Jeff "Jmunney" Malone's Self-Styled "Expert" Thoughts on Movies, TV, Music, and the Rest of Pop Culture
March 10, 2023
Best in Film 2022, Best of 2022, Cinema, Oscars 95th Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Jeff Malone Academy Awards, jmunney Academy Awards, Oscars Leave a comment
Every Award Everywhere All at Once (CREDIT: Allyson Riggs/A24)
If I were in charge of unilaterally selecting the Oscars, here is who would be selected. Nominees are listed alphabetically, winners in bold.
Best Picture
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Pearl
Petite Maman
Turning Red
February 10, 2023
Best of 2022, Best of Music 2022, Music Albums, Best of 2022, Beyoncé, Cody Carpenter, Daniel DDavies, Firestarter, Florence + the Machine, John Carpenter, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Lizzo, Mandy Moore, Music, Santigold, Silversun Pickups, Soccer Mommy, Soft Cell, The Black Keys, The Weeknd, Tove Lo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Leave a comment
Before publishing this list, I listened to each of these albums again to make sure that I still liked them. And I did! (But there was one other that I had on my preliminary list that I ultimately decided I didn’t like enough to include. Bonus points if you can guess what it was.)
February 2, 2023
Best of 2022, Best of Music 2022, Music Best of 2022, Beyoncé, Big Sean, Bob Moses, Chandrabose, Ellie Goulding, Kaala Bhairava, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Lizzo, M. M. Keeravani, Music, Naatu Naatu, Rahul Sipligunj, Regina Spektor, Steve Lacy, The Black Keys, The Weeknd, Tove Lo, Vedala Hemachandra, Weird Al Yankovic, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Leave a comment
CREDIT: Music Video Screenshots
Strong showing from movie tunes this year. And man, I just love it when those music-makers just jam out and go for it.
January 26, 2023
Best in Film 2022, Best of 2022, Cinema Barbarian, Beavis and Butt-Head do the Universe, Best of 2022, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Moonage Daydream, movies, Pearl, Petite Maman, She Said, Turning Red Leave a comment
CREDIT (Clockwise from Top Left): Christopher Moss/A24; NEON; Paramount Plus/Screenshot; A24)
Hello, fellow movie lovers! I saw a lot of new movies in 2022. AS USUAL! Anyway, I figured I might go ahead and rank my favorites. And I’ll also provide a quick summary of the falling-in-love journey I went through with each one of them.
January 20, 2023
Best of 2022, Best of TV 2022, Television Abbott Elementary, American Dad!, Atlanta, Beavis and Butt-Head, Best of 2022, Better Call Saul, Bob's Burgers, Ghosts, MST3K, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Norm MacDonald: Nothing Special, Pickled, Rick and Morty, The Orville, The Simpsons, TV, Ziwe Leave a comment
I’m a Chocoholic (CREDIT: FX/Screenshot)
When so many modern TV shows feel like amorphous blobs, I cherish those programs that know how to craft well-oiled episodes more than ever. Here’s a mighty fine selection that I might just want to keep watching over and over.
January 18, 2023
Best of 2022, Best of TV 2022, Television Abbott Elementary, American Dad!, Atlanta, Beavis and Butt-Head, Best of 2022, Better Call Saul, Bob's Burgers, Chucky, Dicktown, Doctor Who, Girls5eva, High School, Jeopardy!, Mr. Mayor, Ms. Marvel, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Never Have I Ever, Not Top 10, Rick and Morty, RuPaul's Drag Race, Severance, Sherman's Showcase, Single Drunk Female, South Park, SportsCenter, The Orville, The Rehearsal, The Sex Lives of College Girls, TV, Undone, Whose Line is it Anyway?, Young Sheldon, Ziwe Leave a comment
CREDIT (Clockwise from Top Left): AMC/Screenshot; ABC/Screenshot; Paramount+/Screenshot; Hulu/Screenshot)
To demonstrate how great TV can be found pretty much everywhere these days, I’ve decided to pick the best show on each network and streaming service on which I regularly watched at least one show that aired in 2022. However you’re getting your fill of TV nowadays, you’re bound to find something enjoyable. If you and your remote ever find yourself hopelessly adrift, I can vouch that the following are all great places to find your way back to safety.
January 9, 2023
Best of 2022, Podcasts Best of 2022, Bjork: Sonic Symbolism, Blank Check with Griffin & David, Comedy Bang! Bang!, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, Dead Eyes, Doughboys, Girls on Porn, Holly Randall Unfiltered, How Did This Get Made?, However I Wish You Luck, Inside Jeopardy!, Into It, Judge John Hodgman, Podcasts, Pop Culture Happy Hour, Pop Mom, Ruined, Scott Hasn't Seen, Six Seasons & a Podcast, Squirrel Girl, Squirrel Girl podcast, That's Auntertainment, The Letterboxd Show, Wastelanders: Wolverine, Welcome to Our Show, You Can't Disappoint a Podcast, You Must Rember This Leave a comment
Podcast, anyone?* More like Podcasts, everyone! What I’m trying to say is, it seems like everyone in the whole entire world is making a podcast nowadays. Or at least listening to them.
I’ve certainly been listening to dozens, if not hundreds**, in the past year. So without further ado, (and instead with further adon’t), here’s my roundup of my biggest takeaways from listening to podcasts in 2022, organized by category.
(*-Like “Tennis, anyone?” but replace “tennis” with “podcast.”)
(**-I guess it depends on if you count by the show or by the episode. Or how kooky you’re feeling.)
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