My Cinema Experience in 2023

Just had a look back through the movies I’ve seen at the cinema this year, 188 in total. 117 of these were through ODEON Limitless. 5 of them were £3 Dolby Cinema upgrades on top of Limitless, and 7 were £5 IMAX upgrades. 2 ODEON screenings I had to pay for due to being event screenings and one was an invite-only screening. Most of the ODEON screenings were at ODEON Liverpool One, excluding 3 which took place in London.

I watched 30 movies across two Picturehouse Cinemas, 15 at Picturehouse at FACT in Liverpool and the 15 Scotland Loves Anime screenings at Cameo Cinema. These were a combination of member free tickets (9 used for SLA), member re/discover free tickets, and tickets with member discount, I watched 7 movies at Showcase in Liverpool, a further 7 at The Light Cinema New Brighton, and 10 at Vue Birkenhead. There was also a trip to Vue Manchester for an IMAX screening, and one Cineworld visit while I was in Wembley.

Excluding trailers and adverts, that’s 22722 minutes watching movies at the cinema this year. That’s 378.7 hours, or 15.78 days. No wonder it feels like the year has passed in the blink of an eye.

Of the screenings I watched, 49 were of Japanese origin, though this is heavily weighted by 42 anime movies, 15 taking place at Scotland Loves Anime, and 10 screenings of Suzume back in April.

I’ve enjoyed so much Live Action Asian Cinema this year actually at the cinema. 19 movies from Hong Kong, 14 from China, 5 from South Korea, 2 from Taiwan, 6 from Japan, and 1 from India. There were a fair few Asian Cinema releases I didn’t get to see as well; the availability of Asian Cinema screenings really is amazing nowadays.