Happy 2009! Welcome back to Truth On Cinema! As you may have noticed, things are a little different around here. We are back at full steam with a completely new look for 2009. It will take some getting used to, but based on many suggestions from my Truth On Cinema Research and Development Team and the co-owner of ToC (my wife), I have made some changes to emphasize content rather than design.

Features that were added or changed:

-I configured the site so that the entire post is on the front page and there is no excess “clicking through” involved. The only clicking involved is if you want to leave a comment, you’ll have to click the title of the entry or the little comment icon.

-Since Truth On Cinema has evolved from a review-only site to a more complete movie blog, I have eliminated the different categories (genres) of movies, and have tagged every one of my reviews under the category “Review” and have laid them out to the right if you ever want to go back and read them.

-Following along the same line of thought, I have streamlined the navigation and simplified what Truth On Cinema is: [Movie] Reviews, News, Features, Discussions (Round Table), Photos, and Trailers. Those are going to be added/edited as we go along, but that at least simplifies where you can find information.

I hope you enjoy the new ToC and know that in no way is this completely finished as I am still working out all of the kinks to this new look. Please feel free, and I am ASKING you, to let me know what you think and if there are any bugs or suggestions on how to improve this new site. You are the community of Truth On Cinema, so please tell me what you think. I know this won’t work for everyone and that there will be people who like the old style, and who knows, I may return in the future to the old look, but for now, this is where ToC is going.

Thanks for sticking around Truth On Cinema for almost a year (our anniversary is in February) and for all of your support throughout 2008. We are very excited about what 2009 holds for Truth On Cinema. For now, take a look around, reminisce, leave me a note on how your holiday was and what sort of movie(s) you watched or what movie discussions you got into, just hang out and stay for a while.

Daniel DeHart
Senior Editor/Contributor
Truth On Cinema

(photo courtesy of color cubic)