Ed's Top 20 Films of 2011

They sure are happy to have the Number One spot.

First off, I'd just like to wish everyone reading this a Happy New Year. I hope that you all had a great couple of days and are quietly dreading the return to the normal grind of working life as much as I am. (If you work in a capacity that meant that you have not had any time off over the last few weeks, my heart goes out to you. I worked over Christmas and New Year the last few years and it is the worst.) I saw the New Year in by getting ferociously drunk in a cottage just outside of Blackpool with a bunch of my friends, and it was terrific.

Film Review: Senna (2010)

I'm going to be up-front here, and admit that I have little to no interest in Formula One. I know a few things about it. I know who Michael Schumacher is; I know that Bernie Ecclestone is involved somewhere; I know that there are sporadic uproars in the press over who can advertise what on the cars. That's about as far as my knowledge extends. So, when I say that the documentary Senna, about the life and career of three-time World Formula One Champion Ayrton Senna, is probably the best film I have seen this year, don't think that my judgement has been clouded by a love of the sport. Nothing could be further from the truth.