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Best Of 2016

By The A.V. Club | December 5, 2016 | 8:47pm

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The A.V. Club's bests (and worsts) from 2016.

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film "Sorry, Ted," James Cameron thinks Netflix's theatrical strategy is "rotten to the core" By Matt Schimkowitz November 25, 2025 | 12:20am
tv Rob Mac and Noah Hawley are loading up a Far Cry TV show By Matt Schimkowitz November 24, 2025 | 10:56pm
tv Law & Order: SVU didn't have the budget for that much Ice-T this season By Matt Schimkowitz November 24, 2025 | 9:31pm
film Screw it, Scarlett Johansson will star in the latest "radical new take" on The Exorcist By Matt Schimkowitz November 24, 2025 | 8:06pm
film Wicked charms the box office For Good, or at least for one week By Matt Schimkowitz November 24, 2025 | 6:51pm
film Bill Skarsgard take his mortgage broker hostage in Dead Man's Wire trailer By Drew Gillis November 24, 2025 | 4:46pm
aux Podcast Canon: The enduring mystique of Starlee Kine's Mystery Show By Benjamin Cannon November 24, 2025 | 3:00pm
tv Hulu to inflict more All's Fair on the world By Drew Gillis November 24, 2025 | 2:13pm
music On Tranquilizer, Oneohtrix Point Never leaves little room for relaxation By Devon Chodzin November 24, 2025 | 2:00pm
film, news Donald Trump reportedly lobbying Paramount for more Rush Hour By Drew Gillis November 24, 2025 | 1:36pm
tv Wong Kar-wai returns with the sumptuous, supersized Blossoms Shanghai By Brian Tallerico November 24, 2025 | 1:00pm
tv Harper and Yasmin are as supportive as ever in Industry season 4 trailer By Drew Gillis November 24, 2025 | 12:01pm
film Spoiler Space: Was Wicked changed for good? By Caroline Siede November 24, 2025 | 12:00pm
music, news Donald Glover shares that he had a stroke last year By Drew Gillis November 24, 2025 | 11:22am
music R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff: Reggae pioneer dead at 81 By Matt Mitchell November 24, 2025 | 10:15am
games A quest for relevance: Dragon Quest's remakes search for the impact it had in the '80s By Dia Lacina November 24, 2025 | 10:00am
tv December 2025 TV preview: Fallout, Stranger Things' finale, and Taylor Swift By A.V. Club Staff November 24, 2025 | 10:00am
film Reluctant revolutionary Katniss Everdeen ignited a generation By Caroline Siede November 24, 2025 | 7:00am
tv Elijah Wood just wants a friend in a so-so I Love LA By Manuel Betancourt November 23, 2025 | 11:02pm
tv Everything comes together in The Chair Company's sublime climax By Erik Adams November 23, 2025 | 10:32pm
tv Pennywise pops up, and IT: Welcome To Derry's IQ goes way, way down By William Hughes November 23, 2025 | 10:00pm
aux Medieval Europe was fascinated by this Christian king in Central Asia By Mike Vago November 23, 2025 | 12:00pm
tv What's on TV this week—Stranger Things' final season, Blossoms Shanghai By Christina Izzo November 23, 2025 | 8:00am
film Knives Out's Rian Johnson "as frustrated as you" that Wake Up Dead Man isn't in more theaters By William Hughes November 22, 2025 | 4:56pm
tv Great Job, Internet!: Pluribus' "Carol Sturka" did a very wink-y Reddit AMA By William Hughes November 22, 2025 | 3:52pm
film Wicked: For Good is already turning out to be Wicked: For A Hell Of A Lot Of Money By William Hughes November 22, 2025 | 3:04pm
film Kendrick Lamar's movie musical with the South Park guys has been delayed again By William Hughes November 22, 2025 | 2:03pm
tv Breaking Bad and Bojack survivor Aaron Paul declares Invincible too brutal to keep doing By William Hughes November 22, 2025 | 1:09pm
film Rambo and Street Fighter star Noah Centineo also wants to play with the Gundams now By William Hughes November 21, 2025 | 10:26pm
tv Duffer Brothers claim the Stranger Things kids aging has gotten a lot less noticeable, actually By William Hughes November 21, 2025 | 10:00pm
tv Lena Dunham confirms you've gotten enough of her Netflix show Too Much By William Hughes November 21, 2025 | 8:05pm
film Before Batman began, Christopher Nolan was initially hired to direct another Trojan epic By Matt Schimkowitz November 21, 2025 | 7:14pm
film Kenneth Branagh to be a nasty little goblin guy for A24 By William Hughes November 21, 2025 | 6:54pm
aux Great Job, Internet!: Jmail has made reading the Epstein emails easier than ever By Matt Schimkowitz November 21, 2025 | 5:26pm
film Rian Johnson says AI makes "Everything worse in every conceivable way" By William Hughes November 21, 2025 | 4:59pm
film Nouvelle Vague betrays Godard, yet finds something all its own By Alex Lei November 21, 2025 | 4:00pm
tv Acolyte's Leslye Headland thinks content about Star Wars becoming "more culturally impactful" than Star Wars By Matt Schimkowitz November 21, 2025 | 3:22pm
games Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cleans up at the Golden Joystick Awards By Catherine Masters November 21, 2025 | 3:03pm
games Final fight(s): The 25 best beat-'em-up games By Elijah Gonzalez, Garrett Martin, Dia Lacina, Madeline Blondeau November 21, 2025 | 2:00pm
news JD Vance says he pushed Jeff Bezos to hire Breitbart staff at The Washington Post By Drew Gillis November 21, 2025 | 11:45am