Last week, at this time, I was feeling incredibly ill.  This week, I’m feeling better.  I’m a bit congested but, given the weather and all the cold air, I’m sure I’m not the only one.

As I sit here in my little home office, shivering even though I’m wearing a jacket inside and I’ve got the heat on, I can hear the windows shaking with each gust of wind.  Overnight, the temperature went from being in the mid-50s to being below freezing.  The last time the temperature got this cold down here, it snowed and I had to spend the week dealing with rolling blackouts.  Hopefully, that won’t happen this week.  I wouldn’t mind some snow but I definitely need power because I have a lot of movies that I need to watch.  I also hope to buy a new laptop this week because the one that I’m currently using is starting to show some signs of its age.

I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to post as much this week as I usually do.  If we get hit by rolling blackouts again …. agck!  I don’t even want to think about it.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Aftermath (2024)
2. Airplane! (1980)
3. Ant-Man and the Wasp in Quantumania (2023)
4. A.P.E.X (1994)
5. Barbie (2023)
6. The Equalizer 3 (2023)
7. Nyad (2023)
8. Payback (1999)
9. Polaroid (2019)
10. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023)
11. The Super Mario Bros Movie (2023)
12. Thief (1971)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Baywatch Nights
2. Check It Out
3. CHiPs
4. Critics Choice Awards
5. Dr. Phil
6. Fantasy Island
7. Friday the 13th: The Series
8. Highway to Heaven
9. The Love Boat
10. Maury
11. Miami Vice
12. Monsters
13. Night Flight
14. Sally Jessy Raphael
15. Saved By The Bell
16. The Steve Wilkos Show
17. T and T
18. Turn-On!
19. TV 2000
20. Welcome Back Kotter

Books I Read:

1. The Broken Hummingbird (2023) by Anne Marie Jackson
2. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood’s Kings of Carnage (2023) by Nick de Semlyen
3. Surely, You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane! (2023) by David Zuker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abrahams

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Above & Beyond
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Ashlee Simpson
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. The Cure
8. Ellie Goulding
9. Jessica Simpson
10. The Kinks
11. Rita Coolidge
12. Saint Motel
13. Selena Gomez
14. Spice Girls
15. Taylor Swift
16. Till Tuesday
17. Yvonne Elliman

Awards Season:

1. Golden Globe Winners
2. Columbus Film Critics Circle Winners
3. Set Decorator Society Nominations
4. Georgia Film Critics Association Winners
5. DiscussingFilm Critics Awards Winners
6. National Society of Film Critics Winners
7. Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Winners
8. Utah Film Critics Association Winners 
9. Portland Critics Association Nominations
10. North Dakota Film Society Nominations
11. Music City Film Critics Association Nominations
12. Chicago Indie Critics Nominations
13. Seattle Film Critics Society Winners
14. SAG Nominations
15. DGA Nominations
16. Austin Film Critics Association Winners
17. Houston Film Critics Society Nominations
18. PGA Nominations
19. Denver Film Critics Society
20. American Society of Cinematographers Nominations
21. San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Winners
22. Art Directors Guild Nominations
23. Cinema Audio Society Nominations
24. AARP Nominations
25. Hawaii Film Critics Society Winners

Live Tweets:

1. A.P.E.X.
2. Payback
3. Airplane!
4. Polaroid 

News From Last Week:

1. TV Critic Tom Shales Dies At 79
2. Author Edward Jay Epstein Dies At 88
3. Actor Adan Canto Dies At 42
4. Actress Joyce Randolph Dies At The Age of 99
5. Daytime TV Legend Billy Hayes Dies At 98
6. Soap Star Alex Musser Dead At 50
7. Actor Peter Crombie Dies At 71
8. Drummer James Kottak Dies At 61
9. RFK Jr. backs out of his own birthday fundraiser gala after Martin Sheen, Mike Tyson said they’re not attending
10. Open letter about Oscars calls out diversity initiative exclusion of Jews

Links From Last Week:

1. Weaving a Tapestry of Magick, Creativity, and Rebellion
2. Cinema “A – Z” Rolls Out Ten Classic “B” Movies!
3. Tater’s Week in Review 1/12/24

Links From The Site:

1. I shared a music video from my girl, Melanie C!
2. I announced I was sick.
3. I shared my week in television!
4. I reviewed Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Turn-On, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check It Out!
5. I reviewed Golda, Nyad, The Equalizer 3, Aftermath, and Thief!
6. I paid tribute to Ulu Grosbard, Walter Hill, Alfonso Arau, Rob Zombie, John McNaughton, and Joseph Losey!
7. I shared a song from Marjoe Gortner!
8. I shared scenes from Sabata, The Warriors, Plan 9 From Outer Space, and Bonnie and Clyde!
9. Jeff shared music videos from Madness, Buster Poindexter, Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, and LL Cool J!
10. Jeff paid tribute to John McTiernan!
11. Jeff shared a scene from Jailhouse Rock!
12. Erin shared Titter, True Confessions, Reel Humor, Shameless Woman, Computu-Nymph, House Call, and Tobasco!

More From Us:

1. At my music site, I shared songs from Above & Beyond, Amy Winehouse, The Chemical Brothers, Jessica Simpson, Armin van Buuren, Ellie Goulding, and Selena Gomez!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Swing, Rain, Ominous, Old TV Shows, Natural Light, Razorbacks, and Longhorns!

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

Ugh.  I got really, really sick this evening so I apologize because I’m only going to be able to do a bare bones week in review this week.  I’ll be back at full strength next week Sunday!

Films I Watched:

1. The Believers (1987)
2. Death Cruise (1974)
3. Gran Turismo (2023)
4. Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare (2023)
5. Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
6. M*A*S*H (1970)
7. May December (2023)
8. Mean Streets (1973)
9. Patton (1970)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Baywatch Nights
2. Check It Out
3. Degrassi Junior High
4. Dr. Phil
5. Fantasy Island
6. Forgive or Forget
7. Friday the 13th: The Series
8. Highway to Heaven
9. The Love Boat
10. Monsters
11. Night Flight
12. Password
13. Saved By The Bell
14. Tattletales
15. Turn-On!
16. The Twilight Zone
17. Welcome Back, Kotter

Links From Last Week:

1. A Theater Puts Out A “James Bond” Warning! That Story + My 2024 “007” Review-A-Thon!
2. Tater’s Week in Review 1/6/24
3. Are you paying attention?
4. Be sure to check out Leonard’s review of Godzilla Minus One!
5. Be sure to check out Jeff’s review of Death Warrant!

Click here for last week!

Happy New Year!

I spent the week at my sister Megan’s, which was fun despite the fact that I was under the weather for quite a bit of it.  Tonight, I am celebrating New Year’s and I’m looking forward to spending the first month of 2024 getting caught up on all the stuff I still need to watch from 2023!

Anyway, the year is over!  We survived!  Now, onward to 2024!

But first, here’s what I watched, read, and listened to this week!

Films I Watched:

1. After Everything (2023)
2. Bones and All (2022)
3. The Bride and the Beast (1958)
4. A Christmas Story (1983)
5. Death Warrant (1990)
6. Golda (2023)
7. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
8. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)
9. Top Gunner: America vs Russia (2023)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. All You Need Is Love
2. The Bold and the Beautiful
3. California Dreams
4. CHiPs
5. Days of our Lives
6. Dr. Death
7. Dr. Phil
8. General Hospital
9. The Garden: Cult or Commune?
10. Jennifer Slept Here
11. The Love Boat
12. Monsters
13. Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, Reckoning
14. Night Flight
15. Saved By The Bell
16. The Simpsons
17. T and T
18. Twilight Zone
19. The Young and the Restless

Books I Read:

1. Killers of the Flower Moon (2017) by David Grann

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Arctic Monkeys
4. Aretha Franklin
5. Armin van Buuren
6. Ashlee Simpson
7. Boomerang
8. Britney Spears
9. The Chemical Brothers
10. Club N0uveau
11. Cyndi Lauper
12. David Hasselhoff
13. Doctor and the Medics
14. Fine Young Cannibals
15. Frank Sinatra
16. Hazel English
17. Jennifer Lopez
18. Jessica Simpson
19. Jessie Ware
20. Nancy Sinatra
21. Nine Inch Nails
22. The Pretenders
23. The Prodigy
24. Saint Motel
25. Sinead O’Connor
26. Taylor Swift
27. Tony Bennett

Live Tweets:

1. Death Warrant
2. Bones and All

Awards Season:

1. Nevada Film Critics Society Winners
2. DiscussingFilm Critics Awards Nominations
3. Georgia Film Critics Association Nominations
4. Lisa Marie’s Oscar Predictions for December

News From Last Week:

1. Beloved actor Tom Wilkinson dies at 75
2. Dancer Maurice Hines dies at 80
3. Director David Leland dies at 82
4. Comedian Shecky Greene dies at 97
5. Documentarian John Pilger dies at 87
6. Comedian Tom Smothers dies at 86
7. British actor Richard Franklin dies at 87, on Christmas Day

Links From Last Week:

1. Welcome To The 2023 White House Holiday Party! A Philadelphia Eagles Serenade To The First Lady!
2. Ringing in 2024 – Rock-Vixen/Witch style

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Love Story, Film Fun, New York Madness, Ecstasy Girl, Real Screen Fun, Detective Story Magazine, and Progressive Grocer!
2. Erin shared her favorite moment of 2023 and wished everyone a Merry Christmas!
3. I shared my week in television!
4. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, ChiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, and Highway to Heaven!  Then I took a break for New Year’s!
5. I paid tribute to Carol Reed, F.W. Murnau, and Yvonne Elliman!
6. I shared music videos from Jessie Ware, Arctic Monkeys, Britney Spears, David Hasselhoff, Hazel English, Jennifer Lopez, and Sinead O’Connor!
7. I shared Treevenge!

More From Us:

1. At my music site, I shared songs from Armin Van Buuren, Jessica Simpson, The Chemical Brothers, Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse, The Prodigy, Ashlee Simpson, and Taylor Swift!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Merry Christmas, Branches, Dish, Limbs, Birds, Squirrel, and America!

Want to check out last week?  Click here!

Merry Christmas!

Films I Watched:

1. A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
2. The Canyons (2013)
3. Die Hard (1988)
4. Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990)
5. Homicide: The Movie (2000)
6. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
7. The Night They Saved Christmas (1984)
8. Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
9. Snoopy, Come Home (1972)
10. Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus (1991)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Baywatch Nights
2. The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas
3. A Charlie Brown Christmas Special
4. Check It Out
5. CHiPs
6. Degrassi Junior High
7. Fantasy Island
8. Friday the 13th
9. Highway to Heaven
10. Jennifer Slept Here
11. The Love Boat
12. Monsters
13. The Murder of Jill Dando
14. The Office
15. Seinfeld
16. T and T
17. Welcome Back Kotter

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Big Data
4. Blake Lewis
5. Britney Spears
6. Carrie Underwood
7. The Chemical Brothers
8. Coldplay
9. Crystal Method
10. Darlene Love
11. David Bowie
12. Dean Martin
13. Ellie Goulding
14. John Oates
15. Katharine McPhee
16. Kelly Clarkson
17. Kylie Minogue
18. Lindsey Stirling
19. Lordi
20. Mac DeMarco
21. Saint Motel
22. Shakira
23. Taylor Hicks
24. Taylor Swift
25. Yvonne Elliman

Live Tweets:

1. Homicide: The Movie
2. Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
3. Santa Claus Conquers The Martians

Trailers:

1. The Bikeriders

Awards Season:

1. Satellite Nominations
2. North Texas Film Critics Association Winners
3. Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Association Winners
4. Phoenix Film Critics Society Winners
5. Indiana Film Journalists Association Winners
6. Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Winners
7. Online Association of Female Film Critics Nominations
8. Women Film Critics Circle Winners
9. San Diego Film Critics Society Winners
10. Black Film Critics Circle Winners
11. North Carolina Film Critics Association Nominations 
12. Florida Film Critics Winners
13. Academy Shortlists
14. Online Association Female Film Critics Winners
15. Society of Composers and Lyricists Nominations
16. Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Nominations

News From Last Week:

1. Dallas-based Journalist Hugh Aynesworth Dies At 92
2. Christmas Box Office: ‘Aquaman 2’ Sinks With $40 Million Debut
3. Jury finds Jonathan Majors guilty of assault and harassment
4. Magazine Dreams: Unreleased Jonathan Majors Movie With Oscar Buzz Gets Update After Trial Verdict
5. Marvel Will Part Ways With Jonathan Majors After Guilty Verdict

Links From Last Week:

1. A Child’s Christmas in Space.
2. David Bowie’s Legendary Holiday Duet With Bing Crosby! “The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth!” The Inside Secrets Of This Holiday Classic!
3. Celebrating New York’s Incredible Holiday Lights! 30 Rock’s Christmas Tree And A Wild Holiday Light Show!
4. Tater’s Week in Review 12/22/23
5. Yule Tidings 2023: The Tree

Links From The Site:

1. Necromoonyeti shared his top albums of 2023!
2. Jeff wished us all a happy Festivus!
3. Erin shared Silk Stocking Annual, Joker, Grinch, Popular Detective, Film Fun, The Wizard, and Giving Santa His Seat!
4. I shared my week in television!
5. I shared Santa Claus Conquers The Martians!
6. I reviewed Little Miss Millions and The Night They Saved Christmas!
7. I reviewed Degrassi, Miami Vice, Baywatch Nights, Fantasy Island, CHiPs, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check It Out!
8. I shared music videos from Mac DeMarco, Kylie Minogue, Katharine McPhee, Taylor Hicks, Blake Lewis, Lindsey Stirling, and Shakira!
9. I paid tribute to Steven Spielberg, Jack Nance, and Michael Curtiz!

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Christmas In Hollis!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Searching the Snow, Holidays, Just A Dark Street, Fountain On A Gray Day, Holiday Welcome, Christmas Trees Behind Plastic, and Merry Christmas Eve!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Bing Crosby and David Bowie, Dean Martin, Coldplay, Britney Spears, Ellie Goulding, Amy Winehouse, and The Chemical Brothers!

Check out what I watched last week by clicking here!

Christmas is coming!  Starting on Monday, I’m looking forward to all of the Bowman sisters being together for the next two weeks!  There are so many movies to watch and presents to wrap and love to give.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Assassin (2023)
2. Bob and Don: A Love Story (2023)
3. M3GAN (2023)
4. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
5. Rustin (2023)
6. Knight and Day (2010)
7. Little Miss Millions (1993)
8. Night Partners (1983)
9. Scrooge (1935)
10. Total Reality (1997)
11. Training Day (2001)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. All In the Family
2. Baywatch Nights
3. Check It Out!
4. CHiPs
5. Degrassi Junior High
6. Fantasy Island
7. Friday the 13th: The Series
8. Frosty the Snowman
9. Frosty’s Return
10. Hell’s Kitchen
11. Highway to Heaven
12. Jennifer Slept Here
13. The Love Boat
14. Monsters
15. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
16. Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
17. T and T
18. Welcome Back, Kotter

Books I Read:

1. Prophet Song (2023) by Paul Lynch
2. Romantic Comedy (2023) by Curtis Sittenfeld

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Ashlee Simpson
4. Billy Squier
5. Britney Spears
6. Elton John
7. Exit Eden
8. Fiona Apple
9. Fletcher
10. Florence + The Machine
11. Gwen Stefani
12. Hazel English
13.  Jennifer Lopez
14. Jessica Simpson
15. Jessie Ware
16. Jungle
17. Kylie Minogue
18. Lili Refrain
19. Paul McCartney
20. Rita Coolidge
21. Saint Motel
22. Shakira
23. Taylor Swift
24. Tiesto
25. Tomoyasu Hotei
26. Tracey Thorn
27. Yvonne Elliman

Live Tweets:

1. Total Reality
2. Knight and Day
3. Miracle on 34th Street
4. M3GAN

Awards Season:

1. Golden Globe Nominations
2. Chicago Film Critics Association Winners
3. Indiana Film Journalists Association Nominations
4. North Texas Film Critics Association Nominations
5. Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations
6. Critics Choice Award Nominations
7. Florida Film Critics Circle Nominations
8. Las Vegas Film Critics Society Winners
9. New York Film Critics Online Winners
10. Phoenix Critics Circle Winners
11. Black Reel Awards Nominations
12. Boston Online Film Critics Association Winners
13. Utah Film Critics Association Nominations
14. San Diego Film Critics Society Nominations
15. Toronto Film Critics Association Winners
16. Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Winners
17. St. Louis Film Critics Association Winners

Trailers:

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Civil War
3. American Star
4. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
5. IF

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Andre Braugher Dies At 61
2. Actress Shirley Anne Field Dies At 87

Links From Last Week:

1. New York Dresses Up For The Holidays! Plus NYC’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Up Close!
2. 2023 Dickens Faire
3. Tater’s Week in Review 12/16/23

Links From The Site:

1. Erin shared Snappy, Argosy, The Great Snow, The Deadly Streets, Marvel Science Fiction, A Woman’s Game, and Film Fun!
2. Leonard shared the trailer for Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F!
3. I shared my week in television!
4. I shared music videos from Saint Motel, Exit Eden, Jungle, Vince Vance and the Valiants, Taylor Swift, Fletcher, and Lili Refrain!
5. I reviewed Rustin, Assassin, and Night Partners!
6. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check it Out!

More From Us:

1. At Day Without Incident, Leonard shared Richard Carter’s La Monde!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, Fiona Apple, Jessica Simpson, Ashlee Simpson, Vince Vance and the Valiants, and Fletcher!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared Ice, Christmas Past, Icicles, Deep Snow, Snow In The Trees, Sign of Life, and Table Snow!

Click here to see what I watched last week!

It’s the holidays!  I’ve started my shopping but I got a lot more left to go!  Will we have a snowy Christmas this year?  Probably not but who knows?  Maybe we’ll get some snow in January!

Ryan O’Neal, RIP.  There’s no point in pretending that Ryan O’Neal didn’t have his demons but he also starred in two of my favorite 70s films, Barry Lyndon and The Driver.  He was especially well-cast in Barry Lyndon, in which his steady presence held together one of Kubrick’s most challenging films.  And you know what?  It’s easy to make fun of Love Story but Ryan O’Neal gave exactly the performance that film needed to work.

On Saturday, my friends and I had our annual viewing of Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.  I never get tired of singing Hooray for Santy Claus!  Here’s what else I watched, read, and listened to this week:

Films I Watched:

1. Cop (1988)
2. Don’t Bother To Knock (1952)
3. Fist of the North Star (1995)
4. The House At The End of the Street (2012)
5. House of Strangers (1949)
6. The Last Angry Man (1974)
7. Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (2013)
8. Santa Claus and the Fairy Snow Queen (1951)
9. Santa Claus Conquers The Martians (1964)
10. Starship Invasions (1977)
11. This Side of the Law (1950)
12. The Stranger (1946)
13. Tight Spot (1955)
14. Uncle Buck (1989)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race
2. Bar Rescue
3. Baywatch Nights
4. Check It Out!
5. CHiPs
6. Dancing With The Stars
7. Degrassi Junior High
8. Dr. Phil
9. Fantasy Island
10. Frasier
11. Friday the 13th
12. Hell’s Kitchen
13. Highway to Heaven
14. Jennifer Slept Here
15. Kitchen Nightmares
16. The Love Boat
17. Monsters
18. Night Flight
19. The Simpsons
20. Survivor
21. T and T
22. Welcome Back, Kotter

Books I Read:

1. The Connellys of County Down (2023) by Tracey Lange
2. Silver Nitrate (2023) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3. There Will Be Fire (2023) by Rory Carroll

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Amy Winehouse
3. Armin van Buuren
4. Ashlee Simpson
5. Bloc Party
6. Britney Spears
7. Carly Simon
8. Chelsea Wolfe
9. The Chemical Brothers
10. Christina Aguilera
11. Dean Martin
12. Dillon Francis
13. DJ Snake
14. Dove Cameron
15. Ellie Goulding
16. Fatboy Slim
17. Fletcher
18. Fiona Apple
19. Frank Sinatra
20. Frankie Valli
21. Gwen Stefani
22. Jakalope
23. Jessica Simpson
24. Jungle
25. Katy Perry
26. The Killers
27. Lady Gaga
28. Lili Refrain
29. Linda Scott
30. Lindsey Stirling
31. Maria Tomba
32. Mariah Carey
33. The Prodigy
34. Rita Coolidge
35. Rita Ora
36. Saint Motel
37. Selena Gomez
38. Taylor Swift
39. Tiesto
40. Tony Bennett

Live Tweets:

1. Fist of the North Star
2. Cop
3. Uncle Buck
4. The House at the End of the Street

Awards Season:

1. Atlanta Film Critics Winners
2. Michigan Movie Critics Guild Winners
3. Independent Spirit Awards Nominations
4. National Board of Review Winners
5. AFI Top Ten
6. Astra Nominations
7. Chicago Film Critics Association Nominations
8. Las Vegas Film Critics Society Nominations
9. Los Angeles Film Critics Association Winners
10. Boston of Society of Film Critics Winners
11. Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Winners
12. St. Louis Film Critics Association Nominations 

Trailers:

1. Grand Theft Auto VI
2. Handling the Undead

News From Last Week:

1. Veteran television producer Norman Lear Dies At 101
2. Actor Ryan O’Neal Dies At 82
3. Producer Stan Rogow Dies At 75
4. Actress Marisa Pavan Dies At 91
5. Jonathan Majors begged accuser to avoid hospital, warning of possible ‘investigation,’ messages show
6. The Bikeriders’: Jeff Nichols’ Biker Drama With Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, & Jodie Comer Set For Summer 2024

Links From Last Week:

1. Disney Needs To Replace Jonathan Majors, Or Kang Needs To Be Cut From The MCU
2. Mary Tyler Moore Takes On Philip Marlowe! “Gift” A Gumshoe’s Greatest Hits – Author Raymond Chandler!
3. Tater’s Week in Review 12/9/23
4. The Love of a Cat Named Ortoloni ~ Chapter 8

Links From The Site:

1. Leonard shared the trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI!
2. Erin shared The Gambler, Death Smells of Cordite, Shack Woman, Pearl Harbor 2003, Brain Surgeon, Venus on Wheels, and Brain Guy!
3. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check It Out!
4. I paid tribute to Fritz Lang and Sergio Corbucci!
5. I reviewed Evil Dead Rise, Cop, and The Last Angry Man!
6. I shared my week in television!
7. I shared music videos from Britney Spears, DJ Snake & Selena Gomez, Dove Cameron, Maria Tomba, Jessica Simpson, Christina Aguilera, and Chelsea Wolfe!

More From Us:

1. At her photography site, Erin shared Spirit of Christmas, Horseman, Don’t Mess With Santa, Misty Morning,  Snowman, Afternoon, and December Sky!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from Jessica Simpson, Linda Scott, Lady Gaga, Lindsey Stirling, Al Hirt, Frankie Valli, and Britney Spears!

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

It’s December!  I can’t believe that this year is nearly over!  It seems like time has just flown by and before we know it, it’ll be 2024!

There’s so much to do this month.  I’ve got a lot of movies and books to get caught up on and I’ve got a wonderful holiday for which to prepare!

What’s your favorite Christmas movie?  I love It’s A Wonderful Life and The Godfather.  And yes, The Godfather is a Christmas movie!  Tom Hagen got the Reynolds Pen after all!  I also can’t wait for my annual viewing of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians!

Happy Holiday Season!

Films I Watched:

1. Blood Sport (1973)
2. The Brain Machine (1972)
3. Death Car on the Freeway (1979)
4. Evil Dead Rise (2023)
5. No Way Out (1987)
6. Rock, It’s Your Decision (1982)
7. Santa Claus (1959)
8. The Snowman (1982)
9. Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Bar Rescue
2. Baywatch Nights
3. Check It Out
4. CHiPs
5. Degrassi Junior High
6. Dr. Phil
7. Fantasy Island
8. Friday the 13th
9. Highway to Heaven
10. Jennifer Slept Here
11. Kitchen Nightmares
12. The Love Boat
13. Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
14. Monsters
15. Mystery Science Theatre 3000
16. T and T
17. Welcome Back Kotter

Books I Read:

1. The Invisible Hour (2023) by Alice Hoffman
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (2023) by David Grann

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Annalisa
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Britney Spears
4. The Chemical Brothers
5. Coldplay
6. Darlene Love
7. Dillon Francis
8. Geri Halliwell
9. Katy Perry
10. Kiki Rockwell
11. Moby
12. Olivia Rodrigo
13. Rita Ora
14. Saint Motel
15. St. Vincent
16. Spice Girls
17. Taylor Swift
18. The Ting Tings
19. Wham

Live Tweets:

1. Death Car On The Freeway
2. No Way Out
3. Yakuza Apocalypse
4. Evil Dead Rise

Awards Season:

1. Gotham Award Winners
2. Lisa Marie’s Oscar Predictions For November
3. NYFCC Winners
4. Michigan Movie Critics Guild Nominees

News From Last Week:

1. Actress Frances Sternhagen Dies At 93
2. Shane MacGowan Dies At 65
3. Felicity Huffman says college admissions scandal was ‘only option’ to help her daughter
4. Susan Sarandon apologizes for ‘terrible mistake’ of making anti-Jewish comments at Pro-Palestinian rally

Links From Last Week:

1. Kelly Clarkson’s Incredible “Sisters” Duet! Fill Your Ears With Holiday Cheer! Here Are Both Of Her Holiday Albums!
2. Happy Caturday! (12.02.2023)
3. Spider-Boy #1
4. Tater’s Week in Review 12/2/23

Links From The Site:

1. We celebrated Arleigh’s birthday!
2. I shared my week in television!
3. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, Check It Out, and Blood Sport!
4. I shared music videos from Saint Motel, Britney Spears, Annalisa, Kiki Rockwell, Armin van Buuren, Moby, and Rita Ora!
5. Erin shared Pep Stories, Romantic Western, Illustrated World, Brief Stories, Telling Tales, The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe, and Film Fun!

More From Us:

1. At her photography site, Erin shared Water Tower, Nativity, Ho Ho Ho, SMU, Chem Trail, George Dealey, and America!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from Katy Perry, Moby, Darlene Love, The Ting Tings, Geri Halliwell, Coldplay, and St. Vincent!

Click here to check out last week!

I hope everyone has good Thanksgiving!  I enjoyed spending time with my family and celebrating my sister Erin’s birthday on Friday!

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

Films I Watched:

1. Acquitted By Faith (2020)
2. Behind the Sun (1995)
3. Black Scorpion (1995)
4. Challenge of Faith (2006)
5. Days of Power (2018)
6. The Detective (1968)
7. Disturbing Behavior (1998)
8. High Tension (2003)
9. The Horror of Party Beach (1964)
10. Lady in Cement (1968)
11. Lockdown: 2025 (2021)
12. Loving the Bad Man (2010)
13. Notting Hill (1999)
14. Redemption of the Commons (2014)
15. The Secret Life of John Chapman (1976)
16. Sixteen Candles (1984)
17. Tapestry (2014)
18. Tony Rome (1967)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race
2. Baywatch Nights
3. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
4. Check It Out
5. CHiPs
6. Degrassi Junior High
7. Dr. Phil
8. Fantasy Island
9. Football: Commanders vs Cowboys
10. Football: 49ers vs Seahawks
11. Football: Packers vs Lions
12. Happy Hour
13. Highway to Heaven
14. Jennifer Slept Here
15. Kitchen Nightmares
16. The Love Boat
17. The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
18. Monsters
19. Snub
20. Survivor
21. T and T
22. Welcome Back Kotter
23. WKRP In Cincinnati
24. Yes, Prime Minister

Books I Read:

1. In The Likely Event (2023) by Rebecca Yarros
2. Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden’s Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End (2023) by Jerry Dunleavy and James Hasson

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Adi Ulmansky
2. Armin van Buuren
3. Bjork
4. The Black Keys
5. Britney Spears
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. The Crystal Method
8. David Guetta
9. Dillon Francis
10. ELO
11. The Flying Lizards
12. Funkadelic
13. Katy Perry
14. Kim Petras
15. Moby
16. Olivia Rodrigo
17. The Prodigy
18. Pulp
19. Saint Motel
20. Taylor Swift
21. White Stripes

Live Tweets:

1. Black Scorpion
2. Notting Hill
3. Disturbing Behavior
4. High Tension

News From Last Week:

1. Director Aldo Lado Dies At 88
2. Susan Sarandon dropped by talent agency after anti-Semitic comments
3. ‘Scream’ star Melissa Barrera dropped from franchise after anti-Semitic posts
4. Now It’s “Hall Vs. Oates!” Their Legal Battle! Why The Best-Selling Duo “Can’t Go For That! No Can Do!”

Links From Last Week:

1. Celebrating Thanksgiving With Del Griffith! Boarding“Planes Trains & Automobiles!” The Greatest Thanksgiving Film Ever!
2. Tater’s Week in Review 11/25/23
3. Devil Woman

Links From The Site:

1. Jeff shared a scene from WKRP!
2. Jeff shard music videos from Weird Al Yankovic, Metallica, Tesla, and Rick Derringer!
3. Erin wished everyone a happy Thanksgiving!
4. Erin shared Mammoth Detective, Television Tramp, The Passionate Pilgrim, Thank You Call Again, Complete Detective Cases, Rugged Men, and Barb Wire Showdown!
5. In memory of Gary Loggins, I shared Alice’s Restaurant Massacree!
6. I shared music videos from Funkadelic, David Guetta, and Olivia Rodrigo!
7. I shared my week in television!
8. I reviewed The Secret Life of John Chapman!
9. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check It Out!

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared Child of Love!
2. At my music site, I shared songs from David Guetta, Bjork, Altered Images, Saint Motel, The Flying Lizard, Pulp, and The Black Keys!
3. At her photography site, Erin shared Clearing In Black and White, Revenge of Nature, Pumpkins, A Thanksgiving Flower, A Lava Lamp For Me, Swans, and Dragons!

Check out last week by clicking here!

Well, I’m home.

I say this every time I return from any sort of vacation, whether it’s to another or just up to the lake.  It’s my homage to the last line of Lord of the Rings.  After any long journey, it’s always nice to realize that you have a home to which you can return.

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

Films I Watched:

1. Abba: The Movie (1977)
2. Black Friday (1940)
3. The Burial (2023)
4. Fallen Angel (1981)
5. High School USA (1983)
6. The Killer (2023)
7. Shoplifters: The Criminal Horde (1983)
8. Track of the Moon Beast (1976)
9. Universal Solider (1992)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. The Amazing Race
2. Baywatch Nights
3. Check it Out
4. CHiPs
5. Degrassi Junior High
6. Fantasy Island
7. Frasier
8. Friday the 13th
9. Highway to Heaven
10. Jennifer Slept Here
11. Kitchen Nightmares
12. The Love Boat
13. Monsters
14. Night Flight
15. Survivor
16. T and T
17. Welcome Back Kotter
18. Yes, Prime Minister

Books I Read:

1. After Death (2023) by Dean Koontz
2. Exposed: A History of Lingerie (2014) by Colleen Hill

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Abba
2. Adi Ulmansky
3. Amy Winehouse
4. Britney Spears
5. Camila Cabello
6. The Chemical Brothers
7. Elle King
8. Gerry Rafferty
9. Gwen Stefani
10. Hilary Duff
11. Katy Perry
12. Moby
13. Olivia Rodrigo
14. Saint Motel
15. Taylor Swift

Live Tweets:

1. Abba: The Movie
2. The Burial
3. Universal Soldier
4. Track of the Moon Beast

News From Last Week:

1. Actor Joss Ackland Dies At 95
2. Actor Peter Spellos Dies At 69
3. Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Lands on Top With $44 Million, ‘The Marvels’ Collapses With Historic 79% Drop

Links From Last Week:

1. Tower of Borage
2. Ready For “Saltburn?” Director Emerald Fennell’s Diabolical New Movie Is… “WOW!”
3. Tater’s Week in Review 11/18/23

Links From The Site:

1. I reviewed Unseen, The Killer and Fallen Angel!
2. I shared my week in television!
3. I paid tribute to Allison Anders and Martin Scorsese!
4. I shared a scene from Wolf of Wall Street!
5. I reviewed Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, CHiPs, Fantasy Island, Baywatch Nights, The Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back Kotter, and Check It Out!
6. Erin shared The Golden Eagle, Hotel Nurse, I Am Desire, Startling Stories, Passionate Peril at Fort Tomahawk, Tattle Tales, and True Detective!
7. Jeff shared music videos from Bush, The Madness, Phil Collins, X, Michael Jackson, Weird Al Yankovic, and The Smile.

More From Us:

1. At Days Without Incident, Leonard shared songs from Underworld and Sammy Hagar!
2. At her photography site, Erin shared Black-and-White Window, Changing Colors, Invasion in Black and White, Duck, Fountain, Waterfall, and Wise Squirrel!
3. At my music site, I shared songs from Gerry Rafferty, Camila Cabello, Olivia Rodrigo, Hilary Duff, Gwen Stefani, Elle King, and Amy Winehouse!

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

Greetings from beautiful Lake Texoma!  I celebrated my birthday on Thursday and now, I’m looking forward to a week of rest, relaxation, and contemplation.   What can I say?  I’m still recovering from October!

(I always find it amusing to compare how many reviews are posted per day in October to how many are posted in November.  I think everyone here at TSL needs the 30 days of November to recover from Horrorthon and to get ready for our December spectacular.)

Anyway, truth be told, I am really tired and my attempts to come up with something profound to write are running into the brick wall of my need to rest.  So why don’t I just let you see what I watched, read, and listened to this week?  In the picture below, from the T and T “movie” Straight Line, Amy Taler (played by Alex Amini) and T.S. Taylor (Mr. T.) shows us how not to dress if you’re an attorney who has just rushed over to Toronto’s dirtiest police station to represent a teenager who has been accused of murder.

Films I Watched:

1. Class Cruise (1989)
2. The Dark Side of Roger Waters (2023)
3. Escape (1971)
4. Hercules (1983)
5. Pain Hustlers (2023)
6. Straight Line (1990)
7. Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)
8. T-Force (1994)
9. Unseen (2023)

Television Shows I Watched:

1. Amazing Race
2. Big Brother
3. Check it Out
4. C.H.i.Ps
5. Degrassi Junior High
6. Dirty Pair Flash
7. Dr. Phil
8. Football: Raiders Vs Jets
9. Friday the 13th
10. Gun
11. Jennifer Slept Here
12. Love Boat
13. Monsters
14. Nightmare Cafe
15. Sally Jessy Raphael
16. Steve Wilkos
17. Survivor
18. T and T
19. Welcome Back Kotter
20. Yes Prime Minister

Books I Read: 

1. The Woman In Me (2023) by Britney Spears

Music To Which I Listened:

1. Bee Gees
2. Big Data
3. Blondie
4. Britney Spears
5. The Chemical Brothers
6. Commodores
7. Donavon
8. Duffy
9. The Hues Corporation
10. Kid Rock
11. The Killers
12. Lynard Skynard
13. No Angels
14. Rich White
15. Saint Motel
16. Spice Girls
17. Talking Heads
18. Walter Murphy
19. Yvonne Elliman

Live Tweets:

1. T-Force
2. Support Your Local Sheriff
3. Hercules
4. Unseen

News From Last Week:

1. John Bailey Dies: ‘Ordinary People’ & ‘The Big Chill’ Cinematographer And Former Academy President Was 81
2. SAG-AFTRA reveals details of tentative deal made with studios
3. The Marvels goes lower, nearer, and slower with MCU’s worst box office opening ever

Links From Last Week:

1. We Need Diverse Books
2. There are Vampires (and then there are vampires…)
3. Barbra Streisand’s Massive 992-Page Memoir! Wild Stories And A “48 Hour” Audio Book!

Links From The Site:

1. I shared my week in television!
2. I reviewed Pain Hustlers, Dance ‘Til Dawn, Degrassi Junior High, Miami Vice, Nightmare Cafe, Fantasy Island, Gun, Love Boat, Monsters, Jennifer Slept Here, Highway to Heaven, T and T, Friday the 13th, Welcome Back, Kotter, and Check It Out!
3. Erin shared High Heels Magazine, The Zebra Derby, Too Good For Men, A Redhead for Mike Shayne, Adventure, The Deadly Game, and Gags!
4. Jeff shared music videos from No Angels, Poison, Cliff Richard, Duffy, Electric Light Orchestra, David Lee Roth, and Glenn Frey!

More From Us:

1. At her photography site, Erin shared Black-and-White House, Black-and-White Bench, View From The Window In Black-and-White, Radiant Flowers, Foggy Morning, Campus, and Calm!

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