Sunday, December 29, 2013

A Change of Venue

All good things must end, some rise from the ashes.

by Hunter Isham

        Things have pretty much come to a halt here at the DMI Review, as it's been quite some time since anything has been posted. Our weekly review model broke down a long time ago, and if you've stuck with the blog despite its anemic state, I'd like to offer my gratitude. It's a wonderful thing to have someone take the time to read something you've written, and it's even more meaningful when they continue to do so as you continue to write. As things were winding down here, it occurred to me that I still love writing these reviews, and I would absolutely love to keep on writing them. However, commandeering this blog for my own use would be wrong, having begun it as a group venture, and so that is what it shall stay, albeit an inactive one.
        After a good deal of work, I've relocated my reviews to the brand new Film & Television Review, a blog that will ultimately function like this one, but which is under my full creative control, at least for the time being, as I'm the only one contributing to it. My goal is to post reviews as often as possible, perhaps even once a week, but as a student and a writer with a tendency to write long, that will ultimately be a flexible schedule. I simply hope to share my thoughts whenever I'm moved to do so, and hopefully there'll be someone there to listen.
        This will likely be the very last post on the Darke, McPhaul, and Isham Review blog, and I must say that while this endeavor has come to an end, it's been hugely meaningful for me, opening a new avenue I was previously reluctant to try. Though a relatively short experience, writing for this blog has been one of the most rewarding experiences I've had all year, and I hope the path it's started me on is a long and satisfying one. It's sad to fully end one chapter, but exciting to begin another, and whether or not you join me on this continuing journey, I'm glad you were here for part of it. Thank you, and, as the late Roger Ebert would always say, see you at the movies.