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TOP 22 NEW FILMS OF 2022
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
VENGEANCE
GLASS ONION
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
BODIES BODIES BODIES
NOPE
THIS PLACE RULES
THE FABELMANS
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
TÁR
ELVIS
FIRE ISLAND
DISNEY CHANNEL’S THEME: A HISTORY MYSTERY
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
BULLET TRAIN
AMSTERDAM
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
SEE HOW THEY RUN
BROS
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
TOP 21 FILMS MADE PRIOR TO 2022 THAT I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2022
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK (2008)
LEGALLY BLONDE (2001)
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (2021)
BAMBOOZLED (2000)
WE’RE THE MILLERS (2013)
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE (2021)
THE BIRDCAGE (1996)
42 (2013)
LONG STORY SHORT (2021)
KING RICHARD (2021)
INSIDE MAN (2006)
SHIVA BABY (2020)
JACKIE BROWN (1997)
THE IMITATION GAME (2014)
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021)
DO THE RIGHT THING (1989)
KILL BILL: VOL. 2 (2004)
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (2009)
JANE AUSTEN’S MAFIA! (1998)
GOOD ON PAPER (2021)
WORKING GIRL (1988)
SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT (1986)
WORST NEW FILMS OF 2022 (DISHONORABLE MENTIONS)
22. I WANT YOU BACK
23. CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH
24. NOT OKAY
25. SPIRITED
26. MARRY ME
27. DAY SHIFT
28. SCREAM
29. WHITE HOT: THE RISE & FALL OF ABERCROMBIE & FITCH
30. A HOLLYWOOD CHRISTMAS
31. DOWNFALL: THE CASE AGAINST BOEING
32. DON’T WORRY DARLING
33. MARMADUKE
NOTABLE 2022 FILMS I HAVE NOT SEEN
AFTERSUN, ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, A MAN CALLED OTTO, ARGENTINA 1985, ARMAGEDDON TIME, BABYLON, BARBARIAN, BLONDE, BONES AND ALL, CAUSEWAY, CLOSE, DECISION TO LEAVE, DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO, EMANCIPATION, EMPIRE OF LIGHT, RRR, PEARL, SHE SAID, TILL, THE GOOD NURSE, THE MENU, THE SON, THE WHALE, TURNING RED, X, WHITE NOISE, WOMEN TALKING
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
CATE BLANCHETT, TÁR
JANELLE MONÁE, GLASS ONION
*MICHELLE YEOH, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE*
RACHEL SENNOTT, BODIES BODIES BODIES
REGINA HALL, HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
BRANDON GLEESON, BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
ELI BICKEL, VENGEANCE
*KE HUY QUAN, EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE*
SETH ROGAN, THE FABELMANS
SNOOP DOGG, DAY SHIFT
BEST CRYING MOVIE
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
*MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON*
THE BANSHEES OF ININSHIRIN
THE FABELMANS
THIS PLACES RULES
BEST LAUGHING MOVIE
*BODIES BODIES BODIES*
BROS
FIRE ISLAND
HONK FOR JESUS. SAVE YOUR SOUL.
I WANT YOU BACK
BEST “I INVOLUNTARILY UTTERED ‘HOLY SHIT’ MOVIE”
BODIES BODIES BODIES
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
DISNEY CHANNEL’S THEME: A HISTORY MYSTERY
*THIS PLACE RULES*
VENGEANCE
TELEVISION
BEST NEW SHOW OF 2022
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY S1
MURDERVILLE
THE G WORD WITH ADAM CONOVER
*THE REHEARSAL*
WHITE LOTUS S2
BEST SHOW MADE PRIOR TO 2022 THAT I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2022
AMERICAN CRIME STORY: IMPEACHMENT (2021)
*FLEABAG S1 (2016)*
GLEE (2009-2015)
LOVE ISLAND: AUSTRALIA S1 (2018)
MUSIC
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BANG, JACOB BANKS, TOBE NWIGWE
CHURCH GIRL, BEYONCÉ
CUTIE, COIN
DON’T TEXT ME WHEN YOU’RE DRUNK, STACEY RYAN, ZAI1K
FATHER TIME, KENDRICK LAMAR, SAMPHA
GOD IS A FREAK, PEACH PRC
HOT TUB, YUNG GRAVY, DILLON FRANCIS, T-PAIN
LORD FORGIVE ME, TOBE NWIGWE, PHARRELL WILLIAMS, EARTHGANG, FAT NWIGWE
NAKED IN MANHATTAN, CHAPPELL ROAN
NO IDEA, MUNA
PINE BARRENS, JAKEY
PINK VENOM, BLACKPINK
PLUG ME IN, COIN
SAVIOR, KENDRICK LAMAR, BABY KEEM, SAM DEW
THE ONE THAT NEVER WAITED, CHRISTOPHER MORUCCI
TOMMY HANKS, JAKEY
UNHOLY, SAM SMITH, KIM PETRAS
*VEGAS, DOJA CAT*
1 NIGHT, BAMA BIN
2 BE LOVED (AM I READY), LIZZO
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
MOMINTS, TOBE NWIGWE
MR. MORALE AND THE BIG STEPPERS, KENDRICK LAMAR
*MUNA, MUNA*
ROM COM, JAKEY
SPECIAL, LIZZO
HYPE SONG OF THE YEAR
CHURCH GIRL, BEYONCE
PINK VENOM, BLACK PINK
*UNHOLY, SAM SMITH, KIM PETRAS*
VEGAS, DOJA CAT
2 BE LOVED (AM I READY), LIZZO
SAD SONG OF THE YEAR
CROWN, KENDRICK LAMAR
MY MIND AND ME, SELENA GOMEZ
*PLUG ME IN, COIN*
THE ONE THAT NEVER WAITED, CHRISTOPHER MORUCCI
UNITED IN GRIEF, KENDRICK LAMAR
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