Stomp Tokyo - 9 years of snarky comments about crappy movies.

November 7th marked the 9th anniversary of Stomp Tokyo's existence, from our humble beginnings on members.aol.com (3 megs of space - woo!) to our current state as a movie review hub -- not so active as we used to be, perhaps, but still going strong and with new ideas for the future.

This year I moved from St. Pete, FL to Austin, TX and the great two-headed review beast (me and Scott) was divided, which has led to a certain dearth of formal Stomp Tokyo reviews. We're working on that; the latest review (Godzilla: Final Wars) is hopefully the beginning of a reversal of that trend. (Apple's iChat and iSight camera have been a blessing in this area.) However, this has been the year that our individual sites (let's call them blogs) have blossomed, with more individual commentary than ever before. Film Buff Stuff has been a particularly fun project; normally Scott and I would just e-mail such things back and forth to one another, but now you can peek in on our conspicuous consumerism with this blog.

We're looking to expand Stomp Tokyo's offerings in the near future; there's a new site (from a voice that may be familiar to some of you) waiting in the wings that we hope to unveil in the next few weeks. The "octopus" is also on the prowl for more new blood, particularly if that blood courses through the veins of an articulate and entertaining writer. If you write film criticism or other entertainment journalism and think you might speak well to the Stomp Tokyo audience, give us a shout at theguys at stomptokyo dot com. We'd like to see your portfolio and/or existing site.

If you're a loyal reader or someone just tuning in, we thank you for your patronage. Your kind e-mails and links from your own blogs and sites make the effort worthwhile. Godzilla willing we'll be here in another 360-something days to celebrate our graduation into double digits.