{"id":49633,"date":"2020-01-24T02:10:05","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T02:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/heady-entertainment-get-elevated-with-awkwafina-and-toke-to-the-turning\/"},"modified":"2020-01-24T02:10:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T02:10:05","slug":"heady-entertainment-get-elevated-with-awkwafina-and-toke-to-the-turning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/heady-entertainment-get-elevated-with-awkwafina-and-toke-to-the-turning\/","title":{"rendered":"Heady Entertainment: Get Elevated with Awkwafina and Toke to &#8220;The Turning&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to Heady Entertainment, MERRY JANE&#8217;s weekly guide to just-released movies, books, and music \u2014 all fresh, dank, and THC-friendly. In specific, we choose our picks based on how they can enhance your combined consumption of cannabis and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Worth toking up for on the way to theaters this week, <em>The Turning<\/em> is a classic chiller updated with cornea-bugging visual effects, <em>The Gentlemen<\/em> puts Guy Ritchie back in the director\u2019s chair with an A-list cast, and <em>Color Out of Space<\/em> is cult filmmaker Richard Stanley\u2019s wigged-out take on an HP Lovecraft story with Nicolas Cage and Tommy Chong(!).<\/p>\n<p>On the stream scene, fierce, funny, and spellbinding women rule with the debut of <em>Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens<\/em>, the second season of Aidy Bryant\u2019s <em>Shrill<\/em>, and a third dose of <em>The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch<\/em>. Even this week\u2019s requisite old guy is dope: Patrick Stewart reinvigorating his signature role in <em>Star Trek: Picard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s vintage cult flick picks include the early-\u201970s shock-fest <em>Let\u2019s Scare Jessica to Death<\/em>, the crazy \u201980s adventures <em>Jake Speed<\/em> and <em>She<\/em>, and all three installments of the outrageous late-night cable film series <em>Vice Academy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>And new marijuana-ready beats come our way from Royce da 5\u20199\u201d, Joey Trap, and ShitKid.<\/p>\n<p>So, let\u2019s get straight \u2014 but not \u201cstraight\u201d \u2014 to this week\u2019s fresh-rolled recommendations.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Movies<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RfYAXMwCpk0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Color Out of Space (2020)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Director: Richard Stanley<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Cast: Nicolas Cage, Madeleine Arthur, Tommy Chong<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Color Out of Space<\/em> is a meeting of madly hallucinatory minds, as cult director Richard Stanley (<em>Hardware<\/em>, <em>Dust Devil<\/em>) teams with the one-and-only Nicolas Cage to adapt a sci-fi horror story by visionary author HP Lovecraft. Cage plays a married dad who quits the modern rat race by moving his family to a rural farm, only to have a meteorite crash on property that exudes a bizarre color and complicates matters by warping time, space, and everything that comes into contact with it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ify9S7hj480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Gentlemen (2020)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Director: Guy Ritchie<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Michelle Dockery, Charlie Hunnam<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>With <em>The Gentlemen<\/em>, UK cockney master Guy Ritchie (<em>Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels<\/em>; <em>Snatch<\/em>) returns to his signature combo of grueling grit and elegant wit for a banging blowout set in our favorite milieu: the world of professional marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew McConaughey stars as an American-born cannabis baron who built his empire peddling mass amounts of weed to England\u2019s upper class. After he lets on that he\u2019s looking to liquidate the business, an array of cohorts, conspirators, and crackpots attempt to wrest the fortune from him with wildly violent, crazily entertaining results.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gEEecoVnOTA\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Turning (2020)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Director: Floria Sigismondi<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Cast: Mackezie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brookklynn Prince<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 1898 gothic novella <em>The Turn of the Screw<\/em> has been translated to big-screen chillers numerous times through the years and, at last, <em>The Turning<\/em> gets its right for contemporary audiences, especially when viewed with cannabis enhancement. Mackenzie Davis stars as a nanny hired to look after two severely off-putting orphans on a Maine estate. The kids, played by Finn Wolfhard (<em>Stranger Things<\/em>) and Brooklynn Prince (<em>The Florida Project<\/em>) at first just seem like little creeps, but steadily deeper, darker, and more diabolical realities come to light \u2014 which is always a great cue to light up while watching!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Streaming<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iftQNDmcetY\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens: Season One<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Cast: Awkwafina, Bowen Yang, BD Wong<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Watch It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cc.com\/shows\/awkwafina-is-nora-from-queens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Comedy Central<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Highly hilarious actress and comedian Awkwafina is running a welcome side-hustle to her soaring movie career by creating and starring in her own Comedy Central series, <em>Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens<\/em>. The Nora of the title is a twentysomething living on her own for the first time and contending with all the ups, downs, and sideways crack-ups of outer boroughs NYC. Weed, naturally, figures hot into the mix.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/getvYflDK98\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Season 3<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Cast: Kieran Shipka, Ross Lynch, Miranda Otto<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Watch It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80223989\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Netflix<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kieran Shipka bewitches again in the title role of <em>The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina<\/em>, Netflix\u2019s series based on the comic-book teenage spellcaster and set in the same black-hearted universe as the CW\u2019s <em>Riverdale<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Season three opens with a mysterious voice instructing our heroine: \u201cYou know what must be done, Sabrina. Claim the throne. Save precious Greendale. And your boyfriend.\u201d From there, <em>Sabrina<\/em> mesmerizingly mixes fun and fear attuned to the pleasures of passing a pipe.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KkjStfMAtLI\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Shrill: Season 2<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Cast: Aidy Bryant, Lolly Adefope, John Cameron Mitchell<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Watch It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hulu.tv\/3aEeLSM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Hulu<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>SNL\u2019s<\/em> Aidy Bryant is back for another dose of <em>Shrill<\/em>, Hulu\u2019s uproarious, elevating sitcom inspired by the memoir of journalist Lindy West. Aidy stars as Annie, who\u2019s described as \u201ca fat young woman who wants to change her life \u2014 but not her body.\u201d Up against societal obstacles, wack boyfriends, and a hothead boss (hilariously played by John Cameron Mitchell), Annie\u2019s struggles and triumphs are a joy to behold. So, roll a joint, and get <em>Shrill<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FySrgrKJguE\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Star Trek: Picard: Season One<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Cast: Patrick Stewart, Alison Pill, Santiago Cabrera<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Watch It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2RlbfVF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>CBS All Access<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the moment the Starship Enterprise took off all the way back in 1966, <em>Star Trek<\/em> has been one of television\u2019s supreme stoner touchstones. <em>Star Trek: The Next Generation<\/em> truly did induct an entire new generation into the ritual of \u201cbeaming up\u201d by ingesting bud and joining the Starfleet crew on their intergalactic adventures. Heading up <em>TNG<\/em>, of course, was Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, and now he\u2019s got a fresh solo series on CBS All Access, created by novelist Michael Chabon. &nbsp;Dropping in on Stewart throughout <em>Star Trek: Picard<\/em> will be <em>TNG<\/em> and <em>Voyager<\/em> favorites Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, and Jeri Ryan. Set bongs to stun, and blast off.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Cult Classic Collectibles<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Of-t8cSGTm4\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Jake Speed (1986)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Director: Andrew Lane<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Cast: Wayne Crawford, Karen Kopins, John Heard<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Get It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/mvdb2b.com\/s\/JakeSpeed\/AV228\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>MVD<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A low-budget Indiana Jones rip-off that took on a life of its own among stoned VHS viewers, <em>Jake Speed<\/em> stars Wayne Crawford in the title role. He\u2019s literally a hero in pulp adventure novels who leaps to life after a French woman (Karen Kopins) calls on him to help rescue her sister from kidnappers in the jungle. Complications arise when Jake realizes that the missing sister is in the clutches of arch-villain Sid, played with campy hysterics by John Hurt.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jake Speed<\/em> is a crazily engaging eruption of hyper-\u201980s action so extra-cheesy it might give you a case of the munchies \u2014 of course, you\u2019ll also be smoking weed while you watch it, so that will factor in, too. Thank you, Arrow Video, for putting out this special edition Blu-ray complete with amazing extras.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k2RPng1L3X0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Let\u2019s Scare Jessica to Death (1973)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Director: John Hancock<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Cast: Zohra Lampert, Barton Heyman, Gretchen Corbett<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Get It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shoutfactory.com\/product\/let-s-scare-jessica-to-death?product_id=7274\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Shout Factory<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Let\u2019s Scare Jessica to Death<\/em> is a gothic shocker that has terrified deep-toking audiences for decades and is just now being rediscovered by a new generation of lit horror enthusiasts. Zohra Lambert stars as Jessica, a nervous breakdown victim who, after a psych-ward stay, aims to recuperate in the chill New England countryside. Of course, no such rest and relaxation is possible, as hallucinatory horrors haunt Jessica, steadily pushing her toward total madness.<\/p>\n<p>Between bouts of mind-rewiring frights, Jessica pieces together that an undead girl may be possessing everyone around her \u2014 or is that just her broken brain talking? <em>Let\u2019s Scare Jessica to Death<\/em> is almost lethally terrifying and ever more so than when mixed with marijuana. The Shout Factory special edition Blu-ray, as always, is astonishing in its restoration and special features.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ee7qhE7rmTE\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>She (1985)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Director: Avi Nehser<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Cast: Sandahl Bergman, Gordon Mitchell, Elena Wiedermann<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Get It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kinolorber.com\/product\/she-special-edition-blu-ray\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Kino Lorber<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the smash 1982 success of <em>Conan the Barbarian<\/em>, grindhouses and video store shelves flooded with sword-and-sorcery cash-ins from all over the world, some of which became stoner cinema classics in and of themselves (<em>Deathstalker<\/em>; <em>Barbarian Queen<\/em>). Unsung at the time but ripe for rediscovery (with reefer) is <em>She<\/em>, an off-the-wall showcase for <em>Conan <\/em>co-star Sandahl Bergman in the title role (yes, she\u2019s just called \u201cShe\u201d), the warrior queen of a post-apocalyptic female-run society. She\u2019s adventures pit her against toga-clad werewolves, ninja knights, mutant mummies, a clairvoyant communist, an invisible sailor who multiplies under stress, and a tutu-wearing giant. <em>She<\/em> rules, and Kino Lorber\u2019s gorgeously restored new Blu-ray is the way to see her doing it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1o1BVs7MHU\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Vice Academy 1, 2, &amp; 3 (1988-1991)<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Director: Ken Sloane<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Cast: Linnea Quigley, Ginger Lynn Allen, Karen Russell<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Get It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/vinegarsyndrome.com\/collections\/vinegar-syndrome\/products\/vice-academy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Vinegar Syndrome<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of the \u201880s, laughably ludicrous, rambunctiously raunchy sex comedies captivated late-night cannabis-ingesting cable viewers with tremendous success. As a result, B-moviemaker Rick Sloane (<em>Hobgoblins<\/em>) hopped on the trend by making <em>Vice Academy <\/em>(1988), which, as the realm of bong-ready VHS confections went back then, became something of a blockbuster. Two sequels of equal popularity among pot-puffing fans followed.<\/p>\n<p>Each <em>Vice Academy<\/em> flick features scream queen Linnea Quigley (<em>Night of the Demons<\/em>) and adult-film legend Ginger Lynn Allen (<em>Blame It on Ginger<\/em>) as undercover detectives out to infiltrate penal code violators \u2014 and also to get into slapstick high-jinks at every opportunity. Vinegar Syndrome astounds once again by collecting all three <em>Vice Academy<\/em> epics in a box set loaded bonus features. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Music<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bvehLGJ_znU\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Allegory<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>By Royce da 5\u20199\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Get It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/royce59.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Royce da 5\u20199\u201d Official<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Booming forth from the dank Detroit orbit of Eminem, Royce da 5\u20199\u201d rocked us earlier this month with his Westside Gunn collaboration single, \u201cThe Overcomer.\u201d Now, he\u2019s here to finish the job \u2014 and to continue his beef with Yelawolf \u2014 with <em>The Allegory<\/em>, his latest long-player. Aside from Gunn, all-star guests on this puff-pass-and-listen must include TI, Conway the Machine, Emanny, Kid Visihi, Ashley Sorrell, Benny The Butcher, Sy Ari Da Kid, White Gold, CyHi The Prynce, Oswin Benjamin, DJ Premier and \u2014 <em>whut?! <\/em>\u2014 Cedric The Entertainer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LM0S_fiWuj4\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Duo Limbo<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>By ShitKid<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Get It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/shitkid.bandcamp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Bandcamp<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Under the moniker ShitKid, Asa Soderqvist began unleashing raw, trippy freak-rock in 2015, establishing herself as a sonic wildcard from whom anything seemed possible.<\/p>\n<p>For last year\u2019s <em>Detention<\/em> album, Soderqvist both confounded and astounded fans by turning ShitKid into a twosome with Lina Molaring Eriksson and creating a pop-punk concept album inspired by their mutual childhood affection for Green Day and Sum 41.<\/p>\n<p>With <em>Duo Limbo<\/em>, ShitKid amazes again by combining crazed experimentation with pure teen grunge, ably assisted by lysergic punk legends on the order of Paul Leary of the Butthole Surfers and Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover of the Melvins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/23S-UkslzOM\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sing in a World That\u2019s Falling Apart<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>By Black Lips<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Get It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blacklips.bandcamp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Bandcamp<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For their ninth album, <em>Sing in a World That\u2019s Falling Apart<\/em>, Atlanta\u2019s ear-smashing Black Lips \u201cgo country\u201d the same way they previously took on garage rock. That\u2019s to say the quintet has inhaled every strain of the genre, bolstered it with dope doses of punk, electronica, and other seemingly disparate forms, and then exhaled it all in a mushroom cloud of madly creative, masterfully crafted songs that intoxicate on contact.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4yeoV6ZyaII\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Wild West<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>By Joey Trap<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Get It: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/tr\/artist\/joey-trap\/1207582692\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong>Apple Music<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Diego rap slapper Joey Trap first hit in 2016 with his delightfully delirious \u201cSesame Street,\u201d followed a year later by his other kiddie-TV-centric (but very adults-only) collaboration with Smokey, \u201cI Got Top in Bikini Bottom.\u201d Still just 20 years old, Trap\u2019s maturing style on <em>Wild West<\/em> just means he\u2019s getting faster, looser, and more inventive with his beats and rhymes. 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