I haven’t read it yet but it’s on my list.

This week moved really fast.  From Monday to Wednesday, everything was about the stock market and now everything’s about …. well, to be honest, I don’t really know what everything’s about now.  I’ve been busy watching movies and making my plans for the rest of the year.

I’ll get to this one as soon as I finish the stock investing book.

When last I checked, Reddit was being blamed for every bad thing that’s ever happened in this country.  For the next four years, random people on the internet are going to be the scapegoat of choice.  There’s going to be a lot of breathless reporting about message boards and underground forums.  Remember when Brooke Baldwin was on CNN and she mentioned that she had seen a lot of talk of a “powerful hacker named 4Chan?”  It’s going to be like that, only a hundred times more annoying.  Right now, across the country, boomers are watching their favorite cable news channel and saying, “If we got Bin Laden, why can’t we take out this Reddit person?”

If I ever learn German, I’ll check it out.

Personally, my main thought on the whole stock market thing is that it’s just too bad that The Office is no longer on the air because they could have done a great show about Pennsylvania redditors forcing up Dunder Mifflin’s stock price.  Just imagine how excited Michael would have gotten until Oscar explained to him that the stock would eventually go back down.  Oh well.  I guess we’ll have to wait until Steven Soderbergh makes a movie about it.  It’ll have a soundtrack of mid-tempo jazz and Meryl Streep will play four different characters.

At the risk of being simplistic, sometimes you just have to concentrate on what makes you happy.  I love movies and that’s what I’ve largely devoted this week to.  I should be posting my picks for the best films of 2020 tomorrow.  On the one hand, it feels a bit silly to post a list of the best films of 2020 in February in 2021 but, on the other hand, what was I supposed to do?  Just pretend like some very good films didn’t exist just because I hadn’t gotten a chance to see them yet?

Speaking of watching movies, here’s what I watched this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Artemis Fowl (2020)
2. Assassin 33 A.D. (2020)
3. Bobbie Joe and the Outlaw (1976)
4. Death of Me (2020)
5. Dolittle (2020)
6. Emma (2020)
7. The Final Terror (1983)
8. First Cow (2020)
9. Gone In 60 Seconds (1974)
10. The Life Ahead (2020)
11. Lovers Rock (2020)
12. Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
13. Ode to Billy Joe (1976)
14. One Night in Miami (2020)
15. Palm Springs (2020)
16. The Prom (2020)
17. She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
18. Sound of Metal (2020)
19. Swimfan (2002)
20. Witches (1961)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 9-1-1
2. 9-1-1: Lone Star
3. The Bachelor
4. Bar Rescue
5. The Bold and the Beautiful
6. The Chase
7. Cheaters
8. Coronation Street
9. Couples Court with the Cutlers
10. Days of Our Lives
11. The District
12. Dr. Phil
13. General Hospital
14. Ghost Whisperer
15. Hell’s Kitchen
16. Hill Street Blues
17. King of the Hill
18. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
19. Law & Order
20. The Love Boat
21. The Office
22. Police Story
23. Saved By The Bell
24. Seinfeld
25. The Simpsons
26. South Park
27. The Twilight Zone
28. Yes, Minister
29. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

1. The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood―and America―Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (2020) by Greg Mitchell
2. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Days of Hollywood (2020) by Sam Wasson
3. Gone at Midnight: The Tragic True Story Behind the Unsolved Internet Sensation (2020) by Jake Anderson
4. Reckless (2020) by Ed Brubaker

Music To Which I Listened To:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Adele
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Big Data
5. Bob Dylan
6. Britney Spears
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. Chromatics
9. Chrysta Bell
10. Coldplay
11. Courtney Barnett
12. Daft Punk
13. deadmau5
14. Dillon Francis
15. Dua Lipa
16. Fitz and the Tantrums
17. Fiona Apple
18. Haim
19. i_o
20. Icona Pop
21. Jakalope
22. Jessie Frye
23. Kate Vogel
24. Lady Gaga
25. Linkin Park
26. Muse
27. Phantogram
28. The Prodigy
29. Purity Ring
30. Saint Motel
31. Selena Gomez
32. Space 92
33. UPSHAL
34. Zeds Dead

Awards Season:

1. Hollywood Music In Media Awards
2. New York Film Critics Online Winners
3. North Texas Film Critics Association Winners
4. National Board of Review Winners
5. Independent Spirit Nominations
6. Online Film Critics Winners
7. AFI Top Ten
8. North Texas Film Critics Association Nominations
9. Kansas City Film Critics Winners

Best of 2020:

1. The Best of Lifetime (Lisa Marie Bowman)
2. 12 Good Things I Saw On Television in 2020 (Lisa Marie Bowman)
3. Lisa Marie’s Top 8 Novels of 2020 (Lisa Marie Bowman)
4. Lisa Marie’s Top 8 Non-Fiction Books of 2020 (Lisa Marie Bowman)
5. Lisa Marie’s 20 Favorite Songs of 2020 (Lisa Marie Bowman)
6. Lisa Marie’s 16 Worst Films of 2020 (Lisa Marie Bowman)

Links From Last Week:

1. The World’s Most Dangerous Theme Park – Welcome To “Class Action Park!” My “Cult Movie Monday” Has This Riveting New Documentary!
2. It’s time for major institutions to make their employees get off of Twitter
3. The Greatest Hollywood Memoir Ever Written
4. Oscar’s Best Picture Race Should Include a Documentary This Year

News From Last Week:

1. BAFTA Extends Awards Eligibility Period Through 2021 Calendar Year
2. AMC Raises $917 Million to Weather ‘Dark Coronavirus-Impacted Winter’
3. Anheuser-Busch Pulls Budweiser From Super Bowl Ad Lineup
4. GameStop Stock Soars as Reddit Investors Take On Wall Street
5. Billionaire Mark Cuban says his 11-year-old son made money with Wall Street Bets traders and he ‘loves’ what’s going on with the Reddit forum
6. Not just a U.S. phenomenon — the Reddit investing frenzy has spread overseas
7. Republicans in Washington warn Wall Street: The GameStop populists are more powerful than you think
8. Cloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar Winner, Dies at 94
9. Cyberpunk developers ask players to please stop having sex with Keanu Reeves
10. Cicely Tyson, purposeful and pioneering actor, dead at 96
11. Sophie, Who Pushed the Boundaries of Pop Music, Dies at 34
12. Hollywood Is Leaving COVID Safety To Ill-Prepared Assistants Who Say They Have No Idea What They’re Doing
13. ‘CODA’ Sparking Sundance Bidding War Following Rapturous Premiere — How High Can It Go?
14. Lindsay Lohan Asks TikTok User to Take Down Viral Cameo
15. Armie Hammer Exits Making of ‘The Godfather’ Drama Series at Paramount Plus
16. The Academy Announces The Films Eligible For Best Animated, Documentary & International Feature For The 93rd Academy Awards
17. Melvin Capital Lost 53% in January, Hurt by GameStop and Other Bets
18. 21 Men Accuse Lincoln Project Co-Founder of Online Harassment

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared: Look Behind You Lady, Waterfront Cop, The Episode of the Wandering Knife, Wanton For Murder, Not So Funny, Murder by Latitude, and Let the Night Cry!
2. Jeff shared music videos from Styx, Crash Test Dummies, Rodney Dangerfield, Heaven 17, Guns N Roses, INXS, and REM!
3. Ryan reviewed Even More Diary Comics From A Relative Nobody, Jeremy, and The Age of Elves!
4. I reviewed Artemis Fowl and Dolittle. I shared my January Oscar predictions!  I paid tribute to Norman Mailer, Michael Anderson, Ernst Lubitsch, and Cloris Leachman!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
2. At Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about the upcoming Super Bowl!
3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared a song from Odesza!
4. At SyFyDesigns, I shared: The Latest Twitter Disaster, What I Miss, and I Have No Idea How The Stock Market Works!
5. At my music site, I shared songs from: Bob Dylan, Linkin Park, Adele, Chromatics, Chrysta Bell, Above & Beyond, and Lady Gaga!
6. At her photography site, Erin shared: January 25th, January 26th, January 27th, January 28th, January 29th, January 30th, and God Bless Texas!

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

Have a good week!  We’ve got the Golden Globes nominations and a whole lot of other stuff to look forward to!  Stay safe!

I’ve lost a lot of people over the past four years.

They haven’t died, as much as they’ve vanished down the various rabbit holes that opened up after the election of Donald Trump.  A few of my acquaintances jumped down the MAGA rabbit hole.  However, since the majority of the people I know tend to lean towards the left, an even larger number of them disappeared down the Resistance rabbit hole.  A few of them, both on the right and the left, never returned.  Those that did make it back to the surface usually returned as different people.  It was as if they’d entered the Black Lodge and their doppelganger had returned while the person they had once been remained behind the red curtains.  People who had previously been witty and properly skeptical of outlandish conspiracy theories were suddenly spending all of their time talking about shadowy organizations and cartoonish villainy.  Discussions of art and creativity were replaced with dark talk of revolution and revenge.  I watched with growing sadness as some of my favorite writers went from writing thought-provoking stories and reviews and instead transformed into the type of people who stayed on twitter for 24 hours a day, replying to every Trump or Pelosi tweet and defending even obvious grifters like Lin Wood and Michael Avenatti.  I’ve watched as some former friends went full anti-Vaxxer while others started to find evidence of secret conspiracies in even the most mundane of events.

(It was never enough, of course, that they felt they had found evidence.  You were expected to see it too or you ran the risk of being accused of being a part of the cover-up.)

For the past four years, as paranoia and perpetual rage have been normalized, I’ve watched one mental collapse after another.  What was particularly upsetting was knowing that, while the majority of these people were at least sincere in their delusions (i.e., they truly believed that they were battling an immense conspiracy and that their tweets were the only thing standing between freedom and subjugation), the leaders that they were following and looking to for direction often were not.

Naively, I hoped that the election would provide some sort of relief or, at the very least, people would mentally have no choice but to start moving on.  Instead, some of the same people who previously pointed out that the Russian collusion theories didn’t really make much sense suddenly accepted the existence of an even bigger and more improbable conspiracy, all designed to steal the election from the man they supported for president.  The riot that occurred at the Capitol has resulted in both a new round of conspiracy theories and, far more ominously, new calls for an enhanced surveillance state.  By being so quick to buy into all of the various conspiracy theories, people may have brought about the very world that they believed they were stopping.

On Wednesday, we changed presidents and despite all the claims that Trump was going to apparently going to lock himself in the Oval Office, he instead flew down to Florida.  I’m not even going to guess what’s going to happen over the next four years.  All I know for sure is that I’m going to miss the people who have disappeared down those rabbit holes.  I still hold onto hope that they can eventually make it back but that hope is fading.  Once you buy into a conspiracy, it’s really hard to get your money back.

(On the plus side, the AV Club has announced that they’ll no longer be covering Trump.  Personally, I’m of the opinion that they should have never have started in the first place.  In fact, I would argue that….)

Okay, sorry.  Moving on!

In other news, it’s been a rainy and cold week down here in Texas.  I’m not complaining because I know that we’ll be back to 100-degree weather in just a few months.  I’ve currently got a cold but I’m trying not to complain as much as usual because, obviously, a cold is nothing compared to what’s currently out there.  It’s interesting to think that, a year ago at this time, the “experts” were stills saying that COVID fears were overblown and that there was no need for people to start wearing masks.  Now, 12 months later, you’re liable to get a dirty look if you leave your house only wearing one mask as opposed to two or three.

We had a nice big thunderstorm today and I was happy for that.  I always love ending the week with the chaos of thunder and lightning.

In conclusion….

Yes, yes, I know.  I have rambled on a bit today but if not now, when?  Anyway, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

1. Body Bags (1993)
2. Hell or High Water (2016)
3. La Dolce Vita (1960)
4. Let Them All Talk (2020)
5. Lisa (1989)
6. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)
7. The Outpost (2020)
8. The Pay-Off (1942)
9. Roped (2020)
10. The Third Man (1949)
11. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
12. The Wrong Man (1956)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 9-1-1
2. 9-1-1: Lone Star
3. Agatha Christie’s England
4. ‘Allo ‘Allo
5. Antiques Roadshow
6. The Bachelor
7. Bar Rescue
8. The Bold and the Beautiful
9. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
10. The Cafe
11. The Chase
12. Cheaters
13. Community
14. Coronation Street
15. Coupling
16. Days of our Lives
17. Degrassi Junior High
18. Degrassi High
19. Degrassi: New Class
20. Degrassi: The Next Generation
21. Dr. Phil
22. Euphoria
23. Fawlty Towers
24. Friends
25. General Hospital
26. Ghost Whisperer
27. Hell’s Kitchen
28. Hill Street Blues
29. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
30. King of the Hill
31. Kolchak: The Night Stalker
32. The Listener
33. The Love Boat
34. Mister Winner
35. Monty Python’s Flying Circus
36. The Musketeers
37. The Office
38. The Office (UK)
39. Open All Hours
40. Parking Wars
41. Pawn Stars
42. Police Story
43. Robot Chicken
44. Saved By The Bell
45. Seinfeld
46. The Simpsons
47. The Sopranos
48. Twin Peaks
49. Twin Peaks: The Return
50. U.S. Figure Skating Championship
51. The Vicar of Dibley
52. Walker
53. Yes, Minister
54. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

1. From Blood and Ash (2020) by Jennifer Armentrout
2. Plain Bad Heroines (2020) by Emily M. Danforth
3. Regretting You (2020) by Colleen Hoover
4. Sunk Without a Sound: The Tragic Colorado River Honeymoon of Glen and Bessie Hyde (2001) by Brad Dimock

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above and Beyond
2. Adi Ulmansky
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Ashlee Simpson
5. Bee Gees
6. Big Data
7. Billie Eilish
8. Blanck Mass
9. Bob Dylan
10. The Brady Bunch
11. Britney Spears
12. Cage the Elephant
13. Camila Cabello
14. The Chemical Brothers
15. Chris Willis
16. Chromatics
17. Chrystal Bell
18. Codeplay
19. Daft Punk
20. David Gray
21. David Guetta
22. deadmau5
23. Donna Summer
24. Drake
25. Fatboy Slim
26. Fitz and the Tantrums
27. Franka Potente
28. Icona Pop
29. Jakalope
30. Jake Bugg
31. John Carpenter
32. Julee Cruise
33. The KLF
34. Lara Snow
35. M/A/R/R/S
36. Marlhy
37. Muse
38. Nine Inch Nails
39. Nova Rockafeller
40. Phantogram
41. The Prodigy
42. Public Service Broadcasting
43. The Robber Who Robbed The Town
44. Run DMC
45. Saint Motel
46. Scarlett Johansson
47. Selena Gomez
48. Sleigh Bells
49. Steve Aoki
50. Swedish House Mafia
51. Talking Heads
52. Tiesto
53. twenty-one pilots
54. Upsahl
55. The Verve
56. The Who
57. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season Links

1. Philadelphia Film Critics Winners
2. Hollywood Music In Media Nominations
3. San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Winners
4. Denver Film Critics Society Winners
5. Houston Film Critics Society Winners
6. Online Film Critics Society Nominations
7. Black Film Critics Circle Winners

News From Last Week:

1. Oklahoma lawmaker proposes Bigfoot trapping season
2. ‘A Quiet Place 2’ Gets New Release Date
3. Disney Moves ‘The King’s Man’ Release Date to August
4. ‘No Time To Die’ Release Date Pushed to October
5. Sony’s Camila Cabello ‘Cinderella’ Dances To Summer, ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ To Fall, ‘Uncharted’ Eyes 2022 & More
6. Every New Movie Release Date Delay This Week
7. Larry King, legendary talk show host, dies at 87
8. Piers Morgan Receives Backlash for His Larry King Tribute Following the Legend’s Death
9. Mira Furlan, Actress on ‘Lost’ and ‘Babylon Five’ Dies at 65
10. Screenwriter Walter Bernstein dies at 101
11. Hank Aaron dead at 86: Baseball’s forever home run king was a true American hero
12. Health Professionals Hope Hank Aaron’s Death Won’t Deter People From Getting Vaccinated
13. Pixar’s “Soul” blows up Disney Plus, Nielsen says
14. The Washington Post Tried To Memory-Hole Kamala Harris’ Bad Joke About Inmates Begging for Food and Water
15. Oscars 2021: Who’s up, who’s down, and where you can watch all of this year’s contenders
16. ‘Hamilton’ Returns to Dallas as Part of Dallas Summer Musicals 2021-2022 Season
17. Jackson Michie faced drug withdrawal on BB21; Big Brother casting director quit for BB23
18. Kenneth Branagh to Play U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Michael Winterbottom Drama for Sky
19. Sylvester Stallone lists LA mansion for jaw-dropping $130M
20. DUSTIN DIAMOND STRUGGLING WITH CAUSE OF HIS CANCER … Moldy Hotels to Blame???
21. Saved by the Bell: Mario Lopez Supports Dustin Diamond’s Cancer Fight
22. Phil Collins Finally Got His Ex-Wife to Move Out of His $40 Million Mansion After “Armed Occupation and Takeover”

Links From Last Week:

1. Franco Nero Strikes Again
2. Celebrating Martin Luther King Day…”Dream. Believe. Unite. Do.” A Powerful Kelly Clarkson Performance…
3. The Best Trump-Era TV: Watchmen, Chernobyl, and more
4. The Woman Who Read Hank Aaron’s Hate Mail
5. Can Billie Eilish Propel Philosophy Away from Old Men?
6. The Most Terrible Things Spider-Man Has Ever Done
7. Every WWE Studios Horror Movie Ranked From Worst To Best
8. Bite Into This Booze Burger! Tokyo’s Got Your Alcohol-Soaked Cheeseburger! Here Are Details – Plus My Favorite “Plastic Food!”
9. Cancel Culture Comes for Will Wilkinson
10. I’m No Longer Sorry For Who I Am
11. Thursday Movie Picks: Police Detectives
12. My Hemingway Wish
13. Diamondback: It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time

Links From The Site:

1. Leonard shared the trailer for Godzilla vs. King Kong!
2. Erin shared: Martin Luther King Mural, Spicy Detective Stories, The Insiders, Startling Detective Stories, Nice Fillies Finish Last, The Six Weekers, and Female Convict!
3. Jeff shared music videos from Elliott Smith, Europe, Men At Work, KISS, Ollie and Jerry, Eddie Money, and Pink Floyd!
4. Ryan reviewed The Kingdom of Raspberry Blue Untitled, Star Kisses From The Queen, and Castrovalva!
5. I paid tribute to Edgar Allan Poe, John Boorman, David Lynch, Radley Metzger, and Henry King!  I reviewed The Trial of the Chicago 7, The Outpost, Roped, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Let Them All Talk!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
2. On my music site, I shared songs from Ashlee Simpson, David Guetta and Chris Willis, The Who, Marlhy, Scarlett Johansson, David Gray, and twenty one pilots!
3. On her photography site, Erin shared: January 18th, January 19th, January 20th, January 21st, January 22nd, January 23rd, and January 24th!

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

Or maybe just 9 hours.

This past week was long but ultimately rewarding.  I didn’t watch as many movies as I should have and I’m going to have to make up for that over the course of this upcoming week but, at the same time, I hosted the I Like To Watch live tweet on Saturday night and, as a result of also hosting both the Friday Night Flix and the Scary Social live tweets, I was also able to introduce a whole new group of people to both Ninja III: The Domination and Messiah of Evil.  Introducing people to new and old things is always a good feeling.

Anyway, here’s what I watched, listened to, and read this week!  I know that I said I was going to start posting my best-of-2020 lists during this upcoming week but it’s going to have to wait for just a little bit longer while I spend the next 7 days catching up on the last few films of the previous year.  (Fear not, time is eternal.)

Films I Watched:

1. Hillbilly Elegy (2020)
2. His Girl Friday (1940)
3. Inception (2010)
4. Mank (2020)
5. Messiah of Evil (1973)
6. Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
7. The Social Dilemma (2020)
8. Tormented (1960)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Football Game — I have no idea who was playing or who won.  I just know it was on TV this afternoon, I watched a little of it with Jeff, and I had to stop watching because everyone kept colliding head-to-head and it was totally freaking me out.
2. ‘Allo ‘Allo
3. The Bachelor
4. Bar Rescue
5. The Bold and the Beautiful
6. The Chase
7. Cold Case Files
8. The District
9. Days of our Lives
10. Dr. Phil
11. General Hospital
12. Hell’s Kitchen
13. Hill Street Blues
14. The Love Boat
15. The Masked Dancer
16. Mister Winner
17. Night Stalker
18. The Office
19. Open All Hours
20. The Vicar of Dibley
21. Yes, Minister
22. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

1. Taking Shape: Developing Halloween From Script to Scream (2018) by Dustin McNeil and Travis Mullins
2. Taking Shape II: The Lost Halloween Sequels (2020) by Dustin McNeil and Travis Mullins

Messiah of Evil (1973, directed by Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz)

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Afrojack
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Avicii
4. Big Data
5. The Brady Bunch
6. Britney Spears
7. Cage the Elephant
8. Calvin Harris
9. Carter Burwell
10. The Chemical Brothers
11. The Crystal Method
12. Coldplay
13. Daft Punk
14. Dillon Francis
15. DJ Judaa
16. Donna Summer
17. Fatboy Slim
18. Franka Potente
19. Gwen Stefani
20. Hans Zimmer
21. Hounds
22. Icona Pop
23. Jakalope
24. Jake Bugg
25. Jessica Simpson
26. John Carpenter
27. The KLF
28. M/A/R/R/S
29. Muse
30. No Doubt
31. Odyssey
32. Phantogram
33. The Prodigy
34. Public Service Broadcasting
35. Saint Motel
36. Sleigh Bells
37. Steve Aoki
38. Taylor Swift
39. Tiesto
40. Universal Honey
41. UPSAHL

Awards Season Links:

1. St. Louis Film Critics Association Nominations
2. Music City Film Critics Winners
3. San Diego Film Critics Winners
4. Gotham Winners
5. Hawaii Film Critics Winners
6. Houston Film Critics Society Nominations
7. North Dakota Film Society Winners
8. San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle Nominations
9. St. Louis Film Critics Winners

Links From Last Week:

1. Just Turn It Off

News From Last Week:

1. CNN announces it is pulling network from airports, Twitter rejoices
2. Hollywood Prepares to Delay Another Slew of Blockbusters
3. Netflix’s Massive 2021 Film Slate Will Deliver New Movies Every Week This Year
4. Ray Fisher, WarnerMedia Offer Dueling Accounts of ‘Flash’ Exit
5. Phil Spector, Wall of Sound Music Producer and Murderer, Dies at 81

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared: Too Much Woman, Up To Her Neck, The Country School, Glamour Photography, Tom Swift In The Nuclear Caves, I Fear You Not!, and Swamp Nymph!
2. Jeff shared music videos from Bob Seger, Thomas Dolby, Iron Maiden, KISS, AC/DC, Bart Simpson, and Bart Simpson again!
3. Ryan reviewed If On Account of Sunday, Horrorscopes, Brick Breaks Free, and Brick By Brick!
4. I reviewed The Social Dilemma, Mank, and Hillbilly Elegy!  I wished a happy birthday to John Carpenter!

More From Us:

1. I hosted the I Like To Watch live tweet this week!  Check out my playlist!
2. Ryan has a patreon and you should consider subscribing!
3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Afternoon, Crown, Together, Gathering, January 15th, January 16th, and January 17th!
4. On my music site, I shared songs from Hounds, Donna Summer, Odyssey, Gwen Stefani, Dillon Francis, Big Data, Britney Spears, and Jessica Simpson!

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

It snowed today!

I know that, compared to everything else that happened during this week, getting a little bit of snow in North Texas might not seem like a big deal but, for me, it was just what I needed.  It’s been at least two years since the last time it snowed here in Dallas and the fact that it’s finally happened again served as a valuable reminder that life is unpredictable and that’s not a bad thing.

It was earlier this week that it was announced that it would probably snow on Sunday.  Actually, it’s called a “wintery mix,” which is apparently a mix of rain and snow.  Not surprisingly, this led to a neighborhood-wide panic as everyone converged on every nearby grocery store and stocked up with a year’s worth of supplies.  I’m sure that my friends up north would have a good laugh at how we react to the possibility of snow down here.  Of course, we always have a good laugh at how they react to a 75-degree day up there.  Myself, I just can’t believe that houses up north actually have a specific room called “the mudroom.”  I mean, at least give it a better name.  Do they keep mud in there?  I mean, what the Hell?

This morning, it started snowing around 10 am.  It started out as just a few small flakes and then they turned into big white flakes and suddenly, some of it even started to stick to the ground!  (Actually, in the end, very little of it stuck to the ground but, at that moment, I was so excited to see even the barest dusting of snow on the grass that I was convince that the backyard would turn into a winter wonderland within the next 15 minutes or so.  I tend to think of snow as having magical powers.)  When it first started to come down, I was curled up on the couch and watching a movie and I was so excited to see the snow that I jumped straight up and I ran straight outside and stood in the back yard with my head thrown back and my arms spread.  Now, of course, I quickly learned that, when it’s snowing and the temperature is down to freezing, it’s not always a good idea to run outside when you’re only wearing a cotton nightshirt and a bathrobe.  Next time, I’ll at least remember to put on slippers!  (I probably should have already known that but seriously, I can’t put into words just how excited I get when I see actual snow.)

Once I went back inside and got dressed, I walked around in the snow for a while.  It was wonderful.  And before anyone asks, yes, I wore a mask and I took my inhaler and I resisted the temptation to try to start a snowball fight (not that there was really enough snow on the ground to make a snowball).  I played it safe and I managed to walk around the entire neighborhood without slipping on the slick sidewalk.  I also took the time to help one of my neighbor’s cats get inside of their garage.  The snow brought out the best in me, I think.

Unfortunately, the snow stopped falling after a few hours and most of it really didn’t stick to the ground.  (It was cold but just not quite cold enough.)  The towns nearby got a lot more snow than we did and yes, I was a little bit jealous.  But still, at least we got some snow!  It was unexpected and it was beautiful and it was wonderful and, to me, it was a reminder that there’s all sorts of great things out there and they deserve to be celebrated.

This upcoming week, I’ll be catching up with the films of 2020 and preparing my own best of the year lists.  I’ll be watching movies and listening to music and reading books.  I can’t wait to tell you all about it.  And who knows!  It might even snow again!  Hopefully, it’ll actually accumulate this time.

For now, here’s a list of what I watched, read, and listened to over the previous 7 days.  You know how much I love lists! For the record, I started out this weekend with one goal in mind — to watch 13 movies.  I managed to do it, despite taking several hours off so that I could marvel at the snow.  So, I’m a bit proud of myself for that.  Anyway, here we go:

Films I Watched:

1. The Beach Girls and the Monster (1965)
2. Behind Green Lights (1946)
3. Black Widow Killer (2020)
4. Bride of the Monster (1955)
5. Bubba Ho-tep (2002)
6. Degrassi Goes Hollywood (2009)
7. Degrassi Takes Manhattan (2010)
8. Detour (1945)
9. Fatal Fiance (2021)
10. FBI Girl (1951)
11. Horror of Party Beach (1964)
12. Invasion U.S.A. (1952)
13. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
14. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
15. The Midnight Sky (2020)
16. My Daughter’s Psycho Friend (2020)
17. Night Editor (1946)
18. Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
19. Sorority Secrets (2020)
20. When A Stranger Calls (1979)

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1956, dir by Edward D. Wood, Jr)

Television Shows I Watched:

(I spent a lot of time this week in my private office, watching retro TV stations — MeTV, Cozi TV, H&I, and a few others.  Don’t ask my why, I just did.  It wasn’t something that I necessarily planned but I still enjoyed it!  It’s always interesting to see what kept people entertained in the past.)

1. Alfred Hitchcock Presents
2. Any Day Now
3. The Bachelor
4. Bar Rescue
5. The Bionic Woman
6. California Dreams
7. Charlie’s Angels
8. The Chase
9. C.H.i.Ps
10. Cobra Kai
11. Daily Mass
12. Degrassi
13. The Drew Barrymore Show
14. Dr. Phil
15. Emergency!
16. Friends
17. Ghost Whisperer
18. Hell’s Kitchen
19. Highway to Heaven
20. Hill Street Blues
21. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
22. King of the Hill
23. Knight Rider
24. Magnum P.I.
25. Mannix
26. The Masked Dancer
27. Medium
28. One Day At A Time
29. Parking Wars
30. Perry Mason
31. The Queen’s Gambit
32. The Ripper
33. Saved By The Bell
34. Seinfeld
35. The Six Million Dollar Man
36. South Park
37. Three’s Company
38. The Twilight Zone
39. Who’s The Boss?

Books I Read:

1. An English Affair: Sex, Class, and Power in the Age of Profumo (2013) by Richard Davenport-Hines
2. How To Talk To Your Cat About Gun Safety (2016) by Zachary Auburn

Music To Which I Listened:

(As you might notice, I’m still kind of on a 70s disco kick right now)

1. Above & Beyond
2. Andrea True Connection
3. Ashford and Simpson
4. Bee Gees
5. Big Data
6. Blondie
7. Britney Spears
8. Cage the Elephant
9. Calvin Harris
10. The Chemical Brothers
11. Chic
12. Coldplay
13. The Commodores
14. Dave Mason
15. David Shire
16. Donna Summer
17. Edgar Winter Group
18. Edwin Starr
19. Fiona Apple
20. Fitz & The Tantrums
21. Florence and the Machine
22. Foghat
23. Giorgio Moroder
24. Goblin
25. Gwen Stefani
26. The Hues Corporation
27. I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME
28. Instant Funk
29. Jakalope
30. Jake Bugg
31. Jigsaw
32. John Carpenter
33. John Paul Young
34. Joywave
35. KC and the Sunshine Band
36. Kedr Livanskiy
37. Kelly Clarkson
38. Lady Gaga
39. Lindsey Stirling
40. Linkin Park
41. Lynard Skynard
42. Mary Griffin
43. Maxine Nightingale
44. The Miracles
45. Muse
46. Musique
47. Neon Indian
48. Pattie Brooks
49. The People’s Choice
50. Phantogram
51. Rebecca Black
52. The Robber Who Robbed The Town
53. Rolling Stones
54. Saint Motel
55. Steve Aoki
56. Steve Miller Band
57. Sunshine
58. Taylor Swift
59. Thelma Houston
60. Walter Murphy
61. War
62. The Who
63. Yvonne Elliman

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959, dir by Ed Wood)

Trailers:

1. WandaVision

Best of 2020:

1. My Top 20 Albums of 2020 (Necromoonyeti)
2. 25 Best, Worst, and Gems That I Saw In 2020 (Valerie Troutman)
3. Top 10 Vintage Collections (Ryan C)
4. Top 10 Contemporary Collections (Ryan C)
5. Top 10 Original Graphic Novels (Ryan C)

Awards Season Links:

1. The National Society of Film Critics Winners
2. San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations
3. North Dakota Film Society Nominations
4. Columbus Film Critics Circle Winners
5. Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Winners
6. The Alliance of Women Film Journalists Winners
7. North Carolina Film Critics Winners

Links From Last Week:

1. RIP Tanya Roberts…A Sad End To A Great Career…Here’s An Appreciation Of This “Bond Girl” And “Beastmaster”…
2. Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret — The Masterwork That Almost Got Away
3. The 16th Annual Better Than List

News From Last Week:

1. Tanya Roberts, Bond Girl and ‘That ’70s Show’ Star, Dies at 65
2. Tanya Roberts Still Alive, Rep Confirms
3. Tanya Roberts Dead at 65 Following False Death Announcement
4. The Daily Wire Makes First Foray Into Film & TV With School Shooting Movie ‘Run Hide Fight’
5. Michael Apted, British filmmaker and documentarian, dies at 79

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Lover Boy, Sea Nymph, Cockpit, Invaders of Earth, Woman Chaser, Backwater Woman, and The Arrival!
2. Jeff reviewed Hooper and the further adventures of Smokey and the Bandit and he shared music videos from The Ramones, Berlin, Adam and the Ants, Shaquille O’Neal, Squeeze, Phil Collins, and Johnny Hates Jazz!
3. I reviewed The Midnight Sky, Sorority Secrets, Fatal Fiance, and My Daughter’s Psycho Friend!  I shared an AMV of the Day!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. On her photography site, Erin shared: End of the Holidays, Rain, This Tree Has Seen A Lot, Up, Backyard Rain, Sunset, and Without Leaves!
3. On my music site, I shared songs from: Andrea True Connection, Giorgio Moroder, John Paul Young, Jigsaw, David Shire, Pattie Brooks, and Dave Mason!

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

Have a good and, needless to say, a safe week!  Here’s hoping that we’re graced with a little more snow!

Just a few more days to go and 2020 is over!

Films I Watched:

1. A Christmas Story (1983)
2. All the Right Moves (1983)
3. The Burnt Orange Heresy (2020)
4. Die Hard (1988)
5. Die Hard 2 (1990)
6. Driveways (2020)
7. Elf (2003)
8. I’ll Name The Murderer (1936)
9. I’m Your Woman (2020)
10. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
11. Less Than Zero (1987)
12. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
13. Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2020)
14. Silent Night Bloody Night (1972)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Teacher
2. The Andy Griffith Show
3. The Bachelorette
4. California Dreams
5. Cheers
6. Community’
7. Court Cam
8. Degrassi
9. The Dick Van Dyke Show
10. Frasier
11. King of the Hill
12. Happy Days
13. The Love Boat
14. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
15. The Office
16. Parks and Recreation
17. The Ripper
18. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
19. Seinfeld
20. Taxi
21. Vengeance: Killer Lovers

Books I Read:

1. Apropos of Nothing (2020) by Woody Allen
2. Cinema 62 (2020) by Stephen Farber and Michael McClellan
3. The Sister In Law (2020) by Sue Watson

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Armin van Buuren
2. Bob Dylan
3. Chuck Berry
4. Coldplay
5. Cornershop
6. Daft Punk
7. Electric Feel
8. Goo Goo Dolls
9. Haim
10. Katy Perry
11. Kodaline
12. The Pretty Reckless
13. The Ramones
14. Saint Motel
15. Si Crastoun
16. Skrillex
17. Taylor Swift

TSL Year-End Lists:

1. Top Ten Single Issues (Ryan C)

Live Tweets:

1. Christmas Eve
2. Christmas Day

Trailers:

1. Desert Strike
2. Coming 2 America
3. WandaVision
4. The Village in The Woods
5. Land
6. The Human Voice
7. The Little Things

Award Season Links:

1. Lisa’s Oscar Predictions for December
2. The Chicago Film Critics Association
3. Indiana Film Journalists
4. Greater Western New York Film Critics Association
5. Music City Film Critics Association
6. Florida Film Critics Circle

More Links From The Site:

1. Erin reviewed Overcomer and An Unlikely Weapon.  She shared scenes from A Christmas Story and A Charlie Brown Christmas.  She shared the Covers of Science Fiction Quarterly.  She also shared: Planet Stories, Unknown, Homicide at Yuletide, Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas, The Day After Christmas, and The City!
2. Doc wished everyone a happy Christmas Eve and a merry Christmas!
3. Jeff wished everyone a Happy Festivus.  He shared music videos from Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney.  He wrote about both the Black Widow and the time Big Crosby met David Bowie.  He reviewed A Midnight Clear, Hickey & Boggs, Stroker Ace, Destroy All Humans, and Spider-Man: Miles Morales!
4. Ryan reviewed Sludgy!
5. I shared music videos from The Pretty Reckless, Armin van Buuren, Si Cranstoun, The Ramones, and the Goo Goo Dolls!
6. I reviewed Maid in Manhattan, The Mystery of D.B. Cooper, The Rhythm Section, Driveways, Money Plane, My Psychedelic Love Story, Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind, Valley Girl, Shooting Heroin, Olympic Dreams, Mighty Oak, Possessor, and Ava!
7. I paid tribute to Humphrey Bogart and Michael Curtiz!
8. I shared Treevenge, Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny, and Santa Claus Conquers The Martians!  I also shared an AMV, 4 Shots From 4 Holiday Classics, and a scene from It’s A Wonderful Life!

More From Us:

1. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
2. On her photography site, Erin shared: Fog, Santa, The Grinch, Santa’s Here, Merry Christmas To All, Number 5, and Swans!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Kodaline, Bob Dylan, Katy Perry, Chuck Berry, Coldplay, Saint Motel, and Cornershop!

Want to check out last week?  Click here!

Die Hard (1988, directed by John McTiernan)

Christmas is almost here!

And you know what that means …. it’s time to rob the money plane!

No, no — actually, it means that it’s time to start preparing for a new year!  We’ve finally got a COVID vaccine, we’ve got an extended awards season, and …. well, 2021 will have to be an improvement, right?  My hope is that — after nonstop drama and spending the past 20 years or so being told what to do — 2021 will be the year that people say, “Screw it!” and start doing whatever the Hell they want.

It’s time to bring about the 1920s and the 1970s, my friends.  And the best way to do that is to …. rob the money plane!

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

Films I Watched:

1. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
2. Burden (2020)
3. The Call of the Wild (2020)
4. Cape Canaveral Monsters (1960)
5. Friday the 13th (1980)
6. Howard the Duck (1986)
7. Maid in Manhattan (2002)
8. Money Plane (2020)
9. My Psychedelic Love Story (2020)
10. Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020)
11. Office Space (1999)
12. Peyton Place (1957)
13. Robot Monster (1953)
14. Shooting Heroin (2020)
15. Trilogy of Terror (1975)
16. Valley Girl (2020)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Teacher
2. The Amazing Race 32
3. The Bachelorette
4. Bar Rescue
5. The Bob Newhart Show
6. The Bold and the Beautiful
7. The Brady Bunch
8. Cold Case Files
9. Coronation Street
10. Days of Our Lives
11. Friends
12. General Hospital
13. Industry
14. The Mandalorian
15. The Office
16. Parking Wars
17. Saved By The Bell
18. Seinfeld
19. The Voice
20. The Young and the Restless

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Annie Lennox
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Backstreet Boys
4. Britney Spears
5. The Chemical Brothers
6. Chuck Berry
7. DJ Judaa
8. Dropkick Murphys
9. Frank Sinatra
10. Kodaline
11. Rick Astley
12. Saint Motel
13. Saxon
14. Sharon den Adel
15. Taylor Swift
16. Tim Agaye

Awards Season:

1. Indiana Film Journalist Association
2. Florida Film Critics Circle
3. Chicago Film Critics
4. New York Film Critics Circle
5. Boston Online Film Critics
6. Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Links From The Site:

1. I shared music videos from DJ Judaa, Annie Lennox, Kodaline, Chuck Berry, Annie Lenox again, Tim Agaye, and Rick Astley!
2. Erin shared the Holiday Covers of Galaxy Science Fiction and Faith of Tarot, Demon in the Mirror, Fantastic Adventures, The Castle of Iron, Avon Fantasy, Thongor and the Dragon City, and Rebel of Antares!
3. Ryan reviewed Malarkey, 1956, and Burning Hotels!

More From Us:

1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I wrote about The Amazing Race!
2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
3. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Hearing Damage by Thom Yorke!
4. On my music site, I shared songs from Saxon, Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys, Dropkick Murphys, Armin Van Buuren,  Taylor Swift, Frank Sinatra, and Britney Spears!
5. On her photography site, Erin shared; Ice, More Ice, Stuck in the Parking Lot, Sundown, Bike, Winter, and Christmas Is Coming!

Click here to check out last week!

It was a good week.  I watched both It’s A Wonderful Life and Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, so I’m happy!

Films I Watched:

1. Alabama Snake (2020)
2. The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
3. Christmas Evil (1980)
4. Fatima (2020)
5. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
6. John Q (2002)
7. The Girl With A Bracelet (2020)
8. Mighty Oak (2020)
9. Olympics Dreams (2020)
10. Possessor (2020)
11. The Rhythm Section (2020)
12. Santa Claus and the Ice Cream Bunny (1972)
13. Sana Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
14. Saved By The Bell: Hawaiian Style (1992)
15. Slay Belles (2018)
16. A Very British Christmas (2019)
17. Saved By The Bell: Wedding In Las Vegas (1994)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Teacher
2. The Amazing Race 32
3. The Bachelorette
4. Bar Rescue
5. The Bold and the Beautiful
6. Days of Our Lives
7. Dr. Phil
8. Friends
9. General Hospital
10. Industry
11. The Last Drive-In
12. The Office
13. The Powers of Matthew Star
14. Room 2806: The Accusation
15. Saved By The Bell
16. Seinfeld
17. The Voice
18. The Young and the Resltess

Books I Read:

1. The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together (2018) by Adam Nayan
2. Joshua Son of None (1973) by Nancy Freedman

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Blanck Mass
2. Bob Dylan
3. Britney Spears
4. Coldplay
5. DJ Judaa
6. The Doors
7. Drew Citron
8. The Drifters
9. Elle King
10. Fiona Apple
11. Frank Sinatra
12. Goo Goo Dolls
13. Jacques Greene
14. Kate Bush
15. Krakow Loves Adana
16. Lindsey Stirling
17. Neon Indian
18. Radiohead
19. Robert DeLong
20. Rosie Carney
21. Saint Motel
22. Steve Aoki
23. Taylor Swift

Awards Season:

1. Boston Society of Film Critics

Links From Last Week:

1. Did You Notice How “Game of Thrones” Just… Disappeared?
2. “He’s Radioactive”: Inside Johnny Depp’s Self-Made Implosion
3. In Conversation: Francis Ford Coppola
4. The YouTube Ban Is Un-American, Wrong, and Will Backfire

News From Last Week:

1. Matthew McConaughey slams Hollywood ‘hypocrisy’ over 2020 election results
2. Bob Dylan Sells His Songwriting Catalog in Blockbuster Deal
3. David Lynch to Write/Direct New Netflix Original Series

Links From The Site:

1. I shared music videos from Jacques Greene, Rosie Carney, Goo Goo Dolls,  Lindsey Stirling, Drew Citron, The Norman Luboff Choir, and the Goo Goo Dolls again!  I reviewed A Very British Christmas, Alabama Snake, and The Christmas Chronicles 2!
2. Ryan reviewed Moustache, What Its Like, “A Brief Yet Rambling Journey Through A Bunch Of Country Style Quotes And Bits Of Worthless Advice,” and Me Me Me Me!
3. Erin shared The Four Covers of Verdict and Pearl Harbor 2003, French Model, Two Faces of Passion, Love Story Magazine, The Gods of Bal-Sagoth, Against the Prince of Hell, and Thrilling Wonder Stories!

More From Us:

1. On her photography site, Erin shared: This Holiday, Santa Summit, Isolated Beauty, Red, Refresh, Greenery, and Clearing!
2. Ryan has a patreon and you should consider subscribing to it!
3. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I wrote about The Amazing Race!
4. On my music site, I shared songs from Krakow Loves Adana, Bob Dylan, Kate Bush, DJ Judaa, Saint Motel, Elle King, and The Drifters!

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

Happy December, everyone!

Well, things are coming to a close as far as this year is concerned.  For the rest of this month, along with celebrating the holidays, I’ll be trying to get caught up on the 2020 films that I need to see.  I’m looking forward to it.

Here’s what I did this week:

Films I Watched:

1. After We Collided (2020)
2. The Angel Doll (2002)
3. Ava (2020)
4. Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
5. Christmas Lodge (2011)
6. Citizen Kane (1941)
7. Collateral Beauty (2016)
8. Deep Red (1975)
9. Flap (1970)
10. The Mystery of D.B. Cooper (2020)
11. Red, White and Blue (2020)
12. A Song for the Season (1999)
13. Split Image (1982)
14. The Warriors (1979)
15. Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus (1991)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Teacher
2. The Amazing Race 32
3. Archie Bunker’s Place
4. The Bachelorette
5. Bar Rescue
6. The Bold and the Beautiful
7. Community
8. Days of Our Lives
9. Diff’rent Strokes
10. Euphoria
11. General Hospital
12. Ghost Whisperer
13. Growing Pains
14. King of the Hill
15. Major Crimes
16. The Office
17. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
18. Saved By The Bell: The College Years
19. Seinfeld
20. Parking Wars
21. Shipping Wars
22. Three’s Company
23. The Voice
24. Who’s The Boss
25. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

1. Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed And Confused (2020) by Melissa Maerz
2. Right Time, Right Place (2009) by Richard Brookhiser

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Armin Van Buuren
3. Avicii
4. Blondie
5. Britney Spears
6. Carly Rae Jepsen
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. Coldplay
9. deadmua5
10. Dillon Francis
11. DJ Snake
12. Dry Cleaning
13. Eva Hurychova
14. Goo Goo Dolls
15. Haim
16. HANA
17. Hrdza
18. Icona Pop
19. Jakalope
20. Krakow Loves Adana
21. Lindsey Stirling
22. Murder on Middle Beach
23. Muse
24. New Order
25. Nilufer Yanya
26. Nine Inch Nails
27. Paul Oakenfeld
28. Pentatonix
29. Phantogram
30. Saint Motel
31. Sleigh Bells
32. Taylor Swift
33. Trentemøller
34. Universal Honey

Awards Season Links:

1. Lisa’s Oscar Predictions for October
2. The Sunset Film Circle Awards

Links From The Site:

1. I paid tribute to Terrence Malick and Ridley Scott! I shared music videos from Blondie, Pentatonix, Dry Cleaning, HANA, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hrdza, and Lindsey Stirling!  I reviewed Collateral Beauty, Red, White, and Blue, After We Collided, Yes Virginia There Is A Santa Claus, Beyond Tomorrow, and Christmas Lodge!
2. Erin shared the covers of Beauty Parade and Naked Fury, December, The Passionate Season, Good Hardware, Too Many Loves, Queen of Tarts, and Film Fun!
3. Jeff reviewed Frontier Uprising and Star in the Dust!
4. Ryan reviewed Pussycats, Paperbacks, Pennants, And Penance, Mix Yourself A Dead End, Theater of Cruelty, and Rodeo Comics!

More From Us:

1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!
2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing!
3. On her photography site, Erin shared: Dallas 4, Christmas Trees Behind Plastic, Christmas Carriage, Light in the Dark, Christmas Tree, Path, and December!
4. On my music site, I shared songs from Trentemøller, Paul Oakenfold, New Order, Britney Spears, Nilufer Yanya, Eva Hurychova, and Jakalope!

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

What a week!  I celebrated Erin’s birthday.  I celebrated Arleigh’s birthday.  And I celebrated Thanksgiving!  And I finally got some reviews written!

Can you believe that this year is nearly (or should I say, finally) over?  We’ve only got one more month to go!

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

Films I Watched:

1. Ator, The Fighting Eagle (1982)
2. Cheer Squad Secrets (2020)
3. Cheerleader Abduction (2020)
4. Deadly Double Cross (2020)
5. The Fog (1980)
6. Instapsycho (2020)
7. Killer Competition (2020)
8. Killer Dream Home (2020)
9. The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
10. My Nightmare Landlord (2020)
11. The Princess of Mars (2009)
12. Strangers On A Train (1951)
13. What If? (2010)
14. The Wrong Cheerleader Coach (2020)
15. The Wrong House Sitter (2020)
16. The Wrong Stepfather (2020)
17. The Wrong Wedding Planner (2020)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. A Teacher
2. The Amazing Race 32
3. The Bachelorette
4. Bar Rescue
5. Baywatch
6. Community
7. The Crown
8. Daily Mass
9. Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life
10. Dancing With The Stars
11. Dr. Phil
12. Fear the Walking Dead
13. ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
14. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
15. Las Vegas Skating Spectacular
16. The Love Boat
17. The Powers of Matthew Star
18. Saved By The Bell
19. The Undoing
20. The Walking Dead: World Beyond
21. The Voice

Books I Read:

1. Lace (1982) by Shirley Conran

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Alaska Reid
2. Altered Images
3. Alvin Risk
4. Blondie
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Chloe Flower
8. Courtney Barnett
9. Designer Drugs
10. Jakalope
11. Linkin Park
12. Nine Inch Nails
13. Norah Jones
14. Novelists FR
15. Siouxsie and the Banshees
16. Solumun
17. Stephen Kellog
18. Taylor Swift
19. Underworld

Trailers:

1. The Boss Baby 2
2. Life In A Year
3. The Prom

Links From the Site:

1. The TSL Crew live tweeted Thanksgiving!
2. Erin shared: Long Shot, Darien Venture, Rain, Thanks To The Saint, Cherry Ames Department Store Nurse, The Other Stranger, and Reluctant Nympho!  She also shared a scene from A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and took a look at Herman E. Bischoff!
3. Doc wished everyone a happy Thanksgiving!
4. Jeff reviewed Doctor Who: The Movie and Gun Brothers!
5. Val took a look at Undefeatable!
6. Ryan reviewed Sufficient Lucidity, Finnegan’s Wake, Pirate & Parrot, and Man Made Lake!
7. I shared music videos from Stephen Kellog, Novelists FR, Solomun, Designer Drugs, Alaska Reid, Chloe Flower, and Siouxsie and the Banshees!  I also shared Arlo Guthrie’s Alice Restaurant.  I paid tribute to Boris Karloff and Daria Nicolodi and shared a scene from Shock.
8. I reviewed Killer Dream Home, What If, A Very Brady Sequel, The Brady Bunch Movie, InstaPsycho, Killer Competition, Secrets in the Basement, Friends Who Kill, The Wrong Wedding Planner, The Wrong Stepfather, The Wrong House Sitter, The Wrong Cheerleader Coach, My Nightmare Landlord, Cheerleader Abduction, Cheer Squad Secrets, and Birthmother’s Betrayal!

More From Us:

1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed The Amazing Race!
2. Ryan has a patreon!  You should consider subscribing! 
3. On my music site, I shared songs from: Blondie, Altered Images, The Chemical Brothers, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Britney Spears, Underworld, and Linkin Park!
4. On her photography site, Erin shared: Staring At You, The Morning Sky, Downtown Rain, Half-Open Window, Dallas, Dallas 2, and Dallas 3!

Want to check out last week?  Click here!

Have a good week, everyone!  Say safe!

Inferno (1980, dir by Dario Argento)

Happy Thanksgiving week everyone!

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

Films I Watched:

1. After (2019)
2. The Atomic Brain (1964)
3. Birthmother’s Betrayal (2020)
4. Book of Monsters (2019)
5. Code of Silence (1985)
6. Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
7. Mangrove (2020)
8. People Like Us (1990)
9. Starcrash (1978)
10. Valley of the Dolls (1967)
11. Zandalee (1991)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 60 Days In
2. A Teacher
3. The Amazing Race 32
4. B Postitive
5. The Bachelorette
6. Bar Rescue
7. Big Sky
8. The Brady Bunch
9. Cheers
10. Coronation Street
11. The Crown
12. Court Cam
13. Dancing With The Stars
14. The Dick Van Dyke Shw
15. The Drew Barrymore Show
16. Dr. Phil
17. Fear the Walking Dead
18. Ghost Whisperer
19. Happy Days
20. M*A*S*H
21. Newhart
22. The Office
23. The Powers of Matthew Star
24. Saved By The Bell: The College Years
25. The Simpsons
26. Supernatural
27. Twilight Zone
28. The Undoing
29. The Voice
30. The Walking Dead: World Beyond
31. WKRP In Cincinnati

Books I Read:

1. Dolls!  Dolls!  Dolls! (2020) by Stephen Rebello

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Big Data
2. Blanck Mass
3. Britney Spears
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Courtney Barnett
6. Dean Martin
7. Dua Lipa
8. Jakalope
9. Joan Jett
10. Lara Snow
11. Lindsey Stirling
12. Madness
13. Phantom Planet
14. The Pretty Reckless
15. Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
16. Purity Ring
17. Saint Motel
18. Taylor Swift
19. Tony Bennett

Links From The Site:

1. Erin profiled Freeman Elliott and shared: The Girl in the Black Chemise, She Had What It Takes, Come Be My Slave, Fully Dressed And In His Right Mind, Backwoods Teaser, Bed of an Empress, and Lily in Her Coffin!
2. Jeff shared music videos from The Smithereens, The Smithereens again, Madness, Blotto, and Madness again!   He reviewed The Dead Don’t Dream, Fury At Gunsight Pass, Experiment Alcatraz, Jack MacCall Desperado, City Limits, Man From Del Rio, and Draw!
3. I shared music videos from Courtney Barnett and Psychedelic Porn Crumpets!  I reviewed Mangrove!  I paid tribute to Martin Scorsese and shared a scene from Goodfellas!
4. Ryan reviewed Honeymoon in the Afterlife, Haxan Lane, Fist Raid, and Shov Shov!

More From Us:

1. For Reality TV Chat Blog, I reviewed The Amazing Race!
2. Ryan has a patreon!  Consider subscribing!
3. On my music site, I shared songs from Saint Motel, Jakalope, Big Data, Purity Ring, Phantom Planet, Joan Jett, and The Pretty Reckless!
4. On her photography site, Erin shared: Forever Happy, Side of Abandoned House, All That Was Left Behind, A Place To Think, Butterfly, The Alley When It Rains, and Campus!

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