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Lisa’s Week In Review: 3/4/19 — 3/10/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Reset your clocks

I swear, I don’t know if I was just in a down mood or if last week really was as bad as I thought it was but I feel like I’ve aged a year over the previous seven days.  For Lent, I gave up excessive negativity so I’m not going to dwell on it.  Instead, I’m just going to happily say that the week is over and a new one is about to begin!

Actually, now that I think about it, all the blame can probably be put on Daylight Savings Time.  Giving up an hour of your life is never easy.  On the plus side, for the first time since last November, the clock in my office is now correct.

Movies I Watched:

  1. Gia (1998)
  2. Leaving Neverland, Part 2 (2019)
  3. Psycho From Texas (1975)
  4. The Seven Five (2014)
  5. Suburban Swingers Club (2019)
  6. The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
  7. Walk.  Ride.  Rodeo. (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 60 Days In
  2. American Idol
  3. A.P. Bio
  4. The Bachelor 23
  5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  6. CBS News: The Gayle King Interviews
  7. Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
  8. Degrassi High
  9. Doctor Phil
  10. Face the Truth
  11. Friends
  12. Ghost Whisperer
  13. It’ Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  14. The Kids of Degrassi Street
  15. King of the Hill
  16. Kitten Rescuers
  17. The Office
  18. Parking Wars
  19. Renegade
  20. Seinfeld
  21. Superstore
  22. Survivor 38
  23. The Voice
  24. World of Dance
  25. The World’s Best

Books I Read:

  1. The Godfather (1969) by Mario Puzo

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Alec Benjamin
  3. Armin van Buuren
  4. The Beatles
  5. Blanck Mass
  6. Cage The Elephant
  7. Calvin Harris
  8. The Chemical Brothers
  9. Cleaners From Venus
  10. Coldplay
  11. Daft Punk
  12. Gita
  13. Jakalope
  14. Jake Bugg
  15. Little Joe Hernandez
  16. The Prodigy
  17. Savage Rose
  18. Tiesto
  19. UPSAHL

Links From Last Week:

  1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard wrote about Keith Flint.
  2. In my dream journal, I wrote about a weird dream that I had about Saved By The Bell and Simon Cowell.
  3. I recapped the latest episode of Survivor!
  4. On my music site, I shared music from Adi Ulmansky, Gita, Tiesto, Calvin Harris, Jake Bugg, Savage Rose, and Cleaners From Venus.
  5. On her photography site, Erin shared Tree and a Wall, Back Yard, Everyday Balloons, Gym, Across The Street, Stairwell View, and Stairs!
  6. Daniel Craig Is Supposedly Going To Be Replaced As James Bond By The Dude From Peaky Blinders
  7. Serling’s Clever Formula for Making Political Points on Twilight Zone
  8. “It changed my life: Francis Ford Coppola reflects on the Godather’s 50th Anniversary
  9. Luke Perry And The Strange Aging of 90210
  10. Man angry his photo was used to prove all hipsters look alike — then learns it wasn’t him
  11. How Little Known Andrew Yang May End Up on the 2020 Debate Stage by Gaming the System

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared music videos from Tiesto, The Prodigy, Little Joe Hernandez, Alec Benjamin, Armin Van Buuren, The Chemical Brothers, and The Beatles.  I reviewed Leaving Neverland and Suburban Swingers Club.
  2. Erin celebrated New Orleans with the pulps and shared the following artwork: Blackjack, Vintage Mardi Gras Postcard, They Hanged My Saintly Billy, Love Me To Death, Detective Fiction Weekly, Science Stories, and Super Science Stories!
  3. Gary celebrated Mardi Gras with Louis Armstrong, paid tribute to Jan-Michael Vincent, and reviewed Elmer the Great, Don’t Look Back, and Mean Streets!
  4. Jeff reviewed Red Line!
  5. Ryan reviewed Doom Patrol Episodes Three and Four, Chlorine Gardens, True Friendship Now, and Astonishing Gaters.  He also shared last week’s reading round-up and this week’s reading round-up!
  6. Arleigh shared the trailer for season 8 of Game of Thrones!

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

Keep on dancing, Cancun!

Have a good Spring Break, those of you who are observing.  As for me …. well, every day is spring break for me!

Stay safe, Galveston!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 2/25/19 — 3/3/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I don’t know what happened to me this week.  I was planning on doing a lot of stuff but, to be honest, I spent the last seven days in kind of an unfocused fog….

Well, to be honest, I do know what part of the problem was.  I twisted my ankle on Tuesday night but I didn’t really realize it until I woke up on Wednesday morning and I discovered that I could barely walk.  So, I spent the last few days limping and in great pain and that kind of distracted me from doing some stuff.  WHICH SUCKED!  But, on the plus side, it’s better now.

Anyway, as I write this, it’s 22 degrees outside.  If it somehow snows this upcoming week, I’ll probably run outside and have great fun and probably end up twisting my ankle for second time.

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

Movies I Watched:

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
  2. The Age of Innocence (1993)
  3. A Bride’s Revenge (2019)
  4. Hugo (2011)
  5. Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961)
  6. Leaving Neverland, Part One (2019)
  7. Logan’s Run (1976)
  8. Murder By Numbers (2002)
  9. Saving My Baby (2019)
  10. Studio 54 (2018)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 60 Days In
  2. American Idol
  3. American Justice
  4. The Bachelor 23
  5. Bar Rescue
  6. Brooklyn 99
  7. Cheaters
  8. Cold Case Files
  9. Crashing
  10. Dr. Phil
  11. Ghost Whisperer
  12. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  13. King of the Hill
  14. The Magicians
  15. The Masked Singer
  16. Parking Wars
  17. Renegade
  18. Saved By The Bell
  19. Seinfeld
  20. Shipping Wars
  21. Survivor 38
  22. TMZ
  23. The Voice
  24. World of Dance
  25. The World’s Best
  26. Young Sheldon

Books I Read:

  1. Two Can Keep A Secret (2019) by Karen McManus

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Aoki
  3. Bradley Cooper
  4. Calvin Harris
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. Chromatics
  7. Coldplay
  8. Crud
  9. Dean Drouillard
  10. DJ Judaa
  11. Gary Clark, Jr.
  12. Jakalope
  13. John’s Children
  14. The Jonas Brothers
  15. Kama Vardi
  16. The Killers
  17. Lady Gaga
  18. Lemour
  19. Lola Marsh
  20. Le Manou
  21. Muse
  22. Phantogram
  23. The Poets
  24. Rosalia
  25. Saint Motel
  26. Savage Rose
  27. Shakira
  28. Sleigh Bells
  29. Tiesto
  30. UPSAHL
  31. Vanessa Soul
  32. And, of course, Patrick Smith’s I Like To Watch Playlist

Links From Last Week:

  1. I shared a dream in my online dream journal!
  2. I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
  3. On my music site, I shared songs from Rosalie, Shakira, Vanessa Soul, Kama Vardi, Lola Marsh, Lemour, and Etan Salomon!
  4. On her photography site, Erin shared Baby Scarecrows, frequencies, Shopping Carts Pop Up Anywhere, Getting Outta Here!, Park Path On A Hot Day, In The Kitchen, and Play!
  5. Patrick did this week’s I Like To Watch playlist!
  6. Godfather actor claims he knows who killed Marilyn Monroe
  7. Netflix changed the Notebook’s ending
  8. Steven Spielberg vs. Netflix

Links From The Site:

  1. I shared music videos from Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, Adi Ulmansky, Chromatics, Gary Clark, Jr., Le Manou, Steve Aoki, and Tiesto!  I also reviewed Studio 54, Murder by Numbers, and Saving My Baby.  I shared my too early Oscar predictions for February and I paid tribute to Texas on Texas Independence Day!
  2. Erin highlighted the manly covers of Man’s Illustrated and shared the following artwork: After Hours, Love in the Shadows, The Other Side of Love, This Bed We Made, Detective Fiction, All The Way Down, and Find Me In Fire!
  3. Gary cleaned out his DVR, wrote about the Oscars, reviewed a book, and told us about Black Shampoo!
  4. Val reviewed the next two episodes of The Kids of Degrassi Street — Cookie Goes To Hospital and Irene Moves In!
  5. Our anime expert, Pantsukudasai56, has returned!  Yay!  He told us about Zombie Land Saga!
  6. Ryan reviewed Shitty Lover, Valle, and Incoherents!

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

Have a good and productive week everyone!  Enjoy Mardi Gras, in whatever way you chose to celebrate.  As for Lent — well, I am giving something up but I haven’t decided what yet.  I’ve got it narrowed down to like four different things but it’s hard for me to imagine giving any of them up so I may start smoking tomorrow and then give up cigarettes on Wednesday.  We’ll see.

CRV’s Random Thoughts On Last Night’s Oscars!

Posted on by gary loggins

gary loggins's avatarcracked rear viewer

As Alfred Hitchcock (who never won an Oscar!) used to say, “Good ev-en-ing”. Since the Academy Awards ran a little late last night, and I had to get up early to work a twelve-hour shift, I had no time to prepare a post about last night’s ceremony. I know it’s kinda late news already, so I’ve assembled a list of some  Random Thoughts On Last Night’s Oscars for your amusement and edification! Hang on, here we go:

  • If the Academy wants to cut down on show length, I suggest they get rid of the vapid Red Carpet crap and start the ceremony at 7:00 EST. Hey, some of us poor schmucks have to get up in the morning!
  • Who needs a host when you’ve got Queen kicking things off?
  • That opening montage of 2018 movies was pretty stunning work. Thanks for including STAN & OLLIE , even though your silly…

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Lisa’s Week In Review: 2/18/19 — 2/24/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Now that the Oscars are over with, the 2019 film year truly begins!

Here what I did this week:

Movies I Watched:

  1. Black Panther (2018)
  2. Blow-Up (1965)
  3. The Greatest Show On Earth (1952)
  4. The Imitation Game (2014)
  5. Instakiller (2019)
  6. Majin, the Monster of Terror (1966)
  7. Midnight Express (1976)
  8. The Pied Piper (1942)
  9. The Post (2017)
  10. Street Smart (1987)
  11. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
  12. Who’s Stalking Me? (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 60 Days In
  2. The 91st Annual Academy Awards
  3. The Bachelor 23
  4. Beverly Hills 90210
  5. Charlie’s Angels
  6. Couples Court With The Cutlers
  7. Degrassi Junior High
  8. Doctor Phil
  9. Documentary Now!
  10. Face the Truth
  11. Ghost Whisperer
  12. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  13. Night Gallery
  14. Parking Wars
  15. Renegade
  16. Shipping Wars
  17. Survivor 38
  18. The Twilight Zone
  19. The World’s Best

Books I Read:

  1. Voodoo Conspiracies (2010) by David Aaronovitch

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Avicii
  2. The Black Keys
  3. Calvin Harris
  4. Cat Clyde
  5. Chromatics
  6. David Guetta
  7. Flint Eastwood
  8. The Heavy
  9. Jakalope
  10. Julia Jacklin
  11. Kelly Clarkson
  12. Lady Gaga
  13. Nouvelle Vague
  14. LMNT
  15. O-Town
  16. Taylor Swfit
  17. UPSAHL
  18. The White Stripes

Links From Last Week:

  1. On her photography site, Erin shared: Happy President’s Day, Wall, Another Wall, Rabbits on the Wall, Green Street Lamp, Snowing, and USA.
  2. On my music site, I shared songs from Taylor Swift, UPSAHL, Calvin Harris, Jakalope, David Guetta, Cedric Gervais, and Lady Gaga!
  3. I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
  4. Oscar’s “X-Rated” Nominations! Yes, Here Are The 13 X-Rated Academy Award Nominations
  5. Rare photos: How Veronica Lake’s career came to a tragic end in South Florida
  6. Legendary Hollywood Producer Allan Carr! His Academy Awards “Snow White” Debacle! “Party Animals” Book! The Worst Movie Musical Ever!
  7. Gwynneth Paltrow on Shakespeare in Love’s 20th Anniversary!
  8. Is it time for the Academy to start honoring stunt work?
  9. Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody Is Now the Biggest Music Biopic Ever. It’s Also Total Bullshit.
  10. A Guide To Surviving Your 15 Minutes of Hate
  11. Ai Weiwei Slams the Producers of ‘Berlin, I Love You’ for Allegedly Censoring His Part of the Film
  12. An Oral History Of Office Space
  13. Nicholas Sandman sues Washington Post for 250 Million
  14. Politicians use Jussie Smollett, while a 1-year-old boy shot in the head is set aside
  15. Clark James Gable has died.

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared the covers of Cowgirl Romances and the following artwork: The Columbian, Fraternity Row, Lingerie Ltd., Convention Girl, The Pitchmen, Visa To Death, and Movie Humor!
  2. Doc wished everyone a Happy Oscar Sunday!
  3. Gary reviewed The Spoilers and Singin’ In The Rain and shared his thoughts on Peter Tork and ten horror stars who never won an Oscar!
  4. VAL HAS RETURNED!  She reviewed the very first episode of The Kids of Degrassi Street, Ida Makes A Movie.  Welcome back, Val!
  5. Ryan reviewed Vows, The Adventures of Tad Martin Super Secret Special, Two Stories, Our Wretched Town Hall, and the Doom Patrol, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
  6. Arleigh paid tribute to Bae Joo-hyun.
  7. I shared music videos from Kelly Clarkson, LMNT, Nouvelle Vague, Julia Jacklin, Cat Clyde, Chromatics, and the Heavy! I also reviewed The Pied Piper, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Imitation Game, and The Post!  I shared my final Oscar predictions, 4 Shots from my 4 favorite Best Picture winners, and a scene from the Oscar! I then wrote about 6 actresses and 6 actors who I hope will soon win an Oscar.  I then shared 6 good movies that were not nominated for best picture for the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and the 10s!  I also shared the trailers for Rocketman, Dragged Across Concrete, Never Grow Old, Finding Steve McQueen, and The Secret Life of Pets 2. Finally, I shared a few thoughts on the Oscars!

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

Have a great week everyone!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 2/11/19 — 2/17/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

So, my week was fantastic!  Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays and this year, Jeff & I celebrated by going to see Casablanca at the Dallas Angelika.  Seriously, as good as Casablanca is, it’s even better when seen in a real movie theater.  The intrigue, the romance, the grandeur of sacrifice, the beauty of Ingrid Bergman, the rough charisma of Humphrey Bogart, the decadence of Claude Rains, Casablanca remains one of the best movies ever made!

Of course, with it being Valentine’s Day, I also performed my annual Nobody Does It Better/All Time High medley.  (Okay, it’s only the 2nd year that I’ve done it but I think it’s going to become an annual tradition.)  And then today, because it’s like freezing outside, I spent the day under a bunch of blankets and watching James Bond movies on Netflix!

Here’s what I accomplished this week:

Movies I Watched:

  1. Barefoot in the Park (1967)
  2. Before I Fall (2017)
  3. The Butterfly Effect (2004)
  4. The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)
  5. The Canyons (2013)
  6. Casablanca (1943)
  7. Diamonds are Forever (1971)
  8. The Fall of the House of Usher (1960)
  9. Futureworld (1976)
  10. Killer Reputation (2019)
  11. La La Land (2016)
  12. Live and Let Die (1973)
  13. No Strings Attached (2011)
  14. A Soldier’s Story (1984)
  15. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  16. Summer of Sam (1999)
  17. This Is Not A Test (1962)

TV Shows I Watched

  1. 60 Days In
  2. The Bachelor 23
  3. Celebrity Big Brother
  4. Charlie’s Angels
  5. Degrassi
  6. Doctor Phil
  7. Face the Truth
  8. Ghost Whisperer
  9. Parking Wars
  10. Renegade
  11. Shipping Wars
  12. Unsolved Mysteries
  13. The World’s Best

Books I Read

  1. The Books of Rachel (1979) by Joel Gross

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Avicii
  3. Benny Blanco
  4. Britney Spears
  5. Calvin Harris
  6. Carly Simon
  7. The Chemical Brothers
  8. Daft Punk
  9. Dua Lipa
  10. Katy Perry
  11. Keisha White
  12. MARINA
  13. Rita Coolidge
  14. RIVA
  15. Saint Motel
  16. St. Vincent
  17. TWIN XL
  18. UPSAHL
  19. Zedd

Links From Last Week

  1. On her photography site, Erin shared: Bus Station, A Blur of Birds, Black Bird, Clearing, Circle, Dios Is Love, and Something In A Tree.
  2. On my music site, I shared music from UPSAHL, The Chemical Brothers, Britney Spears, more from Britney Spears, Benny Blanco, Keisha White, and Avicii.
  3. I wrote about Celebrity Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog.
  4. Tater Talks Blogging
  5. Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh’s eyewitness accounts of the incident involving Pittsburgh Post-Gazatte pulisher John Robinson Block
  6. A&E Shelves Danny Masterson Sexual Assault Episode After Scientology Smear Campaign
  7. Bruno Ganz: An Appreciation
  8. Paris Louvre ‘will not show’ world’s most expensive painting amid doubts over authenticity
  9. Should readers care if novelist Dan Mallory lied about his life story?
  10. Ryan Adams accused of sexual misconduct by seven women.
  11. Former American Idol contestant allegedly ran drug ring.
  12. Peter Simeti of Alterna Comics was swatted last night.
  13. The Academy REVERSES itself!  All categories at the Oscars will be presented live!
  14. A campus infected with hostility: A professor says he’s been targeted for being a conservative Jew
  15. A Witch-Hunt on Instagram
  16. America’s biggest labor union asks game developers to unionize!
  17. Bring on the Haters: Dane Cook’s plotting a comeback
  18. Dave Chappelle says he wants to break a dollhouse over Jussie Smollett’s head
  19. The Tech Whiz Behind Vine and HQ Trivia Made Millions in His 20s. He Was Dead by 34.
  20. Jared Leto’s Joker movie has been shelved

Links From the Site

  1. I shared music videos from Adi Ulmansky, RIVE, TWIN XL, MARINA, Big Time Rush, and Zedd & Katy Perry.  I also reviewed Parking Wars, The Fall of the Roman Empire, The Last Days of Pompeii, Quo Vadis, Simon of the Desert, Ivanhoe, Westworld, To Die For, One Potato Two Potato, Before I Fall, The Butterfly Effect, The Butterfly Effect 2, Not of this Earth, This Is Not A Test, Ladybug Ladybug, Like A Country Song, Extremities, I Was A Teenage Serial Killer, The Basketball Diaries, Rescue Dawn, Cobra Verde, Crawlspace, The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark, American Boy, The Fountainhead, and A Soldier’s Story.
  2. Erin profiled artist Jerry Allison, celebrated Valentine’s Day, and wrote about Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown!  She shared the following artwork: Sizzling Romances, Thrilling Love, Modern Romances, First Love, Miss Floating Love, Rage of Desire, and Escape to Nowhere!
  3. Doc wished everyone a Happy Valentine’s Day!
  4. Gary shared a one-hit wonder and reviewed The Loves Of Carmen, Dinner at Eight, and They Shall Not Grow Old!
  5. Ryan reviewed Off-Season, Starseeds 2, The Scar, and Doom Patrol, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
  6. Arleigh paid tribute to horror remakes and shared a song from Taeyeon and a song from Red Velvet!

(By the way, allow me to just mention how happy I am that Arleigh’s back!)

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

As for this upcoming week …. it’s Oscar week!  Hopefully, in the days leading up to Sunday’s telecast, I’ll be able to post some Oscar-related things.  To be honest, the new year never really starts for me until after the Oscars.

Here’s my hope!  I hope that 2019 will be great for me and that, through our own small way here at the TSL, we’ll be able to help make it great for you as well!  Thank you everyone for reading and commenting.  Let’s make this week a great one, shall we?

Happy Valentine’s Day From The Shattered Lens!

Posted on by Doc Bowman

From the humans and the cat at the Shattered Lens to all of you, happy Valentine’s Day!

Some people, like the flame-haired one, love this day while the others, like almost all of the silly humans on twitters, hate this day.  Of course, if you’re a cat, every day is Valentine’s Day!

Whether you’re celebrating, observing, or denouncing this day, here’s hoping that it’s a good one for you and all of your loved ones!

As they say in the homeland, “Is tú mo ghrá!”

Lisa’s Week In Review: 2/4/19 — 2/10/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

My favorite scene from All About Eve

That was quite a week that we just went through, wasn’t it?  Basically, for any future historians who have come across this post as a part of a research product, the week pretty much started out normally enough, with the President giving his annual State of the Union speech, and then, with each passing day, things all across this country just got more and more batshit crazy.  This was the week that proved that it’s a strange world.

But the important thing is that we all survived!

Here’s what I did while everyone else was making escape plans last week:

Movies I Watched:

  1. All About Eve (1950)
  2. American Boy: A Profile of Steve Prince (1978)
  3. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
  4. Cobra Verde (1987)
  5. Crawlspace (1986)
  6. Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
  7. Extremities (1986)
  8. The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
  9. I Was A Teenage Serial Killer (1993)
  10. Ivanhoe (1952)
  11. Ladybug Ladybug (1963)
  12. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
  13. The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark (1980)
  14. A Letter To Three Wives (1949)
  15. Not of this Earth (1957)
  16. One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
  17. Quo Vadis? (1951)
  18. Rescue Dawn (2006)
  19. Simon of the Desert (1965)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 60 Days In
  2. The 61st Annual Grammy Awards
  3. The Bachelor 23
  4. California Dreams
  5. Celebrity Big Brother 2
  6. Charlie’s Angels
  7. Doctor Phil
  8. Face the Truth
  9. Ghost Whisperer
  10. Gilmore Girls
  11. Hell’s Kitchen
  12. Leah Remini and Scientology: The Aftermath
  13. Parking Wars
  14. The State Of Union Speech 2019
  15. Tales From the Royal Bedchamber
  16. Young Sheldon

Books I Read:

  1. Camelot’s End (2019) by Jon Ward
  2. Stranger Things: World Turned Upside Down (2018) by Matt and Ross Duffer

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adam Ant
  2. Adi Ulmansky
  3. Aurora
  4. Britney Spears
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. Coldplay
  7. Hilary Duff
  8. Jessica Simpson
  9. Lorena B
  10. Mandy Moore
  11. Nancy Sinatra
  12. Texas
  13. UPSAHL

Links From Last Week:

  1. I continued to review Celebrity Big Brother over at the Big Brother Blog.
  2. I wrote about a weird dream I had about Ben Affleck.
  3. On my music site, I shared songs from Coldplay, Mandy Moore, Hilary Duff, Adi Ulmansky, more Adi Ulmansky, even more Adi Ulmansky, and Lorena B!
  4. On her photography site, Erin shared SMU Mustangs, Stampede, Across The Street, Sunset, Under a Limb, Go By By, and Abandoned.

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin profiled Mark Schneider and shared the following artwork: Don’t Wait For Love, Tormented Lovers, The Robot Lovers, Campus Lovers, The Lolita Lovers, Paid Lover, and Made For Loving.
  2. Gary shared his favorite Super Bowl commercial, paid tribute to Mamie Van Doren, and reviewed The Last Hurrah, Gorgo, and Frenzy!
  3. I paid tribute to Albert Finney and shared music videos from Texas, Aurora, Adi Ulmansky, Lorena B, The Chemical Brothers, UPSAHL, and Adam Ant!
  4. Ryan reviewed Brat and G.I. Joe: Sierra Muerte, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
  5. Arleigh shared KPop from BOL4 and Ailee!

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

This is going to be a great week, everyone!  Not only do I have a lot of reviews scheduled to drop this week but it’s also almost time for the greatest holiday of all, Valentine’s Day!

(Oh hush, all you emotionally-wounded cynics! Valentine’s Day is the best!)

Lisa’s Week In Review — 1/28/19 — 2/3/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Rest in peace, Dick Miller.

Movies I Watched

  1. 12 Angry Men (1997)
  2. Bucket of Blood (1959)
  3. Deadly Excursion (2019)
  4. Death of a Cheerleader (2019)
  5. The Fountainhead (1949)
  6. Groundhog Day (1993)
  7. He’s Out There (2018)
  8. Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
  9. Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
  10. Peppermint (2018)
  11. That Championship Season (1983)
  12. To Die For (1995)
  13. Westworld (1973)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 20/20
  2. 60 Days In
  3. The Bachelor 23
  4. The Bold and the Beautiful
  5. Brooklyn 99
  6. Celebrity Big Brother
  7. Charlie’s Angels
  8. Doctor Phil
  9. Dynasty
  10. Face The Truth
  11. Ghost Whisperer
  12. Hell’s Kitchen
  13. Home Alone
  14. King of the Hill
  15. Kitten Bowl
  16. The Magicians
  17. Parking Wars
  18. Rica Famosa Latina
  19. Shipping Wars
  20. Super Bowl LIII
  21. The World’s Best

Books I Read:

  1. The City of Fallen Angels (2006) by John Berendt
  2. Death and the Dolce Vita (2011) by Stephen Gundle
  3. The Monster of Florence (2009) by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Armin van Buuren
  2. Ashlee Simpson
  3. Avril Lavigne
  4. Britney Spears
  5. Camila Cabello
  6. The Chemical Brothers
  7. Coldplay
  8. Daft Punk
  9. Dua Lipa
  10. Fiona Apple
  11. Gwen Stefani
  12. Hardwell
  13. Hilary Duff
  14. Icona Pop
  15. Jake Bugg
  16. Rednex
  17. Ritual
  18. Rosalia
  19. Saint Motel
  20. Saro
  21. Selena Gomez
  22. Tiesto
  23. Tove Styrke
  24. twenty one pilots
  25. Zedd

Links From Last Week:

  1. On her photography site, Erin shared Free, All the Cars, One Bush, Slow Day, Noon, and It May Rain.
  2. I continued to recap Celebrity Big Brother over at the Big Brother Blog!
  3. I defended voting third party over at the SyFyDesigns.
  4. On my music site, I shared songs from Hardwell, Tiesto, Ashlee Simpson, Armin van Buuren, Avril Lavigne, Camila Cabello, and Zedd.
  5. Are the Oscars Ashamed To Be The Oscars?
  6. Jennifer Hudson Will Sing As The Academy Relents On Two Songs
  7. I Will Talk to You of Dick Miller, for there is nothing else to talk about
  8. How a Twitter Mob Derailed an Immigrant Female Author’s Budding Career
  9. From the Lonely Author: cemetery of lovers past
  10. From Highly Educated Trash: Mom
  11. The Criterion Collection Announces Official Launch of FilmStruck Replacement, The Criterion Channel
  12. “Black Panther” Will Return To The Big Screen For Free In Celebration Of Black History Month
  13. Do You Still Have A Job At Buzzfeed?
  14. How Laid Off Are You?
  15. Adam McKay on the Veracity of Vice
  16. Bryan Singer to Make $40 Million off of Bohemian Rhapsody
  17. Rashida Tlaib’s Ties To Anti-Semitism Run Deeper Than Previously Known
  18. Terry Crews is calling out celebrities for mocking his alleged assault
  19. Ben Affleck Will Not Direct The Batman
  20. Lindsay Vonn Retiring From Skiing Due To Injuries

Links From The Site:

  1. We shared a lot of Super Bowl trailers: Toy Story 4, Alita: Battle Angel, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, Hanna, Our Planet, The Twilight Zone, Game of Thrones, Hobbs and Shaw, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, The Handmaid’s Tale, Wonder Park, and Us!
  2. Erin shared the following artwork: Kept Sisters, Complete Detective, Dime Detective Magazine, The Love Toy, Johnny Staccato, The Damned and the Innocent, and The VIP.
  3. Gary reviewed Stan & Ollie and Caged, along with paying tribute to Dick Miller and to football players who turned to acting!
  4. Jeff reviewed PS4’s Spider-Man and shared his Super Bowl predictions!
  5. Leonard shared the trailer for Fast and Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw!
  6. Ryan reviewed In Christ There Is No East or West, John Dear, The Cartoonist, Rat Tactics, and High Level, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
  7. I reviewed Moon, The Ride, and Peppermint!  I shared music videos from Saro, Ritual, twenty one pilots, Hilary Duff, Ray Charles, The Chemical Brothers, and Rednex!  I shared the trailer for The Isle.  I shared my way too early Oscar predictions for next year. I paid tribute to Dick Miller, Bill Murray, and painters everywhere!

(Check out last week’s in review by clicking here!)

So, the football’s over now, right?

Lisa’s Week In Review: 1/21/19 — 1/27/19

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

For the rest of eternity, this week will be known as my Red Dawn week.

And, oh my God, what a week it was!  It’s not just that I came down with a pretty bad cold on Thursday and I’ve spent the past 4 days on curled up on my couch, feeling bitchy and miserable.  It’s not just that the Oscar noms were kinda disappointing.  It’s also that the news from the rest of the world was so annoying as well.  Between the kickoff of the 2020 Presidential campaign, the now temporarily resolved government shutdown and the media screwing up the Covington Catholic story, is it any wonder that I watched the original Red Dawn not once but twice this weekend?

Seriously, I don’t even like violence but, after a week like this one, there’s something cathartic about watching people blow stuff up.

Here’s what else went on this week:

Films I Watched:

  1. 22 Jump Street (2014)
  2. The Cutting Edge (1992)
  3. Diary of a Hitman (1992)
  4. Essex Boys (2000)
  5. Gamera vs. Monster X (1970)
  6. Movers & Shakers (1985)
  7. Narcotics: Pit of Despair (1967)
  8. The Omega Code (1999)
  9. One More Time (1970)
  10. Pretty In Pink (1986)
  11. Red Dawn (1984)
  12. Rent: Live! (2019)
  13. Report to the Commissioner (1975)
  14. The Ride (1998)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 60 Days In
  2. Ask the Undertaker
  3. The Bachelor 23
  4. Brooklyn 99
  5. Catholic Answers Live
  6. Celebrity Big Brother 2
  7. Celebrity Big Brother After Dark
  8. Chaplet of St. Michael
  9. Charlie’s Angels
  10. Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
  11. Couples Court With The Cutlers
  12. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
  13. Degrassi
  14. Doctor Phil
  15. Dynasty
  16. Face the Truth
  17. Frasier
  18. Friends
  19. Ghost Whisperer
  20. The Good Place
  21. Hell’s Kitchen
  22. Icons
  23. Impractical Jokers
  24. King of the Hill
  25. Last Man Standing
  26. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
  27. Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
  28. Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club
  29. The Magicians
  30. Many Sides of Jane
  31. Saved By The Bell
  32. See No Evil
  33. Shipping Wars
  34. Seinfeld
  35. Someone You Thought You Knew
  36. The U.S. Figureskating Championships
  37. The Wild Goose

Books I Read:

  1. No Blonde Is An Island (1965) by Carter Brown
  2. The Passionate (1959) by Carter Brown

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Britney Spears
  2. Computer Magic
  3. Dua Lipa
  4. Gwen Stefani
  5. J Balvin
  6. Jakalope
  7. JaydenART Music
  8. Maggie Rogers
  9. Sleigh Bells
  10. Starcrawler
  11. Terror Jr.
  12. Vampire Weekend

Links From Last Week:

  1. Horror Critic has a new look!  Stop by and let us know what you think!
  2. Ryan has a new Patreon site for Four Color Apocalpyse!
  3. I provided daily recaps of Celebrity Big Brother at the Big Brother Blog!
  4. On my music site, I shared music from Britney Spears, J Blavin, Jakalope, Gwen Stefani, Fergie, more from Britney, and even more from Britney!
  5. On her photography site, Erin shared: Playing Field, Church in the Rain, Beware, Green, Through a Green Lens, High Grass, and Burning Sky!
  6. From Jordan and Eddie: The Oscars Have Lost The Plot
  7. A look at the adapted screenplays of 1978
  8. Cult Movie Monday! “Crimes Of Passion!” Kathleen Turner And Anthony Perkins Battle For The Soul!
  9. From TedBook: Call Rick
  10. What To Expect At This Year’s Sundance Film Festival
  11. Why Movie Buyers Keep Betting Wrong at Sundance
  12. Stan Against Evil TV Series has been cancelled 
  13. Is Vice the Worst Best Picture Nominee Ever?
  14. Oscars: Are ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ and ‘Vice’ the Worst Best Picture Nominees Ever?
  15. Bryan Singer’s Accuses Speak Out
  16. Bryan Singer Calls New Report A “Homophobic Smear Piece” As Rami Malek Denies Knowledge Of Allegations Before ‘Rhapsody’
  17. Gawker 2.0 Implodes as Its Only Reporters Quit
  18. We Go Now Live to Buzzfeed’s Ask Jonah Anything Slack Channel
  19. Kamala Harris’s Logo Is a Disaster. Here’s Why.
  20. Photo With Danny Glover Backfires on Miami Pols
  21. Why Do the Oscars Keep Falling for Racial Reconciliation Fantasies?
  22. Rachel Riley to get extra security after receiving online threats
  23. The Media Must Learn From The Botched Covington Catholic Story
  24. The Covington Controversy Proves Social Media Is Cancerous
  25. The Covington Fiasco Is a Perfect Example of Why the Founders Distrusted Democracy
  26. The Abyss of Hate vs. Hate
  27. None of this matters
  28. Comedian Patton Oswalt Raises Money for Ailing Trump Supporter He Fought On Twitter

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin profiled artist Wynne W. Davies and shared the following artwork: Dream, The Nylon Pirates, Angelique in Revolt, Murders in Silk, Why Get Married?, A Road Divided, and The Evil Sleep!
  2. Gary offered some thoughts on the Oscar nominations and reviewed Our Relations and Way Out West, Buck Benny Rides Again, and Frankenstein Created Woman and Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed!
  3. I shared not only my Oscar nominations but also the actual Oscar nominations.  I shared music videos from Computer Magic, Starcrawler, Britney Spears, Gwen Stefani, JaydenArt Music, Dua Lipa, and Terror Jr.  I shared the trailer for the new film about Ted Bundy.  And I reviewed The Tale, Three Identical Strangers, and Searching!
  4. Ryan reviewed First Reformed, Found Footage, Bad Friends, and Out of the Nest, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!

And this concludes my Red Dawn week!

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

Stay strong, everyone!

Some Thoughts On Today’s Oscar Nominations Announcement

Posted on by gary loggins

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I really don’t mean to sound like your cranky old Uncle Elmo, but….

Seriously, Academy, I understand you don’t give two shits about Hollywood history. You prove that year after year with your truncated ‘In Memoriam’ segment, omitting far too many who’ve contributed to your industry. Last year, it was (among others) Don Gordon, Skip Homeier, Tobe Hooper, and Anne Jeffreys; the year before Gloria DeHaven, Madeleine LeBeau, William Schallert, Robert Vaughn… I get it. You’ve got to save time for those great “comedy” bits that Bob Hope wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot ski pole and lame musical production numbers, not to mention giving time for everyone to make their obligatory political statements. That’s why I put so much time and effort into my own yearly ‘In Memoriam’ tributes, so those you give short shrift to won’t be forgotten.

Orson Welles’ “The Other Side of the Wind”

But to completely…

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