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Gary Loggins, Rest In Peace

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

We have some sad news to report.  Gary Loggins, who shared his film reviews here and over on his own page, passed away this weekend.  He was 61 years old.

It’s hard to know where to start when it comes to Gary.  He was a good man.  He was active and respected in the recovery community and a tireless advocate for those trying to turn their lives around.  He was a good writer.  He loved Boston and he loved movies.  Oh my God, did he ever love movies!

Most of Gary’s reviews were of classic films and his knowledge indeed was encyclopedic.  He also reviewed more recent films as well.  He reviewed classic television shows and he enjoyed looking at the history of one-hit wonders.  His writing was full of warmth and joy.  I mean, this was a man who truly loved cinema and reading his reviews, it was impossible not share that love.  He brought so much to the online film community and he will be missed.

Gary first contacted me in 2015, asking me if I was looking for another reviewer for Through the Shattered Lens.  I asked him if I could see a sample of his work.  He sent me a review of Monster Zero.  I read it and I said, “Hell yeah, you can write for the Shattered Lens!”  For the past four years, Gary was a regular contributor here and on his own site, Cracked Rearviewer.  He introduced me to a lot of older films that I probably wouldn’t have seen if not for his recommendation.  As I said, he really loved movies and he shared that love with not only those of us here at the Shattered Lens but with everyone who read one of his reviews.  And for that, we will be forever thankful.

I’m going to miss my friend.

Rest in peace, Gary.

Lisa’s Week In Review — 9/30/19 — 10/6/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

After 104 posts, the first week of Horrorthon is done!

Before we begin week 2, here’s a look back at the week that was!

Films I Watched:

  1. Alien 2: On Earth (1980)
  2. Beyond the Darkness (1979)
  3. City of the Dead (1960)
  4. Cursed to Kill (2017)
  5. Deadly Excursion (2019)
  6. Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (1956)
  7. Firestarter (1984)
  8. The Fourth Kind (2009)
  9. Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)
  10. Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
  11. In the Tall Grass (2019)
  12. Insidious (2010)
  13. Joker (2019)
  14. Mean Girls (2004)
  15. Mr. Deeds (2002)
  16. mother! (2017)
  17. Night of Dark Shadows (1971)
  18. Night of the Ghouls (1984)
  19. Smuggling in Suburbia (2019)
  20. The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
  21. Summertree (1971)
  22. Suspiria (1977)
  23. The Wedding Chapel (2013)
  24. The Witches (1966)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 9-1-1
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. The Affair
  4. American Horror Story 1984
  5. Batwoman
  6. Beverly Hills 90210
  7. The Bold and the Beautiful
  8. California Dreams
  9. Couples Court With The Cutlers
  10. Dancing With The Stars
  11. Degrassi
  12. Degrassi High
  13. The Deuce
  14. Doctor Phil
  15. Emergence
  16. General Hospital
  17. Ghost Whisperer
  18. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  19. Judge Jerry
  20. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  21. Medium
  22. Naked City
  23. Parking Wars
  24. Police Surgeon
  25. Route 66
  26. Saved By The Bell
  27. Seinfeld
  28. Shipping Wars
  29. South Park
  30. Survivor 39
  31. Touched By An Angel
  32. True Crime Files
  33. Unforgettable
  34. The Voice
  35. The Walking Dead
  36. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

  1. Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology (2010) by Theresa Bane
  2. Italian Horror (2005) by Jim Harper
  3. Shadow of Evil (1960) by Greye La Spina
  4. The Vampire Curse (1971) by Daoma Winston

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Adi Ulmansky
  3. Afrojack
  4. Air
  5. Alvin Risk
  6. Aphex Twin
  7. Armin van Buuren
  8. Big Data
  9. Billy Idol
  10. The Black Keys
  11. Blanck Mass
  12. Britney Spears
  13. The Chemical Brothers
  14. Cindy Lauper
  15. Crud
  16. The Cyrstal Method
  17. Demi Lovato
  18. Dido
  19. Dillon Francis
  20. DJ Judaa
  21. Fitz and the Tantrums
  22. Goblin
  23. Imagine Dragons
  24. Jai Wolf
  25. Jakalope
  26. Joywave
  27. Kanye West
  28. M83
  29. Massive Attack
  30. Motionless in White
  31. Radiohead
  32. Riz Ortolani
  33. Semblant
  34. Sia
  35. Taking Back Sunday
  36. Taylor Swift
  37. The White Stripes
  38. Zedd

Links From Last Week:

  1. The Best of Tater
  2. 15 People On Their Experience With The Sleep Paralysis Demon
  3. Amy Klobuchar, Bird Murderer
  4. #31DaysOfHalloween Begins With Three “Inside Your House” Horrors!
  5. Words of Wisdom
  6. The Lady in the Black Dress
  7. Why We Feel So Compelled to Make Maps of Fictional Worlds
  8. Let’s Go To Dracula’s House! “What The Friday?!?!” Can You Sleepover In Vlad The Impaler’s Bran Castle?
  9. Beatles vs. Stones At The Movies
  10. Harry Lennix has Superman anecdotes involving Henry Cavill and Gene Hackman
  11. GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH: GUEST REVIEW BY MARK BOUSQUET

News From Last Week:

  1. Another Woman Says Al Franken Groped Her
  2. Criterion Collection Hails the King With Trailer for Epic 15-Film ‘Godzilla: The Showa Era’ Box Set
  3. ‘Stranger Things’ Gets Renewed for Season 4 as Duffer Brothers Ink Overall Deal With Netflix
  4. Kanye West reportedly says he’ll only do gospel music from now on
  5. Kanye West’s Pseudo-Religious Sunday Service Sparks Walkouts in New York City
  6. Ida Lupino, the Mother of American Independent Film, Finally Gets Her Due
  7. The blockbuster that wasn’t: inside an alleged $14m scam to make the next Netflix hit
  8. Surprise Fall Snowstorm Makes for Viral Wedding Photo Shoot
  9. Jussie Smollett objects to comparison to girl who lied about dreadlocks being cut
  10. Clint Eastwood’s ‘The Ballad of Richard Jewell’ Enters Oscar Race With December 13th Release Date
  11. Will This Oscar Season Be A Turning Point For These Veteran Movie Stars?
  12. An Exhibition of ‘Twin Peaks’-Themed Art Is Being Sold for a Good Cause
  13. Kim Shattuck, Muffs Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 56
  14. Tom Holland’s Last-Minute Appeal Helped Seal a ‘Spider-Man’ Deal
  15. Robert De Niro subjected female employee to creepy and abusive behavior: lawsuit
  16. Andrew Yang puts other Dems to shame with big cash haul
  17. Michael Avenatti Takes Stormy Daniels to Court for Millions in Legal Backpay
  18. Diahann Carroll, pioneering actress known for ‘Julia’ and ‘Dynasty,’ dead at 84
  19. Martin Scorsese Calls Out Marvel and Superhero Movies: ‘That’s Not Cinema’
  20. Fans Start Petition for Robert Downey Jr. Best Actor Oscar for Avengers: Endgame
  21. ‘Morning Joe’ host Mika Brzezinski publicly supported news vet Brokaw amid misconduct claims, privately apologized to accuser
  22. First James Bond ‘No Time to Die’ Movie Poster Unveiled
  23. Sam Raimi reveals an Evil Dead sequel is definitely in development
  24. 2,294-pound pumpkin sets new record at fair in Massachusetts
  25. Warner Bros. Laughing All The Way To The Bank With ‘Joker’: $93.5M-$95M+ Debut Reps Records For October, Todd Phillips, Joaquin Phoenix & Robert De Niro
  26. New, recent and upcoming horror movie releases for Halloween and beyond

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared welcomed you to October and shared some vintage horror posters!  She also shared Manhattan Heat, Rosevean, Phantom Manor, Widow in White, The Vampire Curse, Peril at Stone Hall, and Mistress of Mount Fair!
  2. Case reviewed Sorority Row, Down, N., Joker, the 1st episode of Creepshow, In the Tall Grass, and Two Sentence Horror Stories!
  3. Gary reviewed Island of Lost Souls, Twins of Evil, and Death Curse of Tartu!
  4. Jeff reviewed Wolfman, Raw Nerve, Vampiric Tower, Laser Moon, The Count, Night Hunter, Hamburger Hell, Steel and Lace, Vacation Gone Awry, Someone Behind the Door, Don’t Fire Until You See The Yellow Of Their Niblets, and Class of 1999!
  5. Leonard shared the trailer for Birds of Prey and reviewed Joker!
  6. Arleigh profiled artist Junji Ito and reviewed Ito’s Glyceride!
  7. Ryan reviewed Theth, Kap Trap, and Black Star!  He also shared his weekly reading round-up!
  8. I shared music videos from Radiohead, Big Data, Massive Attack, Jai Wolf, Semblant, Motionless in White, and Aphex Twin! I shared the trailer for BBC One’s War of the Worlds! I paid tribute to James Dean!  I reviewed The Wedding Chapel, Boy of the Streets, Deadly Detention, It Stains the Sands Red, Hour of the Wolf, Paperbacks From Hell, Fiend, Zombie Tidal Wave, The Dead Are After Me, Deliverance, Deadly Excursion, Single White Female, The Student of Prague, Air Force One Is Haunted, The Spanish Prisoner, Single White Female 2, The Devil’s Hand, The Ghost, The Lovecraft Lexicon, Guru, the Mad Monk, End of the World, Encyclopedia of Vampire Mythology, House, The Madam of Purity Falls, Underworld, Firestarter, Alien 2, The Vampire Curse, The Ghastly Ones, Beyond The Darkness, The Fourth Kind, Italian Horror, and Night School!  I invited you watch The Good Loser, Raiders of the Living Dead, Little Shop of Horrors, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Last Man On Earth, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Creeping Terror, an episode of Degrassi High, Degrassi: Secrets Part One, Degrassi: Secrets Part Two, The Curse of Degrassi, Degrassi: Innocent When You Dream, and Degrassi: Nowhere to Run!  I paid tribute to the years 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979!  I wrote about the making of Halloween and 6 paranormal creatures who deserve their own film I shared scenes that I love from Plan 9 From Outer Space, Dracula, The Witch, The Shining, Zombi 2, and Insidious! And I even shared an AMV of the Day!

More From Us:

  1. Ryan has a patreon.  We encourage you to subscribe to it.
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard wrote about Sia!
  3. On Cracked Rearviewer, Gary announced the return of the Halloween Havoc Film Festival!
  4. On her photography site, Erin shared Lamplight, Front Yard Squirrel, Crum Auditorium, Searching, Flood, Past, and Third House!
  5. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Good News About Spider-Man, Nobody Puts Spartacus In A Corner, Brexit Someday, Joker Opens In Theaters Tonight. Will The Country Survive?, The Immortal Voice of Janis Joplin, The AARP Election, and People Are Buying More Guns!
  6. At the Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
  7. On my music site, I shared songs from M83, Britney Spears, Dido, The Black Keys, Demi Lovato, Air,and M83 again!
  8. On SyFy Designs, I shared: It’s October, October by Robert Frost, The Class of Beverly Hills, Today is Mean Girls Appreciation Day One Advantage of Being Busy, I Just Went Through Every Cat Owner’s Worst Nightmare, and Doc Update!
  9. On my dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Family Dream, Last Night’s Fragment of a Dream, A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe, Last Night’s Wasp Dream, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, No. 43 from Los Caprichos (The Caprices), 1796-1798 by Francisco de Goya, and Another Forgotten Dream!
  10. For Horror Critic, I reviewed The Screaming Woman, Earth vs. The Flying Saucers, Cursed to Kill, City of the Dead, In The Tall Grass, and Night of the Ghouls!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review — 9/23/19 — 9/29/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

 

Photograph by Erin Nicole

What a week!  Big Brother finally ended, Survivor started, and even better — it’s almost October!  The Annual TSL Horrorthon starts next week on Tuesday!  It’s going to be a blast and I hope you enjoy experiencing it as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it all together!

Just one more day to go….

Films I Watched:

  1. Aladdin (2019)
  2. The Best of Enemies (2019)
  3. Chattahoochee (1989)
  4. Deadly Detention (2017)
  5. Deliverance (1972)
  6. End of the World (1977)
  7. From Justin to Kelly (2003)
  8. The Ghastly Ones (1968)
  9. Goldeneye (1995)
  10. Henry V (1989)
  11. House (1977)
  12. The Invisible (2007)
  13. John Wick 3: Parabellum (2019)
  14. Judy (2019)
  15. Licence to Kill (1985)
  16. Little Man Tate (1991)
  17. The Living Daylights (1987)
  18. The Madam of Purity Falls (2019)
  19. Richard III (1995)
  20. The Screaming Woman (1972)
  21. The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
  22. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
  23. Underworld (2003)
  24. The World Is Not Enough (1999)
  25. Zombie Tidal Wave (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 60 Days In Narcoland
  2. 9-1-1
  3. The Affair
  4. All Rise
  5. American Horror Story 1984
  6. Big Brother 21
  7. Bluff City Law
  8. Bob Hearts Abishola
  9. Couples Court with the Cutlers
  10. Dancing With The Stars
  11. The Deuce
  12. Emergence
  13. Fear the Walking Dead
  14. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  15. Judge Jerry
  16. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  17. Mixed-Ish
  18. Prodigal Son
  19. Protection Court
  20. Saved By The Bell
  21. South Park
  22. Stumptown
  23. Survivor 39
  24. The Terror: Infamy
  25. True Crime Files
  26. The Voice

Books I Read:

  1. The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America (2019) by Karen Abbott
  2. Haunted Heartland (1985) by Beth Scott and Michael Norman

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. The Chemical Brothers
  2. Chromatics
  3. The Comet is Coming
  4. Goblin
  5. Hrdza
  6. HTRK
  7. Jakalope
  8. John Carpenter
  9. Kedr Livansky
  10. Magdalena Bay
  11. Mindless Self-Indulgence
  12. Miss World
  13. Phantogram
  14. Rachel Foxx
  15. Radiohead
  16. Rolling Stones
  17. Skott

Links From Last Week:

  1. Ryan has a patreon!  Please consider subscribing!
  2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard wrote about Deadly Valentine!
  3. At Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about Sid Haig, impeachment, transcripts, regrets, and William Shatner!
  4. I finished up the latest season if Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
  5. I wrote about Survivor at Reality TV Chat Blog!
  6. For my Dream Journal, I shared a dream about going to the movies!
  7. At my music site, I shared music from Rachel Foxx, Skott, HTRK, Phantogram, Hrdza, Radiohead, and Avicii!
  8. On her photography site, Erin shared Ducks, Lamp, Light It Up, Broken, Wrong Way, Danger, and Neon!

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Counterspy Express, The Joy Wheel, For I Have Sinned, No Time At All, The Paper Palace, The Motel, and Male Ward!
  2. Gary paid tribute to Sid Haig and reviewed Man With The Gun!
  3. Jeff shared music videos from Journey and Journey again!  He also shared videos from Extreme and Whitesnake!
  4. I reviewed the Monday night premieres and shared the trailers for The Irishman and Uncut Gems!  I shared my monthly Oscar predictions and videos from Magdalena Bay, Miss World, and The Comet Is Coming!
  5. Ryan reviewed I Couldn’t Stop, Open Molar, Neverending Race, Elemental Stars, Bonkers, Plant Power, Bad Ball, The Call of Cthulhu, and Shadowplay!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 9/16/19 — 9/22/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This was another week of getting ready for October and this year’s annual horrorthon.  Just 8 more days to go!

Films I Watched:

  1. American Satan (2017)
  2. Booksmart (2019)
  3. The Cheerleader Escort (2019)
  4. Dating a Sociopath (2019)
  5. The Devil’s Hand (1961)
  6. Escaping the NXIVM Cult (2019)
  7. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
  8. The Ghost (1963)
  9. Moonraker (1979)
  10. Octopussy (1983)
  11. Replicas (2019)
  12. Return to Campus (1975)
  13. Single White Female (1992)
  14. Single White Female 2: The Psycho (2005)
  15. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  16. The Student of Prague (1913)
  17. They Shall Not Grow Old (2019)
  18. Undercover Cheerleader (2019)
  19. A View To A Kill (1985)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 90 Days in Narcoland
  2. American Horror Story: 1984
  3. Bachelor in Paradise
  4. Bar Rescue
  5. Big Brother 21
  6. The Bold and the Beautiful
  7. Couples Court With The Cutlers
  8. Dancing With The Stars
  9. Days of Our Lives
  10. Degrassi: The Next Generation
  11. Digital Addiction
  12. Fear The Walking Dead
  13. General Hospital
  14. Judge Jerry
  15. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  16. The Primetime Emmy Awards
  17. Protection Court
  18. Return to Downton Abbey: A Grand Event
  19. Saved By The Bell
  20. So You Think You Can Dance
  21. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

  1. Air Force One Is Haunted (1985) by Robert J. Serling
  2. Boom (2019) by Michael Shanyerson
  3. Justice on Trial (2019) by Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Afrojack
  3. Alex Velea
  4. Alvin Risk
  5. Avicii
  6. Big Data
  7. Britney Spears
  8. Cage the Elephant
  9. Charli XCX
  10. Chastity
  11. The Chemical Brothers
  12. Coldplay
  13. DJ Judaa
  14. FARR
  15. Icona Pop
  16. Jakalope
  17. J-E-T-S
  18. Lara Snow
  19. Laye
  20. Panic! At the Disco
  21. Saint Motel
  22. The Ting Tings
  23. twenty-one pilots
  24. Zedd

Links From Last Week:

  1. Please consider subscribing to Ryan’s Patreon.
  2. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
  3. On my music site, I shared songs from Alex Velea, The Ting Tings, Lara Snow, Cage the Elephant, Saint Motel, Avicii, and Above & Beyond!
  4. On Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about Boris Johnson, Corn Pop, Andrew Yang, The Princess Bride, Bill de Blasio, and T.J. Hooker!
  5. On her photography site, Erin shared Passage, Cars, Cars 2, Cars 3, Cars 4, Cars 5, and Thunderduck Hall!
  6. RIAN JOHNSON CHIMES IN ON STAR WARS TRILOGY TIMELINE: LUCASFILM ‘STILL FIGURING OUT THEIR SCHEDULE’
  7. How Did Lauren Duca’s Revolution Backfire?
  8. Britney Spears hasn’t fully controlled her life for years. Fans insist it’s time to #FreeBritney
  9. Want comedy to change minds? The risk of offensiveness has to be there.
  10. Comedy’s Last Stand
  11. Fixing a tattered reputation like Harvey Weinstein’s is dirty work, but pays so well
  12. Charlie Rose Faces New Harassment Allegations From Makeup Artist
  13. Scooby-Doo is 50: Yes it really was all about drugs

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Lover Boy, Where The Town Begins, The Swap Set, Perfect 36, The Golden City, The Husband, and Dig My Grave Deep!
  2. Gary cleaned out his DVR and reviewed Greased Lightning!
  3. Jeff shared music videos from The Cars and Journey!
  4. I reviewed Undercover Cheerleader, Dating a Sociopath, Replicas, Return To Campus, The Cheerleader Escort, and Escaping the NXIVM Cult!  I also shared music videos from Chastity, Charli XCX, J-E-T-S, Laye, and FARR!  I also shared a list of Emmy winners because I liked to keep people informed.
  5. Ryan reviewed Kids With Guns, Bow vs Bow, and 0.03!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 9/9/19 — 9/15/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

October’s almost here!  Hopefully, all of our readers survived Friday the 13th so you’ll be able to join us for the annual Halloween horrorthon!  We’ve got a lot planned and I think you guys are going to love it!

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

Films That I Watched:

  1. Boy of the Streets (1937)
  2. Diamonds are Forever (1971)
  3. Easy Rider (1969)
  4. The Good Loser (1953)
  5. The Griper (1954)
  6. Friday the 13th (1980)
  7. Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)
  8. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
  9. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
  10. Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
  11. The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973)
  12. Hotel Mumbai (2019)
  13. Let Us Live! (1939)
  14. Live and Let Die (1973)
  15. The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
  16. My Evil Stepdad (2019)
  17. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
  18. Responsibility (1953)
  19. This Isn’t Funny (2015)
  20. Tolkien (2019)
  21. The Trouble Maker (1959)
  22. Unplanned (2019)
  23. What About School Spirit? (1958)

Television Shows That I Watched:

  1. 60 Days in Narcoland
  2. Bachelor in Paradise
  3. Big Brother 21
  4. The Bold and the Beautiful
  5. Couples Court with the Cutlers
  6. Dance Moms
  7. Days of Our Lives
  8. Degrassi High
  9. Fear The Walking Dead
  10. General Hospital
  11. Judge Jerry
  12. The Kelly Clarkson Show
  13. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  14. Saved By The Bell
  15. So You Think You Can Dance
  16. True Crime Files
  17. The Young and the Restless

Books That I Read:

  1. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement (2019) by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
  2. Why Meadow Died (2019) by Andrew Pollack and Max Eden

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Ace Buchannon
  2. Afrojack
  3. Anna Ternheim
  4. Armin van Buuren
  5. Big Data
  6. Blondie
  7. Cage the Elephant
  8. Camila Cabello
  9. Chastity
  10. The Chemical Brothers
  11. The Crystal Method
  12. David Hasselhoff
  13. deadmau5
  14. DJ Snake
  15. Elliphant
  16. Glowline
  17. Goblin
  18. Hana Vu
  19. Imagine Dragons
  20. Jenny Hval
  21. Joywave
  22. Kedr Livanskiy
  23. Kelly Clarkson
  24. The Killers
  25. M4SONIC
  26. M83
  27. Saint Motel
  28. Talking Heads
  29. The Ting Tings
  30. UPSAHL
  31. Yellow Claw

Links From Last Week:

  1. Please consider subscribing to Ryan’s patreon!
  2. On Images by Erin, Erin shared Scarecrow, Stone Bridge, USA, Stone Bridge at Cottonwood Park, Plane, Parking Lot, and Corner Chair!
  3. On Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about cannibalism, Captain America, his memories of 9-11, aliens, Eddie Money, Julian Castro, and taking breaks.
  4. On my music site, I shared music from Afrojack, Camila Cabello, Kelly Clarkson, Imagine Dragons, Yellow Claw, The Killers, and M83!
  5. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
  6. For Horror Critic, I reviewed The Horror at 37,000 Feet!
  7. Lisa Bloom offered to plant stories about Rose McGowan for Harvey Weinstein
  8. Bob Weinstein confronted brother Harvey’s ‘misbehavior’ years before scandal
  9. Classic TV Series “Dark Shadows” Making a Return at The CW With “Dark Shadows: Reincarnation”
  10. The Story of Caroline Calloway and Her Ghostwriter Natalie
  11. As ‘South Park’ Gets Renewed Through 2022, Matt Stone and Trey Parker Also Have New Movie Ideas

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Sealed Hideout, Night Nurse, Twin Towers 1973, American Century #26, Blowing the Safe, We Are The Living, and Half-Guilty Wife!
  2. Doc wished everyone a Happy Friday the 13th!
  3. Gary reviewed Crossroads, Malibu Beach, and Van Nuys Blvd. and paid tribute to Fay Wray!
  4. Jeff shared a music video from Eddie Money!
  5. Ryan reviewed Nabokova and shared an essay from Alex Graham!
  6. I shared music videos from Hana Vu, David Hasselhoff, UPSAHL, Jenny Hval, Glowline & Ace Buchannon, and Anna Ternheim! I shared trailers for Doctor Sleep, Midway, and Friday the 13th: Vengeance.  I also paid tribute to Friday the 13th and I reviewed The Wrong Cheerleader and My Evil Stepdad!

Click here to see what I did last week!

Happy Friday the 13th From The Shattered Lens!

Posted on by Doc Bowman

To all of our readers,

Happy Friday the 13th from the humans and the cats of the Shattered Lens!

Today is a very special day.  It’s the first Friday the 13th of 2019!  It’s the unluckiest day of the year so take our advice and be careful out there.  In fact, maybe don’t go out at all.  Are you reading this at work?  Well, make up an excuse and go home.  Are you reading this at home?  Well, get out of there and go some place safer, like maybe work.

Have you broken a mirror today?  If yes, it’s time to go into hiding.

Have you knocked on wood?  If no, get to knocking.

Have you thrown salt over your shoulder?  If yes, please be aware that the effectiveness of salt in warding off evil spirits has been greatly exaggerated.

Today is Friday the 13th so we advise you to either stay inside and watch the movies or maybe go camping and live them for yourself.  But, most of all, be careful and enjoy this day!

Maybe it would be safest for you to just spend today exploring this site.  We’ve been doing this for nearly ten years and there’s a lot of good reviews to be found in the archives.  Go back and read Lisa’s game-changing essay about why she loves grindhouse movies.  Or maybe the post that started it all, Arleigh’s review of Avatar.

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!

Lisa’s Week In Review — 9/2/19 — 9/8/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

As you can tell by looking at the list of films below, I’ve been getting ready for our annual Halloween horrorthon at the Shattered Lens.  I’m having fun!  Some people might say this is the month of September but it will always be early October to me.

I’m also happy because my beloved TCM is showing James Bond movies all this month!  You’re the best, TCM!  Nobody does it better!

 

Films I Watched:

  1. Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
  2. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
  3. Curse of the Swamp Creature (1966)
  4. Dante’s Inferno (1924)
  5. Dr. No (1962)
  6. Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
  7. Fiend (1980)
  8. From Russia With Love (1963)
  9. Goldfinger (1964)
  10. Hands of a Stranger (1962)
  11. Hotline (1982)
  12. Hour of The Wolf (1968)
  13. Identity Theft of a Cheerleader (2019)
  14. In Bed With A Killer (2019)
  15. It Stains The Sands Red (2017)
  16. The Secret Lives of Cheerleaders (2019)
  17. The Screaming Woman (1972)
  18. Shadowplay (2019)
  19. Thunderball (1965)
  20. The Wrong Cheerleader (2019)
  21. The Yesterday Machine (1963)
  22. You Only Live Twice (1967)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 60 Days in Narcoland
  2. Bachelor in Paradise
  3. Bar Rescue
  4. Betrayed
  5. BH90210
  6. Big Brother 21
  7. Couples Court With The Cutlers
  8. Dance Moms
  9. Degrassi
  10. Degrassi High
  11. Diabolical
  12. Doctor Phil
  13. Face the Truth
  14. Fear the Walking Dead
  15. Friends
  16. Ghost Whisperer
  17. The Judge
  18. King of the Hill
  19. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  20. Parking Wars
  21. Saved By The Bell
  22. Seinfeld
  23. Shipping Wars
  24. So You Think You Can Dance
  25. Spider-Man
  26. Twilight Zone

Books I Read:

  1. The Demon Lover (1982) by Victoria Holt
  2. The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes (2019) by Orin Starn and Miguel La Serna

Music To Which I Listened;

  1. Afrojack
  2. Amanda Tenfjord
  3. Bebe Rexha
  4. Big Data
  5. Billie Eilish
  6. Britney Spears
  7. Chelsea Wolfe
  8. The Chemical Brothers
  9. Coldplay
  10. deadmau5
  11. Grimes
  12. Hannah Trigwell
  13. Imagine Dragons
  14. Lana Del Rey
  15. Lana Snow

Links From Last Week:

  1. Ryan has a patreon.  Please consider subscribing!
  2. Over on Pop Politics, Jeff shared: How Do I Get A 7-Hour Work Month,  There Goes Boris’s Majority, Nobody Knows Anything, Howard Shultz Is Out, Mark Sanford Is Running, and Can’t You Spell Your Name Correctly?
  3. On her photography site, Erin shared Del’s Charcoal Burgers In Black-and-White, Blue Sky, Dream Cabin, Exit, Raining, Doghouse, and Flowers!
  4. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
  5. On my music site, I shared songs from Britney Spears, Lana Del Rey, Britney Spears, Hannah Trigwell, Billie Eilish, Bebe Rexha, and Grimes!
  6. Banksy artwork of rat with a knife stolen in Paris
  7. “Completely Tone Deaf”: How Venice Became the F-You Film Festival
  8. Why I Tag People in Negative Reviews
  9. Richard Stanley’s Color Out of Space acquired by RLJE Films; plus more images
  10. BOX OFFICE: A $92 million “bust?” ‘It Chapter Two’ underwhelms
  11. Why I Quit the Writers’ Room

Links From The Site:

  1. Case reviewed Titans!
  2. Erin shared Detective Fiction Weekly, Outlaw Guns, The Shadow, Startling Detective, Double Action Gang, Ace In The Hole, and Wall of Guns!
  3. Gary reviewed Blondie Johnson and Three Dog Nightmare!
  4. Jeff reviewed Game of Death!
  5. Ryan reviewed American Scumbags, Restaurant A.A., Can’t Breathe Without Air, and Woods.  He also shared a very important press release.
  6. I shared music videos from Britney Spears (Work Bitch, I Wanna Go, Till The World Ends, Criminal, and Overprotected), Amanda Tenfjord, and Chelsea Wolfe!  I also reviewed The Secret Lives of Cheerleaders, Identity Theft Of A Cheerleader, and Shadowplay!  I also shared the trailer for Black Christmas!

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Lisa’s Week In Review: 8/26/19 — 9/1/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Greetings from Lake Texoma and Happy Labor Day!

I spent the previous week making plans for October.  We really are coming up on the best Horrorthon ever.  Unfortunately, I didn’t get to watch as many movies as I would have liked but it happens.  I’ll make up for it over the upcoming few weeks.

Here’s what I did manage to watch, read, and listen to.

Films I Watched:

  1. A Demon Within (2018)
  2. Al Capone (1959)
  3. Apollo 11 (2019)
  4. The Bad the Beautiful (1952)
  5. Dodgeball: A True Underdog’s Story (2004)
  6. Fangs of the Living Dead (1969)
  7. Jimmy (2013)
  8. Lust For Life (1956)
  9. Shazam! (2019)
  10. Town Without Pity (1961)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 60 Days in Narcoland
  2. Bachelor in Paradise
  3. Bar Rescue
  4. BH90210
  5. Big Brother 21
  6. The Bold and the Beautiful
  7. Couples Court with The Cutlers
  8. Dance Moms
  9. Doctor Phil
  10. Face the Truth
  11. General Hospital
  12. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  13. Saved By The Bell
  14. So You Think You Can Dance
  15. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

  1. Star-Spangled Scandal (2019) by Chris DeRose

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Active Child
  3. Afrojack
  4. Amy Peters
  5. Beabadoobee
  6. Bebe Rexha
  7. Britney Spears
  8. The Chemical Brothers
  9. deadmau5
  10. Dillon Francis
  11. DJ Judaa
  12. DJ Snake
  13. Fantastic
  14. Grandma
  15. Jakalope
  16. Kaskade
  17. Katy Perry
  18. Lana Del Rey
  19. Michael Fredo
  20. Nero
  21. Saint Motel
  22. Sarah May Chadwick
  23. She Wants Revenge
  24. Sleigh Bells
  25. Spector
  26. Stereo Love
  27. Tegan and Sara
  28. UPSAHL
  29. Vancouver Sleep Clinic
  30. Zedd

Links From Last Week:

  1. Please consider subscribing to Ryan’s patreon!
  2. On her photography site, Erin shared: Arboretum Tree, Campus, Sunset, Reaching Out, Rain in the Alley, Alley, and Volleyball Pit!
  3. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared thoughts on Madden 20, the CNN climate change forum, British politics, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Labor Day!
  4. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
  5. For Horror Critic, I reviewed A Demon Within!
  6. On my music site, I shared music from Lana Del Rey, Beabadoobee, Sarah May Chadwick, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Active Child, Michael Fredo, and UPSAHL!
  7. Box Office: John Travolta Hits Career Low As ‘The Fanatic’ Bombs
  8. “Lost In Translation!” Bill Murray’s “Cult Movie Monday” Heads To Tokyo With Scarlett Johansson!
  9. Morrissey: The last unwoke pop star
  10. In Conversation: Joel Schumacher

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin profiled L.B. Cole and shared: The Sex Pulse, Stranger Passions, Free and Easy, Mabel and Men!, Return of a Cheat, Sin Cove, and Black Mask!
  2. Gary reviewed Black Velvet and Dodge City and paid tribute to Joan Blondell!
  3. I reviewed Al Capone and shared my early Oscar predictions.  I also shared music videos by Spector, Active Child, Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Tegan and Sara, UPSAHL, Grandma, and Amy Peters!
  4. Patrick reviewed This Way Up, Clownado, and Empathy Inc!
  5. Ryan reviewed Suburban Coffin, The Review, and Womp Womp!  He also interviewed George Wylesol!
  6. Arleigh shared a first look at Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker!

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Lisa’s Week In Review: 8/19/19 — 8/25/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

 

“Happy Halloween!”

I started out this week with a lot of energy but it quickly vanished halfway through Tuesday.  I think it’s probably because of the heat.  But fear not!  The horrid Summer season is almost over and soon, it’ll be time for the October Horrorthon!

Here’s what little I did this week.

Films I Watched:

  1. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
  2. Basic Instinct (1992)
  3. The General (1926)
  4. How To Stuff A Wild Bikini (1965)
  5. Long Shot (2019)
  6. Rivals (1972)
  7. Sherlock, Jr (1924)
  8. Susan Slade (1961)
  9. Under the Silver Lake (2019)
  10. Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 60 Days in Narcoland
  2. Bachelor in Paradise
  3. BH90210
  4. Big Brother 21
  5. The Bold and the Beautiful
  6. Dance Moms
  7. General Hospital
  8. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  9. The Office
  10. Saved By The Bell
  11. So You Think You Can Dance
  12. The Terror: Infamy
  13. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

  1. Best.  Move.  Year.  Ever. (2019) by Ben Rafferty
  2. Star Spangled Scandal (2019) by Chris DeRose

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Beabodoobee
  3. Bikini Kill
  4. Bob Dylan
  5. Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard
  6. Carly Rae Jepsen
  7. Chloe MK
  8. Chromatics
  9. Coldplay
  10. Elvis Presley
  11. Fitz and the Tantrums
  12. Gabrielle Alpin
  13. Gwen Stefani
  14. Joywave
  15. JP Cooper
  16. Lana Del Rey
  17. Maude LaTour
  18. Michael Spaulding
  19. Moby
  20. Neon Indian
  21. Penny Police
  22. Rich White
  23. The Rolling Stones
  24. Saint Motel
  25. Taylor Swift

Links From Last Week:

  1. Ryan The Trashfilm Guru has a patreon that you should consider subscribing to!
  2. On Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about planning a vacation in a time of uncertainty, why The Single Guy was better than Caroline in the City, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act, Jay Inslee, Seth Moulton, and Joe Walsh!
  3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Red Car, The Girl With The Magic Camera, Looking At The Trees, Looking Up In Black and White, Administration Building, Abandoned House, and Spring Creek in Black-and-White!
  4. I wrote about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
  5. On SyFy Designs, I observed Dorothy Parker’s birthday and wrote about the new Socialist monopoly game!
  6. On my music site, I shared songs from Adi Ulmansky, Gabrielle Alpin & JP Cooper, Carly Rae Jepsen, Chloe MK, Penny Police,  Joywave, and Avril Lavigne.
  7. Breaking: Spider-Man Out of the MCU: Marvel, Sony Can’t Reach Deal
  8. Name of next James Bond film revealed – No Time To Die
  9. Apparently, Everyone Just Forgot about the Allegations against Mark Halperin
  10. Five Years Later, It’s Time To Admit We Overreacted About Apple Putting A Free U2 Album On Our Phones
  11. The “Queen Of Artsploitation” Christina Lindberg Speaks! Great New Interview And Look At Her Career!
  12. It’s A Dancing Show: Sean Spicer danced for Trump’s amusement, now let him dance for ours

Links From The Site:

  1. Care reviewed Ready or Not!
  2. Erin profiled Bruce Minney and shared The Office Game, She Tried To Be Good, Man Hunt, The Exotic Affair, Welcome the Wicked, She Who Strays…., and Journey into Ecstacy!
  3. Gary reviewed Treasure Island and the Baron of Arizona!
  4. I reviewed Susan Slade and shared the poster art for Black Widow and music videos from Penny Police, Maude LaTour, Chloe MK, Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, Michael Spaulding, Beabadoobee, and Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard!
  5. Ryan reviewed Sniper Corpse, No Title, and I Totally Know What You Did Last Summer!

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