Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 6/13/25

June 13, 2025

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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.

jmunney’s Favorite Music of 2024

January 31, 2025

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Every week, I check the schedule of new albums coming out and listen to the ones that catch my ear. Then I make a note throughout the year of the ones that made a strong impression. And then to finalize my Best Albums of 2024 list, I re-listened to everything on that shortlist to confirm whether or not I did in fact like them enough to enshrine them among the crème de la crème.

As for my favorite new songs of the year, they can be hard to find, since I live in a city with reliable public transportation, and thus rarely drive, and thus rarely listen to the radio. So I hope that I’ll encounter some good ones on the albums that I seek out, or that they otherwise reach me via pop cultural osmosis. Also, I try to stick with songs that were released as singles, but it’s okay if they weren’t.

Anyway, here’s the music that happily stuck with me in 2024:

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 11/1/24

November 1, 2024

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Talkin’ bout Chuck (CREDIT: Michael Perez Entertainment LLC/Shudder Release)

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

Movies
–Blitz (November 1 in Theaters and November 22 on Apple TV+)
–Doc of Chucky (November 1 on Shudder) – Diving into the Child’s Play franchise.
–Emilia Perez (November 1 in Theaters and November 13 on Netflix)
–Here (Theaters) – This one’s got a gimmick.
–Juror #2 (Theaters)
–Music by John Williams (Limited Theaters and Disney+)
–A Real Pain (Theaters)

TV
-2024 SNL Election Special (November 4 on NBC)

Music
–American Dad!: Greatest Hits – “Iconic songs performed by the cast throughout the show’ s extensive run, capturing many of the quirky, musical moments that have made it a fan favorite.”
-Bishop Briggs, Tell My Therapist I’m Fine – This came out a few weeks ago, but somehow I missed it.
-The Cure, Songs of a Lost World

Video Games
–The Legend of Santa (Nintendo Switch, PS5, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android) – A simple platformer that might be fun for the holiday season.