As many of you know, in addition to writing for Flickfeast, I also run a website called CriticPlanet. In February CriticPlanet will be no more. Below is a link to the article, as well as the article itself (since the site will be down in February) explaining the decision to shut down CriticPlanet after three years of hard work. I will continue writing for Flickfeast and New Empress Magazine. Thanks for reading!

A Farewell to CriticPlanet

Dear Readers,

It has become clear that it is time for me to lay CriticPlanet to rest and continue in a new direction. It’s been fun running a site and seeing the numbers of readers and contributors grow over the past few years, however, hosting costs, writing for other publications, pursuing my writing, and the day-to-day obligations of a job and family have made it difficult to keep the site running and filled with fresh content. As a result CriticPlanet will go offline in February. Once CriticPlanet is offline, CriticPlanet.org will redirect to Justin Smith on Movies. My content from CriticPlanet will also be moved to this site.

Like myself, some of the contributors write for other websites or have sites of their own. Below is a list of links where you can find me and a couple of our contributors. Thanks again for your continued support and I wish you all the best in your film watching and writing adventures.

Sincerely,

Justin Smith

Editor in Chief

Justin Smith

Justin Smith on Movies

Slag Zombie Sideshow

Our Little Parasite

Flick Feast

New Empress Magazine

Jason Coffman

Film Monthly

Rabbit Room

Kyle Clark

Random Movie Reference

I'm writing a piece that will expand on the ins, outs, and what-have-yous of CriticPlanet and my decision to shut it down, but yeah, no forced man hug needed at this point, I'm just changing my strategies a bit.

Yeah, part of it was a need to simplify. I now know that writing is my calling, not running a site. You have my admiration, I can't imagine the amount of time you have to donate to the site with the amount of material submitted, not to mention dealing with all the screeners.