Spring 2022 TV and Movie Guide
Anne Reyna ‘23
Staff Editor
Now, if you’re like me you’re counting down to your next hit of dopamine or something that will aid in your procrastination from doing your Antitrust readings. If you can relate to this, you’re in the right place. This semester is just getting started, and I’m already scrolling through my streaming services wondering when the next big thing is going to help me forget about all my responsibilities and keep me up until 4 a.m. While I’m not looking for anything life altering, it would be nice to be so encapsulated by a movie or TV show that I forget to check my email for a few hours. The bar is low. With that being said, I have compiled an extensive and all-inclusive list of shows and movies that should be worth your attention this semester.
So, let’s start fresh, 2022. While we’re already at the end of January, so much good content has premiered, and I cannot overlook it. This month brought a little bit of everything from drug-addicted high-schoolers in Euphoria, the resurrection of feared bounty hunter Boba Fett, and dark comedic superheroes in Peacemaker. All of which deserve your undivided attention. If you’re looking for something a little more unique and has Dave Franco in it, then I’ve also got something for you. The Afterparty just premiered on Apple Tv+, and it has my full endorsement after displaying all my favorite TV tropes with a little bit of dark humor, a little bit of mystery, a little bit of unreliable narration, and of course a little bit of murder. Now as for things coming out on the big screen, January was of course a letdown. Everyone knows that if your movie was actually good it would’ve just come out in December.
Now let’s talk about the imminent future, February. This month starts out with a bang and ends with, of course, more unimaginative remakes. Starting with back-to-back bangers with the star-studded cast in both Pam & Tommy and Murderville. While Sebastian Stan and Lily James are sure to deliver in their highly anticipated re-telling, the one show I’m specifically looking forward to is the latter of the two. Murderville stars Will Arnett playing a homicide detective, and in each episode he is joined by a different celebrity guest who must improvise until they solve their murder case. As for the latter half of the month, we have a lot of remakes coming our way including Bel-Air, Reacher, The Proud Family, and Vikings Valhalla. Whether these specific remakes are worth our attention remains to be seen. Turning to the big screen, there may be a few hidden gems if you like Tom Holland, Channing Tatum, Megan Fox, or another space disaster film, but don’t be on the lookout for any blockbusters just yet in the year.
Now we come to March. This is where things start getting serious. Not only do we get the long awaited third season of Atlanta, Oscar Isaac making his MCU debut in Moon Knight, and Adam McKay (director of Succession) bringing The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty to our screens, but we also get possibly the movie of the year. Of course, I am talking about the one and only Caped Crusader, Defender of Gotham, the World’s Greatest Detective, the Dark Knight himself, The Batman. With all that being said, I take back everything I said about remakes. Remake it all. Inject this movie into my veins and then make more. On March 4, we get Robert Pattinson portraying a younger and darker Bruce Wayne solving riddles for three hours while simultaneously teaming up with Zoë Kravitz playing Selina Kyle. What more could someone want?
Including all the content previously mentioned, we are also getting some major blockbuster television series towards the end of 2022. Streaming services are pouring absurd amounts of money into content that we can consume in less than a day, and personally, I love this for us. If you’ve been waiting around to see what shows everyone, and I mean everyone, is going to be talking about this year, your time has come. Some people might be wanting to hear about the new Stranger Things season, The Boys season 3, The Walking Dead final season, or the new Star Trek shows, but I’m not here for small talk like that. I’m here to talk about possible generation defining content that we could see premiere in a few short months. I’m talking Game of Thrones redemption in House of Dragon. I’m talking Obi-Wan Kenobi himself gracing our screen again to take on his former padawan, Darth Vader. And I’m especially talking about the most expensive television show ever made, and the most anticipated prequel series possibly in history; the famous mythology of Middle Earth is coming to Amazon Prime this September in a brand-new Lord of the Rings project titled The Rings of Power. Strap in, because we are in for a hell of a year.
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