Our favorite movies of 2022 so far, 'Crawdads' reactions, plus 'Nope,' 'The Gray Man,' and more!

On this episode we list our favorite movies of the year so far, yes, but before we get to that we have a nice chat about Where the Crawdads Sing, which landed in theaters last weekend, Nope, which opens this weekend, Netflix's latest attempt at a "blockbuster," The Gray Man, and Ethan Hawke's HBO Max love-letter to Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, The Last Movie Stars. After that (or scroll down if you want just the list), you'll get "our favorite movies of 2022 so far," which is a segment that ran last week for everyone who has subscribed to the show (available wherever you get podcasts). Every week we have an extra chunk that doesn't get the same big promotional push that the main episode gets, and we thought we'd plug a taste of that here for you. Where to watch: Nope (official site) The Gray Man (Netflix, July 22) The Last Movie Stars (HBO, July 21) Our favorite movies of 2022 so far: Ambulance The Batman Deep Water Everything Everywhere All at Once Fresh Jackass Forever The Northman RRR The Survivor Top Gun: Maverick X Recent articles by Bruce Miller: 'Arthur' marks 25 years as a PBS staple  Movies in a Minute - “Thor: Love and Thunder”  'Fleabag' techniques don't serve Dakota Johnson's 'Persuasion'  'Thor: Love and Thunder' yields a universe of ideas that don't all work Check out Jared on the 'On Iowa Politics Podcast' here: On Iowa Politics Articles we mentioned: 'Where the Crawdads Sing' Author Wanted for Questioning in Murder (The Atlantic) The Hunted (The New Yorker) Follow the show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/StreamdNScreend Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/streamedandscreened Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StreamedAndScreened Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, an entertainment reporter for multiple decades who is now the editor of the Sioux City Journal, Jared McNett, a reporter for the Sioux City Journal, and Chris Lay, the podcast operations manager for Lee Enterprises.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.