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The best entertainment of 2022

Everything to play and watch this year

A photo of Winston Duke in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
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We all know the feeling: you sit down in front of the TV, exhausted after a long day, only to become absolutely paralyzed by choice. There’s so much to watch and play that settling on one single thing to do can be a challenge. So we’re here to make your evenings a little less stressful. Throughout 2022 this page will be regularly updated with all of our favorite entertainment experiences — everything from the latest hit on Netflix to that open-world game people can’t stop talking about — to make those moments of choice that much easier. If you see a show, game, or movie in this collection, know that it’s an experience we fully recommend.

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a gnarly and spiritual fairy tale about what makes life beautiful

Netflix’s new Pinocchio from Guillermo del Toro is a mesmerizing, anti-fascist morality tale.

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Willow is back, and he brought an incredibly fun show with him

Thirty years after the movie, Willow is back — and he’s got great hair, a great ensemble cast, and a super-fun adventure for you to watch.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a breathtaking and cathartic step forward for the franchise

Marvel’s Black Panther sequel is a simultaneously joyous and mournful return to Wakanda that introduces the MCU’s next great villain.

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God of War Ragnarök is what God of War is supposed to be

Combat remains the same and some new mechanics can be frustrating, but all that is blown away by a story that evokes heart and emotion that a lot of blockbuster games try and fail to achieve

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Wendell & Wild is a classic Henry Selick joint about living with your personal demons

Netflix’s Wendell & Wild is about to join the great canon of spooky stop-motion films from director Henry Selick

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Signalis is old-school PlayStation-era horror at its best

If you miss the days of old-school Resident Evil and Silent Hill, this is just the thing

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Netflix’s Cabinet of Curiosities is much more than a del Toro anthology

An eclectic mix of eight short stories from some of the best directors in horror

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Decision to Leave is a gloriously frustrating mystery

Park Chan-wook, the director behind Oldboy and The Handmaiden, returns with a film that’s part whodunit, part ill-fated romance

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Glass Onion solidifies Knives Out as the next great mystery franchise

An early spoiler-free review of the sequel

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Splatoon remains the most playful and stylish shooter around in third outing

And now it has a killer single-player campaign, too

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AMC Plus’ Pantheon is a haunting  hyperproductivity nightmare that shouldn’t feel so real

In AMC’s Pantheon, being online is an entirely new kind of hell

Charles Pulliam-MooreCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is a gnarly and spiritual fairy tale about what makes life beautiful

Netflix’s new Pinocchio from Guillermo del Toro is a mesmerizing, anti-fascist morality tale.

Charles Pulliam-MooreCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Willow is back, and he brought an incredibly fun show with him

Thirty years after the movie, Willow is back — and he’s got great hair, a great ensemble cast, and a super-fun adventure for you to watch.

Alex CranzCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a breathtaking and cathartic step forward for the franchise

Marvel’s Black Panther sequel is a simultaneously joyous and mournful return to Wakanda that introduces the MCU’s next great villain.

Charles Pulliam-MooreCommentsComment Icon Bubble
God of War Ragnarök is what God of War is supposed to be

Combat remains the same and some new mechanics can be frustrating, but all that is blown away by a story that evokes heart and emotion that a lot of blockbuster games try and fail to achieve

Ash ParrishCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Wendell & Wild is a classic Henry Selick joint about living with your personal demons

Netflix’s Wendell & Wild is about to join the great canon of spooky stop-motion films from director Henry Selick

Charles Pulliam-MooreCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Signalis is old-school PlayStation-era horror at its best

If you miss the days of old-school Resident Evil and Silent Hill, this is just the thing

Andrew WebsterCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Netflix’s Cabinet of Curiosities is much more than a del Toro anthology

An eclectic mix of eight short stories from some of the best directors in horror

Andrew WebsterCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Decision to Leave is a gloriously frustrating mystery

Park Chan-wook, the director behind Oldboy and The Handmaiden, returns with a film that’s part whodunit, part ill-fated romance

Sara MericanCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Glass Onion solidifies Knives Out as the next great mystery franchise

An early spoiler-free review of the sequel

Andrew WebsterCommentsComment Icon Bubble
Splatoon remains the most playful and stylish shooter around in third outing

And now it has a killer single-player campaign, too

Andrew WebsterCommentsComment Icon Bubble
AMC Plus’ Pantheon is a haunting  hyperproductivity nightmare that shouldn’t feel so real

In AMC’s Pantheon, being online is an entirely new kind of hell

Charles Pulliam-MooreCommentsComment Icon Bubble

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