Motion Pictures in 2009!

Welcome back to Motion Pictures!

I am happy to announce our new schedule of updates for 2009.  New cartoons will continue to be posted Monday-Thursday, every week.  As for the blogs, instead of 2008’s whenever-I-feel-like-it schedule, I have decided to solidify a schedule of new blogs AT LEAST every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  I might occasionally post on Tuesdays and Thursdays too (I certainly will be for the next few weeks, as there are so many great new films to discuss!), but at the very least there will be new blogs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.  That means that, between the cartoons and the blogs, there will be new content up on this site EVERY SINGLE WEEKDAY.

(What could possibly go wrong?)

What else is happening?  Some of you eagle-eyed viewers might have noticed some small tweaks to the design of the site in recent weeks.  We have added links to some popular older posts over on the right-hand side of the main page.  These will rotate with time.  We have also added some links, in the menu bar at the top of the main page, to some of my friends’ great blogs.  For all of you political junkies out there, I strongly recommend that you visit The Informed Voter for great insight on everything that’s going on out there in this crazy world.  You might also see an occasional illustration or posting by yours truly.  Then there is Mirsky’s Desk, a discussion of leadership and organizational management from my friend Andrew Mirsky, the man responsible for the terrific design of this web-site.

That’s just the start.  We have a number of additional fun changes that will be coming to the site in the (hopefully) very near future, so keep your eyes open.  

We have a full plate of blogs coming up over the next few weeks, with my thoughts on a number of new films (Man on Wire, Valkyrie, Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, The Reader, and lots more).  Fairly soon I will also begin posting my “Best of” lists for 2008, covering my favorite movies, TV shows, DVDs, and comic books.  I’ve had a lot of fun putting these lists together, and I can’t wait to share them with you.

Most importantly, the comics continue!  Our adventures in Wall-E resume today.  

See you back here tomorrow, as I review what is by far my favorite of all the “Oscar-bait” films released recently:  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.