Jeff and I spent most of this week up at beautiful Lake Texoma.  In other news, the average temperature at Lake Texoma was 9 degrees.  I’ve had a cold for the past few days but I’m feeling better now, just in time to get ready for the Oscars next week!

Here’s what I watched this week:

Films I Watched:

1. A-ha: The Movie (2021)
2. America 3000 (1986)
3. Big Trouble In Little China (1986)
4. Bloodknot (1995)
5. Brewster McCloud (1970)
6. Buffalo Bill and the Indians or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976)
7. The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1988)
8. Cattle Queen of Montana (1994)
9. Conspiracy (2008)
10. The Delinquents (1957)
11. Flight 7500 (2014)
12. The Grudge (2004)
13. The Long Goodbye (1973)
14. McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
15. Nightmare in Chicago (1964)
16. The Shadow Returns (1946)
17. Used Cars (1980)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. American Murder: Gabby Petito
2. Check it Out
3. CHiPs
4. Cobra Kai
5. Dark
6. Degrassi High
7. Fantasy Island
8. Friday the 13th: The Series
9. Highway to Heaven
10. Homicide: Life On The Street
11. Kitchen Nightmares
12. The Love Boat
13. Malibu, CA
14. Miami Vice
15. Monsters
16. Pacific Blue
17. Scamanda
18. St. Elsewhere
19. Welcome Back, Kotter

Live Tweets:

1. America 3000
2. Flight 7500
3. Big Trouble In Little China
4. The Grudge

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Peter Jason Dies At 80
2. Singer Jerry Butler Dies At 85
3. Spirit Awards: ‘Anora’ Takes Best Feature, Director & Lead Performance; Three Wins For ‘Baby Reindeer’ & Two Each For ‘A Real Pain’ & ‘Didi’
4. Box Office: ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Suffers 68% Drop in Second Weekend
5. Amazon MGM Studios announces new joint venture with Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli for James Bond franchise rights

Links From Last Week:

1. Blepping
2. Do You Know the Rubber Ducky “Moby Duck” Incident? Here’s Their Wild Adventure!
3. Tater’s Week in Review 2/21/25

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh shared an AMV of the Day and the greatest Beatles song ever!
2. Brad reviewed The Osterman Weekend, Gang War, The Far Country, Shane, and The Seven-Ups!
3. Brad shared the trailer for the latest from Chow Yun-Fat and wished John Travolta a happy birthday!
4. Erin took a look at Edward Gorey!
5. Erin reviewed Sidelined: The QB  and Me and Art Show Bingo!  She also shared a song of the day for Presidents Day!
6. Erin shared Presidents, Ranch Romances, Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima, All-Sports, Sports Action, The Shadow, and Preying Streets!
7. Jeff reviewed Tennessee’s Partner, The Guns of Fort Petticoat, Cattle Queen of Montana, Popeye, The Getaway, Bar-Z Bad Man, and Guns In The Dark!
8. Jeff paid tribute to Sam Peckinpah!

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Greetings from Lake Texoma!

This will be another mini-week in review because Jeff and I enjoying a nice Valentine’s Day weekend and the time has kind of gotten away from me.  My usual, big, in-depth week in review will return next Sunday.  As for now, here’s what I watched this week!

Films I Watched:

1. Archie: To Riverdale and Back (1990)
2. Charming Sinners (1929)
3. Crash Landing (1958)
4. The Crush (1993)
5. Dangerous Curves (1929)
6. The Fourth Wall (1969)
7. Frank and Ava (2020)
8. Funeral Home (1980)
9. Killed By A Rich Kid (2022)
10. Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
11. Lake Lavon (2022)
12. A New York Story (2023)
13. Red Haired Alibi (1932)
14. Top of the World (1997)
15. The 27th Day (1957)

Television Shows:

1. Abbott Elementary
2. Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown
3. Check It Out 
4. CHiPs
5. Dark
6. Degrassi High
7. Extracted
8. Fantasy Island
9. Friday the 13th
10. Highway to Heaven
11. Homicide: Life on the Street
12. Kitchen Nightmares
13. The Love Boat
14. Malibu CA
15. Miami Vice
16. Monsters
17. Pacific Blue
18. Scamanda
19. St. Elsewhere
20. The Story Behind
21. Welcome Back Kotter

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Kevyn Major Howard Dies At 69
2. Actress Genevieve Page Dies At 97
3. BAFTAs: ‘Conclave’ Wins Best Film in the Latest Awards Season Shake-up

Links From Last Week:

1. Would You Sleep In The “Deepest Darkest Hotel Room In The World?” What If You Were Trapped? Here’s The Story…
2. Tater’s Week in Review 2/14/25
3. World Pangolin Day
4. Leonard reviews the latest Captain America film!
5. Check out Erin’s look at Love for Valentine’s Day!
6. Jeff reviews MacGruber!
7. Arleigh takes a look at the trailer for The Accountant 2!
8. Brad reviews I Can Only Imagine!

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Whoops!  I was so tired after returning home from some much needed hot tub time that I fell asleep before I got a chance to do my full week in review!  Here’s an abbreviated summary.

Films I Watched:

1. Cannibal Apocalypse (1980)
2. The Double (2011)
3. 8th Round Pick (2020)
4. The Forbidden Dance (1990)
5. Lambada (1990)
6. MacGruber (2020)
7. Mouse of Horrors (2025)
8. The Leech Woman (1960)
9. Speedtrap (1977)

Television Shows I Watched Last Week:

1. Abbott Elementary
2. CHiPs
3. Dark
4. Fantasy Island
5. Friday the 13th: The Series
6. Hell’s Kitchen
7. Highway to Heaven
8. King of the Hill
9. Kitchen Nightmares
10. The Love Boat
11. Malibu CA
12. Miami Vice
13. Monsters
14. Pacific Blue
15. Scamanda
16. St. Elsewhere
17. Super Bowl LXI

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Tony Roberts Dies At 85
2. Author Tom Robbins Dies At 92
3. Jacques Audiard Hasn’t Spoken to Karla Sofía Gascón Since Her Apology: She’s Being Too ‘Self-Destructive’
4. Anora Wins At The DGA and PGA

Links From Last Week:

1. Have You Seen A Movie Rated Zero? One Reporter Watched Them All – Some With Big Stars Getting NO Stars!
2. Going with the FLOW of Life
3. Tater’s Week in Review 2/7/25

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I’ve got a cold, which is why I didn’t post my usual film reviews today.  It says something about how much I love doing all of this that I actually feel guilty about not doing so.  But I promised a lot of people that I would do a better job of taking care of myself in 2025 than I have in previous years.  So …. bleh, being sick sucks!

Been a busy week.  I’ll just say that I’ve enjoyed everything other than being sick.  The week started with a presidential inauguration and then, a few days later, the Oscar nominations were announced and now, tonight, my fever is breaking.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Betty: They Say I’m Different (2017)
2. Burglar (1987)
3. The Calendar Killer (2025)
4. Chaka Khan: Live at the Blue Note New York (1993)
5. Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story (2024)
6. Hot Shots (1993)
7. Hot Shots Part Deux (1993)
8. Diary of the Dead (2007)
9. First Spaceship on Venus (1960)
10. Last Night At The Alamo (1983)
11. Shattered Glass (2003)
12. Signal 30 (1959)
13. Super Fuzz (1980)

Television Shows I Watcched:

1. Abbott Elementary
2. Check It Out
3. CHiPs
4. Dark
5. Degrassi High
6. Fantasy Island
7. Football: Chiefs vs. Bills
8. Friday the 13th: The Series
9. Hell’s Kitchen
10. Highway to Heaven
11. Homicide: Life On The Street
12. Kitchen Nightmares
13. The Love Boat
14. Malibu CA
15. Miami Vice
16. Monsters
17. Pacific Blue
18. The Oscar Nominations
19. The Presidential Inauguration
20. St. Elsewhere
21. Welcome Back Kotter

Books I Read:

1. We Used To Live Here (2024) by Marcus Kliewer

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. The Associates
3. Britney Spears
4. Carrie Underwood
5. The Chemical Brothers
6. Cher Lloyd
7. Chrystabell
8. Elle King
9. Geri Halliwell
10. Kid Rock
11. Lindsay Lohan
12. Liz Phair
13. Lynard Skynard
14. Moby
15. The Osmonds
16. Public Service Broadcasting
17. Saint Motel
18. Tina Arena

Live Tweets:

1. Super Fuzz
2. Burglar
3. Shattered Glass
4. Diary of the Dead

News From Last Week:

1. Actress Gloria Romero Died At 91

Links From Last Week:

1. The Greater Good
2. The Academy Award Nominations Are Here! Surprises And Snubs For 2024!
3. Tater’s Week in Review 1/24/25

Links From The Site:

1. Arleigh shared Ramblin’ Man and a scene from The Raid 2!
2. Arleigh shared an AMV of the Day!
3. Arleigh reviewed The Night Comes For Us!
4. Erin shared Adventure, True Confessions, The Hellcat, Saucy Movie Tales, The Country Club Set, Tomorrow’s Another Day, and Martin Luther King, Jr!
5. Jeff reviewed The Art of War, The Challenge, Hot Shots, Hot Shots Part Deux, Stripes, Down Periscope, and Wrongfully Accused!
6. I shared my final 2024 Oscar predictions!
7. I reviewed In The Company of Men, Longtime Companion, Last Night At The Alamo, Reds, Goodfellas, The Straight Story, Platoon, Hit Man, The Woman of the Hour, The Thin Red Line, The Calendar Killer, The Insider, Reagan, La Dolce Vita, The Right Stuff, The Elevator, and Inchon!
8. I shared songs of the day from Van Halen, One O’Clock Lab Band, Stephen Bishop, California Dreams, The Oceans, and Tina Arena!
9. I shared scenes from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Animal House, The Oscar, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Twin Peaks: The Return!
10. I paid tribute to Roger Vadim, Tobe Hooper, Henry King, the Best Picture Also-Rans, Jim Jarmusch, Radley Metzger, and David Lynch!
11. Brad reviewed Wedlock, Cold Sweat, and Shane!
12. Brad shared a scene from Telefon and a scene from Sling Blade and paid tribute to Telly Savalas, Randolph Scott and Rutger Hauer!

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Needless to say, my heart goes out to everyone who is dealing with wildfires in Los Angeles.  My heart also goes out to all the people in North Carolina and Hawaii who are still struggling to rebuild their lives.  I’ve heard some infuriating stories about the failure of local and national government to help those effected but I’ve also heard some inspiring stories about ordinary people looking out for their neighbors and bravely helping out in whatever way they can.  That’s one reason why I love this country.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Abigail (2024)
2. Arrowsmith (1931)
3. Arson, Inc. (1949)
4. The Bear Lake Murders (2025)
5. The Bitch (1979)
6. The Cardinal (1963)
7. Casablanca Express (1989)
8. Cindy Goes To A Party (1955)
9. The Country Girl (1954)
10. The Elevator (2021)
11. Exodus (1960)
12. Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)
13. The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977)
14. It Came From Aquarius Records (2022)
15. The Jazz Singer (1980)
16. Juror #2 (2024)
17. The Lost Wife of Robert Durst (2017)
18. Mercy Streets (2000)
19. Moonstruck (1987)
20. Mysteries From Beyond Earth (1975)
21. Mysteries of the Gods (1976)
22. Night of the Running Man (1975)
23. Quasi at the Quackadero (1976)
24. Quick Change (1990)
25. Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
26. The Stud (1978)
27. Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story (2025)
28. When It Rains In L.A. (2025)
29. Why? (1973)
30. The Wraith (1986)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Abbott Elementary
2. Check It Out!
3. Degrassi High
4. Dark
5. Doc
6. Dr. Phil
7. Fantasy Island
8. Friday the 13th: The Series
9. Going Dutch
10. Hell’s Kitchen
11. Highway to Heaven
12. Homicide: Life On The Street
13. Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action
14. Kitchen Nightmares
15. The Love Boat
16. Monsters
17. Pacific Blue
18. Shifting Gears
19. Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test
20. St. Elsewhere
21. Welcome Back, Kotter

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Bob Dylan
3. Britney Spears
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Clint Mansell
6. Commodores
7. Crud
8. David Bowie
9. Frank Stallone
10. Genesis
11. The Heavy
12. Huey Lewis and the News
13. Kenny Loggins
14. The KLF
15. Led Zeppelin
16. Lindsey Stirling
17. New Radicals
18. Pretty Sick
19. Ringo Starr
20. Saint Motel
21. The Wallflowers
22. X
23. Yvonne Elliman

Live Tweets:

1. The Wraith
2. Night of the Running Man
3. Quick Change
4. Abigail

Awards Season:

1. DGA Nominations
2. SAG Nominations

News From Last Week:

1. Los Angeles wildfires death toll rises to 16 as Gavin Newsom faces new firefighting funding scrutiny
2. 2025 Critics Choice Awards Postponed Due to L.A. Fires, New Date Revealed
3. Oscar nominations delayed, voting extended due to L.A. fires
4. The Producers Guild Delays Nomination Announcement

Links From Last Week:

1. 2025 Oscars: How to Fix The Film Industry and Save the Oscars – Part One
2. Tater’s Week in Review 1/10/25
3. Happy Birthday Nicolas Cage! I Watched SEVEN “Cage-tacular” Films To Celebrate!
4. “Toby”: Cephalotus follicularis update

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed Raising Arizona!
2. Leonard reviewed The Sorcerer’s Apprentice!
3. Erin shared No Escape, House Call, Hellcat, Ben Wilson, Lust Jungle, One Hot Night, and Fleshpot!
4. Erin reviewed Bull Durham!
5. Erin shared The Manliest Covers of True Man!  And she paid tribute to a brave little spider!
6. Jeff reviewed Dead For A Dollar, Silverado, No Holds Barred, Counterpunch, Glass Jaw, The Challenger, and The Great White Hope!
7. Jeff wished Elvis a happy birthday!  He posted a game review and he shared great moments in both comic book and television history!
8. Brad reviewed Wanted Dead Or Alive, Stakeout, Hard Times, Borderline, Death Hunt, A Family Thing, Kid Galahad, It Could Happen To You, 
9. Brad reviewed the second episode of Shane!
10. Brad shared song from Flight of the Conchords!
11. Brad paid tribute to Jimmy Page and Jan Gan Boyd!
12. I reviewed The Country Girl, Red Alert, The Hole In The Wall, Mercy Streets, Cindy Goes To A Party, King Richard, Casablanca Express, Che!, Quick Change, A Streetcar Named Desire, Saturday Night, Fargo, Jazz Singer, Arrowsmith, Wild 90, Mysteries of the Gods, Why?, Moonstruck, Bonnie & Clyde: Justified, The Great Smokey Roadblock, From Here To Eternity, and After Hours!
13. I reviewed Homicide, Check It Out, Welcome Back Kotter, Friday the 13th, St. Elsewhere, Highway to Heaven, Malibu CA, Monsters, The Love Boat, Pacific Blue, Fantasy Island, CHiPs, Miami Vice, and Degrassi High!
14. I shared songs of the day from Shirley Bassey, The Chemical Brothers, Flight of the Conchords, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Clint Mansell, and Huey Lewis and the News!
15. I shared scenes from Money Plane, Psycho, The Warriors, A Few Dollars More, Predator, Zandalee, and Back to the Future!
16. I paid tribute to Rob Zombie, Alfonso Arau, Walter Hill, Ulu Grosbard, John McTiernan, Roger Pratt, and John Singleton!
17. I shared music videos from Ringo Starr, Pretty Sick, The Wallflowers, Lindsey Stirling, David Bowie, Kenny Loggins, and Ludacris!
18. I shared my week in television!

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Welcome to 2025!

Well, it’s a new year and we are off to a really strong start here at the Shattered Lens!  Thank you to everyone who has contributed this week and thank you to all of our readers!

As I sit here typing this, the wind is howling outside and the temperature is plunging.  We’ve been getting ready for the first big snow storm of 2025, which is supposed to hit us on Thursday.  So, as I shiver and turn a weary eye towards the Golden Globes, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to last week!

Films I Watched:

1. The Ambulance (1990)
2. Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme (2024)
3. The Bat Woman (1968)
4. The Big Chase (1954)
5. Bonnie and Clyde Justified (2013)
6. A Chef’s Deadly Revenge (2024)
7. Dressed to Kill (2025)
8. 48 Hours (1982)
9. From Here To Eternity (1953)
10. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
11. Hellzapoppin’ (1941)
12. The Hole In The Wall (1929)
13. In A Volent Nature (2024)
14. The Last Innocent Man (1987)
15. Noriega: God’s Favorite (2000)
16. The Twilight Zone Movie (1983)
17. Money Plane (2020)
18. Shoot To Kill (1988)
19. Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001)
20. Vanished in Death Valley (2025)
21. Vanished Out Of Sight (2025)
22. Wild 90 (1968)
23. The Wrong Life Coach (2024)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. CHiPs
2. Cobra Kai
3. Dark
4. Days of our Lives
5. Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest
6. Going Dutch
7. Hell’s Kitchen
8. King of the Hill
9. Miami Vice
10. Saved By The Bell
11. The Twilight Zone

Books I Read:

1. Mazes and Monsters (1981) by Rona Jaffe
2. Not Even Nominated (2024) by John DiLeo

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Blanck Mass
3. Britney Spears
4. Carly Simon
5. The Chemical Brothers
6. Coldplay
7. Dooms UK
8. Enya
9. Folk Implosion
10. The Hospital
11. Jakalope
12. Labi Siffre
13. Lady Gaga
14. Madness
15. Ramones
16. Rita Coolidge
17. Riz Ortolani
18. Saint Motel
19. Sick Visor
20. Shirley Bassey
21. Skrillex
22. Steve Wilson
23. Tears For Fears
24. X

Live Tweets:

1. Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
2. 48 Hours
3. Money Plane
4. The Twilight Zone Movie

Awards Season:

1. Lisa Marie’s Oscar Predictions For December
2. Golden Globes
3. North Carolina Film Critics Association
4. Set Decorators Society of America
5. Oklahoma Film Critics Circle
6. Kansas City Film Critics Circle
7. Greater Western New York Film Critics Association
8. National Society of Film Critics
9. Minnesota Film Critics Association
10. Music City Film Critics Association
11. Columbus Film Critics Association
12. Critics Association of Central Florida
13. Georgia Film Critics Association
14. Kansas City Film Critics Circle
15. North Texas Film Critics Association
16. Columbus Film Critics Association 

Trailers:

1. 6 Trailers For Pop Music Day

News From Last Week:

1. Director Jeff Baena Passes Away At 47
2. Author David Lodge Passes Away At 89
3. Actor Niels Arestrup Passed Away At 75
4. Actor John Capodice Dies At 83

Links From Last Week:

1. 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2025
2. What do The Doors & Mötley Crüe have in common?
3. My 2024 In Books
4. Goodbye 2024! Welcome 2025 With Grilled Onion Smash Burgers And Good Luck Food!

Links From the Site:

1. Case shared a story about fighting!
2. Leonard reviewed Anora and The Substance!  He shared his thoughts on the Golden Globes!
3. Jeff reviewed Airplane!, Airplane 2, Night Shift, Scalplock, Chip of the Flying U, and Re-Election Campaign!
4. Jeff shared a great moment in TV history and a great moment in comic book history!
5. Erin reviewed Stealing Home and shared The Shocking Covers of Crime Detective!  She shared a visual journey through the fog and wished all of you a happy new year!
6. Erin shared Sin Time/Office Pet, Reckless Virgin, One Hot Winter, Passion Holiday, Hope, Movie Humor, and Zippy!
7. Brad revealed what Sergio Leone thought of Charles Bronson and wished happy birthdays to Robert Duvall and John Sturges.
8. Brad reviewed The Children of Huang Shi, Why Not Me?, The Shawshank Redemption, From Noon Till Three, Episode One of Shane, The Mechanic, and The Tall T!
9. I listed what I’m looking forward to in 2025!
10. I reviewed The Love Boat, Monsters, Malibu CA, Highway to Heaven, St. Elsewhere, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, Check It Out, and Homicide: Life on the Street!
11. I shared music videos from Lady Gaga, Steven Wilson, Enya, Tears For Fears, Saint Motel, Sick Visor, and Ramones!
12. I shared songs of the day from Nino Rota, Skrillex, Ennio Morricone, Shirley Bassey, and Carly Simon!
13. I reviewed Solomon King, The Power of the Dog, Skokie, And The Band Played On, Shoot To Kill, The Last Innocent Man, Noriega: God’s Favorite, The Shoes of the Fisherman, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper, Escape,  The Life of Emile Zola, Voyage of the Damned, Dressed to Kill, Tucker, The Valiant, Unforgiven, The Wrong Life Coach, Heaven’s Gate, Rockshow, Megalopolis, In Old Chicago, Furiosa,  Save The Tiger, The Don Is Dead, Ghosts Can’t Do It, Chariots of the Gods, Shoot First, Mean Streets, The Deer Hunter, Caligula, The Assassination of Trotsky, Days of Thunder, Enemy Within, Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, Woyzeck, Starcrash, and Beyond The Poseidon Adventure!
14. I read Not Even Nominated and Mazes and Monsters!
15. I shared 4 Shots From 4 New Year’s Films and 4 Shots From 4 Science Fiction Films!
16. I shared scenes from Tomorrow Never Die, Cobra, Once Upon A Time In America, Metropolis, and Strange Days!
17. I paid tribute to Roger Spottiswoode, George Pan Cosmatos, and Sergio Leone!
18. I shared an AMV, a blast from the past, and my week in television!

More From Us:

1. For Horror Critic, I reviewed In A Violent Nature
2. At my music site, I shared songs from Britney Spears, Dooms UK, The Hospital, Madness and Labi Siffre!
3. At SyFyDesigns, I said “Happy New Year!’
4. At my online dream journal, I shared First Dream of 2025, Disco Dream, and a Fragment!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared A Spider Hard At Work, A Spider Hanging In The Air, The Spider’s Work Is Never Done, The Spider Builds A Trap, and A Spider Does What It Can!

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