I spent most of this week reading old paperbacks and rewatching Breaking Bad on Netflix.  It was time well-spent.

Films I Watched:

1. Blow Out (1981)
2. Close Encounters of Third King (1977)
3. Cold Pursuit (2019)
4. Crossroads (2002)
5. From Justin to Kelly (2003)
6. Highway Dragnet (1954)
7. Palm Springs Weekend (1963)
8. Soul Surfer (2011)
9. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
10. Star Wars Episode IV — A New Hope (1977)
11. Unmasking Jihadi John (2019)
12. The Upside (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 60 Days In Narcoland
2. The Bachelorette
3. Breaking Bad
4. Big Brother 21
5. CNN 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate — Night 1
6. CNN 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate — Night 2
7. Dance Moms
8. Euphoria
9. iZombie
10. Legion
11. Love Island
12. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
13. Orange is the New Black
14. So You Think You Can Dance
15. Sweetbitter

Books I Read:

(Look at what I discovered at the Internet Archive)

1. Bait (1962) by George Cassidy
2. Naked Lens (1961) by Paul Gregory
3. Reckless (1961) by Tom Stone
4. Wanton (1960) by Ben Smith

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Amyl and the Sniffers
3. Crud
4. Bikini Kill
5. Black Marble
6. Blanck Mass
7. Carys
8. The Chainsmokers
9. Coldplay
10. HAIM
11. K. Flay
12. Lara Snow
13. Lolo Zouaï
14. Miike Snow
15. Muse
16. NAM
17. Phantogram
18. twenty-one pilots
19. UPSAHL

Links From Last Week:

1. Be sure to check out Ryan’s patreon site!
2. On her photography site, Erin shared Watching The Rain, With The Sun In The Sky, Ribbon, August, Church, Dallas, and The Possum Returns!
3. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Andrew Golden is Dead, The Brilliance of TCM (Example #3456), I Skipped The Debate and I Regret Nothing, Gracie Mansion: Where Dreams Go To Die, It Looks Like President Mike Gravel is Not Going To Happen, and Will Brexit Ever Happen?
4. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
5. For Horror Critic, I reviewed Terrifier!
6. On my online dream journal, I shared Last Night’s Canadian Dream and Last Night’s Weird Dream About The New Neighbor On An Elephant!
7. Over at SyFy Designs, I shared: A Positive Note, Where Does Summer Go?, I Woke Up To The Sound of Rain, Sad News From El Paso, and a poem from Emily Dickinson!
8. On my music site, I shared music from The Chainsmokers, Black Marble, Lara Snow, Phantogram, Amyl and the Sniffers, Carys, and K. Flay!
9. Matthew Modine, Rosanna Arquette Allege Gabrielle Carteris Mishandled SAG-AFTRA’s Sexual Harassment Protections
10. ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX sue Locast, the AT&T-backed service that streams TV for free
11. Marianne Williamson connects in a way that regular pols can’t, like Trump

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed Episodes 7 and 8 of Titans and Capsized: Blood In The Water!
2. Erin shared Endless Shadow, The Spell of Seven, Blondes Don’t Give A Damn, An Earth Man On Venus, Passionate Trio, Man Chase, and All In The Game!
3. Gary reviewed The Bride and the Beast, shared a song from Creed, and wrote about Candy Johnson!
4. Jeff shared a great moment from comic book history!
5. Ryan reviewed Bicycle Day, Within The Woods of Undead County, Something Crashed In The Woods, The Ghost Pirate, and Desolation Bay, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
6. I shared music videos from Crud, NAM, Miike Snow, Amyl and the Sniffers, Blanck Mass, HAIM, and Lolo Zouaï.  I shared the trailers for Spider In The Web, The Irishman, Queen & Slim, The Lighthouse, and 1917.  I shared my June Oscar predictions.  I reviewed Palm Springs Weekend, The Upside, Cold Pursuit, and Unmasking Jihadi John.

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Rutger Hauer, R.I.P.

Films I Watched:

1. All About Eve (1950)
2. Bad Influence (1990)
3. The Blob (1958)
4. Dressed to Kill (1980)
5. Elmer Gantry (1960)
6. Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
7. Hard Promises (1992)
8. The Hot Spot (1990)
9. In A Lonely Place (1950)
10. The In Crowd (1988)
11. L.A. 2017 (1971)
12. Meteor (1979)
13. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
14. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (2019)
15. One Night With The King (2006)
16. The Sins of Dorian Gray (1983)
17. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
18. The Time Machine (1960)
19. Toy Story 4 (2019)
20. The Wrong Tutor (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 60 Days In
2. The Bachelorette
3. Big Brother 21
4. Big Little Lies
5. Breaking Bad
6. Cheaters
7. Dance Moms
8. Euphoria
9. Fear the Walking Dead
10. Ghost Whisperer
11. Grand Hotel
12. Legion
13. Love Island
14. Orange is the New Black
15. So You Think You Can Dance
16. Sweetbitter
17. Vida

Books I Read:

1. After Dark, My Sweet (1955) by Jim Thompson
2. In A Lonely Place (1947) by Dorothy B. Hughes

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Afrojack
2. Alice Gray
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Bauhaus
5. Cedric Gervais
6. Crud
7. deadmau5
8. Ghastly
9. Go Betty Go
10. Goblin
11. Goblin Reborn
12. JOY.
13. Kedr Livanskiy
14. Lara Snow
15. Moonchild
16. Neon Indian
17. Phantogram
18. Sabrina Gunston
19. Saint Motel
20. Schlomo
21. The Simonetti Horror Project
22. twenty-one pilots

Links from Last Week:

1. Are you a comic book fan?  Are you a movie fan?  Are you into politics?  Are you a Socialist?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, please consider subscribing to Ryan The Trash Film Guru’s Patreon Site!
2. On her photography site, Erin offered up: Final Mushroom, Reaching Out, Walking on A Summer Day, The Creek On A Summer Day, Neighborhood, Bird, and Possum!
3. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: Al Franken.  Again, Boris Johnson is the New PM, The Mueller Hearings Were Strange, Happy Birthday Mick Jagger, It’s Been Six Years Since My Last Cigarette, and Alas Baltimore!
4. On my music site, I shared music from Ghastly, Leyya, Moonchild, JOY, Alice Gray, Sabrina Gunston, and Crud!
5. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
6. Kickin’ The Willy Bobo With…Mark Bousquet
7. The Defeding of Cats
8. Watch ‘The Shining’ at The Overlook Hotel’s Filming Location
9. Don’t let The New Yorker get away with its brazen Al Franken hypocrisy
10. The New Yorker Seriously Mischaracterized the Story of One of Al Franken’s Accusers

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed Episode 5 and Episode 6 of Titans!
2. Erin shared with us the Spectacular Adventures of G-8 and His Battle Aces, along with The Love Clinic, Next Stop Sinland, The Hucksters, Automatic Detective, The Oz Wonderland Chronicles, Doing What Comes Naturally, and Hootenanny Nurse!
3. Gary paid tribute to David Hedison and reviewed The Man From Laramie and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood!
4. Jeff reviewed a biography of Steve McQueen and shared music videos from Cliff Richard, George Harrison, The Whispers, Mick Jagger, and Sagat!
5. I shared music videos from Go Betty Go and Saint Motel, along with paying tribute to Rutger Hauer and reviewing Dumbo, L.A. 2017, One Night With The King, and The Hot Spot!
6. Ryan reviewed Rust Belt, Monks Mound, Pierott Alterations, and Baseline Blvd, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
7. Arleigh shared a song from The Roots and BT!

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A Trip to the Moon (1902, dir by Georges Melies)

It’s hot as Hell, the new twitter layout sucks, CBS is no longer available on Uverse, and my allergies have been driving me crazy.  What a week!  Oh well, this upcoming week will be better.

Films I Watched:

1. Apollo 13 (1995)
2. Apollo 18 (2001)
3. Double Impact (1991)
4. Dumbo (2019)
5. First Man (2018)
6. For Those Who Think Young (1964)
7. How Awful About Allan (1970)
8. The Hunter (1980)
9. Moon (2009)
10. The Right Stuff (1983)
11. A Trip To The Moon (1902)
12. The Wrong Mommy (2019)
13. Zabriskie Point (1970)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Bachelorette
2. Big Brother 21
3. The Bold and the Beautiful
4. Dance Moms
5. Days of our Lives
6. Doctor Phil
7. Face the Truth
8. General Hospital
9. Ghost Whisperer
10. Grand Hotel
11. iZombie
12. King of the Hill
13. Legion
14. Love Island
15. Profiler
16. So You Think You Can Dance
17. Veronica Mars
18. The Young and The Restless

Books I Read:

1. Behind the Bell by Dustin Diamond (2009)
2. The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen Woodiwiss (1972)
3. White by Bret Easton Ellis (2019)

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Arcade Fire
2. Big Data
3. Blanck Mass
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Daft Punk
6. Deadmau5
7. Duncan Lloyd
8. Elle King
9. Ellie Goulding
10. Ghastly
11. Goblin
12. Goo Goo Dolls
13. Kaskade
14. Moonchild
15. Phantogram
16. The Prodigy
17. The Regrettes
18. Saint Motel
19. She & Him
20. Sleigh Bells
21. Texas
22. Xul Zolar

Links From Last Week:

1. Please consider subcribing to Ryan’s patreon!
2. On her photography site, Erin shared Street in Black-and-White, Windy Day, Leaves, Leaves 2, Backyard Mushrooms, More Mushrooms, and Even More Mushrooms!
3. Over on Pop Politics, Jeff shared Shatner, Nimoy, and MAD; The (Possible) Return of Mark Sanford, 332 to 95, Captain America: The People’s Choice, Alex Ross Captures Galactus In All Of His Glory, and What I’m Reading: Smokin’ Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier by Mark Kram, Jr. 
4. On my music site, I shared songs from The Regrettes, deadmau5 and Kaskade, Xul Zolar, Arcade Fire, The Prodigy, Duncan Lloyd, and Rita Ora!
5. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
6. Kickin The Willy Bobo With…LUCAS GARRETT
7. Quentin Tarantino Says ‘Star Trek’ Will Be His Last Film If He Commits To Directing
8. Paul McCartney Has Been Secretly Writing an ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Musical
9. Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than anyone realized.  Here’s how it was saved.
10. ‘Agents of SHIELD’ to End With Season 7 at ABC
11. Marianne Williamson on Her “Woo-Woo” Rep, Hollywood Friends and Dead-Serious Plan to Save America
12. Box Office: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Passes ‘Avatar’ to Become No. 1 Grossing Film of All Time
13. The Orville Moving Exclusively to Hulu for Season 3, to Premiere in Late 2020
14. Everything Marvel has planned for Phase 4: Natalie Portman returns as a new Thor, Mahershala Ali will be Blade, Angelina Jolie trains to be an Eternal, more
15. The 2019 Emmy Nominations

Links From The Site:

1. Erin wished us all a happy Moon Day and profiled artist Morgan Kane.  She also shared Trouble Valley, Halo for A Heel, Payment in Sin, Female Convict, Corrupt Woman, How Sharp The Point, and Burro Alley!
2. Gary reviewed The Bloody Brood and For Those Who Think Young and said goodbye to Pumpsie Green!
3. Jeff reviewed Double Impact!
4. I shared music videos from She & Him, Ghastly, Goo Goo Dolls, Ellie Goulding, Big Data, Moonchild, and Daft Punk!  I shared the trailer for Cats and the trailer for Zombie Tidal Wave and my personal Emmy nominations!  I reviewed The Wrong Mommy!
5. Leonard shared the trailers for Top Gun: Maverick and It — Chapter Two!
6. Ryan reviewed Rodeo and shared his latest weekly reading round-up!

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Rip Torn in Maidstone

Rest in peace, Rip Torn.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Dark Victory (1939)
2. Forbidden Planet (1956)
3. Frogs (1972)
4. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
5. It Came From Outer Space (1953)
6. Maidstone (1970)
7. Payday (1972)
8. Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker’s Nightmare (2019)
9. Terrifier (2016)
10. The Thing From Another World (1951)
11. The War of the Worlds (1953)
12. The Wrong Boy Next Door (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Bachelorette
2. Bar Rescue
3. Big Brother 21
4. Big Little Lies
5. Dance Moms
6. Euphoria
7. Face The Truth
8. Fear the Walking Dead
9. Friday the 13th: The Shocking Truth
10. Friends
11. Grand Hotel
12. Hotel Impossible
13. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
14. The Killer Beside Me
15. King of the Hill
16. The Last Days of JFK Jr.
17. Legion
18. Love Island
19. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
20. Saved By The Bell
21. So You Think You Can Dance
22. Stranger Things
23. Sweetbitter
24. Your Worst Nightmare

Books I Read:

1. One Night at the Lake (2019) by Bethany Chase

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Avril Lavigne
3. Bat For Lashes
4. Big Data
5. Blanck Mass
6. Bob Dylan
7. Britney Spears
8. Cat Pierce
9. The Chemical Brothers
10. Coldplay
11. Daft Punk
12. David Bowie
13. Deadmau5
14. Dillon Francis
15. Ghastly
16. Gwen Stefani
17. Haim
18. Hardwell
19. Icona Pop
20. Jakalope
21. Jake Bugg
22. Jake Epstein
23. Joywave
24. Katy Perry
25. Madness
26. Meg Myers
27. Michael Fredo
28. Moby
29. Panic! at the Disco
30. Phantogram
31. P!nk
32. PVRIS
33. The Regrettes
34. Robyn
35. Saint Motel
36. She & Him
37. Skrillex
38. Sleigh Bells
39. Steve Aoki
40. Taylor Swift
41. The Ting Tings

Links From Last Week:

1. Ryan the Trashfilm Guru has a patreon and you should consider supporting it!
2. Patrick’s now a happy cat owner!
3. On her photography site, Erin shared Rest Stop, Clouds in Black-and-White, Cabin Table, Moon, Red, The Park In Black and White, and Ducks!
4. On Pop Politics, Jeff wrote about Eric Swalwell, Ross Perot, The Larry Sanders Show, Ball Four, Jeffrey Epstein, The Avengers on David Letterman, and Michael Bennet!
5. On my music site, I shared music from Robyn, The Chemical Brothers, Cat Pierce, Hardwell, Dillon Francis, The Regrettes, and Sleigh Bells!
6. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
7. RIP Rip Torn, a genuine character, a great Southern character actor–1931-2019
8. Bond 25 ‘will see actress Lashana Lynch take over from Daniel Craig to become first female 007’
9. Top 10 Underrated Performances from 1999
10. “The Commitments”! Terrific Movie Musical Is My “Cult Movie Monday!” Glen Hansard’s Rise To Oscar Gold!
11. Kickin’ The Willy Bobo With…TIMOTHY MAYER
12. Kickin’ The Willy Bobo With…BEX AARON
13. Grimace …. 33 Words

Links From The Site:

1. Case finished reviewing Stranger Things season 3: here, here, and here!
2. Erin shared Hill Billy In High Heels, The Avenue of the Pimps, Atlantic Avenue, Fog of Doubt, This is My Night, The Singing Lariat, and The Barbarians!
3. Gary reviewed Machete Maidens Unleashed and The Cincinnati Kid!
4. Jeff shared music videos from Madness, The Cutting Crew, Phil Collins, Milli Vanilli, and the Clash!  He also took a look at the time The Avengers appeared on David Letterman!
5. I shared music videos from Joywave and Moby.  I also reviewed Payday, The Wrong Boy Next Door, Trapped Model, and Stalked By My Doctor 4.
6. Ryan reviewed Expelling My Truth and the Adventures of Moonpie, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!

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Did everyone survive Independence Day?

It’s been quite a week here at the Shattered Lens Bunker.  First off, Jeff (a.k.a. Jedadiah Leland) started a personal blog on Monday and, two days later, he ended up breaking one of the biggest stories of the week!  Seriously, when I looked at the reaction to his post, I finally got to do my imitation of Edie Falco in The Comedian exclaiming, “YOU’RE GOING VIRAL!”

Meanwhile, our own Case Wright, had his Stranger Things theory proven correct!

Finally, Patrick celebrated his birthday on the 1st!  Happy birthday, Pat!

Compared to all that …. well, I pretty much did nothing.  I did manage to take out a wasp’s nest so yay me!  Here’s the rest of what I did this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Born Yesterday (1950)
2. The California Kid (1974)
3. Casablanca (1943)
4. Hometown Killer (2019)
5. The House That Jack Built (2018)
6. It Happened Last Night (1934)
7. Ninotchka (1939)
8. Trapped Model (2019)
9. Us (2019)
10. Wonder Park (2019)
11. The Wrong Stepmother (2019)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. 20/20
2. 60 Minutes
3. The Bachelorette
4. Big Brother 21
5. Big Little Lies
6. Cheerleader Generation
7. Couples Court with the Cutlers
8. Dance Moms
9. Degrassi
10. Doctor Phil
11. Euphoria
12. Face The Truth
13. Grand Hotel
14. King of The Hill
15. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
16. Love it or List It
17. The Office
18. Seinfeld
19. Shipping Wars
20. The Skyjacker Who Got Away
21. Stranger Things
22. So You Think You Can Dance

Books I Read:

1. Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of The View (2019) by Ramin Setoodeh
2. Mr. Know-It-All (2019) by John Waters

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Afrojack
2. Bat for Lashes
3. Big Data
4. Britney Spears
5. Cage the Elephant
6. Cat Pierce
7. Cedric Gervais
8. Charli XCX
9. The Chemical Brothers
10. Ed Sheeran
11. Fiona Apple
12. Haim
13. Jakalope
14. Jonas Brothers
15. Joy Division
16. Meg Myers
17. Miley Cyrus
18. New Order
19. P!nk
20. The Regrettes
21. Saint Motel
22. Taylor Swift
23. Tears for Fears
24. The Ting Tings
25. Tomoyasu Hotei
26. Tove Lo
27. UPSAHL

Links From Last Week:

1. On Pop Politics, Jeff shared: My First Post (and it’s only four years late!), I’m Watching Metropolis on TCM, Lee Iacocca For President?, Mad Magazine Is Shutting Down (UPDATED), Happy 4th of July, Is Justin Amash Running For President?, Robert Blake on 20/20, Is Mike Gravel Ending His Presidential Campaign?, and One Of My Favorite Comic Book Moments: Alex Ross Brings Spider-Man To Life In Marvels
2. On her photography site, Erin shared: White Rock Lake 3, Fireworks, More Fireworks, Happy 4th of July, No Swimming, Grove, and Bench!
3. On my music site, I shared songs from The Ting Tings, Charli XCX, Fiona Apple, Team America: World Police, Bat For Lashes, Meg Myers, and Bat For Lashes again!
4. I reviewed Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
5. National media outlets told the story of David Briscoe surviving the Santa Fe shooting. He wasn’t there.
6. Green Goblin & Doctor Octopus Might Not Make It Into Spider-Man 3
7. Mad Magazine Is Basically Dead
8. Thirty Years On, Seinfeld Still Can’t Be Beat
9. Johnny Marr invites fan up on stage to play guitar on This Charming Man…and he absolutely smashes it

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed Episode 1 and Episode 2 of the third season of Stranger Things!
2. Erin highlighted the adventures of Secret Service Operator #5 and shared some vintage postcards, some American film posters, and vintage fireworks advertisements!  She also wished America a happy birthday with the help of John Wayne.  And she shared the following artwork: Canadian Crisis, Shark Island, Desert Town, Triggerman, Everybody Loves A Looker, Shotgun Gold, and True Crime!
3. Doc wished everyone a Happy Canada Day!
4. Gary wrote about the Cowsills, Wipeout, White Line Fever, and High-Ballin‘!
5. Jeff reviewed Naked Obsession and wrote about Mad Magazine shutting down.  He shared music videos from Kim Wilde, The Hooters, AC/DC, and Huey Lewis and the News!
6. Leonard shared the trailer for Knives Out!
7. Ryan reviewed Galactic Friends, Zerosis Deathscape #1, and Teratoid Heights, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
8. I shared music videos from Sarah McLachlan, P!nk, and Crud.  I also wished everyone a Happy 4th of July and I reviewed The House That Jack Built, The Wrong Stepmother, and Hometown Killer!  Finally, I shared 4 Shots From 4 Films and wrote about my experiences on National Bikini Day!

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Love you, Canada!

Monday is Canada Day so I spent most of Sunday celebrating by watching Degrassi!  I imagine I’ll do the same tomorrow.  Love you, Canada!

What a week.  On my first night back from my vacation, I got a call from my neighbor and was informed that some strange man had just put a piece of paper on my car’s windshield.  After throwing on some clothes, I ran outside and discovered that I had been given a parking ticket for parking in front of my own house!  (Usually, I park in the driveway but, on Monday, we had company so I did the nice thing and let them have the driveway.)  According to the ticket, I was guilty of “Illegal Parking — Facing Traffic.”

And listen, I get it.  If you’re parking in the city, you need to park so you’re not facing traffic.  But this was a residential street, one that hardly has any traffic.  I mean, at the very least, give me a warning before charging me 60 dollars!

Later, I would learn that I was one of several people in the neighborhood to have been given a parking ticket that night.  Apparently, some good citizen decided to call the police and let them know that something had to be done about all the people parking in the street!

Well, here’s the good thing.  After three days of trying, I was finally able to look up my citation online and I discovered that the charges had been dismissed and the ticket had been reduced to just being a “warning.”  Unofficially, I’ve been informed that all the citations were originally meant to be just warnings but the cop they sent down to the neighborhood apparently screwed up and gave out actual tickets.  On Thursday, I got a “Dear Resident” letter from the police department, saying that all of the “charges” filed against the residents of the neighborhood had been dropped “in the interest of justice.”

Which …. you know, whatever.  As long as I don’t have to pay 60 dollars for parking in front of my house, that’s all that matters to me.  Still, if there was any chance of me becoming any less anti-government this year, this experience killed it.

Anyway, that’s my drama of the week.  In other news, I started my summer job writing for the Big Brother Blog this week!  And I watched some movies and I read a lot of books about traffic law.

In fact, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

1. A Bride’s Revenge (2019)
2. Captive State (2019)
3. A Daughter’s Deception (2019)
4. From Russia With Love (1963)
5. Prophecy (1979)
6. Road House (1989)
7. Staged Killer (2019)
8. Viewer Discretion Advised (1996)
9. The Wild One (1953)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate — Night 1
2. The 2020 Democratic Presidential Debate — Night 2
3. The Amazing Race 31
4. The Bachelorette
5. Big Brother 21
6. Big Little Lies
7. Cheerleader Generation
8. Dance Moms
9. Degrassi
10. Doctor Phil
11. Euphoria
12. Face the Truth
13. Fear the Walking Dead
14. Grand Hotel
15. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
16. iZombie
17. Jeopardy
18. King of the Hill
19. Legion
20. Vida
21. Wheel of Fortune

Books I Read:

1. Beat Your Traffic Ticket: How to Go to Court and Win! (2015) by Mick Reiser
2. How to Get Out of a Traffic Ticket and 9 Other Tips to Get What You Want Using Body Language (2014) by Traci Brown
3. How to get out of a Traffic Ticket : Written by a former Police Officer (2018) by Mark Ferrusi
4. Police State: How America’s Cops Get Away with Murder (2015) by Gerry Spence
5. Seven Principles of Good Government (2012) by Gov. Gary Johnson
6. Tickets You Never Knew Existed (2011) by Scott R. Miller

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adam Rickfors
2. Big Data
3. Calvin Harris
4. Cassius
5. Cat Pierce
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Downtown Sasquatch
8. Jakalope
9. Jake Epstein
10. P!nk
11. Phantogram
12. The Regrettes
13. Robert DeLong
14. The Ting Tings
15. Tove Lo

Links from Last Week:

1. On her photography site, Erin shared Tree, The Sky, Life Saver, SMU Athletic Field, Driving in the Rain, White Rock Lake, and White Rock Lake 2!
2. I started my summer job of writing about Big Brother for the Big Brother Blog!
3. I wrote about the finale of The Amazing Race!
4. On my music site, I shared music from The Chemical Brothers, Cassius, Calvin Harris, P!nk, Tove Lo, Cat Pierce, and The Regrettes!
5. For Horror Critic, I reviewed 1979’s Prophecy!

Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed the third episode of Titans!  He also reviewed Professor Marston and the Wonder Women!
2. Erin profiled John Coleman Burroughs and shared the following artwork: Two-Timing Sister (uh oh), Cat Man, Crazy To Kill, Desk Wife, The Dove, Killer Shark, and Killer Sharks!
3. Gary reviewed Mighty Joe Young and Eddie and the Cruisers!
4. Jeff shared music videos from The Beach Boys, Madness, Information Society, Mick Smiley, and PJ Harvey!
5. Ryan reviewed All-Time Comics : Zerosis Deathscape” #0 and Deadly Prey, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
6. I shared my Oscar predictions for June.  I shared music videos from The Ting Tings and The Regrettes!  I shared teasers from James Bond 25 and Hobbs & Shaw.  I reviewed The Adventurers and The Wild One!

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HAPPY CANADA DAY!

I’m home!  Thank you to Rose, Kim, Johnny, Baltimore, New York, and Rochester for being so wonderfully friendly and accommodating last week!

After spending the previous two weeks on vacation, I’m home and I’m ready to jump into the second half of 2019!  As I sit here typing this, there’s a big storm raging outside.  Hopefully, the rest of this year will be as exciting as this storm.

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

Films I Watched:

1. The Concorde: Airport ’79 (1979)
2. Death of a Cheerleader (2019)
3. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
4. A Friend To Die For (1994)
5. Like Crazy (2011)
6. The Lady in Red (1979)
7. Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus (2009)
8. Model Shop (1969)
9. My Stepfather’s Secret (2019)
10. Nightcrawler (2014)
11. The Twisted Son (2019)
12. Zombi 2 (1979)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race 31
2. The Bachelorette
3. Big Little Lies
4. Dance Moms
5. Entertainment Tonight
6. Euphoria
7. Friends
8. Highwire Live In Times Square with Nik Wallenda
9. House Hunters International
10. iZombie
11. Jane the Virgin
12. King of the Hill
13. Off Script with Bruce Johnson

Books I Read:

1. Blood Oath (2019) by Linda Fairstein
2. Disaster Movies: The Ultimate Guide (2007) by Glenn Kay and Michael Rose

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Afrojack
3. Alvin Risk
4. Armin Van Buuren
5. Avicii
6. Camila Cabello
7. Cassius
8. The Chemical Brothers
9. Crud
10. The Crystal Method
11. Daft Punk
12. David Guetta
13. Dillon Francis
14. DJ Snake
15. Jakalope
16. Saint Motel
17. Shawn Mendes
18. Sleigh Bells
19. Steve Aoki
20. Swedish House Mafia
21. Tiesto
22. UPSAHL
23. Zedd

Links from Last Week:

1. On her photography site, Erin shared: Weed In A Storm Gutter, Under the Bridge, The Favorite, Between the Trees, Subtly Southwest, The Train, and DART Tracks!
2. I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!
3. The pleasures of Pauline Kael
4. Philippe Zdar, Founding Member of French House Pioneers Cassius, Dies at 50
5. Cassius Pay Tribute to Philippe Zdar With ‘Dreems’ Album Release: Stream It Now

Links From The Site:

(I’m so fortunate to be able to work with these wonderful people!)

1. Case reviewed the first and the second episode of Titans!
2. Erin shared the covers of Two Complete Detective Books and the many adventures of Johnny Dekker!  She also shared: You’d Be Surprised, The Whispering Corpse, Planet Stories, Morals Squad, Main Line, Kill me Sweet, and Of A Strong Woman!
3. Gary took a look at We’ll Sing In The Sunshine, Lady Street Fighter, and Welcome to Mooseport!
4. Jeff reviewed An Innocent Man and shared music videos from Huey Lewis and the News, Bananarama, Christopher Cross, Danzig, Blotto, and Murray Head!
5. Val reviewed The Kids of Degrassi of Street: Sophie Minds The Store!
6. I shared a music video from Cassius and reviewed The Haunting of Sharon Tate, Model Shop, Death of a Cheerleader, and My Stepfather’s Secret!
7. Patrick reviewed Dolls!
8. Ryan reviewed: Crime Destroyer #1, Bullwhip #1, Atlas #1, Blind Justice #1, Crime Destroyer #2, Blind Justice #2, Bad Ben: The Way In, and Dybbuk Box : True Story Of Chris Chambers.  He also shared his weekly reading round-up!

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

It’s a short list this week because Jeff and I are on vacation!  We’ll be back at the end of next week.

Film I Watched:

1. Backdraft 2 (2019)
2. Blood Red (1989)
3. The California Kid (1974)
4. Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983)
5. Firehouse (1973)
6. Murder Mystery (2019)
7. Shoot (1976)
8. Skatetown USA (1979)
9. Sky Riders (1976)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race 31
2. The Bachelorette
3. Big Little Lies
4. Court Justice
5. Dance Moms
6. Euphoria
7. Fear the Walking Dead
8. iZombie

Books I Read:

1. Keep You Close (2019) by Karen Cleveland

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Big Data
2. Britney Spears
3. Charli XCX
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Goblin
6. Haim
7. Hardwell
8. Icona Pop
9. Nox Arcana
10. Radiohead

Links From Last Week:

1. On her photography site, Erin shared Drenched By The Sun, Tree on a Hill in Black and White, Dark Clouds, Creek, The Flag Survived, Fence, and Baseball Field.
2. On my music site, I shared a song from Lindsey Buckingham!
3. I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!

Links From The Site:

1. Erin reviewed Hero and shared the covers of New Detective and North-West Romances.  She also shared: Kiss Her Goodbye, The Merciless Mermaid, Break-Up, Star Western, A Town in Heat, The Love of a Lion, and Science Fiction Quarterly.
2. Gary reviewed Robot Monster, More Dead Than Alive, and The Third Man.  He paid tribute to the late Sylvia Miles.
3. Jeff shared music videos from Violent Femmes, Michael Bolton, Julian Lennon, Cinderella, and KISS .  He reviewed Blood Red, The California Kid, Cocaine and Blue Eyes, Firehouse, and The Dirt.
4. I shared the latest video from The Chemical Brothers and reviewed Murder Mystery!
5. Ryan reviewed Memorabilia, What the Actual, and Blossoms in Autumn, along with sharing his weekly reading list!

Want to see what I watched, read, and listened to last week?  Click here!

As of right now, I’m on vacation!

Woo hoo!

What does this mean?  Well, it means that, for two weeks, I get to relax and travel with my favorite human being and see family, both present and perhaps future, as well!  *wink*  It also means that I can get caught up with some reviewing as well.  Can you believe that 2019 is nearly halfway over?

Anyway, here’s my list of last week’s pop cultural accomplishments:

Films I Watched:

1. The Adventurers (1970)
2. The Cleaning Lady (2019)
3. Crossroads (2002)
4. Deadwood: The Movie (2019)
5. Dragged Across Concrete (2019)
6. Fighting With My Family (2019)
7. Fried Barry (2019)
8. Gimme Shelter (1970)
9. Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
10. Happy Death Day 2 U (2019)
11. The Haunting of Sharon Tate (2019)
12. How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
13. Isn’t it Romantic? (2019)
14. The Legend of Bigfoot (1976)
15. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
16. Murder in the First (1995)
17. Native Son (2019)
18. The Prodigy (2019)
19. Serenity (2019)
20. Spirits in the Dark (2019)
21. A Star is Born (2018)
22. The Top Rope (2019)
23. Woodstock (1970)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The 73rd Annual Tony Awards
2. The Amazing Race 31
3. Big Little Lies
4. Black Mirror
5. The Bold and the Beautiful
6. Chernobyl
7. Couples Court with the Cutlers
8. Dance Moms
9. Doctor Phil
10. Face the Truth
11. Fear the Walking Dead
12. General Hospital
13. Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back
14. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
15. iZombie
16. King of the Hill
17. Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court
18. The Office
19. Paradise Hotel
20. Project Runway
21. So You Think You Can Dance
22. Vida
23. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

1. The Lost Night (2019) by Andrea Bartz
2. Smitten by the Brit (2019) by Melonie Johnson
3. Spitfire in Love (2019) by Isabelle Ronin

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Adi Ulmansky
3. Avicii
4. Big Data
5. Blondie
6. Bob Dylan
7. Britney Spears
8. Cedric Gervais
9. Charli XCX
10. The Chemical Brothers
11. Chromatics
12. Chrysta Bell
13. Coldplay
14. Crud
15. The Crystal Method
16. Daft Punk
17. DJ Judaa
18. DJ Snake
19. Dillon Francis
20. Edgar Allan Poets
21. Gwen Stefani
22. Halsey
23. Hrdza
24. Icona Pop
25. Jakalope
26. Jake Bugg
27. The Jonas Brothers
28. Katy Perry
29. Kedr Livanskiy
30. Lindsey Stirling
31. Neon Indian
32. Rebecca & Fiona
33. R.E.M.
34. Saint Motel
35. She & Him
36. Skrillex
37. Steve Aoki
38. Taylor Swift
39. Tegan and Sara
40. Will.I.Am.

Links From Last Week:

1. On her photography site, Erin shared: Plant in the Rain, Stop, Back Yard in Black-and-White, End Road Work, Nature’s Revenge, Even Dolls Need Pets, and Scarecrow!
2. On my music site, I shared music from Tegan and Sara, Katy Perry, Arlo Guthrie, Halsey, Dillon Francis and Skrillex, Taylor Swift, and Gwen Stefani!
3. I reviewed the latest episode of The Amazing Race!
4. Destroy All Humans!  video game reboot announced
5. OVERDUE — ACADEMY to Honor DAVID LYNCH, GEENA DAVIS, WES STUDI AND LINA WERTMÜLLER
6. Russia hates HBO’s Chernobyl, decides to make its own series
7. Leftover Wine

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared the fast covers of Speed Mystery and also: Oh Careless Love, An End To Passion, A Touch of Death, Ray’s Rock on Omaha Beach, Passport to Peril, SoHo Sins, and The Twenty Year Death!  She also shared 12 images of D-Day from the artists who were actually there!
2. Gary commemorated the 3rd of June and reviewed Death Wish and Little Caesar!
3. Jeff reviewed Runaway and shared videos from Greg Kihn Band, Weird All Yankovic, and the following from ZZ Top: Gimme All Your Lovin‘, Sharp-Dressed Man, Legs, Sleeping Bag, and Rough Boy!
4. I shared the trailer for Ad Astra and reviewed The Cleaning Lady, Fried Barry, The Top Rope, Spirits in the Dark, The Lego Movie 2, and Happy Death Day 2U!
5. Ryan shared his weekly reading round-up and reviewed Red Ultramarine, The Structure is Rotten Comrade, and Gender Queer!

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

Have a great week!

How is it June already!?

2019 is flying by a lot faster than I thought it would. This month is going to be about playing catch-up. Interestingly, this month is also going to be about going on vacation before my summer job at the Big Brother Blog begins so we’ll see how those two goals mix.  (Fear not!  Even while I’m keeping the Big Brother Blog updated, I’ll also be posting film review here and over at Horror Critic!)

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

Movies I Watched:

1. Deadly Deception (1987)
2. The House of Fear (1945)
3. Mommy Group Murder (2019)
4. Monster Island (2019)
5. Nine (2009)
6. Party Mom (2018)
7. Popeye Doyle (1986)
8. Praying Mantis (1993)
9. Shattered Innocence (1988)
10. SnakeEater III; His Law (1993)
11. West Side Story (1961)
12. Wonderland (2003)

Televisions Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race 31
2. American Monster
3. A.P. Bio
4. Archer
5. The Bachelorette
6. Cheaters
7. Chernobyl
8. Degrassi
9. DFW Golf Weekly
10. The Face Of Evil
11. Face the Truth
12. Fear the Walking Dead
13. Fosse/Verdon
14. Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back
15. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
16. The Judge
17. King of the Hill
18. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
19. Open House NYC
20. Paradise Hotel
21. Seinfeld
22. Shipping Wars
23. The Spanish Princess
24. Texas Bucket List
25. True Crime Files
26. Twin Peaks: The Return
27. Vida
28. Yolo, TX

Books I Read:

1. The Awakening (1899) by Kate Chopin
2. Doctor Sleep (2013) by Stephen King
3. The Shining (1977) by Stephen King

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Armin van Buuren
2. Banks
3. Big Data
4. Bikini Kill
5. Billie Eilish
6. Britney Spears
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. Gwen Stefani
9. Hrdza
10. Jakalope
11. Katy Perry
12. Moby
13. Panic! At The Disco
14. Patti Smith
15. Siouxsie and the Banshees
16. Sleater-Kinney
17. Sleigh Bells
18. The Slits
19. Steve Aoki
20. Taylor Swift
21. Tiesto
22. UPSAHL

Links From Last Week:

1. On her photography site, Erin shared America, Empty Room, Majesty, Searching Bird, Garden Path, Patio in the Rain, and My Favorite Turtle!
2. I reviewed the latest episode of the Amazing Race!
3. On my music site, I shared songs from Letters From Home Singers, Sleater-Kinney, Patti Smith, Bikini Kill, Redbone, BANKS, and Siouxsie and the Banshees!
4. The end of Monty Python? Terry Jones’ dementia is so bad he can no longer speak
5. MTV Removes Jason Mitchell’s Movie & TV Awards Nomination in Light of Alleged Misconduct
6. ‘Godfather’ Actor Carmine Caridi Dies at 85
7. Moby cancels book tour after Natalie Portman controversy
8. Marc Webb Eyed to Direct Disney’s ‘Snow White’ Remake

 Links From The Site:

1. Case reviewed Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
2. Erin paid tribute to Memorial Day and shared the pin-up art of George Quintana, along with sharing the following art: Off Limits, Virgin Planet (my favorite!), Mammoth Detective, Charlie Sent Me, The Warped Ones, Special Detective, and The Vice Net!
3. Gary reviewed Gung Ho!, Family Plot, and Slap Shot!
4. Jeff reviewed The Winds of War and War Remembrance, Slow Boy, Popeye Doyle, American Me, and Saints and Sinners!  He also shared two music videos from Rick Springfield: Bop ‘Til Your Drop and Jessie’s Girl!
5. I shared my May Oscar Predictions and a scene from Dirty Harry!  I also shared trailers for Last Blood, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, and The Kitchen!  Finally, I reviewed Monster Island and Mommy Group Murder!
6. Ryan shared his weekly reading round-up and reviewed Bezimena, Cannonball, and Motel Universe!

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

Have a great week, everyone!

Godzilla, Rodan, Ghidorah, and Mothra. All panning on having a great week, by the way.