Jeff "Jmunney" Malone's Self-Styled "Expert" Thoughts on Movies, TV, Music, and the Rest of Pop Culture
April 23, 2021
Awards Shows, Cinema, Oscars, Television 93rd Academy Awards, 93rd Oscars, Academy Awards, Oscar Predictions, Oscars Leave a comment
It’s looking good for Nomadland (CREDIT: Searchlight Pictures/YouTube Screenshot)
Here’s my quick rundown of who’s most likely to grab the gold on Sunday, April 25, 2021, and whom I would vote for if I had a ballot.
Best Picture
Prediction: Nomadland
Preference: Promising Young Woman
Best Director
Prediction: Chloé Zhao
Preference: Emerald Fennell
April 23, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television 93rd Academy Awards, A Black Lady Sketch Show, Academy Awards, Dinosaur Jr., Ed Helms, Eric Church, Heart & Soul, Jessie Buckley, Josh O'Connor, Mike Schur, Mortal Kombat, Oscars, Patti Harrison, Romeo and Juliet, Rutherford Falls, Sweep It Into Space, The Handmaid's Tale, Together Together Leave a comment
Rutherford Falls (CREDIT: Peacock/YouTube 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
–Mortal Kombat (2021) (Theaters and Streaming on HBO Max)
–Together Together (April 23 in Theaters, May 11 On Demand) – Ed Helms, Patti Harrison, and surrogacy, oh my!
TV
–Rutherford Falls Season 1 (Premiered April 22 on Peacock) – Mike Schur, Ed Helms, and a town bordering a Native American reservation walk into a sitcom.
–Romeo and Juliet (April 23 on PBS) – A new production from London’s National Theater starring Jessie Buckley and Josh O’Connor
–A Black Lady Sketch Show Season 2 Premiere (April 23 on HBO)
-93rd Academy Awards (April 25 on ABC) – Handin’ out those Oscars.
–The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4 Premiere (April 28 on Hulu)
Music
-Eric Church, Heart & Soul – A three-part album released over the course of a week!
-Dinosaur Jr., Sweep It Into Space
April 16, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television American Dad!, Big Shot, Greta Thunberg, Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World, Greta van Fleet, Independent Spirit Awards, John Stamos, Let the Bad Times Roll, Melissa Villasenor, The Battle at Garden's Gate, The Offspring Leave a comment
Big Shot (CREDIT: Disney Plus/YouTube Screenshot)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
TV
–Big Shot Series Premiere (April 16 on Disney+) – John Stamos coaches girls basketball.
–American Dad! Season 18 Premiere (April 19 on TBS)
–Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World (April 22 on PBS)
-36th Independent Spirit Awards (April 22 on IFC) – Hosted by funny lady Melissa Villaseñor!
Music
-Greta Van Fleet, The Battle at Garden’s Gate
-The Offspring, Let the Bad Times Roll
April 11, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Carey Mulligan, Kid Cudi, L'Eggs, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 46, SNL, SNL Season 46 Leave a comment
SNL: Kid Cudi, Carey Mulligan, Kenan Thompson (CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot)
Fun fact: I enjoy watching Carey Mulligan acting in the movies1 Does that mean I’ll also enjoy watching her host Saturday Night Live for the first time? If you read this review, you just might find out! The musical guest is Kid Cudi, who I mostly know from his one-season stint as bandleader on Comedy Bang! Bang!, though I did also know him before that, and now I’ll know him even more after this.
I got my first COVID vaccine dose approximately 10 hours before this episode started airing. I’ve had some soreness around the injection site, but that didn’t really affect my viewing experience in any significant way.
The cold opening goes the local news route by putting an Eye on Minnesota (Grade: 4/5 Eyes) and the Derek Chauvin trial, and quite frankly, everyone involved does a fine job being goofy in the midst of such a distressing topic.
April 9, 2021
Entertainment To-Do List, Television BAFTAs, Dad Stop Embarrassing Me, David Alan Grier, Jamie Foxx, Kyla-Drew Leave a comment
Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! (CREDIT: Saeed Adyani/Netflix)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
TV
-74th BAFTAs (April 11 on BBC America)
–Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! Season 1 (April 14 on Netflix) – Jamie Foxx plays a dad! David Alan Grier plays his dad!
April 4, 2021
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SNL: St. Vincent, Daniel Kaluuya, Aidy Bryant (CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot)
Holy moly, this is a review of an SNL episode hosted by Daniel Kaluuya with musical guest St. Vincent! Kaluuya was great in Get Out, and he’s great in everything else I’ve seen him in as well, and while most of those credits aren’t terribly similar to sketch comedy, I had a feeling he had it in him to deliver the funny in front of a live audience. And as for Ms. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, she always brings it without fail.
So this is an episode airing on Easter Weekend, I ran 8 miles on Saturday morning, the spring sun’s blazing in the mid-Atlantic, and I’m still freaking out over that Final Four buzzer-beater. This is all to say, a bunch of dopamine is swirling around my system, which is a perfect formula for me to laugh aplenty. Did the sketches also give me reasons to laugh? Let’s find out!
First off, we’ll check in with Britney Spears (Chloe Fineman’s impression version) with another edition of Oops, You Did It Again (Grade: 3/5 Easter Bunnies). A few guests stop by, including Pete Davidson as Congressman Matt Gaetz, who looks just like his Andrew Cuomo impression except for a more colorful tie.
April 2, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Podcasts, Television Chad, Dana Carvey, Dancing with the Devil the Art of Starting Over, Demi Lovato, Fantastic with Dana Carvey, Godzilla vs. Kong, Home Economics, Podcasts, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Sketchy, tune-yards Leave a comment
Chad (CREDIT: TBS/YouTube 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
–Godzilla vs. Kong (Theaters and Streaming on HBO Max)
TV
-27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (April 4 on TBS and TNT)
–Chad (April 6 on TBS) – A “sneak peek” (i.e., a full episode) actually already aired about a week ago, though.
–Home Economics Series Premiere (April 7 on ABC) – A new sitcom about three adult siblings.
Music
-tUnE-yArDs, sketchy – This came out last week and I had no idea how much it would be up my alley!
-Demi Lovato, Dancing with the Devil … the Art of Starting Over
Podcasts
–Fantastic! With Dana Carvey – A very funny guy doing very funny voices. (Launched back in January)
March 28, 2021
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television Jack Harlow, Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 46, SNL, SNL Season 46 Leave a comment
SNL: Jack Harlow, Maya Rudolph, Chris Redd (CREDIT: YouTube Screenshot)
When Maya Rudolph was announced as the host of the March 27, 2021 episode of Saturday Night Live, I mentioned to my dad that this was only her second time returning to host. Then I guessed that in addition to all that, she’s also probably made approximately another dozen guest appearances. But it turned out the actual total is about double that! Musical guest Jack Harlow, meanwhile, is here for the first time. As for me and the number of times I’ve watched this show, that’s gotta be in the thousands.
If someone told you that an SNL episode would start with a pretend game show, would you believe it? Well, you’d better believe it, because that’s exactly what happened in this episode! It’s called Snatched, Vaxed, or Waxed (Grade: 2.5/5 Marches), and I laughed at the name “Cece Vuvuzela.”
March 26, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Bad Trip, Eric Andre, Evanescence, Lil Rel Howery, Pooch Perfect, Rebel Wilson, Solar Opposites, The Bitter Truth, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Tiffany Haddish Leave a comment
Pooch Perfect (CREDIT: Christopher Willard/ABC)
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 Trip (Streaming on Netflix) – Eric Andre strings Lil Rel and Tiffany Haddish along for his shenanigans.
TV
–The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Series Premiere (March 26 on Disney+) – Ducks never say die.
–Solar Opposites Season 2 (March 26 on Hulu)
–Pooch Perfect Series Premiere (March 30 on ABC) – Rebel Wilson hosts a dog grooming competish!
Music
-Evanescence, The Bitter Truth
March 19, 2021
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Doctor Who, Happily, Lana del Rey, Ringo Starr, Superstore, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Zoom In Leave a comment
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (CREDIT: Marvel Entertainment/YouTube 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
–Happily (Theaters and On Demand) – I always got to stump for my Community alums.
TV
–The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Series Premiere (March 19 on Disney+) – More MCU on Disney+!
–Doctor Who: Fury From the Deep (March 21 on BBC America) – Another set of lost Who episodes reconstituted in animated form.
–Superstore Series Finale (March 25 on NBC)
Music
-Lana Del Rey, Chemtrails over the Country Club
-Ringo Starr, Zoom In
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