I ramble general grumperies about not taking part in general arguments, before discussing three films from 2022: the coming-of-age 80s period piece Armageddon Time, directed by James Gray, and starring Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, and Banks Repeta; the Marvel sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, directed by Ryan Coogler, and starring Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, and Tenoch Huerta; and the sci-fi horror flick M3GAN, directed by Gerard Johnstone, and starring Allison Williams and Violet McGraw.