The Nix

We run down our favorite pop culture of 2022.

Fanny:

1. The French Dispatch (VOD)
2. The Great (Hulu)
3. Station 11 (HBO)
4. Luca (Disney)
5. Minari/The Humans (Hulu)
6. Blindspotting (Starz)
7. White Lotus (HBO)
8. Pig (Hulu)
9. Wandavision (Disney)
10. Midnight Mass (Netflix)

Honorable Mentions: Succession (HBO), Central Park (Apple), Work in Progress (Showtime), In Treatment (HBO), Yellowjackets (Showtime), Free Guy (Disney), Shadow and Bone (Netflix)

Justin:

1. Minari (Hulu)
2. Power of the Dog (Netflix)
3. Juno (album by Remi Wolf)
4. Mare of Easttown (HBO)
5. Pen15 (Hulu)
6. Nomadland (Hulu)
7. The French Dispatch (VOD)
8. The Fall of Babel (book by Josiah Bancroft)
9. We're Here (HBO)
10. White Lotus (HBO)

Honorable Mentions: Summer of Soul (Hulu), The Other Two (HBO), Nightmare Alley (theaters), We Are Lady Parts (Paramount), Get Back (Apple+), Luca (Disney), Limbo (HBO), Cruella (Disney), Free Guy (Disney), Suicide Squad (HBO)

Also discussed: Matrix Resurrections (HBO), Being the Ricardos (Amazon), Remain in Love (Chris Frantz' Talking Heads memoir), West Side Story (Theaters), The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (NK Jemisin), Hawkeye (Disney), Shiva Baby (HBO), Succession (HBO), Claws (TNT), And Just Like That (HBO)

Discussed this episode: Hawkeye (Disney), Tick Tick Boom (Netflix), The Deep House (VOD/Epix), Kim's Convenience (Netflix), Found (Netflix), We're Here (HBO), Ghostbusters (VOD), Shrink Next Door, (Apple), Yellowjackets (Showtime), Again (Showtime), The Great (Hulu), Succession (HBO), Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount), Salt Lake City Arrest (Bravo), Love Life (Apple TV), Pennyworth (Epix), Lisey's Story (Apple), Curse of Von Dutch (Hulu), The Fight Before Christmas (Apple), The Humans (Showtime), Cusp (Showtime), Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders (Paramount), Real Housewives: The Ultimate Girls Trip (Peacock), Selling Sunset (Netflix)

We both saw Wes Anderson's latest, The French Dispatch, and have thoughts, while Justin clocked many many hours at the theater for Dune and the Eternals.

Also discussed: Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (Paramount+), Big Mouth S5 (Netflix, Kin (AMC+), The Good Fight (Paramount+), We're Here (HBO), Just Beyond (Disney+), A Dark Song, The other Lamb, Four Hours at the Capital (HBO), Queenpins (Paramount+), Yellowjackets, Dexter: New Blood (Showtime), Succession (HBO), Paper Dolls

Justin's husband, Bondologist Dave Beeman, makes his Nix debut to talk No Time to Die.

Also discussed: Succession (HBO), Henning Mankell's Wallander series, Classic Reel, "What We do in the Shadows" (FX), You (Netlix), La Brea (NBC), Dopesick (Hulu), The Stand (Amazon), The Last House on Needless Street (Catriona Ward), The Velvet Underground (Apple), Venom 2 (theater), Cruella (Disney+), Another Round (Hulu), Remi Wolf ("Grumpy Old Man")

We've got reviews of The Eyes of Tammy Faye (theaters), Sopranos' prequel The Many Saints of Newark (HBO), and Star Wars Visions (Disney).

Also discussed: 911 (Fox), The Way Down (HBO), The Guilty (Netflix), Survivor (CBS), The Big Leap (Fox), Animal Kingdom (TNT), American Horror Story (FX), Hawkeye (trailer), House of the Dragon (trailer), Nuclear Family (HBO), Kid 90 (Hulu), Illuminati Hotties

The FX adaptation of the beloved comic Y the Last Man is finally here and we've got a review of the first batch of episodes.

Also discussed: Midnight Mass (Netflix), Untold: Crimes and Penalties (Netflix), American Horror Story (FX), Real Housewives (Bravo), Billions (Showtime), Come From Away (Apple), Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Amazon), Nailed It (Netflix), Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four (Amazon Prime), Ted Lasso (Apple), The Other Two (HBO Max), Malignant (HBO Max), Evil (Paramount), Back to Life (Showtime), Death of a Vlogger (Tubi), The Conners (ABC)

We've got a review of the surprisingly sweet Ryan Reynolds comedy Free Guy.

Also discussed: Work in Progress (Showtime), The Chair (Netflix), Clickbait (Netflix), Vivo (Netflix), Raya (Disney), Lula Rich (Amazon Prim), American Horror Story (FX), The Card Counter (theatera), The Girl From Rawblood by Catriona Ward, Strawberry Spring podcast, Animal Kingdom, Michael K Williams, Coda (apple tv), Shang Chi (theaters), The Suicide Squad (hbo max), The Other Two (apple tv), Only Murders in the Building (Hulu), Ted Lasso (apple tv), What If (Disney), Count Me In (Netflix), What We Do in the Shadows (FX), Adventure Time (hbo max), Growing Things by Paul Tremblay, The Night Strangers,' by Chris Bohjalian, Drag Race All Stars

We review the new ghost flick The Night House and Hulu's buzzy new show, 9 Perfect Strangers

Also discussed: White Lotus finale, Reservation Dogs, Suicide Squad, Zola, The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard, Doctor Death, Leverage: Redemption, Woodstock 99, Pig, American Horror Stories, Death of a Starlet, The Devil's Candy, Marvel's What If, Pray Away, Centaurworld, Raya and the Last Dragon, United States vs. Billie Holiday, Chaos Walking

Discussed this episode: Loki, F9, Black Widow, White Lotus, Starstruck, We Are Lady Parts, Summer of Soul, Mary J Blige's My Life, Rick & Morty, Strange Academy, No Sudden Moves, In Treatment, Death & The Nightingales, Animal Kingdom, Too Hot to To Handle, You Love Me, Nightmare Scenario, Disloyal, Frankly, We Did Win This Election