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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 2/21/25

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 2/21/25

Here’s a screenshot of Aidy Bryant hosting last year’s Indie Spirit Awards. Will she wear the same outfit this year, or a different one? Will she tell the same jokes, or completely different ones? We shall find out on February 22! (CREDIT: Film Independent/Screenshot) Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth…

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'The Monkey' Leaves a Record Trail of Death and Destruction in Its Wake

'The Monkey' Leaves a Record Trail of Death and Destruction in Its Wake

Monkey see, monkey do your worst (CREDIT: NEON) Starring: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O’Brien, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Oz Perkins, Adam Scott, Elijah Wood Director: Osgood Perkins Running Time: 98 Minutes Rating: R for A Countless Mass of Displaced Limbs and Loose Guts Release Date: February 21, 2025 (Theaters) What’s It About?: Twin brothers Hal and Bill Shelburn…

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2024 Movie Awards Season Catch-Up Quick Hits

2024 Movie Awards Season Catch-Up Quick Hits

CREDIT (Clockwise from Top Left): A24; Janus Films/Screenshot; Sony Pictures Classics/Screenshot; A24) I did some awards season catch-up at the cinema in the past few weeks, and I’m going to digest all of that right now. Each of the movies in this roundup is nominated for multiple Oscars; a couple of them are even up for Best Picture. So here are some quick-hit reactions in which I answer the…

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On 'Becoming Led Zeppelin'

On 'Becoming Led Zeppelin'

CREDIT: Sony Pictures Classics/Screenshot Starring: John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Archival Footage of John Bonham Director: Bernard MacMahon Running Time: 121 Minutes Rating: PG-13 Release Date: February 7, 2024 (Theaters) True to its title, the documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin did a pretty fine job revealing how Misters Page, Jones, Plant, and Bonham in fact became a four-piece…

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Cabana Karaoke

January 25, 2025-January 26, 2025 – I arrived at the Baby Grand karaoke bar and walked upstairs. There was a long row along the bar with one empty seat in the middle. It looked more like a cabana overlooking the beach. The empty seat was right by a couple of people I know. I realized that I didn’t have a shirt on. I had taken it off earlier and neglected to put another one on. I headed back down…

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Jeff’s Wacky SNL50: The Anniversary Special Review

Jeff’s Wacky SNL50: The Anniversary Special Review

Thank you, 50 SNLs (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… …but this time I’m liveblogging the 50th Anniversary Special! I’ll be tossing off some thoughts for each segment as they arrive. Please join me and watch and read along, if you please. For context, in the…

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 2/14/25

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 2/14/25

I’ll watch anything with Leighton Meester in it (CREDIT: The CW Network/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 –Captain America: Brave New World (Theaters) –Oscar-Nominated Short Films (Theaters) –Paddington in Peru (Theaters) TV –SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (February 14 on…

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What Treasure Will Be Found with 'Paddington in Peru'?

What Treasure Will Be Found with 'Paddington in Peru'?

Guess who! And where! (CREDIT: StudioCanal/Columbia Pictures) Starring: Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Hughe Bonneville, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Julie Walters, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Jim Broadbent, Carla Tous, Imelda Staunton, Hayley Atwell Director: Dougal Wilson Running Time: 106 Minutes Rating: PG for Lethal Dangers Faced with Politeness and the Occasional Hard Stare Release…

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Super Bowl LIX Commercials, How Do You Do?

Super Bowl LIX Commercials, How Do You Do?

Rest in Power, King (CREDIT: Totino’s Pizza Rolls/Screenshot) Well, here we go, this is the space where I’m going to talk about the commercials that aired during the American broadcast of Super Bowl LIX. I’ve been doing this sort of roundup for a while now, but I don’t know if I’m going to keep doing it forever. It’s kind of overwhelming! Or maybe I just feel that way right now because I’m…

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Frozen Wordle

January 25, 2025-January 26, 2025 – I was playing Wordle first thing in the morning. I tried to enter “Corgi” and then a few more guesses, but my screen was frozen on the Directions page. Then it refreshed, and somehow I had submitted four guesses. The last two didn’t have any correct letters. So now I had to be careful.

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'Love Me' Keeps Things Sociable

'Love Me' Keeps Things Sociable

CREDIT: Bleecker Street/Screenshot Starring: Kristen Stewart, Steven Yeun Directors: Sam and Andy Zuchero Running Time: 92 Minutes Rating: R Release Date: January 31, 2025 (Theaters) Love Me convinced me that maybe I should only follow Instagram accounts run by smart tech devices. There’s a scene early on where the weather buoy voiced by Kristen Stewart and the satellite voiced by Steven Yeun…

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Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 2/7/25

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 2/7/25

CREDIT: FOX/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 –Armand (Theaters) – Starring the Worst Person in the World –Becoming Led Zeppelin (Theaters) –Heart Eyes (Theaters) TV -Critics Choice Awards (February 7 on E!) – Hosted by Chelsea Handler; rescheduled from both January 12 and…

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Maybe 'Love Hurts' Should Have Just Been Entirely About the Real Estate?

Maybe 'Love Hurts' Should Have Just Been Entirely About the Real Estate?

Which one of these people makes love hurt more? (CREDIT: Allen Fraser/Universal Pictures) Starring: Ke Huy Quan, Ariana DeBose, Daniel Wu, Marshawn Lynch, Mustafa Shakir, Lio Tipton, Rhys Darby, André Eriksen, Sean Astin, Cam Gigandet Director: Jonathan Eusebio Running Time: 83 Minutes Rating: R for Blood Shooting Out From Every Nook and Cranny of the Human Body Release Date: February 7, 2025…

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With 'Parthenope,' Paolo Sorrentino Tells the Story of a Woman Named Parthenope

With 'Parthenope,' Paolo Sorrentino Tells the Story of a Woman Named Parthenope

Parthenope being Parthenope (CREDIT: Gianni Fiorito/A24) Starring: Celeste Della Porta, Stefania Sandrelli, Silvio Orlando, Gary Oldman, Luisa Ranieri, Peppe Lanzetta, Isabella Ferrari, Lorenzo Gleijeses, Daniele Rienzo, Dario Aita, Marlon Joubert, Alfonso Santagata, Biagio Izzo, Paola Calliari, Nello Mascia, Silvia Degrandi, Cristiano Scotto di Galletta Director: Paolo Sorrentino Running Time:…

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Murder is a Legitimate Love Language in the Romantic Gorefest 'Heart Eyes'

Murder is a Legitimate Love Language in the Romantic Gorefest 'Heart Eyes'

This is what happens when Eyes are Hearts (CREDIT: Christopher Moss/Spyglass Media Group) Starring: Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Gigi Zumbado, Devon Sawa, Jordana Brewster, Michaela Watkins Director: Josh Ruben Running Time: 97 Minutes Rating: R for Bloody Messes Not Limited to Disembowelment and Beheading Release Date: February 7, 2025 (Theaters) What’s It About?: A masked serial killer has been…

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Treat Your 'Companion' Right

Treat Your 'Companion' Right

The Face of Companionship (CREDIT: Warner Bros. Pictures/Screenshot) Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, Rupert Friend Director: Drew Hancock Running Time: 97 Minutes Rating: R Release Date: January 31, 2025 (Theaters) We all need a companion (or several), but what if our real-life companions were like the companions in the 2025 movie Companion?…

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Champagne Problems

January 21, 2025-January 22, 2025 – I was watching Family Feud. The two “families” consisted of people you wouldn’t exactly expect to see on this show. I think Selena Gomez might have been on one of the teams, but as one of her characters. The other team got four of the five answers in the current round, but then Selena’s team had a chance to steal by guessing Number 5. They went with “Champagne”…