It’s been a rough week.  My Dad, who had been in a physical rehab center since the end of May, was finally kicked out by his insurance company.  (I appealed the decision, to no avail.)  He’s not doing well.  On both Friday and Saturday, he fell and had to be taken to the hospital.  

As a result, I am exhausted so I’m going to ask your indulgence as I tell you what movies I watched this week and then call it a post.  This week, I watched:

1. The Bone Collector (1999)
2. The Clones (1973)
3. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)
4. Hollywood Man (1976)
5. Swamp Thing (1982)

Rest in peace, the great Shelley Duvall and the great (and misunderstood) Shannen Doherty.

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

I hope everyone had a good holiday weekend! 

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

Films I Watched:

1. Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe (2022)
2. Blow Out (1981)
3. The Chadwick Family (1974)
4. Destroy All Monsters (1968)
5. The Rift (1990)
6. Trancers 4: Jack of Swords (1994)
7. The Underground Man (1974)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Baywatch Nights
2. Check It Out!
3. CHiPs
4. Degrassi Junior High
5. Dr. Phil
6. Fantasy Island
7. Friday the 13th: The Series
8. Highway to Heaven
9. The Love Boat
10. Malibu CA
11. Miami Vice
12. Monsters
13. Night Flight
14. T and T
15. Twilight Zone
16. Welcome Back Kotter

Books I Read:

1. All The Summers In Between (2024) by Brooke Lea Foster

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Blondie
3. Bob Dylan
4. Britney Spears
5. Carly Rae Jepsen
6. Carrie Underwood
7. The Chambers Brothers
8. The Chemical Brothers
9. Coldplay
10. David Hasselhoff
11. Demi Lovato
12. Haim
13. The Heavy
14. Imagine Dragons
15. Jake Bugg
16. Jessica Simpson
17. Kid Rock
18. Lynard Skynard
19. Madness
20. Muse
21. Nancy Sinatra
22. Phantogram
23. Plain White Rappers
24. The Prodigy
25. Saint Motel
26. Swedish House Mafia
27. Talking Heads
28. The Warning

Live Tweets:

1. The Rift
2. Blow Out
3. Trancers 4
4. Destroy All Monsters

News From Last Week:

1. Legendary Screenwriter Robert Towne Dies At 89
2. Writer Judy Belushi Dies At 73
3. Producer Jon Landau Dies At 63

Links From Last Week:

1. Happy 4th Of July? Celebrating Our Freedom At A Crossroads…
2. REPOST: I Am the Lizard King*
3. Tater’s Week in Review 7/5/24

Links From The Site:

1. I shared music videos from Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Swedish House Mafia, The Warning, Waylon Jennings, Demi Lovato, Plain White Rappers, and Jake Bugg!
2. I reviewed Brats, The Chadwick Family, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Malibu CA, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check It Out!
3. I paid tribute to Sydney Pollack, Phil Karlson, Ken Russell, Pete Walker, and Jean Cocteau!
4. I shared scenes from Nashville, Wishmaster, and The Godfather!
5. I shared a song of the day and my week in television!
6. Erin shared I’ll Be Right Home Ma, Lovers: 2075, Alone At Last, Our Emblem of Liberty, The Girl In The Tell Tale Bikini, Naked Sinner, and Wedding Night Confession!
7. Erin shared American Heroes, Country Pictures, City Pictures, and Flag Pictures!
8. Erin wished you a happy 4th!
9. Erin celebrate Bikini Day!
10. Erin shared a scene from A Boy Named Charlie Brown!

More From Us:

1. At her photography site, Erin shared America, Ribbon, Blue Truck, Happy 4th of July, Hawk, Don’t Forget, and Flag Flying High!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from David Hasselhoff, Haim, Coldplay, Carrie Underwood, Imagine Dragons, The Heavy, and Carly Rae Jepsen!

Click here for last week!

This month sucked.  From starting things off with no power to my Dad being in first a hospital and then a physical rehab facility to me continually getting lost whenever I had to drive out to visit any of his doctors, June is a month that I would rather forget about.  I will say that I discovered a lot of emotional strength and maturity that I didn’t realize had but still, I’ve spent June exhausted and suffering from all sorts of aches and pains, the majority of which were and are stress-related.

Luckily, I feel like I’m kind of back to my old self.  I’ve learned to adjust to situation.  And I’ve learned that I also have to take care of myself and for me, taking care of myself means writing about movies and TV shows and the Oscars and all that good stuff.  While family will always come first, I do feel like it’s time to get back to regularly posting here on the Shattered Lens.

Seriously …. BRING ON, JULY!

Here’s my abbreviated week in review:

Movies I Watched:

1. Blair Witch (2016)
2. Brats (2024)
3. Eye of the Needle (1981)
4. Hostile Waters (1997)
5. Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Baywatch Nights
2. CHiPs
3. Dr. Phil
4. Fantasy Island
5. Friday the 13th: The Series
6. Highway to Heaven
7. Inmate to Roommate
8. Miami Vice
9. The Presidential Debate
10. 60 Days In
11. T and T
12. The Trish Goddard Show
13. Welcome Back Kotter

Links From Last Week:

1. Martin Mull Dies At 80
2. Kinky Friedman Dies At 79
3. Bill Cobbs Dies At 90
4. Tater’s Week in Review 6/28/24
5. 6.25.2024
6. Bill Rancic’s New Financial Empowerment Show “Dollar Bill!” Here’s A Sneak Peek With Howie Mandel And Dennis Quaid…

Links From The Site:

1. I shared my June Oscar predictions and my week in television!
2. Leonard shared the trailer for Nosferatu!
3. Erin shared Southways, Trail of the Tramp, Paris Nights, West, Top Notch, Blood on Biscayne Bay, and Beauty Parade!

Click here for last week!

As I previously mentioned, my father has some health issues this week and, needless to say, dealing with those took precedence over everything else.  

So, with apologies, here is a very brief week in review:

Chopping Mall (1986, dir by Jim Wynorski)

Films That I Watched:

1. Crash Dive (1996)
2. Chopping Mall (1986)
3. The Evil That Men Do (1984)
4. Too Many Winners (1974)
5. Trancers III: Deth Lives (1992)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Baywatch Nights
2. CHiPs
3. Degrassi: The Next Generation
4. Dr. Phil
5. Fantasy Island
6. The Love Boat
7. Malibu, CA
8. Monsters
9. Star Trek

Links From Last Week:

1. Rest in Peace, Donald Sutherland
2. Tater’s Week in Review 6/21/24
3. 1983’s Renegade 007! Sean Connery Should Have Said “Never Again” To Bond!
4. Crazy Nutballs

Again, the site will be back to normal soon, I promise.  It’s just been one thing after another this month.  Thank you for your patience!

Want to check out my previous week in review?  Click here!

I hope that all who celebrate had a happy Father’s Day!

We’re still recovering down here in Texas.  Everyone finally has their power back but there are still piles of tree branches sitting on front curbs and other debris littered across town.  I’ll be happy once all of that stuff is picked up.  Psychologically, it’s hard to move on when you have to see a reminder of what happened whenever you step outside.

Anyway, here’s what I watched and listened to this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Bail Out (1984)
2. Death Down The Aisle (2024)
3. Evil Dead 2 (1987)
4. Living With My Mother’s Killer (2024)
5. The Night Before (1988)
6. Overboard (1987)
7. Roaring City (1951)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Dancing For The Devil
2. Dr. Phil
3. Inmate to Roommate
4. Intervention
5. Miami Vice
6. Night Flight
7. 60 Days In

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Britney Spears
2. The Chemical Brothers
3. Coldplay
4. Jakalope
5. Katy Perry
6. Kedr Livanskiy
7. Saint Motel
8. X

Trailers:

1. Paddington in Peru
2. Stay Safe

Live Tweets:

1. Bail Out
2. Overboard
3. The Night Before
4. Evil Dead 2

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Tony Lo Bianco Dies At 87
2. Francoise Hardy Dies At 80
3. Singer Angela Bofill Dies At 70
4. Producer And Actor Ron Sims Dies At 63

Links From Last Week:

1. Tater’s Week in Review 6/15/24
2. “The Outsiders!” The Seventh “Broadway Bound Blogathon” Rumbles Up To The Stage!
3. I am Healer and Warrior.
4. At her photography site, Erin shared Stadium Stairs, Fountains, The Train, and Ducks!

Links From The Site:

1. I reviewed Roommate Regret and If Tomorrow Comes!
2. I shared my week in television!
3. Erin shared Science Fiction Adventures, Desert Love, Thrilling Adventure, Strange Detective Mysteries, Love and War, Traded Wives, and Rich and Reckless!

Check out last week by clicking here!

Evil Dead II (1987, dir by Sam Raimi, DP: Peter Deming)

Down here in Texas, the power came back on Sunday and this week has largely been about cleaning up the inevitable messes that come along with being cut off from the world for six days.  This week, I already wrote about the funk that I was struggling to break free from and, as you can see by comparing this week to previous weeks, The Texas Branch of TSL is still in the process of getting back to full strength.  

Fear not — we’ll get there!  As of now, Retro Television Reviews and, hopefully, all of our other regular features are scheduled to return on June 16th.  Hopefully, by that time, my mood will be back to normal and the city will have finally picked up all of the tree limbs that we have piled up in front of the house.  Here’s hoping!

And here’s what I watched this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Danger Zone (1951)
2. Degrassi: Don’t Look Back (2015)
3. Gaslit By My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story (2024)
4. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)
5. Immortal Combat (1994)
6. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
7. Roommate Regret (2024)
8. Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth (1991)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Degrassi: The Next Generation
2. From Inmate to Roommate
3. Happy Hour
4. The Midnight Special

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Britney Spears
3. The Chemical Brothers
4. ELO
5. Goblin
6. Saint Motel
7. X

Live Tweets:

1. Immortal Combat
2. The Lair of the White Worm
3. Trancers II
4. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

Trailers:

1. Alien: Romulus
2. MaXXXine
3. Oddity

Links From Last Week:

1. Bravo To “The Kelly Clarkson Show” For Your Latest Emmy Wins! Here’s A Look At This Year’s Awards!
2. I Had A Conversation Last Year….

Links From The Site:

1. I reviewed The Glass House and shared my week in television!
2. Erin shared the covers of Prison Life Stories and some D-Day images!
3. Erin shared Golden Girl, D-Day, Six-Gun Western, Ranch Romances, and Black Mask!

More From Us:

1. At her photography site, Erin shared Life Saver, Fly The Flag, and Wagon!

Click here for last week!

(Our power is back!  Jeff, Erin, and I went out to dinner tonight and, when we returned to the house around 8:00, all of the lights were on!  I was so happy that I yelled for joy and then did a little jump and twirl in front of the house!  It might take a few days to get back into the regular posting habit — Retro TV Reviews might take another week off — but still, we are back!  I’m currently watching Degrassi on Pluto TV and thinking about how much cleaning we’re going to be doing tomorrow.

Below is what I wrote at 9 this morning while taking advantage of the free wifi at a nearby McDonald’s.  I scheduled it because I wasn’t expecting the power to be back today.  It provides an honest look at how I was feeling for most of today!)

6 days — six! — without power and it doesn’t appear that the situation is going to change soon.  Slowing down work is that it keeps raining.  I understand that but I’m still not happy.  No lights.  No AC.  I’ve had to toss out a ton of food.  Last night, I did my laundry at a freaking laundromat.  Meeting a stranger while washing your thongs is cute in romantic comedies but considerably less so in real life.

Disasters bring out everyone’s true character.  Erin is checking on our elderly neighbors.  Jeff has been helping people clear fallen tree branches out of their yards.  Case and Leonard have stepped up to keep the site active during our absence.

And I’ve been kvetching for six days.

Hopefully, the Texas Branch of TSL will be back soon!

(Want to see what I did last week,  when we had power?  Click here!)

I sprained my wrist on Thursday and it hurts to type so only a mini-update this week.

Films I Watched:

1. Bleeding Love (2024)
2. Cutting Class (1989)
3. Defiance (1984)
4. Dune Part II (2024)
5. The Late Shift (1996)
6. Menace II Society (1993)
7. The Mummy Murders (2024)
8. Pier 23 (1952)
9. Sunrise (2024)
10. There’s Something Wrong With The Children (2023)
11. Trancers (1984)

Links From Last Week:

1. Loving You Is All I Know
2. Tater’s Week in Review 5/25/24
3. A “Wacky Neighbors” Blogathon! I’ve Got A Coven Of “Rosemary’s Baby” Neighbors For You!

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