Down here in Texas, it’s getting hot.  This week, it hit the 90s for the first time this year.  It’s hard to believe that, less than 4 months ago, we were covered in ice and snow and it was 4 degrees in the afternoon.

As I sit here writing this, I am exhausted.  This week didn’t go the way that I was hoping.  My plan was to watch one hundred movies and write two hundred reviews.  In retrospect, that may have been an unrealistic goal for 7 days but honestly, I think the unrealistic goals are the best ones to have.

Still, I didn’t do anywhere near as much as I was hoping and I wish I could offer up an explanation that’s more profound than my back was hurting and I was tired but …. well, that’s the way it goes.  I’ll make up for it this upcoming week!

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

Films I Watched:

1. Android Cop (2014)
2. At Close Range (1986)
3. Burn After Reading (2008)
4. Death Wish (1974)
5. The Descent (2005)
6. Mahler (1974)
7. The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
8. Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
9. Underworld (2003)
10. Underworld: Blood Wars (2017)
11. Underworld: Evolution (2006)
12. Underworld: The Rise of the Lycans (2009)
13. The Victim (1972)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. The Bachelorette
3. Bar Rescue
4. Baywatch
5. The Brady Bunch Variety Hour
6. Cellmate Secrets
7. Cheaters
8. Court Cam
9. Degrassi Minis
10. Friends
11. Hell’s Kitchen
12. Intervention
13. Moone Boy
14. Open All Hours
15. Parking Wars
16. The Powers of Matthew Star
17. Saved By The Bell
18. Seinfeld
19. Showtime Championship Boxing
20. Storage Wars
21. Upstart Crow

Books I Read:

1. The Guest of Honor (1989) by Irving Wallace
2. Red Chaser (2008) by Joe Spoelstra

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Alice Cooper
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Barry Adamson
5. Big Data
6. Bob Dylan
7. Britney Spears
8. Cage The Elephant
9. California Dreams
10. Calvin Harris
11. Carter Burwell
12. Charli XCX
13. The Chemical Brothers
14. CHVRCHES
15. The Crystal Method
16. Daft Punk
17. Dillon Francis
18. DJ Snake
19. Dua Lipa
20. Fatboy Slim
21. Foghat
22. Haim
23. Hans Zimmer
24. Icona Pop
25. Jakalope
26. Jake Bugg
27. The Jim Carroll Band
28. Lara Snow
29. Lionrock
30. Lords of Acid
31. Lou Reed
32. Lynard Skynard
33. Marc Collin
34. Muse
35. Phantogram
36. The Prodigy
37. Public Service Broadcasting
38. Pulp
39. Saint Motel
40. Sleigh Bells
41. Steve Aoki
42. Tiesto
43. Universal Honey
44. Upsahl
45. Vitamin C
46. War
47. will.i.am
48. Wolf Alice

Trailers:

1. The Eyes of Tammy Faye
2. Fear Street
3. tick, tick …. BOOM!
4. Free Guy
5. Nine Perfect Strangers

News From Last Week:

1. Oscar-nominated actor Ned Beatty dies at 83.
2. In The Heights Notches A Disappointing Box Office Opening
3. A Quiet Place II Returns To Number One and Becomes The First Film To Cross the $100 million mark in over a year.

Links From Last Week:

1. RIP Ned Beatty…Brilliant Character Actor Was 83…He “Messed With The Primal Forces Of Nature”…His Two Most Powerful Roles!
2. The Today Show

Links From the Site:

1. I shared my week in television.  I shared music videos from Dua Lipa, The Chemical Brothers, and Public Service Broadcasting!  I reviewed Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD and Those Who Wish Me Dead!
2. Erin shared Future Science Fiction, Paris Nights Magazine, Spicy-Adventure Stories, Thrilling Sports, Town Quarry, Ranch Romances, and Texas Rangers!
3. Jeff shared music videos from Huey Lewis and the News, Adam Ant, The Bee Gees, and Aerosmith!
4. Ryan reviewed Barrage, Prison, and The Beast!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
2. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Queen City!
3. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: I Finally Watched Mayweather vs. Paul!
4. At her photography site, Erin shared: Construction. Construction 2, Construction 3, Construction 4, Construction 5, Construction 6, and Construction 7!
5. At my music site, I shared songs from Lara Snow, Alice Cooper, The Jim Carroll Band, Pulp, Dua Lipa, Vitamin C, and California Dreams!
6. At my online dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Flat Tire Dream, Last Night’s Washington D.C. Dream, and Last Night’s Cat Dream!
7. This week, I hosted the #ILikeToWatch live tweet!  Here’s my playlist: The Day Is My Enemy, The Night Is My Fave!

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

I celebrated two milestones this week.

First off, Scary Social — the live tweet event that I co-host on Saturday nights, celebrated it’s one-year anniversary! We watched Hell Night and we awarded prizes.

Secondly, after a slow start, I finally reached the 300 mark on the number of films that I’ve watched so far this year! Yay!

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

Films I Watched:

1. The Amityville Murders (2019)
2. And Justice For All (1979)
3. Battle Beneath The Earth (1967)
4. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
5. Endgame (1983)
6. Fractured (2019)
7. Hell Night (1981)
8. A Home of Our Own (1993)
9. Invaders From Mars (1986)
10. It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
11. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde (2003)
12. Messenger of Death (1988)
13. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
14. The New Gladiators (1984)
15. Romeo and Juliet (2021)
16. Save The Last Dance 2 (2006)
17. Secret Witness (1988)
18. Secrets on Sorority Row (2021)
19. Stanley and Iris (1990)
20. Strange Invaders (1983)
21. Two Weeks (2006)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Baywatch
2. Gangs of London
3. Hill Street Blues
4. Intervention
5. King of the Hill
6. NASCAR Cup Series
7. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

1. Clandestine (1982) by James Ellroy

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Bob Dylan
2. The Chemical Brothers
3. Dr. John
4. Foghat
5. George Baker Selection
6. Katy Perry
7. Lynard Skynard
8. The Prodigy
9. Saint Motel
10. Universal Honey
11. War

Trailers:

1. The Eternals
2. Last Night in Soho
3. Escape Room: Tournament of Champions

News From Last Week:

1. Oscars: 94th Academy Awards Set A Late-March Date As Eligibility Is Limited To 10 Months In 2021 – Here’s The Inside Story
2. Box Office: ‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Smashes Pandemic Record With $48 Million Debut
3. Friends: The Reunion’ Was Almost as Big as ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ on HBO Max
4. Lindsay Lohan to Return to Acting by Starring in Netflix Christmas Romantic Comedy
5. Kevin Spacey Set for First Film Cameo Following Sexual Assault Allegations
6. North Korean Authorities Execute Man for Selling Bootleg Media
7. Joe Lara, Victim of Tennessee plane crash, starred in 1996 ‘Tarzan’ series
8. ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head’ singer B.J. Thomas dead at 78
9. Midnight Cowboy Best Picture Oscar winner Jerome Hellman dies at 92
10. ‘The Love Boat’ captain Gavin MacLeod dead at 90

Links From Last Week:

1. America and Israel: A Tale of Two Memorial Days
2. MEMORIAL DAY POETRY- MY HOME IS NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
3. “Fast Times At Ridgemont High!” Why Jeff Spicoli Is High School’s Greatest Hit To The Head!
4. Experiencing the Public Again is Overrated
5. Tater on TV: The CW Fall Schedule is Finally Here

Links From The Site:

1. I shared music videos from Bob Dylan, Saint Motel, The Chemical Brothers, and The Chemical Brothers again! I reviewed the Amityville Murders! I shared my week in television, my May Oscar predictions, and a tribute to three icons!
2. Leonard shared trailers for The Eternals, Last Night In Soho, and Escape Room: Tournament of Champions!
3. Erin shared the covers of Lariat and reviewed The Babe. She also shared: The Go Go Girls, Run Tough Run Hard, The Girl in the Punch Bowl, The Love Trap, Executive Wife, Murder Mistress, and I Mobster!
4. Jeff reviewed The End and wrote about replaying Red Dead Redemption II. He also shared music videos from The Rolling Stones, Ciccone Youth, and Tina Turner!
5. Ryan reviewed Grim Nutrition, Schtick, B V A, drop, and Scab County!

More From Us:

1. This is actually from last week (somehow I missed it — bad Lisa!), Ryan reviewed Heart Shaped Tears at Solrad!
2. Ryan has a patreon! You should consider subscribing!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared: Black-and-White Street, Black-and-White Street 2, Black-and-White Street 3, Go Slow, The Loft Apartments, Side of a Restaurant, and Sapparo!
4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Silence Is All I Needed To Hear and Enough!
5. At SyFy Designs, I shared This Week….
6. At my online dream journal, I shared Last Night’s Egypt Dream!
7. At my music site, I shared songs from Universal Honey, The Prodigy, Foghat, Dr. John, War, George Baker Selection, and Lynard Skynard!

Want to see what I did last week? Get a time machine! Or click here.

As I write this, I have watched 279 films this year. I want to hit 300 by the end of this month. So, 21 to go!

With that in mind, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Film I Watched:

1. Atlantis, The Lost Continent (1961)
2. Baywatch The Movie: Forbidden Paradise (1995)
3. Bullitt (1968)
4. The Church (1989)
5. Class Action (1991)
6. Dangerous Medicine (2021)
7. Death at Love House (1976)
8. Desperate Widows (2021)
9. The Exorcist (1973)
10. Flashdance (1983)
11. Healed by Grace (2012)
12. Hidden Secrets (2006)
13. House on Fire (2021)
14. Ice Castles (1978)
15. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
16. Mortal Kombat (2021)
17. The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
18. Paths of Glory (1957)
19. Robinson Crusoe (1954)
20. Run, Lola, Run (1998)
21. This Is Our Time (2013)
22. What Do You Think? (1937)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. American Idol
3. Baywatch
4. Court Cam
5. Fear Thy Neighbor
6. Friends
7. Gangs of London
8. Hill Street Blues
9. Intervention
10. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
11. Moone Boy
12. The Office
13. Open All Hours
14. Philly D.A.
15. Saved By The Bell
16. Seinfeld
17. Upstart Crow

Books I Read:

1. Behind the Burly Q: The Story of Burlesque in America (2014) by Leslie Zemeckis
2. My Favorite Horror Movie: 48 Essays By Horror Creators On The Film That Shaped Them (2018), edited by Christian Ackerman

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Ashlee Simpson
4. Bob Dylan
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. CHVRCHES
8. Jakalope
9. Jake Bugg
10. Jessica Simpson
11. Katy Perry
12. Lindsay Lohan
13. Lynard Skynard
14. Muse
15. Phantogram
16. The Prodigy
17. Saint Motel
18. Tomoyasu Hotei
19. Universal Honey

Trailers:

1. Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness
2. Dear Evan Hansen
3. The Superdeep

News From Last Week:

1. Hollywood Stands Up Against Antisemitism After L.A. Restaurant Attack Being Investigated as Hate Crime
2. Jewish man recalls being chased by vehicles waving Palestinian flags in California
3. Jewish man beaten in New York City amid dueling protests over Israel and Hamas, police say
4. Pakistan’s top diplomat makes anti-Semitic remark during CNN interview about Gaza conflict
5. Hate-spewing men attack Jewish family in Bal Harbour over Israel-Hamas conflict
6. Pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protesters clash in Times Square
7. More Than 125 Entertainment Professionals Sign Open Letter Urging Peace in Middle East
8. Chris Cuomo took part in strategy calls advising his brother, the New York governor, on how to respond to sexual harassment allegations
9. CNN says it was ‘inappropriate’ for Chris Cuomo to participate in strategy sessions advising brother on sexual harassment allegations
10. Poynter Institute blasts CNN’s Chris Cuomo for ‘crossing a journalistic line’ with advice to embattled brother
11. Danny Masterson Ordered to Stand Trial on Rape Charges
12. Scott Rudin Accuser Believes He Was Targeted After Coming Forward: ‘There Is a Cost to Speaking the Truth’
13. Cher Biopic From ‘Mamma Mia!’ Producers, Eric Roth in the Works at Universal
14. Bloomingdale’s pulls out of Chrissy Teigen deal over bullying scandal
15. Sharon Stone: I can’t stop the release of ‘XXX’ ‘Basic Instinct’ cut
16. James Gunn gets daily death threats from ‘Suicide Squad’ superfans
17. Ben Platt Calls Out ‘Randos Being Jerks’ About His Age in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Trailer
18. Porn star Maitland Ward writing juicy memoir about life since Disney
19. Kendall Jenner accused of cultural appropriation over 818 Tequila ad
20. Eurovision 2021: the good, bad and weird songs to look out for
21. Italy wins Eurovision Song Contest as the world’s biggest music event returns in Rotterdam
22. Winning Eurovision band investigated for drug use during the show
23. Charles Grodin, Star of ‘Beethoven’ and ‘Heartbreak Kid,’ Dies at 86
24. Paul Mooney, Comedian and Writer for Richard Pryor, Dies at 79

Links From Last Week:

1. Tater on TV: The FOX Fall 2021 Schedule is Here
2. Tater on TV: The ABC Fall Schedule is Here
3. Tater on TV: The CBS Fall Schedule is Here
4. Tater on TV: The Full Schedule(Minus CW)
5. Let’s Predict New TV Show Fates!
6. Ranking The Mission Impossible films on its 25th Anniversary
7. RIP Charles Grodin… An Appreciation – From “Rosemary’s Baby” To “Midnight Run” and More!
8. With Charles Grodin’s Death, Hollywood’s Greatest Romance Comes to an End
9. The New Furies of the Oldest Hatred
10. Entertainment Leaders Call on Celebrities and Influencers to Stop Spreading Misinformation about Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
11. ‘L.A. Noire’ Turns 10: Cast of the Video Game Made Up of Several ‘Mad Men’ Alums Looks Back at Making the Imaginative Title
12. Americans ruined pizza, St. Patrick’s Day and House of Cards. Now they’re ruining Eurovision

Links From The Site:

1. I paid tribute to Dennis Hopper, Richard Brooks, and Jimmy Stewart! I reviewed The Plumber, Class Action, The Baywatch Movie: Forbidden Paradise, Dangerous Medicine, Desperate Widows, and Mortal Kombat! I also shared my week in television!
2. Erin shared: Marry For Money, Tight Skirt, Future Science Fiction, G-Men Detective, Amazing Stories, Amazing Stories again, and Hill Man!
3. Jeff wrote about Charles Grodin and shared music videos from George Harrison, Phil Collins, Robert Plant, Queensryche, The Church, Rick James, and Shaq!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon! You should consider subscribing!
2. On her photography site, Erin shared: It’s Going to Rain, Driving in Rain, Downtown Rain, Country Rain, MRI Central In the Rain, Trapped In My Car By The Rain, and Let The Sun Come In!
3. At SyFy Designs, I shared: my newest project!
4. At my online dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Vaccination Papers Dream!
5. On my music site, I shared songs from NYSNC, Tomoyasu Hotei, Jake Bugg, Amy Winehouse, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Simpson, and Britney Spears!

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

My feelings about this week are mixed.

On the one hand, I got next to no writing done. That’s a very rare occurrence and, as Sunday comes to a close, I’m a bit annoyed with myself. I ended up spending most of the week going through all of my old journals and looking over my old notebooks, trying to make out a definitive list of every film that I’ve watched since 2007. (Letterboxd is addictive.) It’s an ongoing project.

On the other hand, I did watch a lot of movies. So far, I’ve watched 257 movies this year. I want that number to be 300 by the end of May. So, I’ve got 43 movies to go and, if I keep up the pace that I established this week, I should be able to easily accomplish that goal. So yay for that!

Ah, well. There’s nothing you can do but move forward. Next week, it’s supposed to rain nonstop and the rain always seems to be inspire my best work.

So, before I end up depressing myself, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
2. Alice Sweet Alice (1976)
3. Casablanca (1943)
4. The Chase (1966)
5. Cruel Intentions (1999)
6. Dead and Buried (1981)
7. East Side, West Side (1949)
8. Escape From Hell (2000)
9. Evil Under The Sun (1982)
10. Exodus (1960)
11. Fame (1980)
12. Five Million Years To Earth (1967)
13. Fools Rush In (1997)
14. Memories of a Murder (2021)
15. Metropolitan (1990)
16. Mitchell (1975)
17. The Plumber (1979)
18. The Single Mom Conspiracy (2021)
19. Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
20. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
21. Three Days of the Condor (1976)
22. Virtuous (2015)
23. Wasp (2003)
24. Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. Baywatch
3. The Brady Bunch
4. Hill Street Blues
5. Intervention
6. The Jetsons
7. The Last Drive-In
8. Open All Hours
9. The Rookies
10. Sabrina The Teenage Witch
11. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

1. The Dance of Death (1964) by Carter Brown

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Billie Eillish
3. The Black Keys
4. Britney Spears
5. Haim
6. Health
7. Jakalope
8. Jessica Simpson
9. Katy Perry
10. Lindsay Lohan
11. Nine Inch Nails
12. *NSYNC
13. Olivia Rodrigo
14. Saint Motel

Trailers:

1. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2. Stillwater
3. The Green Knight
4. Death in Texas
5. The Forever Purge
6. Snake Eyes

News From Last Week:

1. SAINT MOTEL TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK ON JUNE 25, 2021
2. Jennifer Jason Leigh Reuniting with Quentin Tarantino to Narrate ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Audiobook
3. NBC won’t air Golden Globes in backlash against hosting group
4. Prince Harry takes heat for calling First Amendment ‘bonkers’
5. Matthew McConaughey making calls as he considers Texas governor run
6. Les Moonves waves goodbye to $120M exit package, ViacomCBS says
7. Ellen DeGeneres shares series-ending news with viewers: ‘You all have changed my life
8. Neil Connery, actor brother of Sir Sean Connery, dies after battling illness
9. Veteran Actor Norman Lloyd Dies At 106
10. Actor Blackie Dammett dies of dementia
11. Patrick Dean, Beloved Georgia Cartoonist, Has Died From ALS

Links From Last Week:

1. Why a World Without the Golden Globes Isn’t a Bad World at All
2. Ellen DeGeneres announced the end of her show. Then somehow, she made things worse
3. Tater on TV – The NBC Fall 2021 Schedule is Here

Links From The Site:

1. I shared my week in television and I reviewed The Chase. I also shared music videos from NSYNC and Katy Perry!
2. Erin shared fantastic, Thrills Incorporated, Sophie, Ranch Romances, Speed Mystery, True Gangster Stories, and The Long Night!
3. Jeff reviewed Batman and shared music videos from: Danzig, Dokken, Bon Jovi, The Bangles, and Survivor!
4. Leonard shared the trailers for Snake Eyes and The Forever Purge!
5. Ryan reviewed Sludgy, Acid Nun, and Forever and Everything!

More From Us:

1. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History.
2. Ryan has a patreon! You should consider subscribing!
3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Leaves, Open, Skull, Night, Litter, Resume, and The Path Through The Trees!
4. On my music site, I shared songs from: Haim, HEALTH and Nine Inch Nails, Adi Ulmansky, Haim (again), The Black Keys, Saint Motel, and Katy Perry!

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

Have a great week, everyone!

I’m exhausted because it’s been another long week. So, I’m just going to say that I hope you had a good Star Wars Day, a good Cinco De Mayo, a good Orson Welles Day, and a Happy Mother’s Day and then I’m going to get down to business. And then I’m going to pass out. Sound good?

Films I Watched:

1. Beverly Hills Cops II (1987)
2. Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
3. Crossfire (1947)
4. Dead Body (2017)
5. Eye for an Eye (1996)
6. How To Read (1938)
7. The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother’s Hunt For Justice (2021)
8. A Matter of Faith (2014)
9. Night of the Hunter (1955)
10. Saved By Grace (2016)
11. Short Eyes (1978)
12. The Stranger (1946)
13. Tomb Raider (2018)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 9-1-1
2. 9-1-1: Lone Star
3. Allo Allo
4. American Idol
5. Baywatch
6. Court Cam
7. Friends
8. Hill Street Blues
9. Judge Jerry
10. Moone Boy
11. The Office
12. The Old Guys
13. Open All Hours
14. Seinfeld
15. Storage Wars
16. Unsolved Mysteries
17. Upstart Crow
18. The Voice
19. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

1. Serpentine (1979) by Thomas Thompson

Music To Which I Listened:

1. The Black Keys
2. Britney Spears
3. Cage the Elephant
4. Cannons
5. Gloria Trevi
6. Haim
7. Jakalope
8. Jennifer Lopez
9. Laurel
10. Lindsey Stirling
11. Los Claxons
12. Mothica
13. Muse
14. Phatogram
15. The Prodigy
16. Public Service Broadcasting
17. Rolling Stones
18. Siouxsie and the Banshees
19. Susanna Hoffs
20. Universal Honey
21. Upsahl

Trailers:

1. Marvel Phase 4
2. A Quiet Place Part II

News From Last Week:

1. AMC CEO Adam Aron raved about its new investors who are at odds with Wall Street
2. Box Office: With Jason Statham’s ‘Wrath of Man,’ Summer Movie Season Gets Slow Start
3. Elon Musk Brings Ratings Lift to ‘Saturday Night Live
4. Globes in Jeopardy? Celeb PR Firms are still irked at the Hollywood Foreign Press
5. Golden Globes: Scarlett Johansson Calls Out HFPA Over “Sexist Questions,” Proposed Reforms
6. Cinemark inks deal with Hollywood studios as movie theaters eye recovery
7. Lloyd Price Dies: Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer, Hitmaker With ‘Lawdy Miss Clawdy’ Was 88
8. Tawny Kitaen, ’80s Music Video Vixen and ‘Bachelor Party’ Star, Dies at 59
9. RIP Tawny Kitaen…This 80’s Sex Kitten Was An Iconic Music Video Actress And Cult Film Queen…

Links From Last Week:

1. Oscar Predicting Lessons Learned From The 93rd Academy Awards
2. Exploring: Tawny Kitaen
3. Riding Barcelona’s Sky-High Trams! Here’s Your “Birds Eye” View! #Wanderlust Rules!
4. The One Where Tater Meets Famous People

Links From The Site:

1. I shared my week in television! I reviewed Short Eyes and Night Terror! I shared music videos from Muse, Mothica, Los Claxons, and Lindsey Stirling! I paid tribute to Orson Welles and Wes Anderson! I shared the Mercury Theatre’s production of Heart of Darkness and a scene from Chimes At Midnight!
2. Erin shared Venture Science Fiction, Judge, On The Way To The Dance, Snappy, 10 True Crime Cases, Summer Retreat, and By The Sea!
3. Jeff shared a trailer from Marvel and music videos from Def Leppard, The Eagles, and RATT!
4. Ryan reviewed Future, Gates of Plasma, and Reckless!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon! Consider subscribing!
2. For SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Jimbo: Adventures in Paradise!
3. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Angst Of Replaying Red Dead Redemption 2
4. At her photography site, Erin shared: Red, Ribbon, Stop!, Feather, Birds in the Rain, Flood, and Family!
5. On my music site, I shared songs from Public Service Broadcasting, Laurel, Cannons, The Black Keys, Cage The Elephant, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Susanna Hoffs!

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

I’ve been exhausted this entire week. What is it about vacations that cause them to leave you more exhausted after you take them than before? Admittedly, some of it is just the fact that awards season is now over. For nearly six months, that was my obsession and the first thing that I checked on every day. Now, that’s over and it’s definitely left a bit of a void.

Oh well, no matter! The end of awards season means that it’s finally time to truly move on to 2021! Seriously, it’s about time.

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

Films I Watched

1. The Devils (1971)
2. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
3. Just What The Doctor Ordered (2021)
4. Night Terror (1977)
5. Queen of Blood (1966)
6. Space Mutiny (1988)
7. A Star is Born (1976)
8. Zombie Nightmare (1988)

Television Shows I Watched

1. 9-1-1
2. 9-1-1: Lone Star
3. Allo Allo
4. Baywatch
5. Flight of the Conchords
6. The Floor is Lava
7. Gangs of London
8. Hill Street Blues
9. House Hunters
10. House Hunters International
11. The Office
12. The Old Guys
13. The Presidential Address
14. Saved By The Bell
15. Upstart Crow
16. The Voice
17. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

1. Conan Doyle for the Defence: A Sensational Murder, the Quest for Justice and the World’s Greatest Detective Writer (2018) by Fox Margalit
2. Speeding Ticket Hacks: How to get out of a speeding ticket (2014) by Josh Mattiola

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Billie Eilish
3. Blanck Mass
4. Britney Spears
5. Cedric Gervais
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Chvrches
8. Coldplay
9. deadmau5
10. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
11. Florence + The Machine
12. Goblin
13. Gwen Stefani
14. Orla Garland
15. Public Service Broadcasting
16. Rita Coolidge
17. Saint Motel
18. Sleigh Bells
19. The Struts
20. Taylor Swift
21. Tiesto
22. Tina Arena
23. The Veronicas

Trailers

1. Ape vs Monster
2. Georgetown

News From Last Week:

1. Elon Musk’s upcoming ‘SNL’ hosting gig causes outrage among stars
2. TV Ratings: Oscars Plummet to Record Low, Down 58% Compared to Last Year
3. Anthony Hopkins Pays Tribute to Chadwick Boseman After Surprise Second Oscar Win
4. Leonardo DiCaprio Eyed to Star in English-Language Remake of Oscar Winner ‘Another Round’
5. ‘Citizen Kane’ Loses Its Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score After 1941 Negative Review Resurfaces
6. Johnny Rotten blames ‘wokeness’ for US ‘collapse’
7. VH1’s cringe-worthy ‘Fabulous’ Jeffrey Epstein show resurfaces
8. Olympia Dukakis, Oscar Winner for ‘Moonstruck,’ Dies at 89

Links From Last Week:

1. Hollywood fiddles while Skid Row burns
2. Why the Oscars Needed a Host
3. Oscars Deal Some History but With a ‘Sopranos’ Finale-Like Ending Leaving Viewers Puzzled
4. Howard’s end: Shock jock Stern has lost his sting — and his mojo
5. APRIL Viewing Recap + Movie of the Month (FlixChatter)
6. Tater’s April 2021 in Books
7. My Week in Books, Movies, and TV 4/30/21 (The World’s Common Tater)

Link From The Site:

1. I reviewed the novelization of Saturday Night Fever, the Oscar Ceremony, Godzilla vs Kong, and Just What The Doctor Ordered! I shared my way too early Oscar predictions for April and I also shared an AMV. I shared music videos from: The Chemical Brothers, Deadmau5, Tina Arena, Gwen Stefani, and Orla Garland! I shared my week in television, as well!
2. Ryan reviewed Einstein, Eddington, and the Eclipse, According to Jack Kirby, and Bloolight!
3. Jeff shared music videos from Irene Cara and U2!
4. Erin shared: Cradle of the Sun, Exciting Comics, True Confessions, After the Rain, Famous Detective Cases, A Red Flower In A Field Of Gray, and Bitter Love!

More From Us:

1. At SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Post York!
2. Ryan has a patreon! Consider subscribing!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared: Burning Sky, Tunnel, Blue Water, Gate In Black and White, Walls, Flags in Black and White, and Gray and Green!
4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Cenus Results!
5. On my music site, I shared songs from: Sleigh Bells, Coldplay, Adi Ulmansky, Florence + The Machine, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Britney Spears, and Gwen Stefani!

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

I’ve been up at the lake this week and, as you can say, I didn’t watch much TV but I did watch a lot of movies and the Oscars! It’s been nice to get some relaxation and to get centered. Now, the Oscars are over, I feel like 2021 can finally begin! But first — a little bit of sleep! 30 posts in one day takes a lot of you.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Breakheart Pass (1976)
2. Conan the Destroyer (1984)
3. The Devil’s Rain (1975)
4. The Father (2021)
5. Freebird … The Movie (1996)
6. Godzilla: Planet of Monsters (2017)
7. Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973)
8. The Humanoid (1979)
9. King Kong (1976)
10. Minari (2021)
11. Nomadland (2021)
12. The Shooting (1966)
13. Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Baywatch
2. The Floor is Lava
3. Hell’s Kitchen
4. The Oscars
5. Unsolved Mysteries
6. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

1. Back in the Burbs (2021) by Tracy Wolff
2. Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am (2021) by Julia Cooke
3. Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History (2021) by Richard Thompson Ford

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Avril Lavigne
2. Britney Spears
3. HRDZA
4. Irene Cara
5. Jakalope
6. Kedr Livanskiy
7. Kid Rock
8. Led Zeppelin
9. Lynard Skynard
10. Muse
11. The Prodigy
12. Public Service Broadcasting
13. Saint Motel
14. Slade
15. Styx
16. Taylor Swift
17. Universal Honey

Live Tweets:

1. TSL Live Tweets Oscar Sunday

Awards Season:

1. The Oscars
2. Independent Spirit Awards
3. Dorian Awards

Best Picture Race In Review:

1. 1920s
2. 1930s
3. 1940s
4. 1950s
5. 1960s
6. 1970s
7. 1980s
8. 1990s
9. 2000s
10. 2010s

Trailers:

1. West Side Story
2. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
3. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
4. Occupation: Rainfall
5. Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K.
6. The Space Between
7. Annette

News From Last Week:

1. Monte Hellman, Cult Director of ‘Two-Lane Blacktop,’ Dies at 91
2. Burlesque Legend Tempest Storm, Friend of Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Page, Dead at 93
3. Charles W. Fries, Veteran Television Producer and Executive, Dies at 92
4. Marty Bauer, Co-Founder of United Talent Agency, Dies at 74
5. Digital Underground’s Shock G Dead At 57
6. Joe Long, member of The Four Seasons in ’60s and ’70s, dies
7. Elon Musk to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ With Musical Guest Miley Cyrus
8. Scott Rudin to Resign From the Broadway League
9. New photos show Epstein and Maxwell were VIP guests in Clinton’s White House
10. Inside DMX’s Funeral: Rap Icons, Mourning Fans, and a Casket in a Monster Truck
11. Construction Workers Accidentally Discovered a Pair of Priceless Lost Renaissance Frescoes
12. ‘Captain America 4’ in the Works With ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ Showrunner Malcolm Spellman
13. Caitlyn Jenner makes it official for California governor
14. FURIOSA (2023) Plans for Mad Mad: Fury Road prequel emerge
15. Woman charged with felony embezzlement for not returning ‘Sabrina The Teenage Witch’ VHS 21 years ago

Links From Last Week:

1. RIP Director Monte Hellman…From Jack Nicholson’s First Western To James Taylor’s Only Film “Two Lane Blacktop”…An Appreciation…
2. How Monte Hellman Beat the Devil: An Appreciation
3. What happens when an Oscar statue is stolen or lost like Jared Leto’s
4. Jeopardy and the Dumbest Thing I Read Online Yesterday
5. Oscars so dead: Here’s how the Academy could revive critical awards shows
6. Halston’ first look: See Ewan McGregor as the iconic fashion designer
7. 2021 Oscars Predictions – Who Will Win, Who Should Win (Flixchatter)
8. 2021 OSCAR PREDICTIONS (Jordan and Eddie)
9. Yet Another Book Tag Post
10. New Podcast From Will McKinley about The Philadelphia Story
11. Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten: How I became my wife’s carer

Links From The Site:

1. I shared my week in television! I reviewed Stephen Rebello’s book about the making of the Valley of the Dolls! I shared my final 2020 Oscar predictions! I named 6 actors, 6 actresses, and 6 directors who I hope win an Oscar in another ten years! I paid tribute to Al Pacino, Larry Peerce, Edie Sedgwick, and Monte Hellman! I reviewed Conan The Destroyer, King Kong, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla: Planet of Monsters, Judas and the Black Messiah and Three Coins in the Fountain!
2. Doc welcomed everyone to Oscar Sunday!
3. Leonard shared the trailers for West Side Story, Shang-Chi and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It!
4. Erin celebrated Patriot Day with The Flying Yank and reviewed It Happened in Flatbush! She shared Audrey Hepburn, Riverboat Girl, Startling Comics, Crime Busters, Bring Me Another Corpse, Nyoka The Jungle Girl, and Startling Detective!
5. Jeff shared music videos from Sugar Ray, Madness, Mojo Nixon, Rick Springfield, Chicago, Digital Underground, and Silverchair!
6. Ryan reviewed Before The Pandemic There Was A Touch Football Tourney, Bridge, BLINK, and World Ceramic Fair!

More From Us:

1. At SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Paricutin!
2. Ryan has a patreon, you should consider subscribing!
3. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Walter Mondale Has Died, Derek Chauvin Has Been Convicted, Governor Jenner?, Senator Herschel Walker, President Christie?, Governor Jenner For Real, and This Has Been A Good Week (awwwww!)
4. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared On and On by Curtis Harding!
5. At her photography site, Erin shared: Purple and Blue, Blue and White, Alone in Black and White, Old House In Black and White, Passing Through, Visitor, and Snake in Black and White!
6. At my music site, I shared songs from Led Zeppelin (you’re welcome, Dougie), Muse, Public Service Broadcasting, Kedr Livanskiy, Hrdza, The Prodigy, and Nat and Alex Wolff!

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Here’s the good news everyone: It’s almost over.

I’m talking, of course, about awards season. By the time I post my Lisa’s Week In Review next Sunday, the Oscar telecast will (hopefully) be over and this very long and dragged out Oscar season will come to a close. Our five month (!) awards season will finally come to an end and I’ll finally feel as if I can start to concentrate on the films of 2021.

Of course, due to the pandemic and all of the theaters closing, most of the “big” films of 2021 are going to be movies that were originally meant to be released in 2020. Consider that. After the Oscars, we’ve got 7 months of upcoming films that were produced several years ago. How long have we been waiting for Black Widow? West Side Story? Dune? How about the “new” Bond film? Where’s that old lady from the Titanic? Has it been 87 years?

This extended awards season has totally thrown me off my rhythm. I’ve never felt more unproductive as a culture critic as I’ve felt over the past 4 months or so. I think that’s because one of the joys of reviewing movies (of reviewing anything, for that matter) is finding something that surprises you. It’s the type of thrill that I feel when I come across some barely acknowledged, low-budget masterpiece on Prime or Tubi. But it’s hard not to feel that there really aren’t any surprises out there right now because we’ve been waiting to see the majority of these upcoming films for several years. At this point, I don’t even care what happens in the new Bond film. I just want it to be released so we can move on!

Fortunately, I’ll be on a bit of a mini-vacation next week, giving me a chance to get myself centered and, even more importantly, get caught up on my writing and my film viewing! Who knows? Maybe I’ll even rediscover my enthusiasm for the new Bond film while I’m at it. Anything’s possible.

With all that in mind, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week.

Films I Watched:

1. Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
2. The Citadel (1938)
3. Friendship Never Dies (2021)
4. FX (1986)
5. Hellraiser (1987)
6. The House by The Cemetery (1981)
7. It Happened One Night (1934)
8. Mazes and Monsters (1982)
9. The Wrong Mr. Right (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. America’s Most Wanted
2. American Idol
3. Baywatch
4. Couples Court with the Cutlers
5. Friends
6. Gangs of London
7. Hell’s Kitchen
8. Hill Street Blues
9. Kung Fu
10. The Last Drive-In
11. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
12. The Masked Singer
13. The Office
14. The Old Guys
15. Open All Hours
16. Protection Court
17. Rebel
18. The Rookies
19. Saved By The Bell
20. Seinfeld
21. The Serpent
22. South Park
23. Tough as Nails
24. Upstart Crow
25. The Voice
26. Yes, Minister

Books I Read:

1. The Last House On Needless Street (2021) by Catriona Ward

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Adi Ulmansky
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Avicii
5. Bob Dylan
6. Britney Spears
7. Cage the Elephant
8. The Chemical Brothers
9. Coldplay
10. Daft Punk
11. Dillon Francis
12. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes
13. Florence + The Machine
14. Gwen Stefani
15. Hrdza
16. Jake Bugg
17. Joy Division
18. Katy Perry
19. Kedr Livanskiy
20. Kelly Clarkson
21. Led Zeppelin
22. Linkin Park
23. Mick Jagger
24. Muse
25. Nat & Alex Wolff
26. New Order
27. Olivia Rodrigo
28. Phantogram
29. The Prodigy
30. Public Service Broadcasting
31. Saint Motel
32. Santa Esmerelda
33. Selena Gomez
34. Shakira
35. Sleigh Bells
36. Steve Aoki
37. Talking Heads
38. Taylor Swift
39. TV Noise

Awards Links:

1. American Society of Cinematographers
2. Cinema Audio Society
3. American Cinema Editors
4. Golden Reel
5. Annie Awards
6. Artios Awards
7. Minnesota Film Critics Alliance
8. Costume Designers Guild

Trailers:

1. Riders of Justice
2. The Water Man
3. Flashback
4. Fast & Furious 9

News From Last Week:

1. Helen McCrory Dies
2. Damian Lewis Pens Tribute To Late Wife, Helen McCrory
3. Horror SFX Legend Giannetto De Rossi Dies at 79
4. RIP Enzo Sciotti
5. ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Tops Box Office Again, Crosses $80 Million in the U.S.
6. Gucci family slams ‘House of Gucci’ movie: ‘We are truly disappointed

Links From Last Week:

1. An interview with Ryan Carey
2. Remembering Derrick Ferguson (In His Own Words)
3. Derrick Ferguson — An Ongoing Collection of Tributes
4. Kelly Clarkson Covers “Gaslighter!” Here’s The Video For Her Powerful #Kellyoke Performance!
5. London After Princess Diana’s Death

Links From the Site:

1. I shared my week in television and I reviewed The Citadel and The Serpent! I shared music videos from Mick Jagger and Saint Motel!
2. Erin shared Home To The Night, A Trap For Sam Dodge, A Place In My Heart, A Panting by Vidan, Her Officer and Gentleman, Other Worlds Science Stories, and Everybody Welcome!
3. Jeff shared music videos from Georgia Satellites, The Who, INXS, INXS again, and The Police!
4. Ryan reviewed The Lonely Grave of Bobby Franks, Cash Grab, and On A Hot Summer Night I Like To Eat My Favorite Cartoon Characters!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon! Consider subscribing!
2. At SyFy Designs, I shared: I’m Sick of Twitter, Chop Suey, So How Do We Do It?, Room in New York, New York Office, Morning Sun, and Cape Cod Morning!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from: Shakira, Olivia Rodrigo, Santa Esmerelda, Steve Aoki x Linkin Park, Jake Bugg, Joy Division, and Dillon Francis & TV Noise!
4. At my online dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Trip To Italy Dream, Last Night’s Roadhouse Dream, and Last Night’s Book Dedication Dream!
5. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Reagan vs. Biden, Reagan vs. Cuomo, Reagan vs. Glenn, Hart vs. Reagan, Reagan vs Kennedy, Is Yang Too Strange To Be Mayor of New York, and Lori Lightfoot Resigning?
6. At her photography site, Erin shared: Watch Tower, Fountain, I Miss You, Blue Sky, Net, Founders Plaza, and Dallas!

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Happy Easter everyone!

This was a good week.  I survived April Fool’s Day and, unlike last year, I was able to spend Easter with my family.  For this upcoming week, I look forward to continuing to clean out my DVR and also to getting caught up on my film reviewing.

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

Films I Watched:

1. BMX Bandits (1983)
2. Boom! (1968)
3. BUtterfield 8 (1960)
4. The Comedians (1967)
5. The Evil Twin (2021)
6. Girl in the Basement (2021)
7. King Kong (1933)
8. Mulberry Street (2006)
9. The Sandpiper (1965)
10. Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
11. The Ten Commandments (1956)
12. The 300 Spartans (1962)
13. Tony Rome (1967)
14. The V.I.P.s (1963)
15. The Wrong Prince Charming (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Allo Allo
2. America’s Most Wanted
3. American Idol
4. Baywatch
5. The District
6. Fear They Neighbor
7. Hell’s Kitchen
8. Hill Street Blues
9. The Killer Beside Me
10. King of the Hill
11. Law & Order: Organized Crime
12. Law & Order: SVU
13. The Love Boat
14. The Masked Singer
15. The Office
16. The Old Guys
17. Open All Hours
18. Parking Wars
19. Rome’s Chariot Superstar
20. The Rookies
21. The Screen Actors Guild Awards
22. Shipping Wars
23. Temptation Island
24. Tough as Nails
25. Upstart Crow
26. The Voice
27. Wipeout
28. Yes, Minister
29. Your Worst Nightmare

Books I Read:

1. Once Is Not Enough (1973) by Jacqueline Susann

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Afrojack
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Big Data
4. Blanck Mass
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. deadmau 5
8. Dillon Francis
9. DJ Snake
10. Fiona Apple
11. Icona Pop
12. Joywave
13. Jungle
14. Kaskade
15. Kedr Livanskiy
16. Phantogram
17. Purity Ring
18. Saint Motel
19. St. Vincent
20. Selena Gomez
21. Stardust
22. Steve Aoki

Trailers:

1. Black Widow
2. Space Jam: A New Legacy
3. The Mitchells vs. The Machines
4. Percy vs. Goliath
5. The Resort
6. Zola
7. Spiral: From the Book of Saw
8. The Night House
9. The Wrath of Man

Awards Season:

1. The SAG Awards
2. Online Television and Film Critics Association Awards
3. Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards
4. Set Decorators Society of America

News From Last Week:

1. DC Films Shelving ‘New Gods’ With Ava DuVernay, ‘The Trench’ With James Wan
2. Netflix Buys ‘Knives Out’ Sequels for $450 Million
3. The Invisible Oscars: Consumers Largely Unaware of This Year’s Best Picture Nominees
4. DMX Hospitalized After Apparent Drug Overdose
5. David Schwimmer hints ‘Friends’ cast will revive characters
6. Inside Sandra Lee and Andrew Cuomo’s split: Gov’s cheating ‘an open secret,’ sources say
7. Rare Super Mario Bros. game sells for a record $660,000
8. Russell T. Davies Receives Positive Note From Tony Kushner Amid ‘It’s a Sin’ Controversy

Links From Last Week:

1. The King of the Geezer Teasers Inside Randall Emmett’s direct-to-video empire, where many Hollywood stars have found lucrative early retirement.
2. Everyone Jumps Off Bridge After New Government Order Telling Everyone To Jump Off Bridge
3. Marlon Brando’s Acting Style Was Ahead of Its Time
4. Tom Hanks’ three other kids are less embarrassing than his son Chet

Links From The Site:

1. Case shared his COVID experience and reviewed Ghosts of War!
2. Erin wished us all a Happy Easter and shared: Real Detective, Johnny Come Deadly, G-Men, The Red Couch, White Cross Gray Sky, Clouds at Sunset, and Faith!
3. Jeff shared music videos from Depeche Mode, Markita, AC/DC, Modern Talking, The Cramps, Mojo Nixon, and Johnny Cash!
4. Leonard shared the trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy!
5. Ryan reviewed Crusher Loves Bleeder Bleeder Loves Crusher!
6. I wished everyone a Happy April Fools Day!  I shared my week in TV watching!  I shared my early March Oscar predictions.  I paid tribute to Eric Rohmer and Christopher Walken.  I reviewed the first episode of Law & Order: Organized Crime, The Wrong Prince Charming, The Evil Twin, Robocop, Robocop 2, Robocop 3, Girl in the Basement, Killer Advice, Tony Rome, The 300 Spartans, Sodom and Gomorrah, Boom!, The Comedians, The Sandpiper, The VIPs, and BUtterfield 8!

More From Us:

1. At SOLRAD, Ryan reviewed Miffed Ruffianz!
2. Ryan has a patreon!  Please consider subscribing!
3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Showing Off, Lone Duck, Angels, Remember Baseball, Church in the Rain, Church in the Rain 2, and The Church Is Behind The Trees!
4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: The Suez Canal Boat Is Free, Pop Politics Endorses Andrew Yang For Mayor of New York City, Is Anyone Actually Surprised, I Was Fooled, An Amtrak Thought, My Congressman Is Less Productive Than AOC, and Happy Easter!
5. At my music site, I shared songs from: Britney Spears, The Chemical Brothers, Phantogram, Jungle, Joywave, Stardust, and Big Data!
6. At SyFy Designs, I shared: It’s Time To Clean Out The DVR!
7. At my dream journal, I shared Last Night’s Quest To See A Show Dream!

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

Right now, there’s a lot that I could talk about as far as world events are concerned but I’ll be honest with you.  As of right now, I’m obsessed with one thing:

Yes, that’s right.  This boat is currently blocking the Suez Canal.  (Update: The ship is apparently now free. — LMB)  And you know there’s going to be a movie.  There’ll probably be several movies.  Peter Berg will make a movie with Mark Wahlberg as the engineer brought in to figure out how to move the boat.  Wes Anderson will make a movie with Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, and a hundred others having quirky adventures that are all somehow connected to the boat.  Steven Spielberg will come up with an inspiring story starring Tom Hanks and Mark Rylance.  I’m sure there’s also a hundred horror fans thinking about sea monsters and pirate ghosts right now.

Personally, I want to see a 70s-style disaster movie made about the Suez Canal crisis.  I want C and D-list actors emoting all over the place.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Auto Focus (2002)
2. The Beach Girls (1982)
3. Billy Madison (1995)
4. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
5. Deadly Excursion: Kidnapped From The Beach (2021)
6. Happy Gilmore (1996)
7. The Hoarder (2014)
8. Hunk (1987)
9. Killer Advice (2021)
10. The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (1976)
11. Love in A Goldfish Bowl (1961)
12. On The Town (1949)
13. Planet of the Dinosaurs (1977)
14. Robocop (1987)
15. Robocop 2 (1989)
16. Robocop 3 (1993)
17. Scandal (1989)
18. Space Raiders (1983)
19. St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)
20. Tom & Jerry (2021)

Television Shows I Watched:

(For some reason, I pretty much exclusively watched old shows this week.  To be honest, I think it’s because I spent a lot of time out in my private office, where I can get a lot of the retro stations on my TV.  Sometimes, when you’re trying to meet a deadline, a low-stakes show from the 60s or the 70s can provide the ideal background noise.)

1. ‘Allo Allo
2. American Idol
3. Baywatch
4. The Bob Newhart Show
5. The Bold and the Beautiful
6. Charlie’s Angels
7. City Confidential
8. DailyMailTV
9. Days of Our Lives
10. The Dick Van Dyke Show
11. The District
12. Fawlty Towers
13. First Among Equals
14. General Hospital
15. Ghost Whisperer
16. Hell’s Kitchen
17. Hill Street Blues
18. Hunter
19. Law & Order
20. The Love Boat
21. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
22. Medium
23. My Evil Sister
24. Newhart
25. One Day At A Time
26. Open All Hours
27. Red Dwarf
28. The Rookies
29. Saved By The Bell
30. Starsky and Hutch
31. Three’s Company
32. The Voice
33. Who’s The Boss?
34. Yes, Minister
35. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

1. Killer Instinct (1997) by Jane Hamsher

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Amy Winehouse
2. Banks
3. Big Data
4. Blanck Mass
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. The Crystal Method
8. Edgar Allan Poets
9. Fritz and the Tantrums
10. Jakalope
11. Joywave
12. New Order
13. Nine Inch Nails
14. Public Service Broadcasting
15. Saint Motel
16. Simple Plan

Awards Season:

1. Producers Guild Winners
2. NAACP Image Awards Winners

News From Last Week:

1. Beverly Cleary, beloved children’s book author, dies at 104
2. Larry McMurtry, ‘Lonesome Dove’ Novelist and ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Oscar Winner, Dies at 84
3. George Segal, Leading Man of Lighthearted Comedies, Dies at 87
4. Jessica Walter, Tart-Tongued Matriarch of ‘Arrested Development,’ Dies at 80
5. Bertrand Tavernier, French Filmmaker and Leader of a Generation, Dies at 79
6. Oz star and poet Craig ‘muMs’ Grant dies aged 52
7. Kylie Jenner backlash swirls on Twitter after GoFundMe donation request
8. FBI posts photo of Capitol Riot suspect who looks like Rick Moranis
9. Social-Media Star David Dobrik Leaves Dispo App Startup After Sexual-Assault Accusation Against Ex-Member of His Entourage
10. David Hasselhoff to Play David Hasselhoff in German TV Series
11. William Shatner celebrates 90th birthday by creating an AI version of himself for future generations
12. Alamo Drafthouse Opening New Location in Texas
13. DC Films Taps ‘Promising Young Woman’ Director Emerald Fennell to Write Zatanna Superhero Movie
14. ‘Jeopardy!’ contestants petition to remove Dr. Oz as guest host
15. Cineworld’s Regal Cinemas to Reopen With ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ in Deal With Warner Bros.
16. They Just Moved Into an Austin Neighborhood. Now They Want to End One of Its Traditions.
17. Britney Spears files petition to remove father as conservator
18. Anonymous Songwriters Group Calls for Artists to Stop Demanding Royalties for Songs They Didn’t Write
19. Sharon Osbourne exits ‘The Talk’ amid race controversy
20. Piers Morgan defends Sharon Osbourne after she exits ‘The Talk’
21. Scarlett Johansson says her political views shouldn’t affect her career
22. Chet Hanks Says Something Stupid
23. New Harvey Weinstein accuser claims she bloodied his genitals fighting back
24. NY Gov. Cuomo got family priority Covid testing, including CNN’s Chris Cuomo (reports)
25. CNN must investigate host Chris Cuomo over special Covid-19 tests, says Society of Professional Journalists

Links From Last Week:

1. George Segal, R.I.P.
2. RIP Jessica Walter…An Appreciation Of Her Life And A Look At Her Classic Thriller “Play Misty For Me…”
3. Will Zack Snyder Be Invited to Make a ‘Justice League’ Sequel? The Answer Is a Test of Whether Hollywood Still Works
4. The Pain of Paying Dues in a Pandemic: Hollywood Hopefuls on the Rough Start to Their Careers
5. The Dream of the ’90s Died in Portland
6. Francis and The Godfather: is Hollywood becoming creatively bankrupt?
7. Sean Young on Surviving Hollywood’s Many Toxic Men
8. A New Genre of Film Is Already Here: COVID Movies
9. The ridiculous, censorious social media campaign against Six Days In Fallujah
10. CNN’s Defense of Chris Cuomo’s Special COVID Privileges is Grotesque
11. The Cuomo Scandals: This Is CNN
12. 10 Movies That Will Make You Cry
13. New Graphic Novel Explores History of Cults In America

Links From The Site:

1. I shared the trailer for The Suicide Squad!  I paid tribute to Michael Haneke and Akira Kurosawa!  I shared a scene from Once Upon A Time In Hollywood!  I reviewed Tom & Jerry, Deadly Excursion: Kidnapped From The Beach, Auto Focus, Eureka, Love In A Goldfish Bowl, and Hunk!
2. Erin shared: The Absence of a Cello, The Thin Line, Mercy Island, Other Worlds, Big-Town Hellcat, Murder!, and Detective World!
3. Jeff shared music videos from John Waite, Journey, Roxy Music, Tears For Fears, Poison, Modern Talking, and Rage Against The Machine!
4. Ryan interviewed Alex Graham and reviewed The Antifa Super Solider Cookbook, Bughouse, and That Full Moon Feeling! 

More From Us:

1. At SOLRAD, Ryan Carey reviewed Campbell Whyte’s Home Time!
2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared: Faucet, New Washing Machine, Christmas Past, Old Dryer, Sudden Blur, The Last Phone Book, and Some Ducks Go Their Own Way!
4. At Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Happy Birthday William Shatner, Tom Reed’s Retiring, Israel’s Fourth Election In Two Years, Biden’s Press Conference, We’re All On A Boat In The Suez Canal, Happy Passover, and My WordPress Updated!
5. At SyFyDesigns, I shared: One Good Thing About All of This, Another Day of Old TV, The Commercial Trend I Hate, Go Dino Go, One Thing I Hope Never Changes, Ask The Undertaker, and The 6 Most Underrated Presidents!
6. At my music site, I shared songs from Blanck Mass, Saint Motel, Edgar Allan Poets, Simple Plan, Jakalope, Public Service Broadcasting, and Banks!
7. At my dream journal, I shared: Last Night’s Car Theft Dream, No Dreams Last Night, Last Night’s Party Dream, Fragment From Last Night, Last Night’s Dallas Dream, This Morning’s Con Artist Dream, and Last Night’s Dream In Which I Yelled At Joe Biden!
8. For Horror Critic, I reviewed: Planet of the Dinosaurs!

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