As it's almost the beginning of a new year and a new decade, I thought I'd do a round-up of what's been happening at Cinema Essentials over the past 12 months. Cinema Essentials is 2 (and a bit) years old It's hard to believe, but this website is now more than 2 years old. Fortunately, it's now past the crawling and dribbling stage (well, mostly) and is managing to totter along without too much adult supervision. Cinema Essentials actually celebrated its 2nd birthday back in July. But I decided not to make a big thing of it, as I wasn't sure if I wanted the inevitable street parties and rounds of media interviews. Actually, I didn't think anyone would really care, which is sad I know, but probably true. This is me, dictating this post to my secretary. And yes, it's amazing how much I look like James Mason. Memberships I signed up for the Large Association of Movie Blogs in October this year. It takes time for membership to go thro