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That’s a wrap for Sir Critic on Cinema
“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a critic.”
Freeze frame. Cue Tony Bennett’s “Rags to Riches” as Saul Bass titles zip across the screen, a la Goodfellas.
For nearly four years now I have been writing about movies on this blog, having fulfilled a longtime dream of reviewing movies for a newspaper audience. So it is with mixed emotions that I announce this will be my final post on this blog.
I have been named the Arts & Entertainment reporter for our Southwest group of newspapers, covering Middletown, Hamilton and the surrounding area. I love writing about this field and am very much looking forward to meeting new people, and to telling all of you about things to do, of which there are plenty. I will also be taking over a “things to do” blog.
That means I will no longer have time to write a movie blog for the newspapers, a fact I recognize with more than a little regret. I will very much miss this forum. I have so many great memories here, ranging from co-writing an American Girl movie review with my dear friend Angela Allen to getting in a heated discussion with movie colorizers to interviewing the director and producer of Pixar’s Up. I was particularly proud when this blog and its readers prompted the Victoria Theatre to change its Cool Films program last year, so they would play the excellent 1933 version of Little Women instead of the less well regarded 1949 version.
All that stated, Sir Critic is not going away entirely - he’s just moved to new digs. I have already created a new blog, Sir Critic’s Cinema, with its own domain name: www.sircritic.com.
I will be doing the same thing there that I did here: opining about all things cinematic. With rare exceptions, I will no longer be able to write day-and-date movie reviews, but I will still see a great many of them. I was seeing more than 100 movies in the theater long before I started this blog, and I’m not about to stop now. In fact, just last night I caught the Toy Story 3D double feature, with a review on the new blog.
I invite you to follow me to my new home, because my favorite part of writing this blog was not seeing the movies early - It was interacting with all of you. We’ve had more great conversations than my limited mathematical abilities can count, ranging all the way from your first R-rated film to the movie that most traumatized you to the recent controversy over the arrest of Roman Polanski.
I hope I’ve been able to direct you to good movies and steer you clear of bad ones. Whether you agreed or disagreed with me, it didn’t really matter, as long as you found my writings interesting and entertaining. I thank you all profoundly for reading, commenting, and even occasionally criticizing. It has truly been the stuff that dreams are made of.
My fellow bloggers Zack McGhee and Tony Black will continue their Movies and TV blog, and Ron Rollins is apt to chime in about movies now and again at Brain Droppings. As I fade out, I will slightly paraphrase the words of Orson Welles, when he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.
“Let us raise our cups, standing, as some of us do, on opposite ends of the river - and drink together to what really matters to us all - to our crazy and beloved pastime. To the movies - to good movies - to every possible kind.”
Hope to see you at the new site. Thank you all again.
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By Martha
November 4, 2009 8:47 AM | Link to this
Congrats,Eric. I’ll see you on you blog!
By vickie
October 8, 2009 8:51 AM | Link to this
Eric,the most renowned are also the most criticized.
By Allie D.
October 8, 2009 2:27 AM | Link to this
“Thankful” is a divining rod as well, for classless keyboard warriors in so desperate need for validation that they’ll anonymously fling unwarranted insults at strangers in venues just so they can feel like grownups. So congratulations on that, “thankful.” You stay classy now. :)
By thankful....
October 8, 2009 12:06 AM | Link to this
Let’s all pop the champagne!! Ding-dong the witch is dead! No more horrible reviews from snooty ol’ Mr.Trendy. Although you were a great reverse divining rod, because if you didn’t like it, I knew I’d enjoy! Adios…
By Brother Phil
October 7, 2009 11:28 PM | Link to this
I’ll certainly miss your blog on the Cox websites, but will earnestly follow you on your new web domain. Thanks for all the great reviews! I’ll keep praying that you will one day be writing your film column in the pulp format.
By vickie
October 7, 2009 5:04 PM | Link to this
We will miss you Sir Critic. We enjoyed your witty commentary.Good luck in your new endeavors!
By Susan
October 7, 2009 4:56 PM | Link to this
Already have your new blog bookmarked. =) And very excited for you to have a new “beat.” Glad you’ll still be informing me of what to see on film, though!! Good luck, Eric!
By Kenny D.
October 7, 2009 1:28 PM | Link to this
Good luck with the new stuff! I’m already enjoying the new blog.
By ME
October 7, 2009 1:26 PM | Link to this
Good luck fellow journalist and I wish you all the best on the new assignment. Will certainly be hitting the new site as we need a good critic to get us in the right direction with movies!
By Tom
October 7, 2009 1:10 PM | Link to this
So, is your current job available and if so, how does one apply?
By Allie D.
October 7, 2009 1:02 PM | Link to this
Well you’ll certainly find me over on the new site, Eric! It’s been a pleasure joining in on the discussions here, and I hope your new job treats you well!