Here's what's ironic: the majority of moviegoers aren't curious moviegoers and the people who buy movie magazines are a part of the curious minority.

I used to have something like the first 5 years of Premiere. Every issue! I loved it! Then one day came and I was like, "Whaaa? Am I feeding my soul here?" I'd look at my other stacks of say, Film Comment, or Video Watchdog and go, "It's over, Premiere."

Now that I can get Cahiers du Cinéma online in something like English and I can get GreenCine Daily, I rarely buy any print magazines. That just means more of my disposable income is freed up to go to books and DVDs.

I still have a subscription to Premiere, more out of habit than need. Nowadays, I find that I've read all of their 'news' items weeks or months before on the internet. Even Entertainment weekly, a...well, weekly, often feels a little behind the times when it comes to delivering new information about upcoming films. The only place that the net has yet to fully trancend print media is in their long form interviews and set reports (and as most magazines seem to be drastically lowering their quality bar lately, it's safe to assume that they might not even have this to boast about much longer). Online interviews too often tend to be shallow, often full of fanboy praise or the writer's attempts at impressing their subject. (I know I'm talking rather broadly here. There are plenty of sites doing a great job with their interviews -- GreenCine, in particular.) Most of the set reports I read online tend to be quick lists of 'cool' stuff seen and overheard, and not carefully observed descriptions of the experience or thoughtful and insightful interactions with the cast and crew. It's no doubt only a matter of time before this changes, but it's going to take a bit more than our favorite now-out-of-work magazine writers starting up their own blogs. Personally, I find that one of the main things getting in the way of digital media completely eclipsing print media is that the digital format tends to rush the writing and publishing process. The fact that we all visit our favorite sites looking for new updates every day puts a lot of pressure on these writers to post their peices without a whole lot of gestation and reflection (much like my comments, I know, I know!). Besides blogs all having to have staff sizes simlilar to their pulp bretheren or the FDA legalization of genius pills, I'm not sure how this will ever change.