Exactly one year ago, I was a single writer, managing Film Thrasher out of a small college dorm room, unsure of what 2011 would bring, with only a small handful of readers, doing news pieces once every other day, only reviewing Smallville, Chuck, Supernatural, and Glee. The year ahead was going to either make or break the site that I had struggled to casually balance out my life with over the course of the past seven months, and I really didn't know what was going to happen. Now, I sit here one year later, proclaiming that 2011 was one of the best years of my life. But, what will 2012 bring? Well...we have a few plans in mind.

We continue our end of the year coverage by now covering the Best of 2011 in film. There have been plenty of successes and surprises this past year, but which were our absolute favorites, and which ones should you see or leave in the garbage? We've assembled the entire staff here at Film Thrasher once more to ask what they though were the best, worst, and what they were looking forward to most in 2012.

Now that everyone is back in good ol' Mystic Falls, including a drunk-on-Klaus Stefan, it's time for the inevitable: going back to school. Yes, it's time for the characters to tackle senior year head on. But, with everything that happened during the summer, the annual bonfire coming up, Rebecca sticking around, and a war of ghosts brewing, was it a fantastic start to the final year of high school?

The streets of Chicago are roaming with vampires once more as Katherine now factors into the big picture of Season 3. With Elena heartbroken that Stefan told her to leave, she is careful to admit her feelings for Damon, and her brother is also dealing with his ghost problem head on, with the help of his returning girlfriend Bonnie. But, was the characters sticking around in Chicago a smart move, or a dull one? 

After a great second week, The Vampire Diaries is back with a flashback-filled episode set in Chicago. As Stefan learns more about his past, a shock revelation is revealed, another ally joins Klaus' cause, and right underneath their noses are Elena & Damon. Meanwhile, after a surprising reveal last week, what will happen to Caroline? Furthermore, is the 

This is a special post for a huge milestone here on the site. The other night (around midnight), we hit 100,000 views all time for Film Thrasher This is...huge! So, first off what we want to say is: Thank You. All 100,000 of you. It means a lot to each of us: Jules, Naira, and myself.