Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/9/25

May 9, 2025

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getting her first real six string (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
–Clown in a Cornfield (Theaters)
–Fight or Flight (Theaters)
–Friendship (Theaters)
–Summer of 69 (May 9 on Hulu) – Chloe Fineman offers sex tips; Jillian Bell’s directorial debut.

TV
–RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 Premiere (May 9 on Paramount+) – They’re doing a bracket-style tournament this year.

Music
-Arcade Fire, Pink Elephant
-The Head and the Heart, Aperture
-Kali Uchis, Sincerely
-Thom Yorke and Mark Pritchard, Tall Tales

Sports
-PGA Championship (May 15-18 on ESPN and CBS)

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Quinta Brunson/Benson Boone

May 4, 2025

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When Benson met Quinta, and also Sarah (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 the 4th be with Quinta Brunson and Benson Boone. Or more technically, May the 3rd be with them. But May the 4th be with me, and with all my readers, because I watch SNL and write my reviews on Sundays instead of Saturdays.

This is Quinta B’s second time hosting, and wackily enough, her main gig of Abbott Elementary is currently on summer vacation, although I suppose she can promote getting caught up on her show streaming. As for Benson B, he’s one of those newly minted pop hitmakers that you’ve probably encountered even if you don’t follow the Top 40, since he really goes after that high note on his big hit.

This is one of those weekends when I annually run a 10-mile race, so based on that theme of speed, I’ll be reviewing the sketches and segments in this episode with one word each.

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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 4/25/25

April 25, 2025

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Keep it Simple, stupid (CREDIT: Amazon MGM Studios)

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

Movies
–Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie (Theaters)
–The Legend of Ochi (Theaters)
–Until Dawn (Theaters)
–Another Simple Favor (May 1 on Amazon Prime)

TV
–Celebrity Wheel of Fortune Season Premiere (April 30 on ABC)
–Jeopardy! Masters Season 3 Premiere (April 30 on ABC)

Music
-Billy Idol, Dream Into It – Featuring the single “Still Dancing.”
-Willie Nelson, Oh What a Beautiful World
-Smokey Robinson, What the World Needs Now

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)

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Jon Hamm/Lizzo

April 13, 2025

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About last night… (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.

Here we go, it’s time to review another episode of Saturday Night Live! And just like last week’s edition, we’ve got a dude hosting for the fourth time after more than a decade since his third. But unlike Thomas Jacob Black, Jonathan Daniel Hamm has made plenty of cameo appearances in the intervening period. And as for the songs, well, fourth time’s clearly the charm, because Melissa Jefferson (better known as Lizzo) is also making her fourth appearance as musical guest.

In honor of one of Jon Hamm’s most classic SNL sketches, I’m going to review each segment of this episode by declaring if it’s More Hammy or More Bubbly. One isn’t necessarily better than the other, it all depends on the context!

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 4/11/25

April 11, 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
–The Amateur (Theaters)
–Drop (Theaters)
–One to One: John & Yoko (IMAX Theaters)
–Sacramento (Theaters)
–Warfare (Theaters)

TV
–Doctor Who Season 15 Premiere (April 12 on Disney+)

Music
-Bon Iver, SABLE, fABLE
-OK Go, And the Adjacent Possible
-Röyksopp, True Electric – Oh man, remember these guys back in the day?

Sports
-WNBA Draft (April 14 on ESPN) – Checking out who’s going to be picked.

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Jack Black/Elton John & Brandi Carlile

April 6, 2025

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a group of April Foolz (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.

Happy April, everybody! And I’m not fooling when I say that.

The reason I’ve assembled you all here today is to convene in the wake of the April 5, 2025 episode of Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by Jack Black, along with the two-for-one musical guest combo of Elton John and Brandi Carlile. It’s been 19 years and 4 months since Mr. Black last hosted, and that was one of my favorite SNL episodes ever. As for Mr. John and Mrs. Carlile, they’ve both graced the 30 Rock stage with their presence before, but never yet combining forces! So there’s plenty worth getting excited about here.

Since this is the first episode of April this year, I’m going to take inspiration from that old axiom of “April showers bring May flowers” and review each sketch and segment by concluding whether they’re more like showers, or more like flowers. That’s not to say that one is good and the other is bad – instead, it all depends on all the context.

And, away… we… go:

Trump Tariff Speech: More than a shower, this is a steady rain that keeps on persisting.

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

April 4, 2025

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I knew that one day I would look in the mirror and see Paul Giamatti looking back at me (CREDIT: John Wall/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 Luckiest Man in America (Theaters)
–A Minecraft Movie (Theaters)

TV
–The Handmaid’s Tale Season 6 (April 8 on Hulu) – Final Season Alert!
–Black Mirror Season 7 (April 10 on Netflix) – I still haven’t finished Season 6, though!

Music
-Dirty Projectors, David Longstreth, & stargaze, Song of the Earth
-Djo, The Crux
-Elton John and Brandi Carlile, Who Believes in Angels?
-Sleigh Bells, Bunky Becky Birthday Boy

Sports
-The Masters (April 10-13 on ESPN, Paramount+, and CBS) – Will Rory McIlroy finally win this year?

Jeff’s Wacky SNL Review: Mikey Madison/Morgan Wallen

March 30, 2025

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three human beings standing on a TV stage looking at the camera (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.

March 2025 is almost March Twenty-Twenty-Goodbye, but there was still time for SNL to get one more new episode in this month. Serving as Mrs. The Host was Freshly Minted Academy Award Oscar Winner Mikaela Madison Rosberg (better known as Mikey), and checking in as the Music Dude was Morgan Wallen. This was her first time on Studio 8H, while he was previously there one time before, and almost there one other time before that.

I’m getting over what I believe is a cold, so I’m going to revisit a reliably reliable reviewing strategy and review this episode by transcribing the notes I took while watching.

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