June 13, 2025
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television
AFI Life Achievement Award, Francis Ford Coppola, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2025, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Materialists, Mixes of a Lost World, Neil Young, Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Phantom Island, Remembering Now, Slick Rick, Talkin to the Trees, The Cure, Van Morrison, Victory, Women's PGA Championship

I hope Francis had the Time of his Life (CREDIT: American Film Institute/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
–How to Train Your Dragon 2025 (Theaters)
–Materialists (Theaters)
TV
-AFI Life Achievement Award (June 18 on TNT) – Honoring Francis Ford Coppola.
Music
-The Cure, Mixes of a Lost World
-King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island
-Van Morrison, Remembering Now
-Slick Rick, Victory
-Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts, Talkin to the Trees
Sports
-Women’s PGA Championship (June 19-22 on Golf Channel, Peacock, and NBC) – They’re playing at Fields Ranch East in Texas this year.
August 9, 2024
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television
Borderlands, Chlöe, Chloe Bailey, Cuckoo, Flight b741, It Ends with Us, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Little League World Series, Rick and Morty: The Anime, Solar Opposites, Trouble in Paradise

New animation, same wubba-lubba-dub-dub (CREDIT: Adult Swim)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Borderlands (Theaters)
–Cuckoo (Theaters)
–It Ends with Us (Theaters)
TV
–Solar Opposites Season 5 (August 12 on Hulu)
–Rick and Morty: The Anime Series Premiere (August 15 on Adult Swim) – Familiar guys, new style.
Music
-Chlöe, Trouble in Paradise
-King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Flight b741
Sports
-Little League World Series (August 14-25 on ESPN and ABC)
October 27, 2023
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television
Action Adventure, Black Pumas, Chronicles of a Diamond, Danse Macabre, DJ Shadow, Duran Duran, Five Nights at Freddy's, Freelance, God Games, History Books, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Robed in Rareness, Shabazz Palaces, South Park, South Park: Joining the Panderverse, The Gaslight Anthem, The Holdovers, The Killer, The Kills, The Silver Cord, World Series

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Five Nights at Freddy’s (Theaters and Peacock)
–Freelance (Theaters) – Alison Brie Alert!
–The Holdovers (Theaters)
–The Killer (Limited Theaters, Netflix on November 10) – Da Finchman!
TV
–South Park: Joining the Panderverse (October 27 on Paramount+)
Music
-Black Pumas, Chronicles of a Diamond
-DJ Shadow, Action Adventure
-Duran Duran, Danse Macabre
-The Gaslight Anthem, History Books
-The Kills, God Games
-King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, The Silver Cord
-Shabazz Palaces, Robed in Rareness
Sports
-World Series (Begins October 27 on FOX) – D-Bags vs. The Rangos
June 16, 2023
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Asteroid City, Átta, Bettye LaVette, Cat Stevens, Django Django, Elemental, In Times New Roman..., King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, King of a Land, LaVette!, Off Planet, PetroDragonic Apocalypse or Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation, Queens of the Stone Age, Secret Invasion, Sigur Ros, The Blackening, The Flash, The Righteous Gemstones, Yusuf

Shh! It’s a SECRET Invasion (CREDIT: Marvel 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
–Asteroid City (Theaters)
–The Blackening (Theaters)
–Elemental (Theaters)
–The Flash (Theaters)
TV
–The Righteous Gemstones Season 3 Premiere (June 18 on HBO)
–Secret Invasion Series Premiere (June 21 on Disney+) – More Marvel
Music
-Django Django, Off Planet
-King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation
-Bettye LaVette, LaVette!
-Queens of the Stone Age, In Times New Roman…
-Sigur Rós, Átta
-Yusuf/Cat Stevens, King of a Land
February 10, 2023
jmunney
Best of 2022, Best of Music 2022, Music
Albums, Best of 2022, Beyoncé, Cody Carpenter, Daniel DDavies, Firestarter, Florence + the Machine, John Carpenter, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Lizzo, Mandy Moore, Music, Santigold, Silversun Pickups, Soccer Mommy, Soft Cell, The Black Keys, The Weeknd, Tove Lo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Before publishing this list, I listened to each of these albums again to make sure that I still liked them. And I did! (But there was one other that I had on my preliminary list that I ultimately decided I didn’t like enough to include. Bonus points if you can guess what it was.)
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February 2, 2023
jmunney
Best of 2022, Best of Music 2022, Music
Best of 2022, Beyoncé, Big Sean, Bob Moses, Chandrabose, Ellie Goulding, Kaala Bhairava, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Lizzo, M. M. Keeravani, Music, Naatu Naatu, Rahul Sipligunj, Regina Spektor, Steve Lacy, The Black Keys, The Weeknd, Tove Lo, Vedala Hemachandra, Weird Al Yankovic, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

CREDIT: Music Video Screenshots
Strong showing from movie tunes this year. And man, I just love it when those music-makers just jam out and go for it.
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October 28, 2022
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Sports, Television
Armageddon Time, Babyface, Big Mouth, Blockbuster, Changes, Girls' Night Out, Jeopardy!, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Prey for the Devil, The Wonder, World Series

Hello, Blockbuster? It’s your cousin, Randall Blockbuster. (CREDIT: Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix © 2022)
Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.
Movies
–Armageddon Time (Theaters)
–Prey for the Devil (Theaters) – New frights for Halloween.
–The Wonder (November 2 in Theaters, November 16 on Netflix) – It stars Florence Pugh.
TV
–Big Mouth Season 6 (October 28 on Netflix)
–Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions (Begins October 31, check local listings) – A new format this year.
–Blockbuster Season 1 (November 3 on Netflix) – Randall Park and Melissa Fumero work at a video rental store.
Music
-Babyface, Girls’ Night Out
-King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Changes
Sports
-World Series (Begins October 28 on FOX) – Phils vs. ‘stros.
October 7, 2022
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Amsterdam, Big Shot, Bush, Ice Death Planets Lungs Mushrooms and Lava, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, TÁR, The Art of Survival, The Cult, The Midnight Sun, The Problem with Jon Stewart, Triangle of Sadness, Under the Midnight Sun, Werewolf by Night

I guess it’s not night yet (CREDIT: Marvel 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
–Amsterdam (Theaters)
–TÁR (Theaters)
–Triangle of Sadness (Theaters)
TV
–The Midnight Club Season 1 (October 7 on Netflix) – Mike Flanagan’s latest horror series, and Heather Langenkamp’s in it this time, and also “Possum Kingdom” is in the trailer.
–The Problem with Jon Stewart Season 2 Premiere (October 7 on Apple TV+)
-Marvel Studios’ Special Presentation: Werewolf By Night (October 7 on Disney+)
–Big Shot Season 2 Premiere (October 12 on Disney+)
Music
-Bush, The Art of Survival
-The Cult, Under the Midnight Sun
-King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
April 22, 2022
jmunney
Cinema, Entertainment To-Do List, Music, Television
Barry, Billie Eilish, Bonnie Raitt, Just Like That…, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Night Gnomes, Omnium Gatherum, Petite Maman, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, The Duke, The Northman, The Simpsons, The Simpsons: When Billie Met Lisa, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Three Busy Debras, We're All Going to the World's Fair

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 Duke (Theaters)
–The Northman (Theaters)
–Petite Maman (Theaters)
–The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Theaters) – Cage for Cage.
–We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Theaters) – This came out in limited release last week, and I should have included it then.
TV
–The Simpsons: When Billie Met Lisa (April 22 on Disney+) – “Billie” as in “Eilish.”
–Barry Season 3 Premiere (April 24 on HBO)
–Three Busy Debras Season 2 Premiere (April 24 on Adult Swim)
Music
-Bonnie Raitt, Just Like That…
-King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Omnium Gatherum
-Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Night Gnomes