Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/7/24

June 7, 2024

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Will Fantasmas be fantasmic? (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
–Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Theaters) – This is the fourth Bad Boys. The third one was called “for Life.”
–I Used to Be Funny (Theaters) – Rachel Sennott is in this.
–Tuesday (Theaters)
–The Watchers (Theaters)

TV
–Fantasmas Series Premiere (June 7 on HBO) – Starring Julio Torres.

Music
-Aurora, What Happened to the Heart?
-Bon Jovi, Forever
-Charli XCX, Brat

Sports
-Belmont Stakes (June 8 on FOX)
-2024 US Open (June 13-16 on NBC, USA, and Peacock) – Golfing in Pinehurst Resort.

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/24/24

May 24, 2024

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It’s a hit, man! (CREDIT: Netflix © 2024)

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

Movies
–Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (Theaters)
–Hit Man (May 24 in Theaters, June 7 on Netflix) – Glen Powell starring role.

TV
-“South Park: The End of Obesity” (May 24 on Paramount+)
–My Adventures with Superman Season 2 Premiere (May 25 on Adult Swim)
–Beat Shazam Season Premiere (May 28 on FOX)
–The Quiz with Balls Series Premiere (May 28 on FOX) – SNL alum (Jay Pharoah) hosts a new game show.

Music
-Lenny Kravitz, Blue Electric Light
-twenty one pilots, Clancy

Sports
-French Open (May 26-June 9 on Tennis Channel, NBC, and Peacock)
-U.S. Women’s Open (May 30-June 2 on USA, Peacock, and NBC) – The golf version.

Watch Out!* Here Comes ‘The Phantom of the Open’! (*I Should’ve Said ‘Fore,’ Obviously)

June 6, 2022

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The Phantom of the Open (CREDIT: Sony Pictures Classics/Screenshot)

Starring: Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees

Director: Craig Roberts

Running Time: 102 Minutes

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: June 3, 2022 (Theaters)

Twice while watching The Phantom of the Open I violently kicked my leg forward as a reflexive response to some frightening golf shots. Luckily nobody was sitting in front of me, and the theater had been recently renovated so the seat had no trouble surviving the impact. On the first occasion, Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance) missed a close putt (and then three more immediately afterwards!), and in the second case, his ball hard-sliced right into a camera lens. Those are the kinds of moments you expect in a biopic about a guy who somehow managed to play in the oldest golf tournament in the world despite having basically zero previous golf experience! But you don’t necessarily expect those moments to be thrilling and so satisfying. And yet that’s what they were, as they helped to peel away the suffocation of the game’s exclusivity and assured us that it would all end up okay.

Grade: 100 Bogeys out of One Birdie (Attempt)

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 5/13/22

May 13, 2022

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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
–Firestarter (Theaters and Peacock) – Related: Cheryl on Riverdale has always recently developed pyrokinesis.
–On the Count of Three (Theaters and On Demand)
–Pleasure (Theaters)

TV
–The Kids in the Hall Season 6 (May 13 on Amazon Prime Video) – They’re back, and still Canadian.

Music
-The Black Keys, Dropout Boogie
-Florence + the Machine, Dance Fever
-Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Lamar & the Big Steppers
-Mandy Moore, In Real Life

Sports
-NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament (May 11-30 on ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPNU)
-NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Tournament (May 13-29 on ESPN, ESPU, and ESPN+)
-PGA Championship (May 19-22 on ESPN and CBS)