Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/22/26

May 22, 2026

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Does Spider-Noir fight any bees? (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
–I Love Boosters (Theaters)
–Ladies First (May 22 on Netflix) – Starring Sacha Baron Cohen in something silly.
–The Mandalorian & Grogu (Theaters)
–Passenger (Theaters)
–Tuner (Theaters)

TV
–Mating Season Season 1 (May 22 on Netflix) – Like Big Mouth, but animals?
–Rick and Morty Season 9 Premiere (May 24 on Adult Swim)
–Spider-Noir Season 1 (May 25 on MGM+, May 27 on Amazon Prime) – Get in the cage!
–Um, Actually Tournament of Champions (May 26 on Dropout)

Music
-Bleachers, everyone for ten minutes
-Future Islands, From A Hole In The Floor To A Fountain Of Youth

Sports
-French Open (May 24-June 7 on TNT, TruTV, and HBO Max) – Oh’clay!

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Will Ferrell/Paul McCartney

May 17, 2026

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Where’s there a Will, there’s a Ferrell (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.

Congratulations, we’ve made it to the very end of Saturday Night Live Season 51. And for the finale, it’s quite a lineup, with host Will Ferrell and Paul McCartney. They’ve both been part of multiple previous SNL episodes, and they also both boast sizable fanbases, myself included among them. So I think it’s reasonable to expect that this should be an enjoyable hour and a half of television. Let’s proceed into my review and discover if that indeed turned out to be the case.

For my Review Gimmick for this episode, I shall be taking inspiration from my favorite thing that Will Ferrell has ever done by saying “You stay classy” to a particular element of each sketch and segment.

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/15/26

May 15, 2026

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Is this the face of Maximum Pleasure (CREDIT: Apple TV)

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

Movies
–In the Grey (Theaters) – Directed by Guy Ritchie
–Is God Is (Theaters) – I didn’t love this, but it’s interesting enough to be worth checking out.
–Obsession (Theaters)

TV
–Game Changer Season 8 Premiere (May 18 on Dropout)
–Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Series Premiere (May 20 on Apple TV) – Starring Tatiana Maslany.
–The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Series Finale (May 21 on CBS)

Music
-Rostam, American Stories

Books
–Billy on Billy: An Audio Memoir, by Billy Eichner (Release Date: May 19)

Comedy
–Lisa Ann Walter: It Was An Accident (May 15 on Hulu)

Sports
-Preakness Stakes (May 16 on NBC)

Podcasts
–TV Is Good – Co-hosted by Alan Sepinwall and Kathryn VanArendonk.

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Matt Damon/Noah Kahan

May 10, 2026

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It’s Ben a good time (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.

When Matthew Paige Damon hosts Saturday Night Live, it’s a relatively rare occurrence but generally worth tuning into. So that’s what I’ve done for his third outing as SNL Host. (Of course, I watch all new SNL episodes anyway, so you can’t reasonably claim that you’re surprised that I’m doing this.)

During the previous two times that Damon hosted, the musical guests were Bruce Springsteen & the E Street and Mark Ronson/Miley Cyrus, respectively. This time around, however, it’s Noah Kahan, which honestly isn’t a huge shift in terms of tempo and genre.

For my Review Gimmick for this episode, I shall take inspiration from my favorite thing that Matt Damon has ever done (i.e., his lead turn in the film The Talented Mr. Ripley) and examine how each sketch and segment demonstrated the ways in which the performers are Talented.

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/8/26

May 8, 2026

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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
–Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) (Theaters) – Co-directed by Billie and James Cameron.
–Marty, Life Is Short (May 12 on Netflix) – Documentary about Martin Short.
–Mortal Kombat II (Theaters)
–The Sheep Detectives (Theaters)

TV
–RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 11 Premiere (May 8 on Paramount+)
–Pop Culture Jeopardy! Season 2 Premiere (May 11 on Netflix) – Airing daily Monday-Friday until June 5 this season.

Music
-Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood And The Rajasthan Express, Ranjha
-BLARF, Film Scores for Films That Don’t Exist (Released May 1) – The latest from Eric Andre’s musical side project
-Lykke Li, The Afterparty – Reportedly her final album.
-Social Distortion, Born to Kill

Sports
-PGA Championship (May 14-17 on ESPN and CBS) – Set in Pennsylvania.
-NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament (May 8-22 on ESPN, ESPNU, and ESPN+) – I care this year because Rutgers and Loyola (Maryland) are in the field.

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Olivia Rodrigo/Olivia Rodrigo

May 3, 2026

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A still from a funny promo for this episode (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.

May you enjoy reading a review of a Saturday Night Live episode? I hope you may, because I am about to share my thoughts on the May 2, 2026 outing that featured Olivia Rodrigo pulling double duty as both host and musical guest. For my Review Gimmick this time, I shall draw inspiration from my favorite part of her artistic output, which is the song “Good 4 U.” So I shall analyze each sketch and segment by including a sentiment that begins “Good 4.”

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 4/17/26

April 17, 2026

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This Is a Screenshot of the ‘This Is a Gardening Show’ Trailer (CREDIT: Netflix/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
–Busboys (Theaters) – I’ve been hearing David Spade talk about this with Dana Carvey on their podcast for a while.
–Erupcja (Theaters)
–Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (Theaters)
–Lorne (Theaters)
–Mother Mary (Theaters)
–Normal (Theaters)

TV
–This Is a Gardening Show Season 1 (April 22 on Netflix) – Hosted by Zach Galifianakis.

Music
-Nine Inch Noize, Nine Inch Noize
-They Might Be Giants, The World Is to Dig
-Jessie Ware, Superbloom
-Zayn, Konnakol

Sports
-Boston Marathon (April 20 on ESPN 2)
-Chevron Championship (April 23-26 on Golf Channel, Peacock, and NBC)

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Colman Domingo/Anitta

April 12, 2026

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That’s that episode, Domingo (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.

‘Sup, everybody? Today, we shall be covering the 17th episode of SNL Season 51, with host Colman Domingo and musical guest Anitta. How many times has it been in the history of this show that a host’s last name has also been the name of a popular recurring character? As for Anitta, I’m not sure I’ve ever heard her music before this episode (maybe in passing), though I do recognize her name.

Last night, I was celebrating with friends, so for this review, my gimmick will be an old reliable standby of Transcribing the Notes I took while watching the episode.

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 4/10/26

April 10, 2026

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It’s fun getting into trouble (CREDIT: Apple TV)

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 Christophers (Theaters)
–Exit 8 (Theaters)
–Faces of Death (Theaters)
–Hunting Matthew Nichols (Theaters)
–You, Me & Tuscany (Theaters)

TV
–Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair Series Premiere (April 10 on Hulu)
–Euphoria Season 3 Premiere (April 12 on HBO)
–The 1% Club Season Premiere (April 13 on FOX)
–The Quiz with Balls (April 13 on FOX) – Game Show Season is in full swing.
–Margo’s Got Money Troubles Series Premiere (April 15 on Apple TV) – Elle Fanning plays Margo.

Music
-Holly Humberstone, Cruel World
-Joe Jackson, Hope and Fury
-Snoop Dogg, 10 Til’ Midnight

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Jack Black/Jack White

April 5, 2026

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A Jack Snack: time to lap it up! (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)

Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.

Congratulations! To whom, you may ask? Why, to the universe, for finally allowing Jack Black and Jack White to share the bill on the same Saturday Night Live, specifically the April 4, 2026 episode. This also happens to be Mr. Black’s fifth time hosting, as well as Mr. White’s fifth time as solo musical guest (sixth time as MG when you include his stint as a member of The White Stripes).

Because of this yin/yang-style pairing, my Review Gimmick for this episode will involve determining a Pair of Opposites to represent each sketch and segment.

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