7. FX Feeney, LA Weekly Film Critic and Historian, Dies at 66
  8. The Inside Story of How Harry Potter Was Translated Into Yiddish
  9. ORSON BEAN DEAD AT 91: Struck By Car

Links From Last Week:

  1. Heartland, Chronicled: A Political Journalist’s Reflections on Iowa, U.S.A.
  2. We’re all high-schoolers now
  3. SCREENPLAY BY: Carl Foreman
  4. Hollywood Executive Sherry Lansing’s Candid Biography Decimates Mike Myers! “Wednesday Bookmobile” Slices Open “Waynes World 2!”
  5. BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEW: DERRICK FERGUSON
  6. The Shiv in the Hand of Kindness

Links From The Site:

  1. Case reviewed the 1st episode of the new season of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina!
  2. Erin shared Romance For Hire, Love Story Magazine, Farewell My Young Lover, Torrid Tramp, After Office Hours, Kiss of the Damned, and a picture of Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn at the Oscars!  She also took a look at the Oscars through the decade and the covers of Manhunt!
  3. Doc Bowman welcomed you to Oscar Sunday!
  4. Jeff shared music videos from MC 900 Ft Jesus and The Rolling Stones!  He paid tribute to Michael Cimino!  He reviewed Under Siege, Warhead, Original Gangstas, Bruce Lee The Man The Myth, Night Fire, Black Gunn, and New Jersey Drive!
  5. Leonard reviewed Birds of Prey, Ford v Ferrari and Rabid!
  6. Ryan reviewed In Spite of Ourselves, What Does She See In Him Anyway, and Things Go Wrong, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
  7. I shared the trailers for Resistance and A Rough Draft!   I shared music videos from Dua Lipa, Hazel English, Hannah Grace, Elodie, and Talia Stewart!  I paid tribute to George Romero, Kirk Douglas, and Francois Truffaut and I share 4 Shots from 4 Films about Hollywood!  I shared my Oscar predictions for February!  I reviewed Doctor Zhivago, Flirtation Walk, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, Up In the Air, Giant, Inside Oscar 1 and 2, Zontar, and Gamera vs. Monster X!  I shared the opening of the 1952 Oscars and a clip of a naked man running across a stage!  I shared 6 actors who I hope win an Oscar by 2030, 6 actresses who I hope do the same, and 6 directors that I also hope accomplish the same.  I also shared what I wanted to win at the Oscars!

More From Us:

  1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard took a look at Re: Creators!
  2. Ryan has a patreon.  Please consider subscribing!
  3. On my music site, I shared songs from Forever, Shakira, Zayn Malik, Hazel English, Dua Lipa, Hinds, and Blondie!
  4. On SyFy Designs, I shared: Was the Groundhog Wrong?
  5. For Horror Critic, I reviewed Me & My Shadow!
  6. On her photography site, Erin shared: Snow 2, Snow 3, Snow 4, Snow 5, Snow 6, Snow 7, and Snow 8!
  7. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Waiting on Iowa , Last Night’s Caucus, 62% of Iowa Is In, Trump’s State of the Union, My Only Thought On Impeacment…, and Joe Walsh Suspends His Campaign!

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

Welcome to Oscar Sunday!


Welcome, one and all, to Oscar Sunday on the Shattered Lens!

Oscar Sunday is an official holiday at the Shattered Lens Bunker and the humans who work here have got a lot planned for today!  There’s going to be a potluck dinner.  There’s going to be a horseshoe tournament out back.  The flame-haired one even says that she’s going to try to hire a clown to come keep everyone entertained during the commercial breaks!

Maybe a clown like this one:

As for what you’ll be seeing on this site during today’s holiday, the TSL humans have got a lot planned for today!  I think there might be some reviews and maybe some Oscar trivia.  Whenever the ceremony ends, someone will probably post the end results so you can see how much money you made off of your Oscar predictions.  It should be fun so enjoy the day and don’t forget to watch the Oscars tonight!

By the way, Matt Smith likes the clown too!

Happy Oscar Sunday!

Lisa’s Week In Review — 1/27/20 — 2/2/20


This has been a great week!  Not only did I finally get over being sick but, on Thursday, I got to see my favorite band, Saint Motel, live!  They’re currently touring to support their latest, The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Part 1 and they put on a hell of a show!  Seriously, this groups put out the most positive vibes of any group that I’ve ever seen perform live so if you get a chance to see them, take it!

With the Sundance Film Festival now behind us and the Oscars coming up next Sunday, I kind of feel like 2020 is finally really starting.  Looking back over January, I think we did a pretty good job observing the first month of our 10-year anniversary celebration.  I’m looking forward to the rest of the year.

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

Films I Watched:

  1. 7th Heaven (1927)
  2. The Believer (2001)
  3. Convoy (1978)
  4. Crown Heights (2017)
  5. Degrassi Goes Hollywood (2009)
  6. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
  7. East Lynne (1931)
  8. Friends Who Kill (2020)
  9. Frozen River (2008)
  10. Great Expectations (1946)
  11. Jimmy (2013)
  12. Marjorie Prime (2017)
  13. Zontar: The Thing From Venus (1966)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1: Lone Star
  2. 60 Days In
  3. The Bachelor 24
  4. Beverly Hills 90210
  5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
  6. Doctor Phil
  7. The Good Place
  8. Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell and Back
  9. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  10. The Masked Singer
  11. Project Runway
  12. Super Bowl 54

Books I Read:

Though I did quite a bit of reading, I didn’t finish a single book last week and I feel awful about it.  I have to make up for it this week.

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Bee Gees
  2. The Chemical Brothers
  3. Girl in Red
  4. Jennifer Lopez
  5. Kedr Livanskiy
  6. Planet 1999
  7. Red Hot Chili Peppers
  8. Saint Motel
  9. Shadow Show
  10. Shakira
  11. Steve Aoki
  12. TOPS
  13. Tove Lo

Awards Season Links:

  1. Costume Designers Guild
  2. Visual Effects Society
  3. Casting Society of America
  4. Writers Guild of America
  5. Art Directors Guild
  6. Sudance Film Festival

Super Bowl Ads:

  1. A Quiet Place 2
  2. Hunters
  3. Sonic The Hedgehog
  4. The SpongeBob Movie
  5. Top Gun: Maverick
  6. Mulan
  7. Fast and Furious 9
  8. Black Widow
  9. No Time To Die
  10. Minions: The Rise of Gru
  11. The MCU on Disney+

News From Last Week:

  1. Chinese people are using “Chernobyl” to channel their anger about the coronavirus outbreak
  2. Author tour for controversial ‘American Dirt’ is canceled

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin congratulated the Chiefs and took a look at the many adventures of Captain Future!  She also shared This Naked Love, The Wife Traders, Mad River, Inside Detective, The Case of the Caretaker’s Cat, The Beauty of Peace, and Football Wife!
  2. Doc shared his 2020 Kitten Bowl predictions!
  3. Jeff reviewed Last Blood, Outlaw Justice, Club Paradise, Brexit, Blown Away, Any Given Sunday, and North Dallas Forty!  He shared music videos from Sex Pistols, Sonny & Cher, and Madness!  He wished a happy birthday to W.C. Fields and John Ford!
  4. Leonard shared the trailer for Fast 9!
  5. Ryan reviewed Queer Uprisings and shared his weekly reading round-up!
  6. I shared music videos from Tops, Aoki, Planet 1999, and Saint Motel!  I reviewed The Diary of Anne Frank, Brittany Runs a Marathon, Amadeus, Great Expectations, The Report, 7th Heaven, Crown Heights, East Lynne, Frozen River, and Marjorie Prime!  I shared a scene from Twin Peaks: The Return, a film called Combat America, and my top 6 Super Bowl commercials!

More From Us:

  1. On my music site, I shared songs from Girl in Red, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shadow Show, Saint Motel, Tove Lo, Bee Gees, and The Chemical Brothers!
  2. At my Dream Journal, I shared: Last Night’s Weird House and Cat Dream!
  3. At SyFy Designs, I shared Happy New Year, SyFy Designs and Happy Pop Art Day!
  4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Coronavirus Is Scary As Hell, About that CNN Clip, No Front Runner, Happy Brexit Eve, A Day of Exits, and Iowa Predictions!
  5. On her photography site, Erin shared Water Tower, Upper Levels, A Tree In The Fog, Mother and Children, Sky, Sky 2Ice, and Snow!
  6. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 1/20/20 — 1/26/20


Well, this week kind of sucked.  Things started out okay but then I got massively sick on Thursday and I’m only now really starting to recover.  So, basically, I’ve been out-of-it for the last four days.  (Actually, it’s more like the last 4-and-a-half days because I first started to feel a little bit ill around Wednesday evening.)

Anyway, I’ve been forcing myself to rest and “get better” and all that good stuff.  It sucks because I’m not very good at resting but oh well.  Here’s what I was able to accomplish this week, despite being under the weather.  (I mentioned on twitter that I was “under the weather” and a total stranger responded with something about how there’s this huge conspiracy to control the weather and really, folks — don’t start that shit when you’re talking to someone who is already feeling ill and, therefore, not in a particularly indulgent mood.  I’ve never hit the block button so fast in my life.)

Films I Watched:

  1. Alibi (1929)
  2. Blue Chips (1994)
  3. Chris Watts: Confessions of a Killer (2020)
  4. The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
  5. Mercy Streets (2000)
  6. The Nomads (2019)
  7. The Path of the Wind (2009)
  8. Romeo and Juliet (1936)
  9. Sounder (1972)
  10. Wild Rose (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1: Lone Star
  2. 60 Days In
  3. Avenue 5
  4. The Bachelor 24
  5. Beverly Hills 90210
  6. Boston Stranger: The Real Story
  7. Cheer
  8. Conan
  9. Curb Your Enthusiasm
  10. Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back
  11. It’s a Living
  12. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  13. The Love Boat
  14. The Office
  15. The Outsider
  16. Seinfeld

Books I Read:

  1. Giant (2018) by Don Graham

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Armin van Buuren
  3. Best Coast
  4. Bikini Kill
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. Crud
  7. The Damned
  8. Jackie Lynn
  9. Jakalope
  10. The Jam
  11. Jimi Hendrix
  12. Kedr Livanskiy
  13. Maluma
  14. The New York Dolls
  15. Okay Kaya
  16. Selena Gomez
  17. The Sex Pistols
  18. The Slits
  19. Steve Aoki
  20. Twist Helix

Awards Season Links:

  1. DGA
  2. Annie Awards
  3. ASC
  4. USC Scripter Awards
  5. CAS

Links From Last Week:

  1. The former lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania is now doing stand-up comedy in California as ‘Mikey Stacks’
  2. Are new ‘Great Gatsby’ adaptations in our future? The classic’s copyright is set to expire in 2021

Links From The Site:

  1. Case reviewed The Perfection!
  2. Erin shared The Covers of Real Western and featured Charles Moore’s photograph of Martin Luther King, The Million Eyes of Su Muru, They Came To Rob Las Vegas, One Adam and Five Eves, Courage, The Trees, and the Judas Tree!
  3. Jeff reviewed Goin’ South, When Justice Fails, Dilemma, Gunshy, Lipstick Camera, Backstreet Justice, and RamboHe paid tribute to Terry Jones.  He shared music videos by Talking Heads, Monster Magnet, The Beastie Boys, and INXS!
  4. Pat shared some new movie posters that you need to see!
  5. Ryan reviewed Floppy and Wildest Dreams and shared his weekly reading round-up!
  6. I shared music videos from Best Coast, Okay Kaya, and Jackie Lynn!  I shared scenes from La Dolce Vita, Roller Boogie, and Mad Max: Fury Road!  I observed the birthdays of David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, and Paul Newman!  I reviewed Alibi, Tender Mercies, Sounder, and Romeo and Juliet!  Finally, I wrote about 7 films that David Lynch turned down!

More From Us:

  1. At Days without Incident, Leonard wrote about Terry Jones.
  2. At Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about the New York Time presidential endorsements and the death of a former congressman.  He also reviewed Netflix’s Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez!
  3. On her photography site, Erin shared Society, Something In A Tree, Space Available, The Train, Truth, Try and Stop Me, and Twin Fans!
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from Armin Van Buuren, Above & Beyond, Jimi Hendrix, Twist Helix, Aoki, Best Coast, and Kedr Livanskiy!
  5. Ryan has a patreon, please consider subscribing!

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

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Lisa’s Week In Review: 1/13/20 — 1/19/20


It was a good week.  It was kind of cold.  It rained a lot.  The Oscars are coming closer.  I went back to my day job and I didn’t get to watch as many movies as I did over the first two weeks of 2020.

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Ghost Town (1988)
  2. Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)
  3. Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
  4. Imposter (2001)
  5. Inner Sanctum (1948)
  6. The Lighthouse (2019)
  7. Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
  8. The Perfection (2018)
  9. Sideways (2004)
  10. Stolen By My Mother (2020)
  11. The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)

Television Shows I Watched:

(As some of our more experienced readers may notice, I spent a good deal of last week watching the old TV shows on Antenna TV.  It was kind of fun to see what people used to be into.)

  1. 9-1-1
  2. 60 Days In
  3. Alice
  4. Archie Bunker’s Place
  5. The Bachelor 24
  6. Barney Miller
  7. Benson
  8. Beverly Hills 90210
  9. Bewitched
  10. The Circle
  11. Curb Your Enthusiasm
  12. Denis the Menace
  13. Diff’rent Strokes
  14. The Facts of Life
  15. Father Knows Best
  16. Flirty Dancing
  17. Ghost Whisperer
  18. Hazel
  19. I Dream of Jeannie
  20. It’s a Living
  21. The Love Boat
  22. Romper Stomper
  23. Saved By The Bell
  24. That Girl
  25. Three’s Company

Books I Read:

  1. Omerta (2000) by Mario Puzo

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Alvin Risk
  2. Armin van Buuren
  3. Best Coast
  4. Big Data
  5. Billie Eilish
  6. Blanck Mass
  7. Cage the Elephant
  8. Calvin Harris
  9. The Chemical Brothers
  10. Coldplay
  11. Dillon Francis
  12. Elle King
  13. Ennio Morricone
  14. John Carpenter
  15. Joywave
  16. Muse
  17. Nine Inch Nails
  18. Phantogram
  19. Saint Motel
  20. Selena Gomez
  21. Skrillex
  22. Sly Toe Hand
  23. Tove Lo

Awards Season Links:

  1. Critics Choice Awards
  2. Oscar Nominations
  3. Denver Film Critics
  4. North Dakota Film Critics Society
  5. The Eddie Awards
  6. The PGA Awards
  7. The SAG Awards

News From Last Week:

  1. ‘The View’ is ‘a big mess’ and ABC News ‘the most vicious swamp in the business,’ sources say
  2. ‘Primer’ and ‘Upstream Color’ Director Shane Carruth Retiring After Next Film
  3. HBO won’t pursue second season of ‘Watchmen’ after creator bows out
  4. Bloomberg Campaign To El Bloombito Parody Account: Make Me Look Cool…Por Favor
  5. Hank Azaria Will No Longer Voice Apu on ‘The Simpsons’
  6. Oscar-Voter Stephen King Criticized For Saying He Champions Films Based on Quality and Not Diversity
  7. Here’s why Billie Eilish’s Bond theme commission has hit a sour note

Links From Last Week:

  1. The media horror at Joker’s Oscar nods is deeply predictable

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared the Covers of Jungle Stories and Ex-Mistress, Diana, The Hucksters, Complete Detective, Carnival Girl, Basement Gang, and The Smiling Rebel!
  2. Leonard shared the Morbius trailer!
  3. Ryan reviewed Crystal Bone Drive and Dimensional Flats!
  4. Jeff reviewed Behind Enemy Lines III, Birds of Prey, The Biggest Bundle of Them All, Escape from New York, Jailbait, In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco, and Hijack!  He shared music videos from Leonard Cohen, R.E.M., U2, and Robert Palmer!  He paid tribute to Julie Strain, Steven Soderbergh, Donald Cammell, John Boorman, and Richard Lester!
  5. I shared music videos from Sly Toe Hand, Skrillex, and John Carpenter!   I reviewed Marriage Story, The Crowd, In the Heat of the Night, Lady for A Day, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Sideways, and The Wolf of Wall Street!  I wished a happy birthday to John Carpenter, James Earl Jones, and Cary Grant!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Please consider subscribing!
  2. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Cory Booker Is Out!
  3. On Days Without Incident, Leonard wrote about the Foo Fighters!
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from The Chemical Brothers, Selena Gomez, Skrillex, John Carpenter, Ennio Morricone, Saint Motel, and Joywave!
  5. On her photography site, Erin shared Path Away, Pipeline, Rain on Leaves, Safety Convention, Sanctuary, Shelter, and Designated Smoking Area!

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

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Lisa’s Week In Review: 1/6/20 — 1/12/20


This was a good week for me.  I caught up on some of the movies that I missed last year and I even got to play out in the snow a little!

The Oscar nominations are going to be announced in just a few more hours and I’m nowhere near prepared for them this year.  This upcoming week is going to be crazy one!

Here’s what I did this week:

Films I Watched:

  1. 1917 (2019)
  2. The Aeronauts (2019)
  3. Beast From Haunted Cave (1959)
  4. Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
  5. Bright Lights, Bright City (1988)
  6. Brittany Runs A Marathon (2019)
  7. Diane (2019)
  8. Domino (2019)
  9. The Edge of Democracy (2019)
  10. Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
  11. Gloria Bell (2019)
  12. Green Book (2018)
  13. High Life (2019)
  14. I Lost My Body (2019)
  15. In Which We Serve (1942)
  16. Luce (2019)
  17. Parasite (2019)
  18. The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
  19. Raging Bull (1980)
  20. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019)
  21. The Snake Pit (1948)
  22. Tell Me Who I Am (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. The Bachelor 24
  3. Bewitched
  4. Diff’rent Strokes
  5. Facts of Life
  6. Fear Thy Neighbor
  7. Friends
  8. The Office
  9. Seinfeld
  10. Shipping Wars
  11. The Simpsons

Books I Read:

  1. Unsolved Mysteries of World War II (2019) by Michael Fitzgerald

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Agnes Obel
  2. Blanck Mass
  3. Bob Dylan
  4. Cage the Elephant
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. Muse
  7. Phantogram
  8. Rob Zombie
  9. Saint Motel
  10. Sturgill Simpson
  11. Tegan and Sara
  12. Tiesto
  13. UPSAHL

Awards Season Links:

  1. PGA Nominations
  2. DGA Nominations
  3. The Dorian Awards
  4. The Hollywood Critics Association
  5. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists
  6. The North Dakota Film Society Nominations
  7. The Music City Film Critics Association

News From Last Week:

  1. Twitter will put options to limit replies directly on the compose screen
  2. Over 100 employees lose their jobs at CollegeHumor after parent company pulls funding
  3. Bill Wisener, who every day for 40 years ran iconic Dallas store Bill’s Records, died Saturday
  4. Bills in several states aim to help those in the gig economy. Some are worried they’ll lose work instead
  5. ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Director Scott Derrickson Drops Out
  6. Hollywood’s avenging angel: could Annabella Sciorra bring down Harvey Weinstein?
  7. Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Want To Be ‘Financially Independent’
  8. Czech-Born Director Ivan Passer Dies at 86
  9. Marianne Williamson announces she is suspending her presidential campaign

Links From Last Week:

  1. Ken Fuson, 1956 — 2020
  2. After Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes, is this the end of the awards show host?
  3. Ricky Gervais Read America
  4. Unearthed Article from 1974 Recounts the Total Madness of Experiencing ‘The Exorcist’ in Theaters

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin profiled the Covers of Startling Detective Adventures and shared Pushover, Witch On Wheels, Walk Out On Death, True Confessions, Inside Detective, Hideaway, and French Model!
  2. Jeff shared music videos from Melle Mel, R.E.M, David Bowie, Genesis, David Bowie again, and Rush.  He reviewed Grambling’s White Tiger, Cyborg, The Visitors, Avenging Force, Dead By Dawn, Behind Enemy Lines, and Behind Enemy Lines II!  He paid tribute to Elvis, Lee Van Cleef, Buck Henry, and Walter Hill.
  3. Val reviewed the 1956 version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn!
  4. Leonard shared the trailer for The New Mutants and reviewed Ratatouille and Underwater!
  5. Ryan reviewed Making Time, Rodin Du Jour, and Opal Fruit!
  6. I shared a music video from Rob Zombie and I reviewed The Golden Globes, Lenny, All That Jazz, Green Book, In Which We Serve, Raging Bull, The Snake Pit, and Gentleman’s Agreement!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Please consider subscribing!
  2. Over at Days Without Incident, Leonard wrote about writer’s block.
  3. Over at Pop Politics, Jeff shared Lessons From Last Night, Meghan and Harry Are Stepping Back From Their Royal Duties, 330-231, and Neil Peart, R.I.P.
  4. Over at my music site, I shared songs from Cage the Elephant, Saint Motel, Phantogram, Agnes Obel, Bob Dylan, Tiesto, and Sturgill Simpson!
  5. On her photography site, Erin shared Arapaho Station, Arapaho Center, Between, Campus, Distance, Meadows Fountain, and Confusion!

Want to check out last week?  Click here!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 1/1/20 — 1/5/20


The first week of 2020 is in the books and I think we did a pretty good job ringing in the new year here at the Shattered Lens.  The Oscars are approaching.  The Super Bowl commercials are being filmed.  We’ve got a lot to look forward to.

But, first, let’s look back at the week that was:

Films I Watched:

  1. A Lover Scorned (2019)
  2. Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story (2019)
  3. Am I A Serial Killer? (2019)
  4. Best Friend’s Betrayal (2019)
  5. Deadly Assistant (2019)
  6. Escaping My Stalker (2020)
  7. Gamera vs. Monster X (1970)
  8. Her Deadly Reflections (2020)
  9. Is My Daughter Really Dead? (2019)
  10. Logan’s Run (1976)
  11. Love You To Death (2019)
  12. Psycho BFF (2019)
  13. Psycho Granny (2019)
  14. The Resurrection of Gavin Stone (2017)
  15. Secrets In A Small Town (2019)
  16. A Star Is Born (2018)
  17. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
  18. Uncut Gems (2019)
  19. Was I Really Kidnapped? (2019)
  20. Westworld (1973)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Beverly Hills 90210
  2. The Circle
  3. Couples Court with the Cutlers
  4. Ghost Whisperer
  5. The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards
  6. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  7. Judge Jerry
  8. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  9. The Love Boat
  10. Newsradio
  11. Project Runway
  12. Saved By The Bell

Books I Read:

  1. Imaginary Friend (2019) by Stephen Chbosky
  2. The Wallflower Wager (2019) by Tessa Dare

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Adam Rickfors
  3. Adi Ulmansky
  4. Alvin Risk
  5. Amy Winehouse
  6. Armin van Buuren
  7. Avicii
  8. Big Data
  9. Blanck Mass
  10. Bloc Party
  11. Bob Dylan
  12. Britney Spears
  13. Cage the Elephant
  14. Cedric Gervais
  15. The Chemical Brothers
  16. Coldplay
  17. The Crystal Method
  18. Dillon Francis
  19. DJ Judaa
  20. Fitz and the Tantrums
  21. Icona Pop
  22. Jakalope
  23. Jake Bugg
  24. Joywave
  25. Lady Gaga
  26. LAKS
  27. Moby
  28. Muse
  29. Neon Indian
  30. Phantogram
  31. Radiohead
  32. Rich White
  33. Robert DeLong
  34. Saint Motel
  35. Sleigh Bells
  36. Swedish House Mafia
  37. Tiesto
  38. UPSAHL

Awards Season Links:

  1. The Houston Film Critics Society
  2. North Carolina Film Critics Association
  3. The Dorian Nominations
  4. Georgia Film Critics Association Nominations
  5. National Society of Film Critics
  6. The Golden Globes

News From Last Week:

  1. Joker Success Not Related to Batman, Says Phillips
  2. Bobbi Kristina Brown’s Ex-Boyfriend Nick Gordon Dies at 30 from Drug Overdose
  3. Captain America Actress Arrested For Allegedly Killing Her Mom
  4. ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ was the dominant book of the decade
  5. Marianne Williamson Has Laid Off Her Entire 2020 Campaign Staff
  6. LORI LOUGHLIN HIRES EXPERTS TO PREPARE FOR PRISON AMID COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCANDAL

Links From Last Week:

  1. Goodbye 2010s! A Decade in Review
  2. Classic “B” Movies! Body Heat! Battle Royale! Bogart Too! Cinema’s Greatest Films That Begin With A “B”!

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Peaceful Fountain, In The Beginning, Double Detective, The Wanton, and Commuting Wife!  She also shared the Covers of Master Detective!
  2. Doc wished everyone a Happy 2020!
  3. Jeff shared music videos from Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Europe, and Yello!  He paid tribute to Max Julien and Leon Isaac Kennedy!  And he reviewed Delta Force 2, White Mile, Extramarital, American Outlaws, and The Take!
  4. Val served the 25 Best, Worst, and Gems that she saw last year!
  5. Necromoonyeti shared his top albums of 2019!
  6. Ryan reviewed Snake Creek, Faults, Constantly, and Keeping Score!
  7. I reviewed Escaping My Stalker, Her Deadly Reflections, Coming Home, Darkest Hour, Hope and Glory, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, and A Star is Born!  I shared my Oscar predictions for January!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Please consider subscribing!
  2. Over at my online dream journal, I shared My First Dream of 2020!
  3. On my music site, I shared songs from LANKS, Robert DeLong, UPSAHL, Bob Dylan, and The Crystal Method!
  4. On her photography site, Erin shared: New Year’s Day, Speed Bump Ahead, City, Mood, and Lighthouse!
  5. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: My 2020 Resolutions, Julian Castro is Out, Friday Notes, and Is It Time For Tom Brady To Retire?

Check out the last week of 2019 by clicking here!

 

Happy 2020 From All The Writers (and the Cat) at the Shattered Lens!


(Photo by Erin Nicole)

You did it!

You survived 2019!

2019 was a year when humans everywhere proved that they should just be quiet and let cats run the planet.  Well, 2019 is over now.  It’s 2020 and hopefully, everyone will try to do better over the upcoming 12 months….

Of course, they probably won’t.  This is going to be a crazy year, because the humans in America are having an election in November and it seems like 60% of them have already climbed up to the top of the tree and decided to try to jump back down to the patio without even bothering to estimate the distance of their fall!

So you know what?

When the outside world gets too insane or annoying or whatever, we want to provide a place for you to escape.  This year, the TSL is 10 years old and the Shattered Lens humans have got a lot planned!  They’re going to make 2020 a great, great year!

So, remember — when things get crazy and when everything just seems to be too weird to deal with, TSL is here for you!

Here’s what we have to look forward to in 2020: the Oscars!  New films from Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott, Edgar Wright, and Paul Greengrass!  The next stage of the MCU!  A thousand streaming services!  Baby Yoda!  The Many Saints of Newark!  Cannes!  Sundance!  Theme months!  Embracing the Melodrama!  Back to School!  Shattered Politics!  18 Days of Paranoia!

Welcome to 2020!  Let’s make it great one and, when in doubt, look to the cats for wisdom!

(Photo by Erin Nicole)