Jeff "Jmunney" Malone's Self-Styled "Expert" Thoughts on Movies, TV, Music, and the Rest of Pop Culture
June 20, 2025
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports 28 Years Later, American Heart, Benson Boone, Elio, Haim, I quit, NBA Draft, Scratch It, U.S. Girls Leave a comment
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Elio (Theaters)
–28 Years Later (Theaters)
Music
-Benson Boone, American Heart
-Haim, I quit
-U.S. Girls, Scratch It
Sports
-NBA Draft (June 25-26 on ABC [First Round Only] and ESPN) – I’m most interested to see where a couple of Scarlet Knights end up.
June 13, 2025
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television AFI Life Achievement Award, Francis Ford Coppola, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2025, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Materialists, Mixes of a Lost World, Neil Young, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Phantom Island, Remembering Now, Slick Rick, Talkin to the Trees, The Cure, Van Morrison, Victory, Women's PGA Championship Leave a comment
I hope Francis had the Time of his Life (CREDIT: American Film Institute/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
–How to Train Your Dragon 2025 (Theaters)
–Materialists (Theaters)
TV
-AFI Life Achievement Award (June 18 on TNT) – Honoring Francis Ford Coppola.
Music
-The Cure, Mixes of a Lost World
-King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island
-Van Morrison, Remembering Now
-Slick Rick, Victory
-Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Talkin to the Trees
Sports
-Women’s PGA Championship (June 19-22 on Golf Channel, Peacock, and NBC) – They’re playing at Fields Ranch East in Texas this year.
June 6, 2025
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television Beatie Wolfe, Belmont Stakes, Black Sunday Live At The Royal Albert Hall, Brian Eno, Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe, Cypress Hill, Dangerous Animals, I Don't Understand You, Lateral, London Symphony Orchestra, Luminal, Resident Alien, The 1% Club, The Doobie Brothers, The Ritual, Tonys, US Open, Walk This Road Leave a comment
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.
May 30, 2025
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television Bring Her Back, Garbage, Get Sunk, Grace Potter, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, Matt Berninger, Medicine, Miley Cyrus, NBA Finals, Pavement, Pavements, Possession, Something Beautiful, The Phoenician Scheme, The Quiz with Balls, Ty Segall Leave a comment
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.
May 23, 2025
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television Big Mouth, French Open, Iz It a Crime?, Keb' Mo', Lilo & Stitch, Lilo & Stitch 2025, MAD!, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Pee-Wee as Himself, Rick and Morty, Room on the Porch, Snoop Dogg, Sparks, Taj Mahal, U.S. Women's Open Leave a comment
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)
May 2, 2025
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television Conan O'Brien, Conan O'Brien Must Go, Eric Church, Evangeline vs. the Machine, Flying with Angels, Kentucky Derby, Mark Twain Prize, Poker Face, Rosario, Suzanne Vega, The Surfer, Thunderbolts* Leave a comment
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)
April 18, 2025
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television Andor, Boston Marathon, CinemaCon, Julien Baker & Torres, Julien GBaker, Melvins, Send a Prayer My Way, Sinners, Sneak Peek Showcase, Sneaks, The Rehearsal, The Shrouds, The Wedding Banquet, Thee Black Boltz, Thunderball, Torres, Tunde Adebimpe Leave a comment
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)
March 14, 2025
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Podcasts, Sports Black Bag, Coheed and Cambria, March Madness, Novocaine, Opus, Podcasts, The Day the Earth Blew Up, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, Vaxis – Act III: The Father of Make Believe, Wayne Brady's What If?! with Jonathan Mangum Leave a comment
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.
February 10, 2025
Commercials, Sports, Super Bowl Commercials, Television Booking.com, Chazmo, Little Caesars, Mountain Dew Baja Blast, Novartis, Pringles, Red Bull, RIP Chazmo, Super Bowl, Super Bowl Commercials, Super Bowl LIX, Totino's Leave a comment
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:
February 7, 2025
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television Armand, Becoming Led Zeppelin, Critics Choice Awards, Dream Theater, Heart Eyes, Parasomnia, Puppy Bowl, Sharon Van Etten, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, Super Bowl, Super Bowl LIX, The Floor, The Masked Singer, The Simpsons Leave a comment
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.
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