Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/6/25

June 6, 2025

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giving away more money this summer (CREDIT: FOX/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
–Dangerous Animals (Theaters)
–I Don’t Understand You (Theaters)
–The Ritual (Theaters)

TV
–Resident Alien Season 4 Premiere (June 6 on Syfy and USA)
-Tony Awards (June 8 on CBS) – Hosted by Cynthia Erivo.
–The 1% Club Season Premiere (June 10 on FOX) – Hosted by Joel McHale this season.

Music
-Cypress Hill & London Symphony Orchestra, Black Sunday Live At The Royal Albert Hall
-The Doobie Brothers, Walk This Road
-Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe, Luminal and Lateral
-Pulp, More

Sports
-Belmont Stakes (June 7 on FOX) – End of the Triple Crown.
-U.S. Open (June 12-15 on USA, NBC, and Peacock) – The golf version, returning to Oakmont Country Club.

 

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/30/25

May 30, 2025

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

Movies
–Bring Her Back (Theaters)
–The Phoenician Scheme (Theaters)

TV
–The Quiz with Balls Season Premiere (June 2 on FOX) – Still ballin’.

Music
-Matt Berninger, Get Sunk
-Miley Cyrus, Something Beautiful
-Garbage, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light
-Pavement, Pavements – Soundtrack to the film.
-Grace Potter, Medicine – This was actually recorded a while ago.
-Ty Segall, Possession

Sports
-NBA Finals (Begins June 5 on ABC) – Feeling pretty thunderous this year.

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/23/25

May 23, 2025

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Pee-Wee being Pee-Wee (CREDIT: HBO/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
–Lilo & Stitch (Theaters)
–Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Theaters)

TV
–Big Mouth Season 8 (May 23 on Netflix) – Final Season Alert! (I’m still I-don’t-know-how-many seasons behind.)
–Pee-Wee as Himself (Premieres May 23 on HBO) – Two-part docuseries about a funny guy.
–Rick and Morty Season 8 Premiere (May 25 on Adult Swim)

Music
-Snoop Dogg, Iz It a Crime? – This came out last week.
-Sparks, MAD!
-Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’, Room on the Porch

Sports
-French Open (May 25-June 8 on TNT, truTV, and Max)
-U.S. Women’s Open (May 29-June 1 on USA, NBC, and Peacock)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/2/25

May 2, 2025

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Conan! (CREDIT: Clifton Prescod for 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
–Rosario (Theaters)
–The Surfer (Theaters)
–Thunderbolts* (Theaters)

TV
-Conan O’Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (May 4 on Netflix) – Honoring Conan.
–Conan O’Brien Must Go Season 2 (May 8 on Max) – More of Conan.
–Poker Face Season 2 Premiere (May 8 on Peacock)

Music
-Eric Church, Evangeline vs. the Machine
-Suzanne Vega, Flying with Angels

Sports
-Kentucky Derby (May 3 on NBC)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 4/18/25

April 18, 2025

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I’m Boltz-ing to wherever great new music can be heard

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 Shrouds (Theaters)
–Sinners (Theaters) – …and twins?!
–Sneaks (Theaters) – A movie about sneakers.
–The Wedding Banquet (Theaters)
–Sneak Peek Showcase (April 22 and April 24 in Theaters) – A collection of trailers, clips and BTS footage from CinemaCon.

TV
–The Rehearsal Season 2 Premiere (April 20 on HBO) – Air travel prep.
–Andor Season 2 Premiere (April 22 on Disney+)

Music
-Tunde Adebimpe, Thee Black Boltz – Solo debut.
-Julien Baker & Torres, Send a Prayer My Way
-Melvins, Thunderball

Sports
-Boston Marathon (April 21 on ESPN2)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 3/14/25

March 14, 2025

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worth a listen (CREDIT: Headgum)

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

Movies
–Black Bag (Theaters)
–The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (Theaters)
–Novocaine (Theaters)
–Opus (Theaters) – Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich are in this.

Sports
-Men’s March Madness (March 18-April 7 on CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV) – And Selection Sunday is on Sunday the 16th on CBS.
-Women’s March Madness (March 19-April 6 on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and ESPNEWS) – And Selection Sunday is on Sunday the 16th on ESPN.

Music
-Coheed and Cambria, Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe

Podcasts
–Wayne Brady’s What If?! with Jonathan Mangum – The improvisational spirit is strong with this one.

Super Bowl LIX Commercials, How Do You Do?

February 10, 2025

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Rest in Power, King (CREDIT: Totino’s Pizza Rolls/Screenshot)

Well, here we go, this is the space where I’m going to talk about the commercials that aired during the American broadcast of Super Bowl LIX. I’ve been doing this sort of roundup for a while now, but I don’t know if I’m going to keep doing it forever. It’s kind of overwhelming! Or maybe I just feel that way right now because I’m getting over a cold. We’ll see what I’m thinking a year from now. In the meantime, here’s what I have to say about 2025’s Big Game crop:

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 2/7/25

February 7, 2025

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CREDIT: FOX/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
–Armand (Theaters) – Starring the Worst Person in the World
–Becoming Led Zeppelin (Theaters)
–Heart Eyes (Theaters)

TV
-Critics Choice Awards (February 7 on E!) – Hosted by Chelsea Handler; rescheduled from both January 12 and January 26.
–The Floor Season 3 Premiere (February 9 on FOX) – The post-Super Bowl slot.
–Puppy Bowl XXI (February 9 on Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, Max and discovery+)
–The Masked Singer Season 13 Premiere (February 12 on FOX)
–The Simpsons: “The Past and the Furious” (February 12 on Disney+) – Another streaming exclusive.

Music
-Dream Theater, Parasomnia
-Sharon Van Etten, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

Sports
-Super Bowl LIX (February 9 on FOX and Tubi) – Eagles v. Chiefs, again.

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 1/10/25

January 10, 2025

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You’re traveling through another sketch show dimension… (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
–Better Man (Theaters)
–Hard Truths (Theaters)
–The Last Showgirl (Theaters)

TV
–Goosebumps Season 2 (January 10 on Disney+ and Hulu) – David Schwimmer leads the cast this time.
–SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (January 16 on NBC) – Docuseries coinciding with the show’s 50th Season; Morgan Neville directs.
–Hollywood Squares Reboot Series Premiere (January 16 on CBS) – Rescheduled from 1/9.

Music
-Franz Ferdinand, The Human Fear
-Ringo Starr, Look Up

Sports
-Australian Open (January 11-26 on the ESPN Family of Networks) – Although in Australia, it will already be January 12 by the time it starts.

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 12/20/24

December 20, 2024

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The Most Important Tradition of All (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
–The Brutalist (Theaters)
–Mufasa: The Lion King (Theaters)
–Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Theaters)

TV
–What If…? Season 3 Premiere (December 22 on Disney+) – I still haven’t finished Season 2, but maybe I’ll just pick and choose which episodes I watch.
-2024 Back That Year Up with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson (December 23 on Peacock) – I loved these guys at the Olympics.
–Doctor Who Christmas Special (December 25 on Disney+) – “Joy to the World”

Music
–Slow XMas 4

Sports
-Christmas NBA Games (December 25 on ABC and ESPN) – Spurs vs. Knicks, T-Wolves vs. Mavs, Sixers vs. Celtics, Lakers vs. Dubs, Nugs vs. Suns.

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