Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/16/23

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Shh! It’s a SECRET Invasion (CREDIT: Marvel Studios)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
Asteroid City (Theaters)
The Blackening (Theaters)
Elemental (Theaters)
The Flash (Theaters)

TV
The Righteous Gemstones Season 3 Premiere (June 18 on HBO)
Secret Invasion Series Premiere (June 21 on Disney+) – More Marvel

Music
-Django Django, Off Planet
-King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
-Bettye LaVette, LaVette!
-Queens of the Stone Age, In Times New Roman…
-Sigur Rós, Átta
-Yusuf/Cat Stevens, King of a Land

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/9/23

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Josh BlackMirrorNett (CREDIT: Nick Wall/Netflix © 2023)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

TV
Human Resources Season 2 (June 9 on Netflix) – Final Season Alert!
-Tony Awards (June 11 on CBS and Paramount+) – Without writers, though.
The Wonder Years Season 2 Premiere (June 14 on ABC)
Black Mirror Season 6 (June 15 on Netflix)

Music
-Christine and the Queens, Paranoïa, Angels, True Love
-Jonny Greenwood and Dudu Tassa, Jarak Qaribak
-King Krule, Space Heavy
-Jenny Lewis, Joy’All
-Janelle Monáe, The Age of Pleasure

Sports
-U.S. Open (June 15-18 on USA and NBC) – Golf at the Los Angeles Country Club
-Belmont Stakes (June 10 on FOX) – The end of the Triple Crown

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/2/23

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ONE OF THE BEST 30 FOR 30s!!! (CREDIT: ESPN/Screenshot)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
The Boogeyman (Theaters)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Theaters)

TV
The Eric Andre Show Season 5 Premiere (June 4 on Adult Swim) – Since it airs at midnight, it’ll technically take the 5th.
30 for 30: The Luckiest Guy in the World Docuseries Premiere (June 6 on ESPN) – This is about Bill Walton.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 16 Premiere (June 7 on FXX)
Never Have I Ever Season 4 (June 8 on Netflix) – Final Season Alert!

Music
-Ben Folds, What Matters Most
-Foo Fighters, But Here We Are
-John Mellencamp, Orpheus Descending
-Rufus Wainwright, Folkocracy

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/26/23

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Will they finally leave? (CREDIT: Terence Patrick/Netflix)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
The Little Mermaid (Theaters) – I’ll check it out.
The Machine (Theaters) – Based on a viral stand-up bit.

TV
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson Season 3 (May 30 on Netflix)
Nancy Drew Season 4 Premiere (May 31 on The CW) – Final Season Alert!

Music
-Sparks, The Girl Is Crying in Her Latte

Sports
-2023 French Open (May 28-June 11 on NBC, Peacock, and Tennis Channel) – Nadal won’t be playing 😦
-NBA Finals (Starting June 1 on ABC)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/19/23

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Clone it up! (CREDIT: HBO Max/Screenshot)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
Fast X (Theaters)
Sanctuary (Theaters)

TV
Beat Shazam Season 6 Premiere (May 23 on FOX) – Nick Cannon steps in for Jamie Foxx.
Clone High Reboot Premiere (May 23 on Max) – Remember when this was on MTV back in the day?
Don’t Forget the Lyrics Season Premiere (May 23 on FOX)
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai Series Premiere (May 23 on Max) – Animated Gizmo.
American Born Chinese Series Premiere (May 24 on Disney+)
The Flash Series Finale (May 24 on The CW)
The Prank Panel Series Premiere (May 24 on ABC) – Knoxville, Andre, Sidibe.

Music
-Graham Nash, Now
-Kesha, Gag Order
-Paul Simon, Seven Psalms
-Sufjan Stevens, Reflections
-Yes, Mirror to the Sky

Sports
-Preakness Stakes (May 20 on NBC)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/12/23

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Hear them now, believe their podcast later. (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
Fool’s Paradise (Theaters) – Charlie Day’s directorial debut.
It Ain’t Over (Theaters) – Yogi Berra documentary.
Hypnotic (Theaters)
Knights of the Zodiac (Theaters) – Based on a manga.

TV
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 8 Premiere (May 12 on Paramount+)

Music
-Alison Goldfrapp, The Love Invention

Podcasts
The Lost Hans & Franz Movie (Debuts May 17)

Sports
-NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament (May 12-28 on ESPN, ESPNU, and ESPN+) – I probably won’t be following the men’s tourney this year since neither Loyola nor Rutgers made it.
-PGA Championship (May 18-21 on ESPN and CBS)

The Jock Jammiest Jock Jams

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If you were ever alive and in a sporting mood in the 90s, you surely remember Jock Jams! They were a series of compilation albums that was sure to pump the crowd at any basketball game of the era. We’re talking about Eurodance and party hip-hop, where the club meets the arena.

Five volumes were released between 1995 and 1999, in addition to an “All-Star” edition in 2001. They ran out of steam quite a bit after the first couple, but they’ve undeniably left quite the cultural footprint.

So I’ve decided to rank the very best that Jock Jams ever had to offer, according to how much they embody the Jock Jam ethos. Which is to say, how much they make you want to simultaneously dance and cheer at your local stadium. You might not recognize all the band names, and even the titles might sound foreign, but you’ve almost certainly heard all of these songs hundreds of times.

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/5/23

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Much Mayhem, Many Muppets (CREDIT: Mitch Haaseth/Disney)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 (Theaters)

TV
-2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards (May 7 on MTV) – Hosted by Drew Barrymore!
Jeopardy! Masters (Premieres May 8 on ABC) – Some recent great champs offer some more questions.
The Game Show Show Docuseries Premiere (May 10 on ABC) – A 4-part series chronicling quizzes and challenges.
The Muppets Mayhem Series Premiere (May 10 on Disney+) – Dr. Teeth is front and center.

Comedy
Hannah Gadsby: Something Special (May 9 on Netflix)

Music
-Atmosphere, So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously
-Brian Eno and Fred Again.., Secret Life
-SBTRKT, The Rat Road

Sports
-Kentucky Derby (May 6 on NBC)

 

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 4/28/23

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CREDIT: Peacock/Screenshot

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Theaters)
Big George Foreman (Theaters) – I like sports, and I don’t care who knows.
Peter Pan & Wendy (April 28 on Disney+) – I wish this were coming out in theaters, though.
Polite Society (Theaters)
Return of the Jedi 40th Anniversary Re-Release (April 28-May 4 in Theaters)

TV
The Goldbergs Series Finale (May 3 on ABC)
Bupkis Series Premiere (May 4 on Peacock) – Joe Pesci plays Pete Davidson’s grandfather.
The Other Two Season 3 Premiere (May 4 on HBO Max)

Music
-Neil Gaiman, Signs of Life
-The National, First Two Pages of Frankenstein
-Bebe Rexha, Bebe
-Jessie Ware, That! Feels Good!

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 4/21/23

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Ring Ring! Ring Ring! (CREDIT: Prime Video/Screenshot)

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
Chevalier (Theaters)
Evil Dead Rise (Theaters)
Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant (Theaters)
Judy Blume Forever (April 21 on Amazon Prime)

TV
Dead Ringers Miniseries Premiere (April 21 on Amazon Prime) – Based on a movie, based on real doctors.
The Late Late Show with James Corden Series Finale (April 27 on CBS) – Technically it will be early Friday morning when the finale starts airing. A primetime special will also air a few hours earlier.

Music
-The Mars Volta, Que Dios Te Maldiga Mi Corazón
-Rodrigo y Gabriela, In Between Thoughts…A New World
-The Smashing Pumpkins, Atum: A Rock Opera in Three Acts

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