The month ahead brings crowd-pleasing movies ranging from "Taken 2" to "Looper," potential Oscar contenders such as "Searching for Sugar Man," and the latest season of acclaimed TV shows like "Justified" and "Downton Abbey." Get a full schedule of January's DVD and Blu-ray releases inside.

Voting is now open in our third annual Metacritic User Poll. Give us your picks for the best movies, TV shows, albums, songs, and videogames of 2012.

In our final 6 Picks of 2012, get a look at six key film releases due in theaters over the next few weeks.

In our final Film Friday column of 2012, watch new trailers for "Pacific Rim," "Man of Steel, "Oblivion," "After Earth," and more upcoming films, and get a quick recap of all the week's film news.

Nominees for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday morning, with Lincoln, Argo, and Django Unchained leading the film nominees and Homeland and Modern Family among the TV leaders. Inside, get a full list of this year's nominees, and a look at major snubs and surprises.

Throughout December and January, we'll be aggregating dozens of year-end top ten lists from a variety of movie critics and publications. Find all of their lists here, as well as our composite standings for best movie of 2012.

This week, film awards season kicks into high gear while Peter Jackson returns to Middle-Earth. There's also a new Big Boi album, a pair of high-profile TV finales, and more.

This week, watch the first trailers for "Star Trek Into Darkness," Roman Coppola's "A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III," and Shane Carruth's follow-up to "Primer," get new looks at "Zero Dark Thirty," "Warm Bodies," and "Les Miserables," and catch up on all the week's film news.