2013-2014 & Housekeeping

As I tried to compile a ‘Best of the year’ list from 2013 (previous ones here, here and here), I ended up with only two movies that were actually released in the UK last year: Alpha Papa – Alan Partridge, and Flight. All of the other high-scoring movies on this site were oldies.

Is it just me or did the studios fail to deliver last year? Almost everything I saw was middle-of-the-road; and most of the big films were re-boots, sequels, or disappointments. This led to me falling out of love with cinema in the second half of 2013; going from around 2 new releases a week, to one a month.

As a result, it’s made me think more about this site, and what I’m writing. From this month on I intend to be going back to this blog’s roots – loads more World Cinema, indie and B-movies. The ‘features’ were also the most popular articles of 2013 by far, so I will be doing more one-off non-review posts.

Here’s to 2014,

/Paul

TOP ARTICLES FROM 2013

– Why you should be watching Archer

– Why you should see “The Room” in the cinema

– Why ‘The Expendables 3‘ needs more awesome villains

– Why fan screenings + Cosplay = great combo

– Why Korean Cinema is the bomb

– Film critic Danny Leigh also took the time to do an interview