What you will find at Living in Cinema:

• Movie reviews. I aim to stay positive and I’m happier to steer someone toward a movie they might not have considered than I am trying to talk them out of seeing a movie they’re interested in. I’ll call them like I see them, however. If a movie stinks, you’ll hear about it unless I decide to skip the review altogether. In a perfect world I will be writing mainly about smaller independent and foreign films, but the reality is the more popular a movie, the more traffic I get. I hope to keep a balance.
• A smattering of news. I don’t want to be a clearinghouse of news links. There are other sites that do a much better job of that like Movie City News for example. However, if something happens that I have an opinion on, I’ll post it.
• Spirited yet polite discussion about movies. This where you come in. This is a place where people who love all kinds of movies should feel comfortable airing out their opinions, expressing their passions and ranting about the things that really piss them off.
• Opinions about the state of the art. General musings about what’s going on with movies to the extent that I become aware of it and it impacts me.

What you will not find at Living in Cinema:

• Pictures of Britney Spears’ bald beaver. This one speaks for itself.
• Celebrity gossip. This kind of thing is so far removed from what I truly love about movies, I don’t even want to talk about it. There are plenty of places you can find this info if you’re interested.
• Production rumors or spoilers about movies no one has seen yet. Analyzing scripts and wallowing in details about upcoming movies is something better left for Chud or AICN. I’d rather let a movie speak for itself and then talk about it afterwards.
• Trumpeting of Box Office figures as though it means something. One of the worst things to happen to movies in the last 20 or so years is the rise in reporting on weekend box office totals. The drive for a killer opening weekend does not lead to good movies. This information is useful to shareholders, but has no place in the appreciation of movies themselves.