Jeff’s Favorite Movies

• The Power of the Dog (Netflix)
• King Richard (for rent)
• The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
• Malcolm & Marie (Netflix)
• Riders of Justice (Hulu)
• Licorice Pizza (in theaters)

Note: I have yet to see The Card Counter, Belfast, The Tragedy of MacBeth, Drive My Car, and others I believe could all be contenders for my favorites of 2021.

Kevin’s Favorite Movies

• Promising Young Woman (HBO Max)
• News of the World (HBO Max)
• Black Widow (Disney +)
• The Mauritanian (Showtime)
• No Sudden Move (HBO Max)

Note: I have yet to see a LOT of other movies from 2021

Jeff’s Favorite TV

• The White Lotus (HBO)
• Maid (Netflix)
• Dopesick (Hulu)
• Invasion (Apple TV+)
• Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
• Gangs of London (AMC)
• Mare of Easttown (HBO)

Kevin’s Favorite TV

• Mare of Easttown (HBO)
• Succession (HBO)
• Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)
• Dopesick (Hulu)
• Yellowstone (Peacock)

Full episode playlist

Music videos

Her Album

Her Podcast

Self-Helpless on:
Apple Podcasts
Spotify

Her Foosball

w/Freddie Prinze Jr.

additional episodes:

Reviews

• The Little Things (HBO Max) – Kevin picks, Jeff kicks
• Malcolm & Marie (Netflix) – both pick
• The Dig (Netflix) – both pick
• Red Dot (Netflix) – Jeff kicks
• Judas & the Black Messiah (HBO Max) – both pick

HBO Max 2021 Movies

• Tom & Jerry – Feb 26
• Godzilla vs Kong – Mar 31
• Mortal Kombat – Apr 16
• The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It – Jun 4
• In The Heights – Jun 18
• Space Jam: A New Legacy – Jul 16
• The Suicide Squad – Aug 6
• Malignant – Sep 10
• The Many Saints of Newark – Sep 24
• Dune – Oct 1
• King Richard – Nov 19
• Matrix 4 – Dec 22

Netflix 2021 Movies

• Army of the Dead
  Dave Bautista, Tig Nataro; dir: Zack Snyder
• Thunder Force
  Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer
• tick, tick…Boom!
  dir: Lin Manuel Miranda
• Bruised
  dir: Halle Berry
• Escape from Spiderhead
  Chris Hemsworth, Jurnee Smollett
• Kate
  Mary Elizabeth Winstead
• Red Notice
  Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gadot
• The Woman in the Window
  Amy Adams
• Don’t Look Up
  Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence

Others in 2021

(release dates TBA)

• Willy’s Wonderland
• Nobody
• Coming 2 America
• Narcos vs Zombies
• Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse
• The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
• Morbius
• Venom: Let There Be Carnage
• The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
• Last Night in Soho
• A Quiet Place Part II
• Black Widow
• Free Guy
• Spiral: From the Book of Saw
• F9
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Old
• Jungle Cruise
• No Time To Die
• Halloween Kills
• Eternals
• Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis
• Mission Impossible 7
• West Side Story
• Spiderman 3
• The 355 (Jan 2022)

Disney +

• Wandavision
• Falcon & The Winter Soldier
• Hawkeye
• Loki
• Ms. Marvel
• The Book of Boba Fett

Netflix

• Midnight Mass (sn 1) – creator Mike Flanagan
• Inventing Anna (sn 1) – creator Shanda Rhimes; stars Julia Garner
• Dead To Me (sn 3)
• Dear White People (sn 4)
• Ozark (sn 4)
• Sex Education (sn 3)
• Peaky Blinders (sn 6)
• Stranger Things (sn 4)
• The Witcher (sn 2)
• You (sn 3)

Hulu

• Love, Beth – Amy Schumer
• The Old Man – Jeff Bridges
• Only Murders in the Building – Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez
• American Horror Stories
• Nine Perfect Strangers – Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy

Other platforms

• Bel-Air (Peacock)
• Clarice (CBS)
• Friends Reunion Special (HBO Max)
• Lord of the Rings (prequel series) (Amazon Prime)
• MacGruber (Peacock)
• The Nevers (HBO Max)

Jeff

Michelle

Kenichi

Episode Playlist

Best New Artists

St. Panther
(Jeff)

Blxst
(Kenichi)

Albums of the Year

Jeff

• St. Panther These Days
• Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters
• Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia
• Mac Miller Circles
• Brent Amaker Deathsquad Hello
• Lianne La Havas Lianne La Havas

Michelle

• Thundercat It Is What It Is
• Taylor Swift folklore
• Run The Jewels RTJ4

Kenichi

• Blxst No Love Lost (Deluxe)
• Joji Nectar
• Dominic Fike What Could Possibly Go Wrong

Jeff picks

• Sound of Metal (Prime Video)
• Hamilton (Disney+)
• Palm Springs (Hulu)
• Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always (HBO Max)
• Pieces of a Woman (Netflix)
• She Dies Tomorrow (Hulu)
• The Vast of Night (Prime Video)

Kevin picks

• Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
• The Social Dilemma (Netflix)
• Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
• The Vast of Night (Prime Video)

Michelle picks

• The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix)
• The Bee Gees: How Do You Mend A Broken Heart (HBO Max)
• Host (Shudder)
• Birds of Prey (HBO Max)
• The Invisible Man (HBO Max)
• Palm Springs (Hulu)
• Portrait of a Lady On Fire (Hulu)
• Relic (for rent)
• Sylvie’s Love (Prime Video)

Jeff picks

• Better Call Saul (Netflix & AMC)
• Grand Army (Netflix)
• Zero Zero Zero (Prime Video)
• The Crown (Netflix)
• High Fidelity (Hulu)
• Normal People (Hulu)
• Ozark (Netflix)
• The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)
• Schitt’s Creek (Netflix)
• A Teacher (Hulu)

Kevin picks

• Ozark (Netflix)
• The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix)
• The Last Dance (Netflix & ESPN)
• High Fidelity (Hulu)
• Hunters (Prime Video)
• Lovecraft Country (HBO Max)
• The Mandalorian (Disney+)
• The Undoing (HBO Max)

Michelle picks

• Pen15 (Hulu)
• I May Destroy You (HBO Max)
• Bridgerton (Netflix)
• Cheer (Netflix)
• Insecure (HBO Max)
• My Brilliant Friend (HBO Max)
• Normal People (Hulu)
• Schitt’s Creek (Netflix)
• Unorthodox (Netflix)

TV picks with BJ & Mitu

A Teacher (Hulu)

Schitt’s Creek* (Netflix & IMDB TV)

*not covered in the podcast, but recommended

A couple of our guests’ all-time favorites

Brand New Picks

Everything Else

Michelle

Kenichi

Jeff

Pick your platform:

The Batman Trailer breakdown

Crack That Track: 1970’s TV show themes

Episode 14 Playlist

Ep 14 Playlist on Apple Music.

PickIt or Kick It

Pick your Platform:

_{The Hack is Back — Our favorite millennial, Kenichi Hackman, is back on The Pick to share new music picks and play a little Pick That Flick.}

Episode 13 Playlist

Ep 13 Playlist on Apple Music.

Episode 12 Playlist

Ep 12 Playlist on Apple Music.

Pick It or Kick It?

Back In Black reaches 40 years

Boy Bands (hold back the jeers)

Peter Green’s music perseveres

Megan Fox reappears

Taylor Swift’s music veers

Kevin

• Harriet (2018) on HBOMax or rental

All three of us

• Knives Out (2019) on Amazon Prime or rental

Jeff

• Norsemen (2017-2020) on Netflix
• Devil’s Gate (2017) on Netflix

Michelle

• Pose (2018-present) on FX and Netflix

Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

7500

Warrior Nun

• Richard Jewell (2019) – rental, HBOmax on Aug 8
• The Invisible Man (2020) – rental

• Get In (2019), Netflix
• Hanna (2018-present), 2 seasons, Amazon Prime

Featured Picks

• Da 5 Bloods (2020) on Netflix
• The Vast of Night (2020) on Amazon Prime
• Be Water (2020) on ESPN
• Just Mercy (2019) free rental on most streaming platforms & PPV

Kevin Picks

• Ford vs. Ferrari (2019) on HBO Max, or for rent and PPV
• “42” (2013) for rent or PPV

Jeff Picks

• ZeroZeroZero (2020) on Amazon Prime
• Into The Night (2020) on Netflix
• Four More Shots Please (2019) on Amazon Prime
• Lambs of God (2020) on Topic
• Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020) on Showtime
• Okja (2017) on Netflix

Jeff Kicks

• Space Force (2020) on Netflix
• Joker (2019) on HBO Max & rental (Kevin disagrees; he “picks” it)

Episode 8 Playlist

Essential Picks

Kevin

Jeff

Episode 7 Playlist

Pick It or Kick It

Snowpiercer, the 2013 movie from Parasite writer/director Bong Joon Ho is now a new series on TNT. Will we pick them or kick them?

Snowpiercer movie on Netflix, click here.

Snowpiercer series on TNT, click here.

Episode 6 Playlist

Click above image for the Spotify playlist of songs played or recommended by the 6 yutes in episode 6.

Disney Theatrical Release Dates here

Boss Bitch Fight Challenge

Jerry Stiller cracks up Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Post Malone Nirvana Tribute

Kenichi, 25, Torrance, CA

• Mahalia, Isolation Tapes
• Dire Straits, Sultans of Swing
• Money Heist on Netflix

Alex, 21, Puyallup, WA

• The Marías
• Cake, Fashion Nugget
• Barry on HBO

Additional music by Harrison Lynam

Ruby, 17, Bristol, England

• Notorious B.I.G.
• Ocean Wisdom
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
• I Am Not Okay With This on Netflix

Regan, 20, Beaverton, OR

• Morgan Wallen
• Luke Combs
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia on Hulu and Vice
• Love Island (UK version) on Hulu

India, 20, Bristol, England

• After Life on Netflix
• Normal People on Hulu
• Albion, Almeida Theatre, London

Garrett, 21, Beaverton, OR

• Chris Stapleton, Traveller
• Travis Scott, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
• Kanye West Graduation
• AC/DC, Back In Black
• Steve Miller Band, Fly Like an Eagle
• Billions on Showtime and fuboTV
• Game of Thrones on HBO

Episode 5 Playlist

Album Picks

Let’s Go Crazy: The GRAMMYS Tribute to Prince (full program linked here)

Pink Floyd YouTube page with archived concerts and archived material uploaded every Friday.

Dave Grohl hosts All-Star “Times Like These” video from home.

This ‘Imagine’ Cover Is No Heaven NYTimes review of celebrity “Imagine” video (click here)

Extraction on Netflix (trailer here)

The Beastie Boys Story on Apple TV+ (trailer here)

The Lighthouse on Amazon Prime (trailer here)

The Last Dance on ESPN

Jeff’s top 2 picks

Killing Eve – seasons 1 & 2 on Hulu or PPV; season 3 premieres April 12 on AMC and BBC America.

Rosalía on Austin City Limits – available at https://www.pbs.org/show/austin-city-limits/episodes/

Netflix

• Kingdom (series 2019-20)
• High Flying Bird (movie 2019)
• I Am Not Okay With This (series 2020)
• Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (documentary 2010)
• Ozark (series 2017-2020)
• Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis (stand-up comedy 2020)

Amazon Prime

• The Wire (series 2002-2008, also on Hulu and HBO)
• Blow the Man Down (movie 2020)

Hulu

• Party Down (series 2009-10, also on Starz)

The Last Dance – series coming to ESPN

The Police Excommunicated – Facebook

Episode 4 Playlist

Click on the image to link to Spotify

Kevin’s top 5 Bill Withers

1. Ain’t No Sunshine
2. Lean On Me
3. Just The Two Of Us
4. Use Me
5. Lovely Day

Jeff’s Bill Withers Deep Tracks

• Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?
• Let It Be
• Better Off Dead
• Another Day To Run
• I Don’t Want You On My Mind
• City of the Angels

TV series on Netflix: Comedians in Cars Geting Coffee, Arrested Development, Mad Men, Star Trek, Sex Education, The Crown, Atypical, Mindhunters, Peaky Blinders, Better Call Saul, End of the F*****g World, Russian Doll, Glow

Movies on Netflix: Blue Ruin, Atlantics, The Night Comes For Us, Taxi Driver

TV shows on Amazon Prime: Fleabag, Hanna, Jack Ryan, Hunters, Boys

TV shows on Hulu: High Fidelity, The Handmaid’s Tale, Pen15

Movies on Hulu: Blazing Saddles, Risky Business

Everywhere Else: Contagion on Cinemax or PPV; Star Trek Picard and The Good Fight on CBS All Access; The Outsider, Westworld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Die Hard on HBO; Better Things on FX; Battlestar Galactica on SyFy

Kevin’s All-Time TV Binge Top 5

1. Seinfeld
2. Mad Men
3. The Wire
4. Star Trek (original)
5. Arrested Development

Jeff’s All-Time TV Binge Top 5

1. The Sopranos
2. Freaks & Geeks
3. Battlestar Galactica (2000’s)
4. Breaking Bad
5. 30 Rock

Episode 3 Playlist

Click on the image to access Spotify playlist

Kevin’s Top 5 INXS tracks

1. Don’t Change – Shabooh Shoobah (1982)
2. Disappear – X (1990)
3. Not Enough Time – Welcome to Wherever You Are (1992)
4. Need You Tonight – Kick (1987)
5. The Stairs – X (1990)

INXS Spotify page

INXS Apple Music

Listener Picks

1. Grosse Pointe Blank
2. (tie) High Fidelity & Say Anything…
3. Better Off Dead…
4. The Sure Thing
5. The Grifters
6. (tie) Being John Malkovich & Hot Tub Time Machine

Jeff’s Picks

1. Grosse Pointe Blank
2. Say Anything…
3. High Fidelity
4. The Sure Thing
5. Being John Malkovich

Kevin’s Picks

1. High Fidelity
2. Grosse Pointe Blank
3. The Grifters
4. Say Anything…
5. Being John Malkovich