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Happy Independence Day From The Shattered Lens!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Hi everyone!  Lisa here!

Usually, whenever a holiday rolls around, the TSL’s mascot — Doc the Ennui Kitty — will post something wishing all of you a safe and happy holiday.  Some people have pointed out that not only are we one of the few sites to feature a cat as a contributor but also that most cats aren’t capable of writing complete sentences.  I’m not sure what they’re trying to imply.  Doc’s a very smart cat.

Anyway, for this holiday, I’m handling the honors because I actually do have something serious to talk about.  I love fireworks.  My entire family loves fireworks.  Up until I turned ten, I always used to enjoy summer trips through the Southwest, during which my father would pick up the latest in illegal fireworks.  It was fun and it taught me a very important lesson (as my father put it, “Nobody tells a Bowman what to do!  Nobody!”)  On July 3rd, the Mayor of Los Angeles attempted to illustrate the importance of firework safety by posting a video of a watermelon getting blown to bits by a firework that he claimed was the size of a stick of gum.  I watched that video at work and I literally yelled out, “That is so fucking awesome!!!!”

That said, if you’re planning on shooting off fireworks or firecrackers tonight, be smart.  Four years ago, some people who lived across the street from us decided to get drunk and shoot off fireworks in the middle of the street.  This was on a residential block and they came close to setting my neighbor’s front yard on fire.  Someone called the cops on them.  It wasn’t me because I don’t believe in snitching.  Me, I was just planning on slashing their tires after they all went to sleep.

Also, animals do not like fireworks.  Keep that in mind.  For a cat or a dog who has no idea that it’s Independence Day, fireworks are terrifying.  If you own pets, keep them inside.  If you’re driving home, keep an eye on the road for any of our furry friends who might, at that moment, be out of their mind with fear.

Also, keep your neighbors in mind.  One person’s fun can be another person’s trigger.  During Independence Day, we always talk about how much we love our veterans.  Prove it by considering what they’ve gone through before you set off those firecrackers at 3 in the morning.

I guess what I’m saying is the best way to celebrate the 4th is by not being a jerk.

Thank you and, from me, Doc, and everyone else here at the Shattered Lens: happy holidays!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 6/25/18 — 7/1/18

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Love you, Canada!

First off, Happy Canada Day!  And happy birthday to TSL contributor, Patrick Smith!

This week, I started my summer job as a writer over at the Big Brother Blog so, for the next few weeks, it’s going to be a struggle for me to balance my duties over there with my writing over here.  That’s not a complaint, of course.  I love the struggle.  If I didn’t, I wouldn’t still be doing all of this.

Anyway, we are halfway through 2018 and I really need to get caught up.  I’ve been taking it easy for the first six months.

Here’s what I accomplished this week:

Movies I Watched

  1. Beyond the Bermuda Triangle (1975)
  2. Cohen and Tate (1989)
  3. Hidden Agenda (1990)
  4. I Can Only Imagine (2018)
  5. Lisa (1990)
  6. Prom Night (1980)
  7. Scanners (1981)
  8. Shattered (1991)
  9. Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
  10. Terminal Island (1973)
  11. Uncommon (2015)

Television Shows I Watched

  1. The Bachelorette
  2. Big Brother 20
  3. Big Brother After Dark
  4. Degrassi
  5. Ghost Whisperer
  6. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  7. King of the Hill
  8. Night Gallery
  9. The Proposal
  10. Westworld

Books I Read

  1. Famous For 15 Minutes: My Years With Andy Warhol (1988) by Ultra Violet
  2. Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks (2014) by Brad Dukes
  3. Take The Lead (2017) by Alexis Daria

Music to Which I Listened

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Adam Rickfors
  3. Adi Ulmansky
  4. Afrojack
  5. Alvin Risk
  6. Amy Winehouse
  7. Arcade Fire
  8. Armin van Buuren
  9. Avicii
  10. Avril Lavigne
  11. Big Data
  12. The Black Keys
  13. Blanck Mass
  14. Bloc Party
  15. Bob Dylan
  16. Britney Spears
  17. Cage the Elephant
  18. Calvin Harris
  19. Cedric Gervais
  20. Carli XCX
  21. The Chemical Brothers
  22. Coldplay
  23. Crud
  24. The Cyrstal Method
  25. Daft Punk
  26. Die Antwoord
  27. Dillon Francis
  28. Drake
  29. Fatboy Slim
  30. Fitz and the Tantrums
  31. Goblin
  32. Icona Pop
  33. Jakalope
  34. Josh Cumbee
  35. Kedr Livanskiy
  36. Kelly Clarkson
  37. Lil Xan
  38. Michael Fredo
  39. Moby
  40. Muse
  41. No Doubt
  42. Panic! at the Disco
  43. The Real Tuesday Weld
  44. Rich White
  45. The Robber Who Robbed The Town
  46. The Rolling Stones
  47. Siouxsie and the Banshees
  48. Skrillex
  49. Sleigh Bells
  50. Steve Ibsen
  51. Taking Back Sunday
  52. t.a.T.u.
  53. Taylor Swift
  54. The Merry Ploughboys
  55. The Ting Tings
  56. Twin Shadow

Links From Last Week:

  1. Books Where The Dog Dies, Rewrittne So The Dog Doesn’t Die
  2. On her photography site, Erin shared a picture of a lake!

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin profiled artist Malvin Singer.
  2. Gary reviewed The Man Who Cheated Himself, Bobbie Jo & The Outlaw, and In The Summertime, along with paying tribute to Olivia De Havilland.
  3. Pantsukudasai56 shared some anime you should be watching!
  4. Ryan reviewed Dark Forest and Troubled Mankind of the Modern South, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
  5. Jeff gave us our weekly trailer round-up!
  6. As for me, I didn’t do nearly enough but I’ll make up for that over the next 6 months!

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

Have a great week, lovers!

 

 

 

Lisa’s Week In Review: 6/18/18 — 6/24/18

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Another brutally hot week comes to a close!

I ended up taking a break from twitter this week.  That’s something I do whenever people start to get on my nerves.  On Wednesday, at 5, I announced that I would return in 24 hours and then I stayed away until Friday.  Those 24 hours easily became 48.  And while it may not have made people any more civil, being away from all of that negative crap certainly did me a world of good!

We’re almost halfway through 2018.  I may be alone in this but, with the exception of that month when I was battling the world’s worst allergies, my year’s been pretty good so far.  Let’s hope that trend continues.

Movies I Watched:

  1. Against All Odds (1984)
  2. Annihilation (2018)
  3. Battle For The Planet of the Apes (1973)
  4. Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
  5. Courageous (2011)
  6. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
  7. Dangerous Seduction (2018)
  8. The Day The Fish Came Out (1967)
  9. Deceiver (1997)
  10. Did I Kill My Mother? (2018)
  11. Escape From The Planet of the Apes (1971)
  12. Gimme Shelter (1970)
  13. I Killed My BFF: The Preacher’s Daughter (2018)
  14. Lethal Admirer (2018)
  15. Liquid Sky (1982)
  16. Night Watch (1973)
  17. Planet of the Apes (1968)
  18. Prescription For Danger (2018)
  19. Punchline (1988)
  20. Tracks (1976)
  21. Unforgettable (1996)
  22. A Wrinkle In Time (2018)
  23. The Wrong Daughter (2018)
  24. Zydereen on Neptune (1955)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Alias Grace
  2. The Bachelorette
  3. Degrassi
  4. GLOW
  5. Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell and Back
  6. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  7. King of the Hill
  8. Masterchef
  9. The Portrait
  10. The Proposal
  11. Saved By The Bell — The Jessie’s Song episode!
  12. We Speak Dance
  13. Westworld

Books I Read:

  1. Colonel Sun (1968) by Kingsley Amis
  2. Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched The World (2008) by Vicki Myron with Bret Witter
  3. The PGA Tour: A Look Behind The Scenes (2003) by Dick Durrance II
  4. To Catch A Cat (2000) by Marian Babson
  5. Wicked Abyss (2017) by Kresley Cole

Music To Which I Listened

  1. Ali Tamposi
  2. Avicii
  3. Bloc Party
  4. Britney Spears
  5. Calvin Harris
  6. Cedric Gervais
  7. The Chemical Brothers
  8. Die Antwoord
  9. DJ Snake
  10. Drake
  11. George Maple
  12. Howard Jones
  13. Jakalope
  14. Jake Bugg
  15. Kedr Livanskiy
  16. Mick Jagger
  17. Panic! at the Disco
  18. Phil Collins
  19. The Rolling Stones
  20. R3HAB
  21. Skrillex
  22. Swedish House Mafia
  23. Taylor Swift
  24. Underworld

Links From Last Week

  1. On Sleeping Lisa, I shared a dream about the Alamo Drafthouse!
  2. On SyFy Designs, I both paid tribute to Koko the Gorilla and wrote about my latest twitter break.
  3. On her photography site, Erin shared a picture of the sun shining in!
  4. Have you ever wanted a Pennywise key chain?  Read out about them on Horrorpedia!
  5. From John Coyote: Big Sur Meditation!
  6. From John Rieber: Is This The WORST Song Of All Time? “Baby, I’m-A Not Kidding”! Toast This Stale Bread!

Links From The Site

  1. Erin presented even more covers from Paul Rader!
  2. Gary reviews Boys’ Night Out, Libeled Lady, Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But We’re Afraid To Ask, and Noir!  He also paid tribute to Maria Rohm!
  3. Ryan reviewed Land of the Sons and Solo! He also shared his week reading round-up!
  4. I wished the great Daria Nicolodi a happy birthday!

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

Lisa’s Week in Review: 6/11/18 — 6/17/18

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Everyone but me is excited about the World Cup.  (Especially Alexandre Rothier!)  Here’s my feeling towards soccer:

In other news, this was another busy week so I didn’t get to do, watch, read, or write as much as I wanted to.  I was going to take some time here to write about the horror of getting stung by a fire ant while running around barefoot on Friday but then I learned that the TSL’s own Patrick Smith got bitten by a (nonvenomous) snake on Saturday and that kind of put everything in perspective.  Oh, and don’t worry, Pat survived!

Movies I Watched:

  1. Absolute Beginners (1986)
  2. The Book of Love (2016)
  3. Cropsey (2009)
  4. The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
  5. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
  6. Jaws 2 (1978)
  7. Kansas (1988)
  8. Less Than Zero (1987)
  9. Lost River (2015)
  10. Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
  11. Over The Top (1987)
  12. Pharaoh’s Curse (1957)
  13. Psycho Ex-Girlfriend (2018)
  14. The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)
  15. What Haunts Us (2018)
  16. The Wrong Son (2018)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Archer
  2. The Bachelorette
  3. Crime Watch Daily
  4. The Crown
  5. Degrassi
  6. Genius
  7. Ghost Whisperer
  8. Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell and Back
  9. Intervention
  10. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  11. King of the Hill
  12. Legion
  13. Masterchef
  14. One Day At A Time
  15. Twin Peaks
  16. Twin Peaks: The Return

Books I Read:

  1. Baal (1978) by Robert McCammon
  2. Gable and Lombard (1974) by Warren Harris
  3. Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes Of The Most Terrifying Movie Ever (2010) by Joe Kane

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adam Rickfors
  2. Adi Ulmansky
  3. Afrojack
  4. Angelo Badalamenti
  5. Arcade Fire
  6. Avicii
  7. The Black Keys
  8. Bob Dylan
  9. Calvin Harris
  10. Camila Cabello
  11. The Chemical Brothers
  12. Drake
  13. Icona Pop
  14. Jake Bugg
  15. Jakalope
  16. Julia Michaels
  17. Kedr Livanskiy
  18. Moby
  19. Robert DeLong
  20. Saint Motel
  21. St. Vincent
  22. Talking Heads
  23. Taylor Swift
  24. The Ting Tings
  25. Underworld

Links From Last Week:

  1. Is Degrassi: Next Class Renewed or Canceled?
  2. The 2018 Emmy Ballot!  Click here to see who and what has been submitted for Emmy consideration!
  3. I’m pretty sure that I can spot Robert De Niro in this picture.
  4. I shared a dream about the theater!  I also shared a recurring dream that I have about skipping school.

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin profiled the artist William Timmins!
  2. Gary reviewed 3 Randolph Scott films — The Tall T, Ride Lonesome, and Comanche Station — and took a look at a TV show called TJ Hooker!
  3. Jeff paid tribute to Martin Bregman and the opening scene of Scarface, along with sharing a round-up of the week’s film trailers and his 12 favorite trailers from E3!
  4. Ryan reviewed The Agency, Soft X-Ray/Mindhunters, and Sabrina, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!

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

Lisa’s Week in Review: 6/4/18 — 6/10/18

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I could go on and on about everything that went wrong this week but instead, I’ll just commit myself to making next week better for me and everyone else!  Peace be with you.

Movies I Watched

  1. Bad Lieutenant (1992)
  2. Barton Fink (1991)
  3. Cafe Flesh (1982)
  4. Defense of the Realm (1986)
  5. The Departed (2006)
  6. Desperate Hours (1990)
  7. Donnie Brasco (1997)
  8. The End of Violence (1997)
  9. Evidence of Blood (1998)
  10. The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)
  11. Horror Island (1941)
  12. In The Time of the Butterflies (2001)
  13. The LEGO Movie (2014)
  14. The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
  15. The Man In The Iron Mask (1998)
  16. Paparazzi (2004)
  17. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
  18. The Son’s Room (2001)
  19. Stalked By My Doctor (2015)
  20. Stalked By My Doctor: The Return (2016)
  21. Stalked By My Doctor: Patient’s Revenge (2018)
  22. Suspiria (1977)

Television Shows I Watched

  1. Archer
  2. The Bachelorette
  3. Dance Moms
  4. Doctor Phil
  5. Fear The Walking Dead
  6. Ghost Whisperer
  7. Intervention
  8. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
  9. King of the Hill
  10. Legion
  11. Murder Comes To Town
  12. Saved By The Bell
  13. Succession
  14. Westworld

Books I Read

  1. Atticus Finch (2018) by Joseph Crespino
  2. Bachelor Nation (2018) by Amy Kaufman
  3. The Echo Killing (2018) by Christi Daugherty

Music To Which I Listened

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Adi Ulmansky
  3. Avicii
  4. Big Data
  5. Britney Spears
  6. Calvin Harris
  7. Chelsea Jade
  8. The Chemical Brothers
  9. Confidence Man
  10. The Crystal Method
  11. David Strange
  12. Dillon Francis
  13. Dropkick Murphys
  14. Fiona Apple
  15. Godhead
  16. Haim
  17. Jakalope
  18. Kedr Livanskiy
  19. The Killers
  20. Moby
  21. Muse
  22. Phantogram
  23. Saint Motel
  24. Sleigh Bells
  25. Summer Cannibals
  26. Talking Heads
  27. Taylor Swift
  28. Zack Attack

Links From Last Week

  1. Anthony Bourdain’s Extreme Empathy
  2. Anthony Bourdain, Kate Spade, And The Question of Why
  3. The Rise and Rise of Suicide: We Must Remove The Stigma of Mental Illness
  4. I shared a dream about ants.
  5. On her photography site, my sister shared a picture of the roadwork that started in March and is apparently never going to end.

Links From The Site

  1. I shared my monthly Oscar predictions and paid tribute to the first “Bond girl,” Eunice Grayson!
  2. Erin took a look at the work of Bradshaw Crandell and the covers of Speakeasy Stories!
  3. Gary reviewed Safe In Hell, Three Men On A Horse, the song “Smell of Incense,” and Thirteen Women!
  4. Ryan reviewed The Ideal Copy and Poochytown and shared his weekly reading round-up!

Want to see what I watched, read, and listened to last week?  Click here!

A Blast From The Past: Archival Newsreel Footage of D-Day!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today is the 74th anniversary of D-Day, a day in which thousands sacrificed themselves so that the world could live free of Hitler’s tyranny.

Now, back in 1944, they didn’t have the nightly news.  They didn’t have CNN or MSNBC or Fox News.  There was no 24-hour news channels.  And certainly, there was no internet.  No one live tweeted the invasion of Normandy.  No one blogged about it.  No one marked themselves safe on Facebook.  Instead, for many of the citizens back home, their first knowledge of D-Day came from the newsreels that often ran before movies.

The newsreel below is from June 9th, 1944, three days after the invasion.  Take a look:

Also, be sure to check out some of our previous D-Day posts:

  1. The D-Day Photos of Robert Capa
  2. Film Review: The Longest Day
  3. Scenes I Love: Saving Private Ryan
  4. A Second Scene I Love From Saving Private Ryan

 

Lisa’s Week In Review — 5/28/18 — 6/3/18

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

What a week!  A news cycle dominated by Roseanne Barr, Samantha Bee, and Joy Reid served to remind us that we live in a world full of stupid people.  Meanwhile, down here in Texas, the temperature shot up to the triple digits and I’ve still got about 300 things on my To-Do list that I need to get done.  Bleh.

Oh well.  Here’s what I did accomplish this week:

Movies I Watched:

  1. An American Hippie in Israel (1972)
  2. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  3. Cry of the Werewolf (1944)
  4. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
  5. The Intern (2015)
  6. The Internship (2013)
  7. Just Like A Country Song (2014)
  8. Nightclub Secrets (2018)
  9. The Omega Code (1999)
  10. Peter Rabbit (2018)
  11. The Reptile (1966)
  12. Rome, Open City (1945)
  13. Solo (2018)
  14. Solomon and Sheba (1959)
  15. The Square (2017)
  16. Stalked By A Reality Star (2018)
  17. Suspect (1987)
  18. Vinyl (1965)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. The Americans
  2. Antiques Roadshow
  3. The Bachelorette
  4. Bar Rescue — Who is this schmuck and why does he have a show?
  5. Burning Love
  6. Children’s Hospital
  7. Dance Moms
  8. Evil’s Embrace
  9. Extreme Measures
  10. Genius
  11. Ghost Whisperer
  12. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia — I saw the very first episode this week.  Charlie wasn’t quite as a dumb as he would later become.  In fact, in the beginning, Mac was the really dumb one.
  13. iZombie
  14. King of the Hill
  15. Legion
  16. Lucifer
  17. Master Chef
  18. Patrick Melrose
  19. Robot Chicken
  20. Sweetbitter
  21. Trust
  22. Twin Peaks: The Return — Showtime rebroadcast the entire series on Saturday!  Since it was 110 degrees outside, I was more than happy to stay inside and watch.
  23. Vida
  24. Westworld — William has got to be a host!  He’s been shot at least six times since the rebellion started and he’s still not slowing down.
  25. Your Worst Nightmare

Books I Read:

  1. Bob Honey Who Do Stuff (2018) by Sean Penn
  2. Fade to Black (2018) by David Rosenfelt

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Blanck Mass
  3. Blondie
  4. Bob Dylan
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. The Crystal Method
  7. Confidence Man
  8. Damien Carter
  9. Dean Drouillard
  10. Dita Von Teese
  11. Fiona Apple
  12. Jakalope
  13. Kedr Livanskiy
  14. Lindsey Stirling
  15. Moby
  16. Radiohead
  17. Richard Bedford
  18. t.A.T.u
  19. Tomoyasu Hotei
  20. Trace Adkins

Links From Last Week:

  1. Over at Sleeping Lisa, I shared a dream about being lost in London and a dream about the Vatican.
  2. On her photography site, Erin shared a picture of a world in motion.
  3. At Jordan & Eddie, a look back at the films of 2006!
  4. From B Noir Detour: Ridin’ the Crime Wave with Gene Nelson!

Links From The Site:

  1. My sister Erin posted In Honor of Memorial Day and profiled Alan Bean and George Mayers!
  2. Gary was busy this week!  He reviewed The Devil’s Brigade, How To Stuff A Wild Bikini, The Killing, and His Girl Friday!  He also took a look at The Ballad of Green Berets and Josh Karp’s Orson Welles’s Last Movie!
  3. Ryan reviewed Somnambulance, Armenian Haunting, and Lovecraft: The Myth of Cthulhu, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
  4. I wrote about what lies in the future for The Walking Dead now that Andrew Lincoln is leaving!

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

Lisa’s Week In Review: 5/21/18 — 5/27/18

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This week started out poorly but it got better on Tuesday.  That’s when I came across an interesting statistic. Only 21% of American adult have a twitter account.  Why is this important?  Because we tend to assume that the worst people online represent all of humanity when, in all reality, most people aren’t even online.  Once I realized that, this week got a lot better!

Anyway, it’s the holiday weekend!  Erin and I spent it at our uncle’s!  I got to work on my tan.  I got to hang out with family.  It was the perfect way to end a week.

Here’s what else I got accomplished!

Movies I Watched:

  1. Boulevard Nights (1979)
  2. Clown (2014)
  3. Deadpool 2 (2018)
  4. Fiance Killer (2018)
  5. Killer Ending (2018)
  6. Killer Island (2018)
  7. Mistress Hunter (2018)
  8. Mommy’s Little Angel (2018)
  9. Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)
  10. This Island Earth (1956)
  11. The Unmiracle (2017)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. American Idol
  2. The Americans
  3. Archer: Danger Island
  4. Cheaters — It was a Joey Greco episode!  Though, sadly, not the one where he got stabbed…
  5. Dancing With The Stars: Athletes
  6. Doctor Phil
  7. Fear the Walking Dead
  8. Extreme Measures
  9. Ghost Whisperer
  10. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  11. iZombie
  12. King of the Hill
  13. Legion
  14. Miss USA 2018
  15. Murder Calls
  16. The Perfect Murder
  17. Roseanne
  18. Saved By The Bell
  19. The Split
  20. Survivor 36
  21. The Terror
  22. Westworld

Books I Read:

  1. Space Oddyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpice (2018) by Michael Benson
  2. Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir (2018) by John Banville

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Adi Ulmansky
  3. Blanck Mass
  4. Blondie
  5. The Chemical Brothers
  6. Christopher Lee
  7. Chromatics
  8. Fitz and the Tantrums
  9. Goblin
  10. Jakalope
  11. Kama Vardi
  12. Kedr Levanskiy
  13. Meg Myers
  14. Nedelle Torrisi
  15. Saint Motel
  16. Talking Heads
  17. Zoe Johnston

Links From Last Week:

  1. Kevin Smith says Ben Affleck hasn’t spoken to him in years.
  2. Strong, assertive, and surprisingly feminist – why there’s nothing ‘offensive’ about Bond girls
  3. Showtime to air uninterrupted Twin Peaks marathon in June!
  4. The Cultural Vandalism of Jeffrey Tambor by Matt Zoller Seitz.  I’ve never struggled with separating the art from the artist but, as always with Seitz, this is still an interesting and even important read.
  5. On her photography site, my sister invited us all to look up!

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin honored the memory Bill Gold and celebrated World Redhead Day (as everyone should)!
  2. Gary reviewed Die, Monster, Die and paid tribute to Clint Walker!
  3. Leonard shared the Too Old To Die Young trailer and reviewed Solo!
  4. Case gave us his own thoughts on Solo!
  5. Ryan reviewed By Monday I’ll be Floating In The Hudson With The Other Garbage and The Fuhrman Tapes, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!

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

Have a great week everyone!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 5/14/18 — 5/20/18

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Finally, I’m healthy again!  Being sick sucks but, as of the end of this week, I am finally feeling like myself again.  Here’s what I accomplished this week:

Movies I Watched

  1. All that Jazz (1979)
  2. Deadly Matrimony (2018)
  3. Deep Red (1975)
  4. Den of Thieves (2018)
  5. Disco Beaver From Outer Space (1978)
  6. Everybody Wins (1990)
  7. Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
  8. Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
  9. Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
  10. Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
  11. The Go-Between (1971)
  12. Gorky Park (1983)
  13. I, Daniel Blake (2016)
  14. Inferno (1980)
  15. Missing (1982)
  16. The Mission (1986)
  17. Paddington 2 (2018)
  18. Paris, Texas (1984)
  19. Psycho Ex-Girlfriend (2018)
  20. River’s Edge (1987)
  21. Serpico (1973)
  22. The Silent World (1956)
  23. Suspiria (1977)

Television Shows I Watched

  1. The Americans
  2. Archer: Danger Island
  3. Barry
  4. Brooklyn 99
  5. Doctor Phil
  6. Fear the Walking Dead
  7. Ghost Whisperer
  8. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  9. iZombie
  10. King of the Hill
  11. Legion
  12. Lucifer
  13. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
  14. New Girl
  15. The Office
  16. Patrick Melrose
  17. Roseanne
  18. The Royal Wedding!!!!
  19. Silicon Valley
  20. Survivor 36
  21. Sweetbitter
  22. The Terror
  23. True Detective Season 1
  24. Trust
  25. Vida
  26. Westworld

Books I Read

(Long story short: Last week, I inherited a stash of old Choose Your Own Adventure books.)

  1. Behind the Wheel (1992) by R.A. Montgomery
  2. Deadwood City (1978) by Edward Packard
  3. The Forbidden Castle (1982) by Edward Packard
  4. The Girl on the Velvet Swing: sex, murder, and madness at the dawn of the 20th century (2018) by Simon Baez
  5. Horror Hotel (1983) by Hilary Milton
  6. Journey Under The Sea (1978) by R.A. Montgomery
  7. Kidnapped (1991) by Edward Packard
  8. Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy (2018) by Gregory W. Mank
  9. The Last Ninja (1991) by Jay Leibold
  10. Nightmare Store (1982) by Hilary Milton
  11. Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey? (1981) by Edward Packard

Music To Which I Listened

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Adi Ulmansky
  3. AIR
  4. Britney Spears
  5. Calvin Harris
  6. Cedric Gervais
  7. The Chemical Brothers
  8. Chromatics
  9. Dillon Francis
  10. Doro
  11. The Flaming Lips
  12. Garbage
  13. Jackalope
  14. Kevin Shields
  15. Michael Fredo
  16. Moby
  17. Muse
  18. Phoenix
  19. Saint Motel
  20. Taylor Swift
  21. Walt Mink
  22. The White Stripes

Links From Last Week

  1. On her photography site, Erin shared a picture of our new fence!  (It’s a nice fence and, fortunately, the possums can climb it.)
  2. Via my dream journal, here’s a dream I had about giving a lecture!
  3. On Ferguson Ink, Derrick Ferguson continues to interview some of the best writers around.  This week, he interviewed Michael A. Gonzalez!
  4. From News From The Boston Becks: A Century of Film: Crime Films
  5. From The World’s Common Tater: Tater Takes On The Entire Fall TV Schedule!  (Tater took a look at all of the upcoming network schedules this week so be sure to explore his site to get the full details on all of them!)
  6. From Outspoken and Freckled: 5 Reasons Why THE AWFUL TRUTH is my Classic Comfort Movie
  7. From John Rieber: “The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane!” Why I Love 70’s Cinema! The Decade’s Biggest “Hellraisers!”
  8. From Awards Circuit: Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg to Re-Team on Ulysses S. Grant Biopic
  9. TSL wasn’t at Cannes this year but Awards Watch was.  Check out their reviews here!
  10. Royal Wedding 2018: In Pictures

Links From The Site

  1. Erin profiled C.C. Beall and celebrated International Dinosaur Day!
  2. Jeff paid tribute to Margot Kidder!
  3. Viktor Von Glum reviewed Black Panther!
  4. Gary reviewed Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Thunderball and he revealed the Secret James Bond-Batman connection!
  5. Ryan reviewed Rock Steady, XTC69, and Love That Bunch, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
  6. I observed Sofia Coppola’s birthday and shared my Oscar predictions for May!
  7. In case you missed it, here’s what won at Cannes!

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

Have a great week, everyone!