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Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 12/2/24 — 12/8/24

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I’ve got a cold so I’m just going to do an abbreviated week in review.  Thank you for your understanding!

Films I Watched:

  1. After Hours (1985)
  2. The Assassination of Trotsky (1972)
  3. The Baron (1977)
  4. Bull Durham (1988)
  5. The Challenge (1982)
  6. Che! (1969)
  7. Dead For A Dollar (2022)
  8. Death Race 2000 (1975)
  9. The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974)
  10. The Final Season (2007)
  11. Ghost Can’t Do It (1989)
  12. Night Shift (1982)
  13. Open Grave (2013)
  14. Portrait of a Showgirl (1982)
  15. Red Alert (1977)
  16. Sex and Broadcasting (2014)
  17. Skokie (1981)
  18. Solomon King (1974)
  19. Stealing Home (1988)
  20. Tucker: The Man And His Dream (1988)
  21. Voyage of the Damned (1976)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Amerika
  2. A Charlie Brown Christmas
  3. CHiPs
  4. Fantasy Island
  5. Frosty The Snowman
  6. Homicide
  7. How The Grinch Stole Christmas
  8. The Love Boat
  9. Miami Vice
  10. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
  11. St. Elsewhere
  12. Snub
  13. Welcome Back Kotter

Links From Last Week:

  1. Actor Thom Christopher Dies At 84
  2. New York’s Lit Up For The Holidays! The 30 Rock Tree Video! + Bergdorf Goodman’s Magical Holiday Windows!
  3. Today’s Inspiration c/o Prince Ramses XII
  4. Tater’s Week in Review 12/6/24

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Retro Television Reviews Will Return On December 2nd!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Happy Thanksgiving!  Due to the holiday, Retro Television Reviews will be taking a few days off!  This feature will return on Monday, December 2nd, with Miami Vice and CHiPs!

Have a great Thanksgiving weekend everyone!

Happy Birthday, Arleigh!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Today is a very special day as we celebrate the birthday of the one and only …. ARLEIGH SANDOC!  The cats are celebrating and so are we!

Happy birthday, Arleigh!

Nearly 15 years ago, Arleigh came across me ranting about Italian horror on what was then twitter and he invited me to join him in the founding of the site that would eventually become known as Through The Shattered Lens!  The rest as they say, is history!  I am still so thankful for that invitation.  I’ve been posting my reviews here at the Shattered Lens since 2010 and I have grown so much as both a writer and a human being over those years.

A new year is coming up and I’m currently busy plotting out my plans for the year 2025. However, today is all about Arleigh!  In order to celebrate, check out some of Arleigh’s best reviews, like his thoughts on Night of the Living Dead and A History of Violence!  Or maybe check out the very first post to ever appear on the Shattered Lens, Arleigh’s review of Avatar!

Happy birthday, Arleigh!  Here comes the cake!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 11/18/24 — 11/24/24

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

By Erin Nicole

Happy birthday, Erin Nicole!

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Black Friday (2021)
  2. Broken Path (2008)
  3. Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
  4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  5. My Name Is Nobody (2014)
  6. The Replacemanet Killers (1998)
  7. Sinister Hands (1931)
  8. Victory By Submission (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Baywatch Nights
  2. Bewitched
  3. Check It Out!
  4. CHiPs
  5. Degrassi High
  6. Fantasy Island
  7. Friday the 13th: The Series
  8. Highway to Heaven
  9. Homicide: Life On The Steet
  10. The Love Boat
  11. Malibu CA
  12. Miami Vice
  13. Monsters
  14. Night Music
  15. St. Elsewhere
  16. That Girl
  17. Welcome Back Kotter

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Britney Spears
  3. The Chambers Brothers
  4. The Chemical Brothers
  5. Dorothy
  6. The Folk Implosion
  7. Gwen Stefani
  8. Kim Deal
  9. Madness
  10. Nico Vega
  11. Saint Motel
  12. Tate McRae
  13. X

Live Tweets:

  1. The Replacement Killers
  2. Broken Path
  3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
  4. Black Friday

Links and News From Last Week:

  1. Game Show Host and Musician Chuck Woolery Dies At 83
  2. Alice Brock of Alice’s Restaurant Dies
  3. Have You Seen New York’s Smallest Piece Of Private Property? Here’s The Wild Story!
  4. Tater’s Week in Review 11/22/24
  5. Concrete Jungle Update: We beat the storm!

Links From The Site:

  1. Erin shared Nickel Western, Sin Now Pay Later, Argosy, Ranch Romances, Short Stories, The Lust Bosses, and Battle Cry!
  2. Brad wrote about The Wicker Man, Jubal, Split Second, Death Wish, Death Wish II, Death Wish III, Death Wish IV, Death Wish V, Stripped to Kill, 8 Seconds, Coward of the County, Macon County Line, Pure Country, and Hoosiers!
  3. Leonard shared the trailers for The Bad Guys 2 and How To Train Your Dragon!

Click here for last week!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 11/11/24 — 11/17/24

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This is another slightly condensed week in review because I am exhausted!  Horrorthon took a lot out of me this year.

The biggest news here at the site is that we have a new contributor!  Bradley Crain is now sharing his thoughts on movies here at the Shattered Lens and we are thrilled to have him!  Brad is a huge Charles Bronson fan and also the co-host, along with Sierra, of the Monday Muggers live tweet!  Welcome to the site, Brad!

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

Films I Watched:

  1. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
  2. Bay of Blood (1971)
  3. The Chemical Brothers at Glastonbury (2007)
  4. Empire Records (1995)
  5. Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (1983)
  6. The Fall Guy (2024)
  7. Hit Man (2024)
  8. Stone Cold (1990)
  9. 13 Hours (2016)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. Accused
  2. American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
  3. Baywatch Nights
  4. Check it Out!
  5. CHiPs
  6. Degrassi High
  7. Friday the 13th: The Series
  8. Hell’s Kitchen
  9. Highway to Heaven
  10. Homicide: Life on the Street
  11. Inmate to Roommate
  12. Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson
  13. The Love Boat
  14. Malibu CA
  15. Miami Vice
  16. Monsters
  17. Rockin’ Ronny
  18. Say Nothing
  19. St. Elsewhere
  20. Welcome Back, Kotter

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Annie Hardy
  2. Chemical Brothers
  3. Britney Spears
  4. Eurythmics
  5. DieveNoire
  6. Folk Implosion
  7. Jakalope
  8. Muse
  9. Oasis
  10. Orianthi
  11. Phantogram
  12. The Pill
  13. Rolling Stones
  14. Saint Motel
  15. Synthia Looper
  16. X

Trailers:

  1. Mission Impossible — The Final Reckoning

Live Tweets:

  1. Stone Cold
  2. 13 Hours
  3. Empire Records
  4. Bay of Blood

Links From Last Week:

  1. Was 007’s “Die Another Day” Dead On Arrival? Was It Brosnan’s Worst Bond?
  2. Tater’s Week in Review 11/16/24
  3. “Can U Deliver”

Links From The Site:

  1. Bradley Crain reviewed Hard Times, The Killer, Home Alone, and Blind Fury!
  2. Jeff previewed the Tyson/Paul Fight and he discussed the aftermath.
  3. Erin shared Film Fun, Ranch Romances, Argosy, Weird Tales, Detective Story Magazine, Adventure, and Super-Detective!
  4. I shared my week in television!
  5. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Malibu CA, Highway to Heaven, St. Elsewhere, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, Check it Out, and Homicide!

Check out last week by clicking here!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 11/4/24 — 11/10/24

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Yesterday was my birthday!  It’s hard to believe that another year has passed.  This year was a difficult one for me, as our readers know.  Hopefully, 2025 will be much better.  I’m currently making and writing out my plans for what I want to accomplish in 2025.  Or, at the very least, I’m trying to!  Right now, I’m kind of exhausted so the majority of my planning and list-making might have to wait until tomorrow.

Here’s my slightly condensed week in review!

Films I Watched:

  1. Dark Star (1974)
  2. Days of Thunder (1990)
  3. Dirty Harry (1971)
  4. The French Connection (1971)
  5. The Last Picture Show (1971)
  6. The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977)
  7. Longstreet (1971)
  8. One False Movie (1991)
  9. Pretty Woman (1990)
  10. Revolt (2017)
  11. Santana: Live At US Festival 82 (2018)
  12. The Secret Life of the Cruise (2018)
  13. Ten To Midnight (1983)
  14. The Thing (1982)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. 2024 Presidential Election Coverage
  2. American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
  3. Bar Rescue
  4. Baywatch Nights
  5. Check It Out!
  6. CHiPs
  7. Degrassi Junior High
  8. Dragnet
  9. Fantasy Island
  10. Friday the 13th: The Series
  11. Good Times
  12. Hell’s Kitchen
  13. Highway to Heaven
  14. Homicide: Life On The Street
  15. King of the Hill
  16. The Love Boat
  17. Malibu CA
  18. The Megyn Kelly Show
  19. Miami Vice
  20. Monsters
  21. St. Elsewhere
  22. TV 2000
  23. Welcome Back, Kotter

Books I Read:

  1. Breeding Clinic (2024) by Alexis Osborne

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Avril Lavigne
  3. Big Data
  4. Britney Spears
  5. Brookyln Michelle
  6. Cathy Rankin
  7. Chemical Brothers
  8. Clint Mansell
  9. Kid Rock
  10. Lynard Skynard
  11. Madness
  12. Malory
  13. Night Tapes
  14. Saint Motel
  15. Santana
  16. Talking Heads
  17. Viola Odette Harlow
  18. X
  19. Zedd

Live Tweets:

  1. Revolt
  2. One False Move
  3. Dark Star
  4. The Thing

News From Last Week:

  1. Actor Tony Todd Dies At 69
  2. Quincy Jones Dies At 91

Links From Last Week:

  1. Tater’s Week in Review 11/8/24
  2. Why Was “Juror #2” Buried? The Mystery Of Clint Eastwood’s “Secret” Movie!
  3. November 9, 2024

Click here for last week!

Lisa Marie’s Week In Review: 10/28/24 — 11/3/24

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

And so another Horrorthon comes to an end.

To be honest, I’m too exhausted to say much else tonight.

Here’s the weekly recap!

Films I Watched:

  1. Adventureland (2009)
  2. Airplane! (1980)
  3. Alison’s Choice (2015)
  4. All You Need Is Death (2024)
  5. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
  6. The Beyond (1981)
  7. Bloodrayne (2005)
  8. Casper (1995)
  9. Chloe’s Mountain (2021)
  10. City of the Living Dead (1980)
  11. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
  12. A Field In England (2013)
  13. The Fly (1958)
  14. Forbidden Planet (1956)
  15. Godzilla vs. Megagurius (2000)
  16. Halloween (1978)
  17. Halloween II (1981)
  18. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1983)
  19. Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter One (2024)
  20. The Horror of Dracula (1958)
  21. The House By The Cemetery (1981)
  22. How To Make A Monster (1958)
  23. I Was A Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
  24. I Was A Teenage Werewolf (1957)\
  25. The Inflicted (2012)
  26. Lee Harvey Oswald: 48 Hours To Live (2013)
  27. The Man (1972)
  28. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
  29. Near Dark (1987)
  30. Perfect (1985)
  31. Red Dawn (1984)
  32. Redeeming Hope (2023)
  33. Scream and Scream Again (1970)
  34. Shattered Glass (2003)
  35. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
  36. Two Orphan Vampires (1997)
  37. The Witch (2015)
  38. Woman of the Hour (2024)
  39. Zombie Lake (1981)

Television Shows I Watched:

  1. American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
  2. Check It Out!
  3. Degrassi Junior High
  4. Dragnet
  5. Friday the 13th: The Series
  6. Hell’s Kitchen
  7. Homicide: Life On The Street
  8. Jail
  9. Night Flight
  10. T and T
  11. Welcome Back Kotter

Music To Which I Listened:

  1. Adi Ulmansky
  2. Alyk
  3. Britney Spears
  4. The Chemical Brothers
  5. Clint Mansell
  6. David Bowie
  7. Donovan
  8. Giorgio Moroder
  9. Goblin
  10. Jakalope
  11. John Carpenter
  12. Lana Del Rey
  13. Lexa Gates
  14. Madness
  15. Paris Hilton
  16. Raven Numan
  17. Saint Motel
  18. Talking Heads
  19. Taela
  20. X

News From Last Week:

  1. Director Paul Morrissey Dies At 87
  2. Actress Teri Garr Dies At 79
  3. Peanut The Squirrel Murdered In New York
  4. Actor Alan Rachins Dies At 82

Links From Last Week:

  1. Let’s Visit Ireland’s Most Haunted Castle! The Scariest Places For Halloween!
  2. Tater’s Week in Review 11/1/24
  3. October 2024

Awards Season:

  1. Gotham Nominations
  2. My Oscar Predictions For October

Live Tweets:

  1. Bloodrayne
  2. Casper
  3. Adventureland
  4. The Witch

Trailers:

  1. 6 Trailers For The Tuesday Before Halloween
  2. 6 Trailers For The Day Before Halloween
  3. 12 Trailers for Halloween
  4. Queer
  5. Invisible Raptor
  6. Marvel Television
  7. Lake George
  8. September 5
  9. Spellbound
  10. A Complete Unknown
  11. The Damned
  12. Presence
  13. Paddington in Peru

Audio Dramas:

  1. Vincent Price reads The Tell-Tale Heart
  2. Mercury Theater Presents War of the Worlds
  3. The Raven, read by James Earl Jones
  4. The Fall of The House of Usher, read by Christopher Lee
  5. Dracula, by the Mercury Theater
  6. Basil Rathbone reads the Masque of the Red Death
  7. Christopher Lee reads the Raven
  8. Alan Rickman reads The Raven
  9. Christopher Lee reads The Tell-Tale Heart

Erin On The World Series:

  1. The Dodgers Are One Game Away
  2. Hooray for Yankees
  3. The Dodgers Have Won The World Series

My Films Reviews:

  1. The Canyons
  2. The Tomb of Ligeia
  3. All You Need Is Death
  4. Bundy Reborn
  5. Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
  6. Don’t Look Away
  7. Wrong Turn
  8. Break Every Chain
  9. Chloe’s Mountain
  10. Gary
  11. Horizon: An American Saga: Chapter One

Jeff’s Film Reviews:

  1. Bloodrayne

 

Case On Clowns:

  1. Clowns

Retro Television Reviews:

  1. Degrassi Junior High
  2. Miami Vice
  3. CHiPs
  4. Fantasy Island
  5. Baywatch Nights
  6. The Love Boat
  7. Monsters
  8. Malibu CA
  9. Highway to Heaven
  10. T and T
  11. Friday the 13th
  12. Welcome Back Kotter
  13. Check It Out
  14. Homicide: Life On The Street

Music Videos:

  1. Raven Numan
  2. Clint Mansell
  3. Taela
  4. Alyk
  5. Paris Hilton
  6. Lexa Gates
  7. X

Horror On The Lens:

  1. Beast of Yucca Flats
  2. I Was A Teenage Werewolf
  3. I Was A Teenage Frankenstein
  4. How To Make A Monster
  5. Vincent
  6. Swing You Sinners
  7. The Tell-Tale Heart
  8. Night of the Living Dead

Horror on TV:

  1. One Step Beyond 3.26
  2. One Step Beyond 3.27
  3. One Step Beyond 3.31
  4. One Step Beyond 3.36
  5. Halloween is Grinch Night
  6. The Halloween The Almost Wasn’t
  7. The Night America Trembled
  8. Curse of Degrassi

Artwork:

  1. The Amazing Covers of Amazing Stories
  2. 3 Days Til Halloween
  3. 2 Days Til Halloween
  4. 1 Day Til Halloween 
  5. 0 Days Til Halloween
  6. Startling Terror Tales
  7. Man-Wolf
  8. Chamber of Chills
  9. Halloween
  10. The Name is Jordan
  11. Hot Lips
  12. True Detective

Songs of the Day:

  1. Ave Satani
  2. Love Song for a Vampire
  3. Cat People
  4. Season of the Witch
  5. Dawn of the Dead
  6. Mr. Sandman
  7. Halloween Theme
  8. This Is Halloween

Scenes We Love:

  1. City of the Living Dead
  2. Night of the Living Dead
  3. Young Frankenstein
  4. Halloween 3
  5. Halloween 3 Again
  6. Boris Karloff for Butternut Coffee
  7. Halloween
  8. It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
  9. 10 to Midnight

4 Shots From 4 Films:

  1. David Cronenberg
  2. Sam Raimi
  3. Paul Morrissey
  4. George Romero
  5. John Carpenter

Extras:

  1. Happy Halloween From The Shattered Lens
  2. Another Halloween Has Come and Gone
  3. Lisa Marie’s Week In Television

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Another Halloween Has Come and Gone

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Another Halloween has come and gone and another Horrorthon has come to a close.  We hope you have had a wonderful October and that the Thanksgiving month brings you much to be grateful for!

And remember, just because you didn’t see the Great Pumpkin this year, doesn’t mean that he won’t be there for you next October.  As always, Linus puts it best:

To all of our readers and from all of your friends at the Shattered Lens, thank you.