The Journal | December 2022

I rate the movies, TV shows, music, games, books, podcasts (and more) I consumed in the previous month, whether they were brand new or simply unknown to me before. Dates are by UK release where applicable, and include releases straight to DVD and VOD. Ratings are in star format (★★★★½).

♥︎♥︎ Unmissable

♥︎ Recommended

✖️Avoid

Films

Bones and All [2022] ♥︎
★★★★½

Avatar: The Way of Water [2022]
★★★½

Cyrano [2022]
★★★★

The Souvenir [2019]
★★★★

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio [2022]
★★★½

TV

Big Mouth | Season 6 [2022]
★★★★

Trailer Park Boys | Season 1 [2001]
★★★½

Andor | Season 1 [2022] ♥︎
★★★★½

Games

God of War Ragnarök [2022] ♥︎♥︎
★★★★½

Pentiment [2022] ♥︎♥︎
★★★★½

Music

Your Silent Face [1983]
New Order
Track
★★★★

Useless [1997]
Depeche Mode
Track
★★★★

The Great Wide Open (Reprise) [2022]
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Track
★★★★

Books

Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth [2018] ♥︎
Ian Nathan
★★★★½

Miscellaneous

Writing Excuses | Season 17 [2022] ♥︎
Podcast
★★★★½