Jeff "Jmunney" Malone's Self-Styled "Expert" Thoughts on Movies, TV, Music, and the Rest of Pop Culture
December 31, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Television black-ish, Kenan, That's My Jam, The Lost Daughter Leave a comment
The Lost Daughter (CREDIT: 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 Lost Daughter (December 17 in Limited Theaters, December 31 on Netflix)
TV
–Kenan Season 2 Premiere (January 3 on NBC)
–That’s My Jam Timeslot Premiere (January 3 on NBC) – Music in service of a game show.
–black-ish Season 8 Premiere (January 4 on ABC) – Final Season Alert!
December 24, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Television Insecure, Memoria, Parallel Mothers, Sing 2, The Book of Boba Fett, The Matrix Resurrections Leave a comment
The Book of Boba Fett (CREDIT: Disney+/Lucasfilm)
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 Matrix Resurrections (Theaters and HBO Max) – After all these years…
–Memoria (One Theater at a Time)
–Parallel Mothers (Theaters) – Penélope Cruz and Pedro Almodóvar team up again!
–Sing 2 (Theaters) – Just give in to the singing animals.
TV
–Insecure Series Finale (December 26 on HBO)
–The Book of Boba Fett (December 29 on Disney+)
December 19, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Charli XCX, Paul Rudd, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 47, SNL, SNL Season 47 1 Comment
SNL: Charli XCX, Paul Rudd, Ego Nwodim (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
This Paul Rudd-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live was supposed to feature Charli XCX as the musical guest, but instead there was no musical guest. (Although Charli did show up in a pre-recorded sketch!) Changes were made at the last minute, but the show had to go on, so it did go on! There were some new bits, but several of the sketches were classic Christmas-themed selections, along with new intros from Rudd and/or Tina Fey, Kenan Thompson, and Tom Hanks.
Rudd was in town presumably to promote his new flick Ghostbusters: Afterlife (which also features some SNL alums in its cast) and his new Apple TV+ show The Shrink Next Door (which also co-stars an SNL alum). But I also must mention that he has a recurring voice gig on the terrific new Netflix show Saturday Morning All Star Hits!, which stars and was co-created by current SNL cast member Kyle Mooney.
In the spirit of persevering, I will stick with the reviewing plan I had for this episode, which was to list the sketches in order from least Christmassy to most Christmassy. I’ve determined this according to the number of times we hear spoken in the sketch the word “Christmas” (or its derivatives, like “Christmassy,” “Christmastime,” etc.). I have included in the counts those Christmases spoken in the intros.
December 12, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Billie Eilish, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 47, SNL, SNL Season 47 1 Comment
SNL: Billie Eilish, Kate McKinnon (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
The eighth episode of Saturday Night Live Season 47 features the same person as both host and musical guest, and that person is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell (or just Billie Eilish, for short). This is the first time this season that the same person has been both host and MG. If you were worried that this sort of double duty was never going to happen again, then that was quite an overreaction.
Last episode, I listed the sketches in order of running time, from longest to shortest, so this time I will go from shortest to longest.
December 10, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television American Auto, Barn, Crazy Horse, MacGruber, National Champions, Neil Young, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Red Rocket, Saturday Morning All Star Hits!, South Park, West Side Story Leave a comment
SATURDAY MORNING ALL STAR HITS! (CREDIT: 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
–National Champions (Theaters)
–Red Rocket (Theaters)
–West Side Story (Theaters) – Remake.
TV
–Saturday Morning All Star Hits! Season 1 (December 10 on Netflix) – Kyle Mooney does his thing.
–American Auto Series Premiere (December 13 on NBC) – Starring Ana Gasteyer. (Or should that be “Ana Gas Tire” in this case?)
–MacGruber Series Premiere (December 16 on NBC) – Is it sponsored by Pepsi?
–South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID (December 16 on Paramount+)
Music
-Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Barn
December 3, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Abbott Elementary, Benedetta, Diff'rent Strokes, Flee, Jeopardy!, Live in Front of a Studio Audience, PEN15, The Atlas Underground Railroad, The Facts of Life, Tom Morello, Wolf Leave a comment
PEN15 (CREDIT: Hulu/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
–Benedetta (Theaters) – Paul Verhoeven’s lesbian nun movie.
–Flee (Theaters)
–Wolf (Theaters)
TV
–PEN15 Season 2, Part 2 (December 3 on Hulu) – This is reportedly the end.
–Jeopardy! Professors Tournament (December 6-17, check local listings)
–Abbott Elementary Series Premiere (December 7 on ABC) – Starring Miracle Workers‘ Quinta Brunson.
–Live in Front of a Studio Audience: “The Facts of Life” and “Diff’rent Strokes” (December 7 on ABC)
–Welcome to Earth Series Premiere (December 8 on Disney+) – The World According to Will Smith
Music
-Tom Morello, The Atlas Underground Flood
November 26, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Television Encanto, House of Gucci, How to with John Wilson, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Licorice Pizza, Resdent Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Leave a comment
(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
–Encanto (Theaters)
–House of Gucci (Theaters)
–Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Theaters) – Starring Kaya Scodelario, as opposed to Milla Jovovich.
–Licorice Pizza (Theaters)
TV
–How To with John Wilson Season 2 Premiere (November 26 on HBO) – The best docuseries on TV.
–It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Season 15 Premiere (December 1 on FXX) – It’s still as sunny as ever.
–Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas (December 1 on The Roku Channel) – Holiday special for a cancelled show.
November 21, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 47, Saweetie, Simu Liu, SNL, SNL Season 47 2 Comments
SNL: Kyle Mooney, Saweetie, Simu Liu, Cecily Strong (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
This year I am thankful for new episodes of Saturday Night Live. And the NEWEST new SNL is the one hosted by Simu Liu with musical guest Saweetie. He’s the self-proclaimed “first Chinese host to be the fourth Chinese host,” while she’s the Santa Clara native who sure seems to rap a lot.
For this review, I will be listing the sketches in order of running time, starting with the longest.
November 19, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television 30, Adele, Alison Krauss, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, C'Mon C'Mon, Hawkeye, King Richard, Motorheart, National Dog Show, Raise the Roof, Robert Plant, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Saved by the Bell, Solar Opposites, South Park, South Park: Post Covid, Sting, The Beatles: Get Back, The Bridge, The Darkness, The Great Leave a comment
The Beatles: Get Back (CREDIT: 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
–Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Theaters)
–C’Mon C’Mon (Theaters)
–King Richard (Theaters and HBO Max) – Tennis, anyone?
TV
–Cowboy Bebop Season 1 (November 19 on Netflix) – Might watch this just for the corgi.
–The Great Season 2 (November 19 on Hulu)
–Solar Opposites Holiday Episode (November 22 on Hulu)
–Hawkeye Series Premiere (November 24 on Disney+)
–Saved by the Bell Season 2 (November 24 on Peacock) – One of the best new shows of 2020 returns for 2021.
–The Beatles: Get Back (November 25-27 on Disney+) – Documentary series directed by Peter Jackson.
-National Dog Show (November 25 on NBC)
–South Park: Post Covid (November 25 on Paramount+) – First of 14 South Park films for Paramount+.
Music
-Adele, 30 – It’s Adele again.
-The Darkness, Motorheart
-Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raise the Roof
-Sting, The Bridge
Music on TV
-2021 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (November 20 on HBO)
November 14, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Jonathan Majors, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 47, SNL, SNL Season 47, Taylor Swift Leave a comment
SNL: Bowen Yang, Taylor Swift, Jonathan Majors, Aidy Bryant (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
In case this is the first of my SNL reviews you’re reading this season (or if you just need a refresher), I’ve been mixing up the order in which I list each sketch. This time, I’ve listed them in order of how long my notes were for each sketch, starting with the most notes. (You’ll have to trust me on this one.)
Anyway, Jonathan Majors was booked as the host, while Taylor Swift managed to be the musical guest. This is his first time entertaining us from Studio 8H, while she’s been here multiple times already. Maybe she gave him some advice.
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