Yes, I feel the exact same way. Watched 8 or 9 first season episodes, but somehow the constant promise of "it gets really bleak and depressing later!" isn't a selling point.

I really miss The Dissolve and their podcast, but the format for Next Picture Show doesn't do it for me. I usually haven't seen one or both of the movies so it doesn't hold my interest.

I've been curious about checking that out since it aired, though knowing it's from Robert Kirkman is more a deterrent than a selling point.

Braindead was great. Totally made up for the final season of The Good Wife being a huge mess.

I had never heard of Travelers until I saw it on Netflix today, so it's there now. I personally find most Canadian sci-fi shows look incredibly cheap and chintzy, so I wonder if this follows suit. I hate that "we shot this in Vancouver and slapped a blue filter on it" look that so many of those shows like Continuum…

Yes, I second that it's still the best thing Netflix has ever done. I just hope they realize it and let the creators realize their 4-5 season plan.

Cloud Atlas should have won all the Oscars whatever year it came out. Seeing that movie in theaters was a transcendent experience that I'll never forget.

Like everything the Wachowskis have done, Jupiter Ascending has some great ideas and great action. I think it's the weakest of their movies but it's still a lot of fun, and I'd certainly take it over WB's DCEU films any day.

K. So what did you think of Sense8?

I'm glad I'm not the only one who lost it at the "Hallelujah" scene, specifically when Capheus said people were what he believed in. I really haven't had much, if any, faith in humanity in 2016, but damn if this beautiful show doesn't make me believe.

Also the last 5 seconds of the movie. I went out of the theater with a cringe and an eye-roll instead of feeling like I just witnessed something great.

I agree with everything in your first paragraph about Polar Express Tarkin, but completely disagree that this is the grown up Star Wars film. This is the movie where Darth Vader makes a terrible choking pun and each character's arc ends with "and then they DIED!" If anything it feels written by a 10-year-old.

Yeah, I just saw it and felt the exact same way. Polar Express Tarkin is one of the worst things I've seen on screen all year, and the final shot of the film was an even worse kick to the balls. I felt no attachment to any of the characters beyond the fact that I love many of the actors, and the way they all met…

So, no movie that's opened on over 1000 screens has ever been great. Got it!

Hmm, the first two sentences of this review make me want to jump out a window. But if you say it's actually good…

I wasn't excited about many movies this year, but I agree it was a great year for horror/thrillers. You covered most of them, but Hush really deserves the most praise. I've watched that movie twice now, and it's better than 90% of what I saw in theaters this year.

Uncharted 4 and Inside are my games of the year, and I'll probably add Final Fantasy XV to the list once I finish it. But I want to give a shout out to a game nobody mentioned: Ratchet & Clank.

You know, I felt the exact same thing. I didn't play Pokémon GO for more than a few days, but for a month or so it was like all of humanity united to enjoy a silly mobile game. It really was one of the only highlights humanity had in 2016.

Witcher 3 taught me that there's a fine line between an open world game having just enough content to keep me hooked, and so much content that looking at the map and quest log fills me with a sense of anxiety and dread. I do think it's a great game, but I got overwhelmed halfway through and never went back.

I'm 30 hours into FFXV and still only around chapter 5, so I don't feel I can rank it in the GOTY conversation yet. But as someone who is closer to a "first-timer" than a longtime fan I am absolutely loving it. Easily the best open world RPG I've played in 2016, and I think I enjoy it more than Witcher 3 last year.