this week on 100Films.co.uk

Having spent the first week of 2024 wrapping up my regular coverage of 2023 over on 100Films.co.uk (read all about that here), this week was all about kicking off my 2024 challenge.

First up: the overall challenge...





Then, posts dedicated to my Blindspot and "What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" challenges...


Blindspot 2024

This is a challenge in which you pick 12 films you've never seen but should have (your blindspots) and watch them one per month over the next year. It's a great way of ensuring you watch films that you might otherwise not get round to. Or intending to get round to them, anyway, as I've failed to complete the list on various occasions... Below are my 12 picks for 2024, followed by an unnecessarily long-winded explanation of why I chose them.

Read more here.


What Do You Mean You Haven’t Seen All of the IMDb Top 250?

Ever since I began my 100 Films in a Year Challenge all the way back in 2007, I've kept track of my progress in completing one of the best-known "best of" lists on the internet: the IMDb Top 250... Ultimately, over the first 17 years of this blog, my annual statistics say I've watched 211 films from the Top 250 — but films come and go from the list, and many of those 211 won't even be on there anymore. For example: since I had 119 films left to go, I've watched 145 more, but I still have 19 outstanding.

Read more here.


With that all out of the way, will there be more next Sunday? Only time will tell...