Introduction

New Year resolutions are, I suppose, usually meant to be about self-improvement. Being a better person, being kinder, healthier, more useful, whatever. A lot of it seems to revolve around diet and exercise. And this is a blog about what started as a New Year’s resolution. You won’t be finding tedious details about exercise plans here though – because this resolution has nothing to do with such worthy goals of self improvement.

Simply, I have decided to watch 52 films in 52 weeks, and to blog about what I see. I am, not, I should make clear at the outset, a wannabe film critic. Normally, I write on the subject of motorsport (here if you’re interested) and this is going to be a bit of a departure for me. Truth be told, I’m not even a real cineaste, a huge film fan, or anything, though perhaps by the end of the year I will be. I’m not the only one doing this, the intention is that this is a group blog. I’ll let the others introduce themselves. Any rules? Some of us are insisting these must be films we see at the cinema. I’m allowing myself to include DVDs – because I’m simply not a regular cinema-goer. The one rule I am imposing upon myself is that all 52 films must be ones I have not seen before. So without further ado, it’s off to the cinema on New Year’s day with fellow-participants, Chris, Iain and Steph to see…