Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  Here’s my final week in review for 2018.  I’ve been sick for the past few days so this is going to be an abbreviated week in review.  Fortunately, I’m feeling better now and I’m looking forward to spending the next two weeks getting caught up on stuff and, starting next week, posting my picks for the best of 2018!

Movies I Watched:

1. 23 Blast (2014)
2. Aquaman (2018)
3. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
4. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
5. A Christmas Story (1982)
6. Die Hard (1988)
7. Die Hard 2 (1990)
8. Doctor Zhivago (1965)
9. The Godfather (1972)
10. The Godfather Part II (1974)
11. The Godfather Part III (1990)
12. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
13. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
14. New Year’s Eve (2011)
15. Picadilly (1929)
16. Vice (2018)
17. The Warriors (1979)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. American Justice
2. California Dreams
3. Degrassi
4. Degrassi High
5. Degrassi Junior High
6. Doctor Phil
7. Face the Truth
8. Ghost Whisperer
9. King of the Hill
10. Law & Order
11. Model Killers
12. The Office
13. Parking Wars
14. Saved By The Bell
15. Unsolved Mysteries

Books I Read:

1. Spooky Texas (2008) by S.E. Schlosser
2. Twin Peaks: The Secret History (2016) by Mark Frost

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Adi Ulmansky
3. Aice Glass
4. Armin van Buuren
5. Arston
6. Avril Lavigne
7. Avicii
8. Bad Suns
9. Blackpink
10. Blanck Mass
11. BowLand
12. Calvin Harris
13. Cat Power
14. Cedric Gervais
15. The Chemical Brothers
16. Daft Punk
17. Darlene Love
18. Dillon Francis
19. Fatboy Slim
20. Girls’ Generation
21. Guster
22. Gwen Stefani
23. Hardwell
24. Harry Nilsson
25. Icona Pop
26. Jackal
27. Jakealope
28. Jeff Phillips
29. Kaskade
30. Kedr Livanskiy
31. Lindsey Stirling
32. Moby
33. Needle Damage
34. Nine Inch Nails
35. One Direction
36. Otto Knows
37. P!nk
38. Porter Robinson
39. The Ronettes
40. Saint Motel
41. Seamus Trout
42. Stephen Puth
43. Swedish House Mafia
44. Taylor Swift
45. Tiesto
46. Tove Lo

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Merry Christmas and happy holidays!

Movies I Watched:

1. A Carol For Another Christmas (1964)
2. Christmas Around The Corner (2018)
3. The Christmas Contract (2018)
4. A Christmas In Tennessee (2018)
5. The Christmas Pact (2018)
6. Christmas Perfection (2018)
7. Hometown Christmas (2018)
8. Dogville (2003)
9. Christmas Lost and Found (2018)
10. Jingle Belles (2018)
11. Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
12. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
13. Searching (2018)
14. Second Act (2018)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 911
2. Beverly Hills 90210
3. California Dreams
4. A Charlie Brown Christmas
5. Charlie’s Angels
6. Couples Court with the Cutlers
7. Degrassi
8. Doctor Phil
9. Evil Up Close
10. Face the Truth
11. Forensic Files
12. I Want A Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown
13. King of the Hill
14. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
15. Parking Wars
16. Survivor 37
17. Unsolved Mysteries

Books I Read:

1. Hello Stranger (2018) by Lisa Kleypas
2. September 1918: War, Plague, and the World Series (2018) by Skip Desjardin
3. Wicked and the Wallflower: The Bareknuckle Bastards (2018) by Sarah MacLean

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Afrojack
3. AOA
4. Armin Van Buuren
5. Avicii
6. Avril Lavigne
7. Big Data
8. Britney Spears
9. Cedric Gervais
10. Darlene Love
11. Dillon Francis
12. DJ Judaa
13. DJ Snake
14. The Drifters
15. GAYLA
16. Gwen Stefani
17. Jake Bugg
18. Jennifer Lopez
19. Joywave
20. Julia Jacklin
21. Kedr Livanskiy
22. Lenny Kravitz
23. Lindsey Stirling
24. Moby
25. Norah Jones
26. Phantogram
27. Public Service Broadcasting
28. Secret
29. Taylor Swift
30. Tove Lo
31. XYLØ

Links From Last Week:

1. From my dream journal: Last Night’s Simple But Super Intense Nightmare
2. For the Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the finale of Survivor!
3. On my music site, I shared songs from: Julia Jacklin, Avril Lavigne, Adi Ulmansky, Lenny Kravitz, Adi Ulmansky again, Jennifer Lopez, and The Drifters!
4. On her photography site, Erin shared: Holidays, A Bit of Red, Trees and Snow, Arboretum Road, Arboretum Tree, Two Empty Benches, and Orange!
5. THE NEW YORK TIMES JUST PUBLISHED AN UNQUALIFIED RECOMMENDATION FOR AN INSANELY ANTI-SEMITIC BOOK
6. Black List: Matt Drudge, Serena Williams’ Father Among Subjects of Unproduced Screenplays
7. Hollywood’s disappearing actresses
8. Der Spiegel journalist messed with the wrong small town
9. Beverly Hills 90210 Reboot With Original Cast In The Works
10. 2019 Oscars: 347 Films Eligible for Best Picture
11. Elf on the Shelf conditions your kids to accept the surveillance state
12. The Worst Christmas Movies Of All Time
13. Steve Dash — Actor
14. Classic Celebrity Holiday Ads
15. Christmas Alphabet ; A for Amos Milburn & Ahmad Jamal
16. Why I’ve Had Trouble Buying Hollywood’s Version Of Girl Power

Links From the Site:

1. Erin shared Here Comes The Grinch, Murderer’s Holiday, Film Fun, A Gift From The Boys, A Holiday for Murder, Murder Takes No Holiday, and Murder for the Holidays.  (I’m sensing a theme.)  She also wrote about why she loves A Charlie Brown Christmas!
2. Gary reviewed On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Trail of Robin Hood, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), and Lady on a Train!
3. Jeff reviewed Thanks A Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite and wished everyone a happy Festivus!
4. Ryan reviewed Werewolf By Night Kitchen, Everly, Space Academy 123, and Fashion Forecasts, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
5. Arleigh shared songs from Secret and AOA, along with the trailer for Men In Black International and a new AMV of the Day!
6. I shared music videos from Tove Lo, Public Service Broadcasting, Britney Spears, Norah Jones, Adi Ulmansky, Lindsey Stirling, and Darlene Love.  I also shared the trailer for Hellboy and I reviewed Christmas Around The Corner, Hometown Christmas, Christmas Lost and Found, and The Christmas Contract!

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It’s been a busy week but, on Saturday, I watched Santa Claus Conquers The Martians with my friends, the Late Night Movie Gang.  And all was right with the world.

Movies I Watched:

1. Easy Rider (1969)
2. Romina (2018)
3. Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
4. Seven in Heaven (2018)
5. Thank God, It’s Friday (1978)
6. Three Identical Strangers (2018)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 911
2. Andy Warhol’s Factory People
3. The Brady Bunch
4. The Case That Haunts Me
5. Dead Silent
6. Doctor Phil
7. Evil Up Close
8. Face the Truth
9. Hell’s Kitchen
10. Jonestown Massacre: As We Watched
11. King of the Hill
12. The Love Boat
13. Murder Made Me Famous
14. The Night That Didn’t End
15. The Office
16. Saved By The Bell
17. Seinfeld
18. Shipping Wars
19. South Park
20. Survivor 37
21. Unsolved Mysteries
22. Young Sheldon

Books I Read:

1. Just After Midnight (2018) by Catherine Ryan Hyde
2. Naughty or Nice (2018) by Alexa Riley
3. True Indie: Life and Death in Filmmaking (2018) by Don Coscarelli

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Avril Lavigne
2. Big Data
3. Black Honey
4. Champagne Superchillin
5. The Chemical Brothers
6. Fitz and the Tantrums
7. Jakalope
8. Kim Wilde
9. Lana Del Rey
10. Lindsey Stirling
11. M83
12. Mew
13. Ørjan Nilsen
14. Röyksopp
15. Sharon Van Etten
16. Sleigh Bells
17. Taylor Swift
18. Tove Lo

Links From Last Week:

1. On Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
2. On my music site, I shared music from Taylor Swift, Black Honey, Sharon Van Etten, Ørjan Nilsen, Röyksopp, and M83.
3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Black-and-White Street, Window, A Look Through A Window, Court Yard, The Dog, Fork, and Statue.
4. Shame Storm
5. A Tribute to Elisha Cook, Jr.
6. Make Me Believe Dear Poet
7. Throw Out The Paints

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared the following artwork: Country Girl, Good Luck To The Corpses, The Clocks at Ravenwood, Career of Sin, Best True Fact Detective, Thrilling Mystery, and The Affairs of a Leading Lady!
2. Gary reviewed The Story of Temple Drake, Too Much Too Soon, Christmas Wrapping, and Superman!
3. Ryan reviewed A House In The Jungle, A Ghost Sickness, and Recollection and he shared his weekly reading round-up!
4. Arleigh shared the trailer for Godzilla and two K-pop songs: Be Natural and Décalcomanie!
5. I shared music videos for Santa Baby, You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch, Silent Night, What Child Is This, and Skyrim (all performed by Lindsey Stirling), Last Christmas by Crazy Frog, and She Came Home For Christmas by Mew.

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I was on vacation last week so I missed most of the controversy over Kevin Hart being the host of the Oscars for 24 hours.  My personal opinion — and this is one that I’ve had for a while — is that the Oscars don’t need a host.  The host is usually dead weight and usually spends too much time bragging about the same industry that refused to hold Harvey Weinstein accountable until it absolutely had no other choice but to do so.  Instead of a host, just have someone announce each presenter’s name and what award they’re going to present.

Anyway, here’s my week in review.

Movies I Watched

1. 22 July (2018)
2. Early Man (2018)
3. Hugo (2011)
4. Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
5. Winchester (2018)

Television Shows I Watched

1. The Apprentice
2. A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol
3. EastEnders
4. The Graham Norton Show
5. Holby City
6. A Hotel for the Super Rich and Famous
7. I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here
8. ITV News At Ten
9. ITV New London
10. Live at the Apollo
11. The One Show
12. Ramsay’s Hotel Hell
13. Serial Killer With Piers Morgan
14. Survivor 37
15. Unsolved Mysteries

Books I Read

1. Bitter (2018) by Francesca Jakobi
2. Ghost Virus (2018) by Graham Masterson

Music To Which I Listened

1. Above & Beyond
2. Adam Rickfors
3. Adi Ulmansky
4. Afrojack
5. Alessia Cara
6. Alex Winston
7. Ariana Grande
8. Ava Max
9. Avicii
10. Big Data
11. The Black Keys
12. Blanck Mass
13. Bloc Party
14. Blur
15. Calvin Harris
16. The Chainsmokers
17. The Chemical Brothers
18. Daft Punk
19. David Guetta
20. DJ Judaa
21. DJ Snake
22. Elle King
23. Gwen Stefani
24. The Killers
25. Lindsey Stirling
26. MØ
27. Moby
28. New Order
29. Public Service Broadcasting
30. Pulp
31. Purity Ring
32. Saint Motel
33. Sia
34. Skating Polly
35. Sleigh Bells
36. The Struts
37. Talking Heads
38. Taylor Swift
39. Thom Yorke
40. The Ting Tings
41. Underworld

Links From Last Week

1. On my music site, I shared songs from Big Data, MØ, Skating Polly, Alex Winston, Lindsey Stirling, and Alessia Cara.
2. Erin shared the following pictures on her photography site: Happy, Christmas Trees, Christmas Dream, Frozen Fire Hydrant 2011, A Path To A Christmas House, Curved Street 2011, and Black-and-White Street!
3. Erin wrote about the latest episode of Survivor for the Reality TV Chat Blog!
4. Will Write For Food: The Freelance Stories of Derrick Ferguson
5. Erik Anderson of Awards Watch wrote a bit about the Kevin Hart.

Links From The Site

1. Erin reviewed Finding Santa and profiled Bernard Barton.  She also shared the following artwork: La Traición tiene Curvas, The Dangerous One, Swamp Hoyden, The Case of the Constant God, The Case of the One-Eyed Witness, Ward Nurse, and the Loves of Dr. Devere!
2. Gary reviewed Stir Crazy, Tension, and Drunken Master and paid tribute to Ken Berry!
3. Jeff shared music videos from George Harrison, Madness, The Rolling Stones, Def Leppard, R.E.M., Journey, and Kid Creole and the Coconuts!
4. I shared the trailer for The Avengers: Endgame and also my thoughts on the Golden Globe nominations!
5. Arleigh shared the trailer for Captain Marvel!
6. Ryan continued his look back at 2018 with his top ten contemporary collections, vintage collections, special mentions, and graphic novels!

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Jeff & I are on holiday until the 9th!  Happy December everyone!

Movies I Watched:

1. Barrabas (2012)
2. Before Sunrise (1995)
3. Before Sunset (2004)
4. Having You (2013)
5. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
6. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
7. The Rewrite (2014)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 24 Hours in A&E
2. The Apprentice
3. Caught on Camera
4. Coronation Street
5. Curvy Girls: Stripped Bare
6. Doctor Who
7. Emmerdale
8. Enterprice
9. Eyewitness News
10. Friends
11. The Graham Norton Show
12. I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!
13. ITV Evening News
14. ITV News London
15. Last Call With Carson Daly
16. Maid in Hell: Why Slavery?
17. Nightline
18. Panorama
19. Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
20. Poker
21. Seinfeld

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Acoustic Truth
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Avicii
4. Big Data
5. Coldplay
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. David Guetta
8. Fade
9. Gwen Stefani
10. Jakalope
11. Martin Garrix
12. Saint Motel
13. Son Lux
14. Swedish House Mafia
15. Taylor Swift

Links From Last Week:

1. George H.W. Bush Dies at 94: president, family man, war hero
2. On my music site, I shared music from Son Lux, Fade, Gwen Stefani, Coldplay, Saint Motel, Taylor Swift, and Acoustic Truth.
3. On my dream site, I shared Last Night’s Art Gallery Dream!
4. On her photography site, Erin shared Playground, Campus, Central, Trees, Christmas is Coming, Church In The Rain, and Christmas 2011!
5. On the Reality TV Chat Blog site, Erin reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
6. Amanda Bynes Breaks The Internet
7. Fantastic Oscar Hosts And Where To Find Them
8. “If Bobbie Talks, I’m Finished” How Les Moonves Tried To Silence An Accuser
9. Curtains for the Clintons
10. ‘Cosmos’ Host Neil deGrasse Tyson To Be Investigated By Fox, Nat Geo & Producers After New Sexual Misconduct Allegations
11. Neil DeGrasse Tyson Addresses Sexual Misconduct Accusations: “I’m The Accused, So Why Believe Anything I Say?”

Links From The Site:

1. We all wished Arleigh a happy birthday!
2. Erin shared the following artwork: Startling Stories, The Girls in 3-B, The Green Girl, Pierre’s Woman, Woman of the Avalon, White Christmas, and Snowslide.  She also reviewed a Hallmark film, Mingle All The Way!
3. Gary reviewed Dark Passage, The Trial of Billy Jack and Billy Jack Goes To Washington!  He also took a look at the television career of Larry Cohen!
4. Jeff shared music videos from 1,000 Clowns, Spacehog, Talking Heads, Depeche Mode, Animotion, Jesus Jones, and George Harrison!
5. I reviewed Behind Green Lights, Parole, Inc, Time Table, Johnny O’Clock, and The Stranger!  I shared my Oscar predictions for November and I shared the picks of the National Board of Review, the Satellite nominations, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Detroit Film Critics, and The Washington D.C. Film Critics!
6. Ryan reviewed Mother’s Walk, Mac and Me, Breach, and American Psycho, along with sharing his Top Ten Single Issues of 2018 and his Top Ten Ongoing Series of 2018!

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Well, one holiday down and one more month to go until we say goodbye to 2018 and hello to 2019!  Thanksgiving was last week and now it’s time to celebrate whatever it is you choose to observe in December!

November has been a month of birthdays here at the Shattered Lens!  My birthday was on the 9th.  My sister Erin (a.k.a., our wonderful Arts Editor, the Dazzling Erin) celebrated her birthday on Saturday!  Arleigh has a birthday coming up on the 27th!  And finally, the site itself will be turning 9 years old in December!

Here’s what I did this week:

Movies I Watched:

1. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
2. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
3. Behind Green Lights (1946)
4. Black Noon (1971)
5. Christopher Robin (2018)
6. Creed II (2018)
7. Every Other Holiday (2018)
8. Fourteen Hours (1951)
9. Have  A Nice Day (2018)
10. For You I Die (1947)
11. Framed (1947)
12. Gangster Story (1959)
13. He Walked By Night (1948)
14. Hotel Transylvania 3 (2018)
15. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
16. Johnny O’Clock (1947)
17. Killer Vacation (2018)
18. My Teacher, My Obsession (2018)
19. Never Trust A Gambler (1951)
20. Once Upon A Holiday (2015)
21. Parole, Inc. (1948)
22. Ralph Breaks The Internet (2018)
23. Robin Hood (2018)
24. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
25. Sorry to Bother You (2018)
26. The Stranger (1946)
27. The Ten Commandments (2006)
28. Time Table (1956)
29. Woman On The Run (1950)

Television Show I Watched:

1. 9-1-1
2. Bar Rescue
3. California Dreams
4. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
5. Couples Court with the Cutlers
6. Dancing With The Stars
7. Degrassi Junior High
8. Degrassi High
9. Degrassi: New Class
10. Degrassi: The Next Generation
11. Doctor Phil
12. Face The Truth
13. Friends
14. Jamestown
15. King of the Hill
16. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
17. The Little Drummer Girl
18. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
19. My Brilliant Friend
20. Pablo Escobar: El Patron del mal
21. The Romanoffs
22. Saved By The Bell
23. Seinfeld
24. Shipping Wars
25. Survivor 37
26. Tengo telento, mucho talento
27. The Walking Dead
28. Waterfront House Hunting
29. Who Wants To Date A Comedian?

Books I Read:

1. For Special Services (1982) by John Gardner
2. Icebreaker (1983) by John Gardner
3. Role of Honour (1984) by John Gardner
4. Nobody Lives Forever (1986) by John Gardner

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Armin van Buuren
2. Avicii
3. Big Data
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. David Guetta
6. Elle King
7. Jakalope
8. Jake Bugg
9. Matthew Dear
10. Sabrina Carpenter
11. Saves the Day
12. St. Vincent
13. Steve Aoki

Links from Last Week:

1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
2. On my music site, I shared music from Armin van Buuren, Avicii, Jake Bugg, St. Vincent, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, and David Guetta again!
3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Standing In The Middle of the Tracks, Tracks, Huffines Park, November Trees, Background Squirrel, On Dry Land, and Enjoy the Shade!

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed The Christmas Chronicles!
2. Erin profiled James McConnell and shared the following artwork: Kill Him Twice, Special Detective, The Thursday Turkey Murders, Judge, She-Devil, Point of View, and Demon Caravan!
3. Doc wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
4. Gary reviewed Stranger on the Third Floor and Tommy, along with highlighting a one-hit wonder and offering up a bit of retro Thanksgiving joy!
5. Jeff shared music videos from Iron Maiden, The Smiths, Talking Heads, John Lennon, Boston, Steve Winwod, and the Rolling Stones!  He also paid tribute to Nicolas Roeg!
6. I reviewed Never Trust A Gambler, He Walked By Night, For You I Die, Woman On The Run, Framed, Killer Vacation, Fourteen Hours, and Gangster Story!
7. Ryan reviewed Journal of Smack, Go-Bots, and Three Magical Recipes From The Book Of Secrets Of Albertus Magnus!  He also shared his weekly reading round-up!

Check out last week by clicking here!

Have a great week!