Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

Your favorite local film critic goes global at www.BobRossMovies.com — a video-powered, user-driven web site featuring yours truly and a cast of thousands.

I’ll be delivering my reviews two ways: As video clips and, in slightly longer form the traditional written way. Thanks to the high-tech artisans at Tampa Digital Studios (www.tampadigital.com), we’re going to have great graphics, frequent updates and lots of interactive input.

Check out our first entries. In addition to a couple of reviews (which you’ve already read on this site), there’s a personal pitch from me for audience response. First up is a poll asking for your preferences and what you’d like to see on a full-service film site.

We’ll also have camera crews at screenings, prizes for those who submit their own reviews, trivia, calendars and movie news from national and local sources. We’ll combine our own ideas with the suggestions we get from readers/viewers.

We’ll be adding new features over the next couple of weeks, from listings to archived reviews and interviews with filmmakers.

It’s new media. It’s the future. Most of all, it’ll be fun.

Please join us. Click early and often. That address again: www.BobRossMovies.com

Thank you for your support.