2011, you were good to me.

So, in 2011 I...

- had my 21st Birthday

- celebrated mine and Jonny's 1 year anniversary

- saw Kate Nash

- saw Guillemots 4 times, and met Fyfe Dangerfield twice

- saw Wicked

- saw Russell Howard

- was in the audience for the Beyonce TV special

- saw a very good friend perform in Wind in the Willows outside

- got Syd

- moved in with the 'The Film Girls'

- left HMV

- started working at Angel Food Bakery

- started my last year of University

- did a talk to 3 groups of A Level students at my old school about Film Journalism

- did work experience at Bullet PR

- volunteered at Empire Big Screen

- was a guest on a radio show in Brighton

- filmed and interviewed at the Empire Jameson Awards and Paul world premiere

- attended the Arthur, Never Let Me Go DVD release and 50/50 press screening

- got invited by BBC to celebrate Mark Kermode's 10 year anniversary in Manchester

- tweeted from the BAFTAs

This was an incredible year with memories I'll treasure for a very long time. Looking back through all these things is quite overwhelming for me. It just goes to show how much you can get done in a year, I guess. 

I hope your year was just as eventful as mine, and lets hope 2012 brings some more amazing moments.

Thanks to everyone who was a part of my 2011. You made my year.

13 Films of 2011 Represented Through Onomatopoeic Words.

I've been asked by a few people what my top 10 films of 2011 were, but to be honest I haven't really thought about it. I didn't see or review nearly as many films I wanted to for various reasons.

So instead, what I'm going to do rank the films I reviewed on this blog from awful to brilliant with onomatopoeic words to reflect my general mood towards them.

This should suffice. If not, then, wait until 2013 and I'll do a top 10 of 2012.

So, here we go...

13 - The Reef (Errugh)

12 - The Rebound (Ffffffeeeew)

11 - The Roommate (Tut)

10 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Hmm)

9 - Bad Teacher (Meh)

8 - Arthur (Huh?)

7 - Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon (Ummm)

6 - Buried (Mmmmm)

5 - Made in Chelsea (Woohoooo!)

4 - X-Men: First Class (Oooo)

3 - Submarine (Ahh)

2 - Paul (Hahahahahaha)

1 - Senna (Phwwoar)

I would like to just remind you that these were the only films I reviewed on this blog last year. It's not a reflection of my favourite films of the year at all. Films I saw which deserve an honourable mention are 50/50, Breaking Dawn and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, particularly 50/50. Although, I don't think many films I could have watched and reviewed would have beaten Senna. It moved me so much I can remember exactly how I felt as I left the cinema.

So there. Sorry it's not exactly what you wanted, but it is a little bit. Look out for a "Best Things I did in 2011" blog soon...

For now, here's a video of turtles high fiving each other: