It’s more fun, the chemistry between the amateur sleuths almost crackles, and the guests are stellar. As Streep puts in her beautiful performances, you want to punch the air

With Disney-championed stars including Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter moving on from the company’s own record label, it seems the house of mouse’s power is waning

The friends and comedy legends smilingly needle and riff off each other, and deliver eulogies for one another’s future funeral

This clever, arch comedy whodunnit crams in way more than ever before as it returns for its second season. Its fantastic guest roster alone – Shirley MacLaine! Amy Schumer! – is to die for

The star can’t quite lift a forgettable and mostly unfunny episode that lampoons the Depp-Heard trial and Netflix hit Old Enough

The success of Knives Out and Murder on the Orient Express has led to a full-throated return of the keep-em-guessing murder mystery

The first three films in this vampire family comedy franchise used up all traces of interest. Here’s hoping episode four is the last

Crafted with one eye firmly on the Spotify stats, the band’s synths-heavy ninth album features BTS and Selena Gomez amid a muddled cosmic concept

Our countdown is complete, topped by a mercurial work of sprawling invention by a woman who has dug deep to survive. Taken as a whole, these choices contain drama, solace, poetry and fire, a fitting selection for a turbulent year