In 2023 I set a goal of watching as many movies as possible, in particular a lot of classics I’d never seen before. While I fell far short of watching one film a day, I did manage to watch a total of 234 different films in 2023 (and a few I saw more than once). Partially inspired by British film director Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Baby Driver), I decided to log every film I watched. At the end of each year Wright posts to Instagram a list of all the films he watched in the previous 12 months.
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is still winning fans as behind the scenes stories and Easter eggs are pillaged for TikTok memes and duets. Elijah Wood talking about wigs, fans sharing behind the scenes facts, and more are driving viewers to TolkienTok.