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In the famous 8-minute opening shot of Robert Altman's 1992 black comedy The Player, the camera brings us along a winding path through a film studio as employees arrive from their commutes, writers pitch scripts to execs, colleagues pine for a "golden age of Hollywood," and a consequential letter is delivered. 

Although the central studio remains unnamed through the movie, its slogan looms large in this opening shot. The phrase is loud and proud but completely devoid of meaning, aptly reflecting the noncommittal, commercialized version of Hollywood that Altman sets out to so searingly satirize.

"MOVIES ... now more than ever!" read the words emblazoned on the wall, as good a summation of the entire film — and much of Hollywood's posturing today, more than thirty years later — as any. 

So, what better name for a movie review site? 

I'm Cameron, and I love movies. 

I've been watching movies for decades (starting with Monsters, Inc. in the theatre at age 4) and writing about film for over five years.

I'm currently a graduate student based in Boston, MA.