I watched a lot of movies this week.  I finally feel like I’m ready for the Oscar nominations to be announced on February 8th.  Ideally, I would have had all this done before the first week of February but we don’t live in an ideal world and you know what?  I’ve seen a lot of really good movies over the past two weeks.  This has been a fun two weeks, even if I was very aware that I was quickly running out of time to see everything that I wanted to see.

Anyway, Oscar nominees on Tuesday!  I can hardly wait!  And then the Super Bowl on Sunday, which is usually one of our busiest days at the site as we try to keep up with the movie previews and all of the other commercials.  I can’t wait!

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

Films I Watched:

1. Annette (2021)
2. Ator, The Fighting Eagle (1982)
3. Belfast (2021)
4. Bergman Island (2021)
5. Black Widow (2021)
6. Blind Fury (1990)
7. The Card Counter (2021)
8. CODA (2021)
9. Encanto (2021)
10. Eternals (2021)
11. Flee (2021)
12. The French Dispatch (2021)
13. In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992)
14. Licorice Pizza (2021)
15. Luca (2021)
16. Nightmare Alley (2021)
17. Prayers For The Stolen (2021)
18. Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)
19. Rolling Like Thunder (2021)
20. Shangi-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
21. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
22. The Velvet Underground (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. The Amazing Race
3. The Bachelor
4. Bar Rescue
5. Celebrity Big Brother
6. The Love Boat
7. The Office
8. Open All Hours
9. Pam & Tommy
10. Parking Wars
11. The View
12. The Winter Olympics
13. WKRP In Cincinnati

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Bloc Party
2. Britney Spears
3. Charli XCX
4. Clint Mansell
5. Cream
6. Destroyer
7. Elisa
8. Hans Zimmer
9. Jefferson Airplane
10. Kylie Minogue
11. Lily Allen
12. Lynard Skyanrd
13. Muse
14. Phantogram
15. Saint Motel
16. Taylor Swift
17. Yazoo
18. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season:

1. Lisa Marie’s Oscar Predictions for January

News From Last Week:

1. Italian screen icon Monica Vitti dies at 96
2. NBC’s China Challenge: Politically Fraught Beijing Olympics Make Tokyo Look Tame
3. Whoopi Goldberg suspended from “The View” after saying the Holocaust was “not about race”
4. Jeff Zucker Resigns From CNN After Relationship With Top Executive
5. CNN Probe Eyes Jeff Zucker’s Ties to Andrew Cuomo
6. Zucker, Gollust’s cozy ties with Andrew Cuomo included coaching him on COVID briefings
7. Box Office: ‘Jackass Forever’ Catapults to No. 1 as ‘Moonfall’ Craters

Links From Last Week:

1. Making Clemenza’s Meatballs! Celebrate “The Godfather” At 50 With This Classic Recipe! — Bite! Eat! Repeat!
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week In Books, Movies, and Television 2/4/22

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed the first episode of Reacher!
2. I reviewed Pam & Tommy and Blind Fury!  I also shared a short film about bikes and my week in television.  I shared 8 things that I’m looking forward to in February.
3. I shared music videos from Lily Allen, Muse, Elisa, Bloc Party, Charli XCX, Muse (again), and Destroyer!
4. Jeff reviewed Siege at Marion, Ride Lonesome, The Big Stampede, and Rescue from Gilligan’s Island!  He also reviewed A Locked Room III.
5. Jeff paid tribute to John Ford and shared the histories of NFL SuperPro and the Second Pro Bowl.
6. Erin reviewed Boys’ Ranch and wished everyone a happy Groundhog Day!
7. Erin Shared Hot Dam, Last February, Day Into Night, Snowslide, Movie Humor, South Sea Stories, and Law and Order, Unlimited.  She also profiled artist Carlo Jacona!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should subcribe!
2. On her photography site, Erin shared: Collection, waiting, Invite, Lava Lamp, Winter Weather, Tunnel, and Blue Eyes!
3. For Big Brother Blog, I wrote about Celebrity Big Brother!
4. At Reality TV Chat Blog I reviewed the latest episode of the Amazing Race!
5. At my music site, I shared songs from: Jefferson Airplane, Kylie Minogue, Yazoo, Charli XCX, Cream, Lynard Skynard, and Yvonne Elliman!

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

And so another week comes to a close.

I’ve still got a handful of movies that I need to watch before I can post my best films of 2021 list.  I know that February is probably way too late to post such a list but …. well, I’m going to give it a try anyways!  I may not be the first person to post her best of 2021 list but, at the rate I’m going, I’ll probably be the last.  It’ll get done some time over this upcoming week!

For now, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Film I Watched:

1. Being the Ricardos (2021)
2. Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
3. The Boy In The Plastic Bubble (1976)
4. Enter the Ninja (1981)
5. Final Account (2021)
6. Found (2021)
7. The Harder They Fall (2021)
8. Indigenous (2014)
9. The Lost Daughter (2021)
10. The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)
11. The Night Strangler (1973)
12. Shiva Baby (2021)
13. Summit of the Gods (2021)
14. Tick …. Tick …. Boom! (2021)
15. The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. The Amazing Race
3. The Bachelor
4. Bar Rescue
5. Football Game: Bengal vs Chiefs
6. Football Game: 49ers vs Rams
7. Full House
8. King of the Hill
9. Open All Hours
10. Parking Wars
11. Seinfeld
12. Silk Stalkings

Books I Read:

1. Bronson’s Loose: The Making of the Death Wish Films (2006) by Paul Talbot
2. My Ox is Broken (2006) by Adam-Troy Castro

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. The Chemical Brothers
3. DJ Snake
4. Grimes
5. Icona Pop
6. Katy Perry
7. Kedr Livanskiy
8. Lana Del Rey
9. Public Service Broadcasting
10. Purity Ring
11. Saint Motel
12. Tash
13. Toni Collette & The Finish
14. Trentemøller
15. Upsahl

Awards Season:

1. Costume Designers Guild Nominations
2. Producers Guild Nominations
3. Eddie Nominations
4. Writers Guild Nominations
5. Directors Guild Nominations
6. American Society of Cinematographers Nominations
7. Music City Film Critics Association Winners
8. Cinema Audio Society Nominations
9. Online Film Critics Society Winners
10. Golden Reel Nominations
11. Art Directors Guild Nominations

News From Last Week:

1.  Woman who jumped from NYC high-rise identified as Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst
2. Actor Howard Hesseman Dies At 81
3. Actor Donald May Dead At 94
4. Actor Morgan Stevens Dead At 70

Links From Last Week:

1. Oscar Winners! Phantoms! Gumshoes Too! 3 Neglected 70’s Films You Must See!
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 1/28/22

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Naked In The Night, Death Turns The Tables, The Gallows Garden, Hangman’s Harvest, Blackmail Inc., Contrary Pleasure, and Dead on the Level.  She reviewed The 5th Quarter and she shared The Exciting Covers of Dime Western Magazine!
2. Jeff reviewed Mason of the Mounted, Honor of the Range, Across The Plains, Death Rides the Range, Ten Wanted Men, Sierra Stranger, and Gunfire!  He also reviewed Locked Door Part II, shared a moment from comic book history, and paid tribute to Howard Hesseman!
3. I shared an AMV of the Day and my week in television and a scene from Damsels in Distress and a short film called A Question of Judgment!
4. I shared music videos from Tash, Public Service Broadcasting, Toni Collette & The Forward, Grimes, Adi Ulmansky, Upsahl, and Trentemøller!
5. I reviewed Bolero, Don’t Look Up, Being the Ricardos, and The Boy In The Plastic Bubble!
6. Ryan reviewed Krania and Blood Horn!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At her photograph site, Erin shared: Dolls on Strike, Separate Table, Cross, Red Skies, Leaning Tree, Another Time & Place, and Fountain in Black-and-White!
3. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!
4. At my music site, I shared songs from DJ Snake, Public Service Broadcasting, Saint Motel, Lana Del Rey, Katy Perry, Icona Pop, and Purity Ring!

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

This week, I got caught up on a lot of movies.  I have a lot more that I still need to see because, at the end of the upcoming week, I plan on posting my picks for the best and the worst of 2021!

Films I Watched:

1. American Ninja 3 (1989)
2. American Revolution 2 (1969)
3. Another Round (2020)
4. Ape vs Monster (2021)
5. Assault on VA-33 (2021)
6. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
7. Breezy (1973)
8. Cicero March (1966)
9. The Courier (2021)
10. Dear Comrades! (2020)
11. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
12. The Fan (1996)
13. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
14. The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)
15. The Night Stalker (1972)
16. Nobody (2021)
17. The Octagon (1980)
18. Patty Hearst (1988)
19. Ron’s Gone Wrong (2021)
20. Summer of Soul (2021)
21. Swan Song (2021)
22. The Urban Crisis and the New Militants Module 6 – Black Moderates and Black Militants (1969)
23. Wall Street (1987)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race
2. B Positive
3. Football Game: Buccaneers vs Rams
4. Full House
5. Ghosts
6. The United States of Al

Books I Read:

1. The 103rd Ballot (1976) by Robert K. Murray
2. Scarface (1930) by Armitage Tail

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Ava Max
2. Blondie
3. Calvin Harris
4. Carly Simon
5. The Chemical Brothers
6. Chromatics
7. Dillon Francis
8. DJ Snake
9. Fatboy Slim
10. Grimes
11. The Heavy
12. Julee Cruise
13. Lindsey Stirling
14. Muse
15. O-Town
16. The Prodigy
17. Rita Coolidge
18. Saint Motel
19. Spice Girls
20. Susie van der Meer
21. Tiesto
22. Underworld

Awards Season:

1. Set Decorators Society Nominations
2. Denver Film Critics Society Winners
3. Visual Effects Society Nominations
4. Houston Film Critics Society Winners
5. Seattle Film Critics Society Winners
6. North Dakota Film Society Winners
7. African-American Film Critics Association Winners

News From Last Week:

1. Top editorial staff leaving A.V. Club entertainment site after refusing to relocate from Chicago to new offices in LA
2. Actress Yvette Mimieux Dies
3. French actor Gaspar Ulliel dies in skiing accident
4. German actor Hardy Kruger Dies
5. Singer and actor Meat Loaf Dies 
6. Comedian Louie Anderson Dies
7. Dylan Dog Creator Michelangelo La Neve Dies
8. Film Producer Mace Neufeld Dies
9. EXCLUSIVE: Alec Baldwin Sued by Fallen Marine Family for $25 million
10. Kings of the Hill, Again: Greg Daniels, Mike Judge Discuss Their New Animation Company

Links From Last Week:

1. The Undoing of Joss Whedon
2. “The Godfather” Turns 50! Here’s A New Trailer For The Upcoming Re-Release!
3. The World Common Tater’s Week In Books, Movies, and Television

Links From The Site:

1. I shared music videos from Tiesto and Ava Max, Meat Loaf, Muse, Julee Cruise, O-Town, Huey Lewis and Gwyneth Paltrow, and Blondie!
2. I shared my week in television and an AMV of the Day and a short film from David Lynch!
3. I paid tribute to Jim Jarmusch and David Lynch!
4. I shared a scene from Twin Peaks: The Return!
5. I reviewed Armitage Trail’s Scarface, Revenge of the Ninja, Mass, Assault on VA-33, and Stillwater!
6. Erin shared Martin Luther King, A House In The Uplands, Spicy Adventure Stories, Find My Killer, Feeling No Pain, Shame, and the Night Thorn!
7. Erin took a look at The Fan and the Covers of Variety Detective!
8. Jeff reviewed Desolation Canyon, The Bravos, Romance of the West, Black Hills, Tumbleweed Trail, Frontier Marshal, and The New Frontier!  He took a look at The A-Team, Locked Room, and Spider-Man and the Dallas Cowboys!
9. Ryan reviewed Jinx Freeze, Methods of Dyeing, and The Maspeth Witch!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subcribing!
2. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from The Heavy, Grimes, Fatboy Slim, Julee Cruise, Susie Van Der Meer, Blondie, and The Brady Bunch!
4. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from Queens of the Stone Age!
5. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared Looking Ahead, More Retirements, That Was Really Something, Overhyped Chuck, Borrowed Credibility, Ignore Gene Wu, and Bucs vs Rams!
6. At her photography site, Erin shared Rocks in the Water, Speed Hump Ahead, Kiss, Cross, The Old Regal, and Looking Out!

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

Happy New Year!

I spent most of this week visiting my sister Megan in Fort Worth.  That’s been a Bowman holiday tradition from 2008.  Pity my brother-in-law and my nephew as they had to spend a week listening to us carry on.  We watched a lot of TV, as I already mentioned.  We listened to a lot of music.  I lost track of how many times we danced along to the soundtracks of Saturday Night Fever, Boogie Nights, and Dazed and Confused.  It was a 70s type of week.

Well. I’m back home now and I’m feeing very proud of this site at the moment.  I want to say thank you to all of our writers and all of our readers.  You make all of the work worth it and I’m looking forward to seeing where 2022 takes all of us.

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

Films I Watched:

2021:

1. After We Fell (2021)
2. Dazed and Confused (1993)
3. The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
4. The Godfather, Part III (1990)
5. The Green Knight (2021)
6. Monster (2003)
7. Old (2021)
8. Road House (1989)

2022:

1. East of the Mountains (2021)
2. House on Haunted Hill (1958)
3. The Next Karate Kid (1994)
4. Robot Monster (1953)
5. Saved By The Bell: Hawaiian Style (1992)
6. Stillwater (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. The Bold and the Beautiful
3. California Dreams
4. Dance Moms
5. Days of our Lives
6. Dexter: New Blood
7. General Hospital
8. Hang Time
9. The Love Boat
10. The Office
11. Open All Hours
12. Parking Wars
13. Sabrina, The Teenage Witch
14. Saved By The Bell
15. Silk Stalkings
16. The Steve Wilkos Show
17. The Tribe
18. The Twilight Zone
19. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

1. The Godfather (1969) by Mario Puzo
2. Monster (1997) by John Gregory Dunne
3. The Power Exchange (1979) by Alan R. Erwin
4. Things I’ve Said, but Probably Shouldn’t Have : An Unrepentant Memoir (2007) by Bruce Dern

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Adi Ulmansky
3. Alice Cooper
4. Apollo 100
5. Armin van Buuren
6. Avicii
7. Barry Adamson
8. The Beach Boys
9. Bee Gees
10. Big Data
11. Black Oak Arkansas
12. Black Sabbath
13. Blondie
14. Bob Dylan
15. Britney Spears
16. California Dreams
17. Calvin Harris
18. Carly Simon
19. Chakachas
20. Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
21. Charli XCX
22. The Chemical Brothers
23. The Crystal Method
24. Daft Punk
25. David Shire
26. Deep Purple
27. Del Shannon
28. Dillon Francis
29. DJ Judaa
30. DJ Snake
31. Donna Summer
32. Dr. John
33. Edgar Winter Group
34. Edge of Forever
35. Electric Light Orchestra
36. Elvin Bishop
37. The Emotions
38. Fatboy Slim
39. Foghat
40. Franka Potente
41. George Harrison
42. Gloria Gaynor
43. Goblin
44. Haim
45. Hans Zimmer
46. Head East
47. Hot Chocolate
48. The Hues Corporation
49. Icona Pop
50. James Brown
51. John Carpenter
52. Katy Perry
53. KC and the Sunshine Band
54. KISS
55. The KLF
56. Kool & The Gang
57. Led Zeppelin
58. Lionrock
59. Lou Reed
60. Lynrd Skynard
61. M/A/R/R/S
62. Marc Collin
63. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
64. Marvin Gaye
65. Melanie
66. McFadden and Whitehead
67. Michael Fredo
68. The Move
69. MSFB
70. Muse
71. Nazareth
72. Night Ranger
73. Ohio Players
74. Pet Shop Boys
75. Peter Frampton
76. Phantogram
77. The Prodigy
78. Public Service Broadcasting
79. Ralph McDonald
80. Rick Derringer
81. Rick Springfield
82. Rita Coolidge
83. The Runaways
84. Saint Motel
85. Seals & Croft
86. Shirley Bassey
87. Sleigh Bells
88. Sniff ‘n The Tears
89. Sound Experience
90. The Steve Miller Band
91. Sweet
92. Tavares
93. Taylor Swift
94. Ted Nugent
95. Three Dog Night
96. Tiesto
97. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
98. The Trammps
99. UPSAHL
100. Van McCoy
101. Walter Egan
102. War
103. Yvonne Elliman
104. ZZ Top

Best of 2021:

1. Top Ten Vintage Collections (Ryan C.)
2. Top Ten Contemporary Collections (Ryan C)
3. Top Ten Original Graphic Novels (Ryan C.)
4. Top 25 Albums (Necromoonyeti)

Awards Season:

1. Lisa Marie’s December Oscar Predictions
2. Columbus Film Critics Association Nominations 
3. Greater Western New York Film Critics Winners
4. North Carolina Film Association Nominations

Trailers:

1. 6 Classic Trailers for January 1st, 2022

News From Last Week:

1. Betty White has died at age 99.
2. Max Julien, Blaxploitation Icon and Star of ‘The Mack,’ Dies at 88
3. Writer/Attorney Andrew Vachss Dies
4. Jean-Marc Vallée Dies: Director Of ‘Dallas Buyers Club,’ ‘Big Little Lies’ & ‘Sharp Objects’ Was 58; Heart Attack Believed To Be The Cause
5. ‘Comic Book Men’ star Robert Bruce found dead in NJ storage facility
6. Ryan Reynolds, Ellen DeGeneres, Henry Winkler and More Remember Betty White: “She Lived the Best Life Ever”
7. Jean-Marc Vallée Tributes Pour In: “My Heart Is Broken. My Friend. I Love You,” Reese Witherspoon Writes; Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Mourns Passing
8. Kamala Harris: Heated Charlamagne tha God exchange was result of ‘frustration’
9. Britney Spears says music hiatus is a ‘fuck you’ to her family
10. ‘Karen’ who slapped Delta passenger is ex-‘Baywatch’ actress Patricia Cornwall
11. L.A.’s Arms Race of the Affluent
12. ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Continues Box Office Domination, Crosses $600 Million in North America

Links From Last Week:

1. What Was Good in Tater Town in 2021
2. RIP Max Julien…An Appreciation Of “The Mack” And Blaxploitation Cinema!
3. December 2021 Viewing Recap + Movie(s) Of The Month
4. Our favorite performances of 2021
5. Critic’s Appreciation: Betty White Was as Important as She Was Beloved
6. From Dr. Seuss to Chrissy Teigen: The stars who got canceled in 2021
7. Life Lessons From My Aunt Joan Didion 
8. Even if Modern Star Trek Doesn’t Think So, the World Is Getting Better
9. A YouTube Film Critic Said Raya Was Avatar “Redux.” Then All Hell Broke Loose.
10. Why so much Obama-era pop culture feels so cringe now
11. ¡Hola Oscars! Don’t Forget to Consider These Latino Actors and Filmmakers From 2021
12. The Black Neo-noirs of the ’90s
13. Cold case murder that inspired ‘Twin Peaks’ solved 100 years later: Book

Links From The Site:

1. Necromoonyeti shared his picks for the Top 25 albums of 2021!
2. Ryan shared his picks for the top Vintage Collections, Contemporary Collections, and Graphic Novels of 2021!
3. Erin shared Just A Picture of a Park in the Rain, The Education of Lydia, The Day After, Continental Touch, The Palace of Love, Worlds Beyond, The Parissienne, and Love Story!  She also reviewed Epiphany and shared The Covers of Fantastic Universe!
4. Jeff reviewed The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean and Norwood.  He also wrote about the Jamie Kennedy New Year’s Special, Captain America punching Hitler, and a game called A Blank Page!
5. I shared music videos from Van McCoy, Yvonne Elliman, Edge of Forever, Phantogram, Fatboy Slim, George Harrison, and Saint Motel.
6. I reviewed the latest episode of Dexter, After We Fell. Saved By The Bell Hawaiian Style, The Next Karate Kid, Purple Noon, All The King’s Men, The Irishman, Penitentiary, The Last Don, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, And Now For Something Completely Different, The No Hope With Dope Episode of Saved By The Bell, and Lost Horizon!
7. I read The Books of Rachel, The Lives of Rachel, Behind the Bell, and The Godfather!
8. I shared my week in television.  I shared 8 shots from 8 Films You Should Watch In 2022.  I also shared an AMV of the Day and resolution encouragement from Monty Python.  I shared an educational film about making Better Use of Your Leisure Time.  I also listed 6 things that I’m looking forward to seeing in 2022!
9. I wrote about the making of The Godfather Part II.
10. I shared a scene from The Godfather Part II.
11. I paid tribute to Oscar Micheaux.
12. Doc welcome everyone to 2022!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should subscribe!
2. On her photography site, Erin shared Arboretum Path, Lovely Walk, Another Lovely Walk, Armadillos, Happy New Year’s Eve, Happy New Year, and The Past!
3. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared Welcome to 2022 and Weather Report!
4. For Horror Critic, I posted reviews of 10 Minutes to Midnight and Mulberry Street!
5. At my dream journal, I shared: Christmas Decorations Dream, Shopping With My Sisters Dream, Beach Detective Dream, Parking Lot Dream, Dream About My Aunt, Happy New Year, and My Recurring High School Dream!
6. At my music site, I shared songs from Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Del Shannon, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Michael Fredo, Donna Summer, James Brown, and the Hues Corporation!
7. At SyFy Designs, I shared: Sympathy For My Brother-In-Law and Nephew, 2022: It’s In the Numbers, and A New Year’s Prayer!

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

I hope everyone had a good holiday!

Just one more week and this year is over!  We’ve got a lot of good things in store for this site in 2022.  I can’t wait for our readers to see them and tell us what they think!

Here’s what I did this week.

Films I Watched:

1. Big Sur (2013)
2. A Christmas Story (1983)
3. Die Hard (1988)
4. Die Hard 2 (1990)
5. Don’t Look Up (2021)
6. Elf (2003)
7. Goodfellas (1990)
8. Holiday Affair (1949)
9. It’s A Wonderful Life (1947)
10. Lethal Weapon (1987)
11. Nebraska (2013)
12. Paradise Cove (2021)
13. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
14. The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
15. Staying Alive (1983)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Very Boy Band Holiday
2. The Brady Bunch
3. Dexter: New Blood
4. Football
5. Kelly Clarkson Presents: When Christmas Comes Around
6. The Love Boat
7. The Office
8. Santa Claus is Coming To Town
9. Saved By The Bell

Books I Read:

1. Night of Camp David (1965) by Fletcher Knebel

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Bee Gees
2. Bob Dylan
3. Broken Peach
4. Britney Spears
5. Camila Cabello
6. Darlene Love
7. Jake Bugg
8. Idina Menzel
9. Katy Perry
10. Lindsey Stirling
11. Norah Jones
12. Norman Greenbaum
13. Saint Motel
14. Taylor Swift
15. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season:

1. St. Louis Film Critics Association Winners
2. Indiana Film Journalists Association Winners
3. DFW Film Critics Winners
4. Online Association of Female Film Critics Winners
5. Nevada Film Critics Society Winners
6. Florida Film Critics Circle Winners
7. Black Film Critics Circle Winners
8. North Texas Film Critics Winners
9. Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Nominations

Trailers:

1. The Northman

Best of 2021:

1. Top Ten Single Issue Comics (Ryan C)
2. Top Ten Comics Series (Ryan C)
3. Top Ten Special Mentions (Ryan C)
4. Top Ten Vintage Collections (Ryan C)

News From Last Week:

1. Jean-Marc Vallée Has Died; Director Of ‘Dallas Buyers Club,’ ‘Big Little Lies’ & ‘Sharp Objects’ Was 58
2. Joan Didion dies at 87
3. Hamptons cops pull over Alec Baldwin, Hilaria after warrant issued for his phone
4. Emmy Rule Changes: Dramas and Comedies Will No Longer Be Determined By Hour or Half-Hour Length
5. Britney Spears’ Father, Who Was Suspended From Conservatorship, Requests Daughter Pay Legal Fees
6. Jagged Little Pill’ Will Not Reopen on Broadway Due to Omicron Surge
7. Chris Noth Dropped From CBS’ ‘The Equalizer’ After Sexual Assault Allegations
8. Palm Springs Film Awards Ceremony Canceled Due to COVID Concern

Links From Last Week:

1. My Traumatizing Years With Bryan Singer
2. What really happened to Ronald Hunkeler, who inspired ‘The Exorcist’
3. Tater’s December 2021 in Books
4. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 12/17/21
5. Santa Smokes! Hilarious Cigarette Ads! Celebrities Hawking Holiday Products!

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Universe Science Fiction, The Sensualists, Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures, Welcome, Star, and the Day After!  She also shared a scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas!
2. Leonard reviewed Licorice Pizza!
3. Jeff wished everyone a happy Festivus!
4. Doc wished everyone a Merry Christmas!
5. I shared music videos from Saint Motel, Norman Greenbaum, Frank Sinatra, Norah Jones, Camila Cabello, Idina Menzel, and Darlene Love!  I shared my week in television!  I reviewed Wild Indian and Fear and Loathing in Aspen.  I shared scenes from Goodfellas, Miracle on 34th Street, It’s A Wonderful Life, and Less than Zero!  I shared Treevenge!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Subscribe!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Purple, Yellow, Cowboy, Inside the Dollhouse, Merry Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas, and Squirrel!
3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared The Family Madrigal!
4. At my music site, I shared songs from Norman Greenbaum, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Bob Dylan, Katy Perry, Lindsey Stirling, and Broken Peach!

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

Hooray for Santy Claus!

Films I Watched:

1. An American Dream (1966)
2. Anger Management (2003)
3. The Angry Red Planet (1959)
4. Casino (1995)
5. A Crime on the Bayou (2021)
6. The Executioner’s Song (1982)
7. Fear and Loathing in Apsen (2021)
8. The Fog (1980)
9. Ford: The Man and the Machine (1987)
10. Kapo (1960)
11. King Richard (2021)
12. The Last Don II (1999)
13. Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
14. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
15. Wild Indian (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Charlie Brown Christmas
2. Dexter: New Blood
3. The Love Boat
4. Mom
5. Seinfeld
6. Survivor

Books I Read:

1. Dream State: California in the Movies by Mick LaSalle
2. Hollywood Eden by Joel Selvin

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Bloc Party
3. Blondie
4. Bones
5. Britney Spears
6. Carrie Underwood
7. Dean Martin
8. Dounia
9. Fatboy Slim
10. Frank Sinatra
11. GuiusiPre
12. Jake Epstein
13. Katy Perry
14. Kedr Livanskiy
15. Kelly Clarkson
16. Lindsey Stirling
17. Michael Fredo
18. The Motels
19. Neda Boin
20. Norman Greenbaum
21. Party Crash Vikings
22. Saint Motel
23. Sleigh Bells
24. The Spencer David Group
25. Taylor Swift
26. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season:

1. Golden Globe Nominations
2. Phoenix Film Critics Society Nominations
3. Chicago Film Critics Nominations
4. Southern Eastern Film Critics Winners
5. Critics Choice Nominations
6. Las Vegas Film Critics Society Winners
7. Portland Critics Association Nominations
8. Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations
9. Women Film Critics Circle Winners
10. North Texas Film Critics Association
11. Indiana Film Journalists Association Nominations
12. Independent Spirit Awards Nominations
13. Florida Film Critics Circle Nominations
14. Chicago Film Critics Association Winners
15. Black Reel Awards Nominations
16. Portland Critics Association Winners
17. Online Association of Female Film Critics Nominations
18. Phoenix Critics Circle Winners
19. Los Angeles Film Critics Association
20. Utah Film Critics Association

Trailers:

1. The Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

News From Last Week:

1. Eva Babitz dies at 78
2. Box Office: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ Debuts to Jaw-Dropping $253 Million
3. Jeff Garlin Has Reportedly Parted Ways With “The Goldbergs” After Allegations Of On-Set Inappropriate Behavior
4. Jeff Garlin Trashed ‘The Goldbergs’ at Comedy Show Days Before Departing ABC Sitcom
5. Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Two Women
6. Chris Noth Accused of Sexual Assault by Third Woman, Actor Denies Allegation as ‘Bad Fiction’
7. Alec Baldwin requested a bigger gun in emails with ‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed ahead of production, according to investigators
8. Search warrant issued for Alec Baldwin’s phone over fatal ‘Rust’ shooting

Links From Last Week:

1. LAST STRAW DOGS ON THE LEFT – THE INCONSISTENCIES AND DOUBLE STANDARDS OF THE BBFC
2. RIP To Eve Babitz, Hollywood’s Iconic “IT” Girl…Here’s A Tribute With Her Books And A Biography Too…
3. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 12/17/21
4. SUPPORT SOLRAD IN 2022!
5. COMIX EXPERIENCE TALKS ENIGMA WITH PETER MILLIGAN & DUNCAN FEGREDO

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Gorilla’s Moll, Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories, Paulette of Paris, True Crime Cases, What Mad Universe, Revolt of the Triffids, and Whitney My Love!
2. Leonard reviewed Spider-Man: No Way Home!
3. Ryan reviewed Clusterfux Comix, Burg Land 1, and Dear Mother & Other Stories!
4. I shared my week in television, a scene from The Angry Red Planet, and a review of Dexter!  I also shared music videos from Saint Motel, Party Crash Vikings, Bones, GuiusiPre, Adi Ulmansky, Dounia, and Neda Boin!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should subscribe!
2. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Haim’s Valentine!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared Fog, Tree Waiting For A Storm, All Alone, Watching, Glass, Yellow and Red, and Crystal Flames!
4. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the finale of Survivor!
5. At my music site, I shared songs from The Motels, Bloc Party, Sleigh Bells, The Spencer Davis Group, Kedr Livanskiy, Lindsey Stirling, and Kelly Clarkson!

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It’s the holiday season! On Saturday, I watched It’s A Wonderful Life for the first time this year so I’m happy.

Films I Watched:

1. A Chorus Line (1985)
2. All That Jazz (1979)
3. Cabaret (1972)
4. Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)
5. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
6. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
7. Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
8. Pig (2021)
9. The Power of the Dog (2021)
10. Purple Noon (1960)
11. Risky Business (1983)
12. Santa Jaws (2018)
13. Space Milkshake (2012)
14. Spirit Riders (2015)
15. Tracking a Killer (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Bar Rescue
2. Baywatch: Hawaii
3. Dexter: New Blood
4. Dude, You’re Screwed
5. Fear the Walking Dead
6. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
7. Killer Cases
8. The Office
9. Survivor
10. Talking Dead
11. Walking Dead: World Beyond

Books I Read:

1. Nothing’s Ever Easy (2021) by Amanda Lee Dixon

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Afrojack
3. Aphex Twin
4. Armin Van Buuren
5. Ava Marx
6. Big Data
7. Bob Dylan
8. Britney Spears
9. The Chemical Brothers
10. The Crystal Method
11. David Guetta
12. DJ Snake
13. Dubdogz
14. Future
15. Galantis
16. Haim
17. Jake Bugg
18. Little Mix
19. Makeup & Vanity Set
20. M/A/R/R/S
21. Martin Garrix
22. Mikaela Davis
23. Muse
24. Norman Greenbaum
25. Poppy Ajudha
26. Saint Motel
27. Spaceface
28. Tiesto
29. Trentmoller
30. Van McCoy
31. Volkoder

Awards Season:

1. Lisa Marie’s Oscar Predictions for Octobers
2. Gotham Winners
3. Satellite Nominations
4. National Board of Review Winners
5. Hollywood Critics Association Nominations
6. Sunset Critics Awards Winners
7. Detroit Film Critics Society Nominations
8. New York Film Critics Circle Winners
9. Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Nominations

News From Last Week:

1. Film producer Martha De Laurentiis Dies
2. Conceptual Artist Lawrence Weiner Dies
3. Legendary Actress Arlene Dahl Dies
4. James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli says 007 ‘will be back’
5. CNN fires Chris Cuomo
6. Chris Cuomo accused of sexual harassment days before CNN firing over aiding brother Andrew Cuomo
7. Alec Baldwin says he didn’t pull the trigger in fatal Rust shooting

Links From Last Week:

1. Chris Cuomo, like Andrew, was fired for the wrong misdeeds
2. Secrets Of The David Bowie / Bing Crosby Duet “The Little Drummer Boy!”
3. The World’s Common Tater’s Week In Books, Movies, and Television

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared: Startling Stories, Add Flesh to the Fire, December, All-American Fiction, G-Man Detective, Argosy, and Famous Detective Stories!
2. I shared my week in television. I reviewed the latest episodes of Dexter and Fear the Walking Dead. I shared music videos from: Makeup & Vanity Set, DJ Snake x Future, Trentemoller, Spaceface, Saint Motel, Poppy Ajudha, and Volkoder and Dubdogz!
3. Ryan reviewed Go F❤ck Myself : The F❤ckpendium, Swonknibus, and No One Else!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon! Consider subscribing!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Bobcat, Moon, Above Your Head, Ghost Lights, Good Morning, Trees, and Good Afternoon!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from David Guetta, Aphex Twin, The Crystal Method, M/A/R/R/S, Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, and Martin Garrix!
4. For Realty TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!

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It’s been a week of celebrations!  We celebrated Erin’s birthday!  We celebrated Thanksgiving!  We celebrated Arleigh’s birthday!  And now, with all of that celebrating behind us, I’m tired.  Let’s do this.

Films I Watched:

1. A Mother’s Lie (2021)
2. A Predator Returns (2021)
3. A Professor’s Vengeance (2021)
4. A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
5. Abduction Runs In The Family (2021)
6. Body Brokers (2021)
7. Burning Little Lies (2021)
8. Dying to Belong (2021)
9. Empire Records (1995)
10. The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970)
11. Passing (2021)
12. The Ruins (2008)
13. Runaway (1984)
14. V.C. Andrews’ Pearl In The Mist (2021)
15. V.C. Andrews’s Ruby (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. Baywatch Hawaii
3. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
4. Cowboys v Raiders Football Game
5. Dexter: New Blood
6. Fear The Walking Dead
7. Open All Hours
8. Survivor
9. Upstart Crow
10. The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Bob Dylan
3. The Crystal Method
4. David Guetta
5. Dido
6. Dillon Francis
7. DJ Judaa
8. DJ Snake
9. The Eagles
10. Emma Muscat
11. Foo Fighters
12. Galantis
13. Hazel English
14. The Heavy
15. Jarah Gibson
16. Katy Perry
17. Kedr Livanskiy
18. Little Mix
19. Martin Garrix
20. Mattiel
21. Muse
22. Pigeonhed
23. Player
24. Public Service Broadcasting
25. Rebecca Black
26. Saint Motel
27. Sleigh Bells

News From Last Week:

1. Stephen Sondheim Dies
2. James Rocci, film critic, dies at 53.
3. Don Phillips, casting director of Dazed and Confused and Fast Times At Ridgemont High, dies
4. Matthew McConaughey Decides to Not Run for Texas Governor

Links From Last Week:

1. Stephen Sondheim made art the made life seem more real
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week in Books, Movies, and TV 11/26/21
3. RIP Stephen Sondheim! His Brilliant Musical Career – And Cult Film Gem “The Last Of Sheila…”

Links From The Site:

1. Jeff wished you a happy thanksgiving with a scene from WKRP!
2. Erin shared: Planet Stories, The Night Horseman, Acre of Love, Arboretum Path, The Case Against Myself, Detective Short Stories, and Mortgage on Life!
3. I shared my week in TV!  I shared music videos from: Emma Muscat, Kedr Livasnkiy, Player, Rebecca Black, Katy Perry, Adi Ulmansky, and Mattiel! I reviewed Fear the Walking Dead, Dexter, Abduction Runs In The Family, Pearl in the Mist, Ruby, A Professor’s Vengeance, A Predator Returns, and A Mother’s Lie! I wished Arleigh a happy birthday and a happy Thanksgiving to all!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Adi Ulmansky, Public Service Broadcasting, Saint Motel, Dido, Foo Fighters, Jarah Gibson, and Sleigh Bells! 
4. At her photography site, Erin shared Woodpecker, Humpty Dumpty, Clouds at Sunset, Courtyard, JFK Memorial, Change, and Christmas is Coming!
5. At Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about the airport!

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I didn’t write much this week, because I’m still suffering from post-October fatigue.  However, I did watch a lot of movies and fear not, they will be reviewed. Of course, most of the reviews won’t be dropping until 2022.  I’m proud to say that, here at the Shattered Lens, we’ve already started planning for the new year.  Right now, I have no fear of guaranteeing you that this upcoming January will be our best month ever.

For now, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week.

Films I Watched:

1. A Mother’s Fury (2021)
2. Age of Treason (1994)
3. Alien vs Predator (2004)
4. Ape vs. Monster (2021)
5. Attica (2021)
6. Better Use of Leisure Time (1950)
7. Bolero (1984)
8. Censorship: A Question of Judgment (1963)
9. Dune (2021)
10. Fictitious Anacin Commercial (1967)
11. Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? (1996)
12. The Other Fellow’s Feelings (1951)
13. The Outsider (1951)
14. Penitentiary (1979)
15. Revenge of the Ninja (1983)
16. A Summer Place (1959)
17. The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. Baywatch Hawaii
3. Cold Case
4. Court Cam
5. Crossing Jordan
6. Dexter: New Blood
7. Fear the Walking Dead
8. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
9. Open All Hours
10. Shipping Wars
11. Survivor
12. Three’s Company
13. The Walking Dead; World Beyond
14. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

1. Verity (2021) by Colleen Hoover

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Abba
2. Above and Beyond
3. Adi Ulmansky
4. Armin van Buuren
5. Avril Lavigne
6. Barry Adamson
7. Bee Gees
8. Big Data
9. Britney Spears
10. Cage the Elephant
11. Camila Cabello
12. Cedric Gervais
13. Charli XCX
14. Chris Farlowe
15. The Chemical Brothers
16. Chromatics
17. Cigarettes After Sex
18. Creedence Clearwater Revival
19. The Crystal Method
20. Edison Lighthouse
21. Elton John
22. Fatboy Slim
23. Gordon Lightfoot
24. Icona Pop
25. Jakalope
26. Jake Bugg
27. Jimi Hendrix
28. Katy Perry
29. Lionrock
30. Lou Reed
31. Manfred Mann
32. Marc Collin
33. Muse
34. Nine Inch Nails
35. Phantogram
36. The Prodigy
37. Public Service Broadcasting
38. Saint Motel
39. Sleigh Bells
40. Tina Arena
41. Van McCoy
42. Yvonne Elliman

Trailers:

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home
2. Pam and Tommy
3. Jockey

News From Last Week:

1. Britney Spears Calls Out Christina Aguilera for ‘Refusing to Speak’ When Asked About Conservatorship on Red Carpet
2. Britney Spears thanks Lady Gaga for ‘kind’ words after Christina Aguilera slam
3. Box Office: ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Starts Strong With $44 Million, ‘King Richard’ Whiffs
4. Chris Daughtry’s wife blasts ‘homicide’ rumors following daughter’s death

Links From Last Week:

1. Why Christopher Nolan’s $100 Million WWII Drama ‘Oppenheimer’ Could Be the Last of Its Kind
2. The World’s Common Tater’s Week In Books, Movie, and Television
3. Wildly Re-Named Films! The Strangest Movie Titles! What Am I Watching?

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Rangeland Romances, Thrilling Ranch Stories, Handle With Fear, Captain Hazzard, The Shadow, Modern Mechanix, and Super Science Fiction!
2. Jeff shared music videos from Andrew Gold, The Buggles, Hall & Oates, Rod Stewart, The Vapors, and REO Speedwagon!
3. I reviewed the latest episodes of Dexter and Fear The Walking Dead!  I shared my week in television and a music video from Charli XCX!
4. Ryan reviewed Lure, From Granada to Cordoba, and Afternoon at McBurger’s! 

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Edison Lighthouse, Chris Farlowe, Cigarettes After Sex, Camila Cabello, Charli XCX, Yvonne Elliman, and Tina Arena!
4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared Goodbye to Pat Leahy, My Top Ten Of The 2021 Interactive Fiction Competition, A North Carolina Surprise, Ryan Guillen Switches and Michelle Beckley Announces, Of course, Adam Kinzinger endorses Evan McMullin, Eddie Bernice Johnson Retires, and The 24 Hour Rule!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared Corner Seat, Sometimes The Ghosts Stay, White Rock Lake, Going For A Walk, Invasion, Hornblower, and the Sun Through A Window!

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It’s a bit of a bare bones rundown this week.  This was my birthday week and the celebrations lasted for …. a few days.  Anyway, here’s what little I did watch and listen to this week!

Films I Watched:

1. The Godfather (1972)
2. The Godfather Part II (1974)
3. The Last Crooked Mile (1946)
4. Lost Horizon (1973)
5. The Mauritanian (2021)
6. Scarecrows (1988)
7. Strike Commando (1986)
8. The Warriors (1979)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. Dexter: New Blood
3. Fear the Walking Dead
4. The Office
5. Survivor
6. The Walking Dead: World Beyond

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Ashlee Simpson
2. Avril Lavigne
3. Big Data
4. Blanck Mass
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Coldplay
8. Gordon Lightfoot
9. Icona Pop
10. Jakalope
11. Jessica Simpson
12. Katy Perry
13. Saint Motel
14. Taylor Swift
15. The Who

Trailers:

1. Fortress

News From Last Week:

1. Britney Spears’ Conservatorship Is Over
2. ‘Quantum Leap’ and ‘Blue Velvet’ actor, Dean Stockwell, dies at 85
3. Andy Barker (808 State) RIP
4. Gavan O’Herlihy, the Missing Big Brother on ‘Happy Days,’ Dies at 70
5. What we know about the Astroworld victims
6. Lynda Carter Officially Joins Wonder Woman 3 Cast
7. Patty Jenkins ‘Star Wars’ Movie ‘Rogue Squadron’ Delayed
8. Francis Lawrence to Adapt Philip K. Dick’s ‘Vulcan’s Hammer’ With New Republic and Electric Shepherd Productions
9. Travis Scott to Refund All Astroworld Attendees, Cancels Day N Vegas Festival Appearance
10. #FreeBritney supporters party in Washington Square Park

Links From Last Week:

1. What it was like to spend a day with Dean Stockwell, one of Hollywood’s kindest stars
2. RIP Dean Stockwell, a 70-Year Hollywood Renegade
3. So you want to be a movie critic…
4. My 9 Favorite Mystery/Thriller Book Series (The World’s Common Tater)
5. Our “Tokyo Idols” Encounter! We Stumble Upon The Dancelicious “Pop Idol” Dance Phenomenon!

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared: Trouble Buster, Confessions of a Carnival Dancer, The Phantom Detective, The Fires Within, Love Cheat, Breezy Stories, and Heroic Fantasy!
2. Jeff shared music videos from REO Speedwagon, Split Enz, Rod Stewart, Andrew Gold, The Pretenders, and the Silencers.  He reviewed How it was then and how it is now!
3. Ryan reviewed Birth of the Bat, Overflow, and The Domesticated Afterlife!
4. I shared a music video from Saint Motel.  I shared a scene from The Warriors.  I reviewed Georgetown, The Mauritanian, Dexter, and Fear The Walking Dead.  I shared my week in television.

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. At Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of Survivor.
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Britney Spears, Degrassi, Katy Perry, Avril Lavgine, Taylor Swift, Gordon Lightfoot, and Jessica Simpson!
4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared Dean Stockwell RIP, Chris Sununu is Not Running, Senator Doctor Oz, Holiday Challenge, Someone Had To Do It, Please No Comebacks, and The Return of Landrieu!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared Squirrel, Artists Table, Campisi’s, Tree, One Green Leaf, Morning, and Shadows!

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