Broke media outlets from coast to coast looking to trim some fat have finally come to the realization that publishing film criticisms is about as necessary as running horoscopes: no matter what either divines, it can always be argued and is very often ignored. Now, movie critics everywhere are being served with walking papers.

… the Village Voice [has] axed film critic Nathan Lee … Word has it that revenues are way, way down at the chain and at least one of our friends at the LA Weekly will likely be pounding the pavements before the week is out.

Grim news — and this on the heels of the housecleaning 18 months earlier that resulted in Village Voice Media axing a number of its best critics and consolidating them into fewer posts.

… the fact that there could me more casualties to come signals the ongoing implosion of [the] profession, at least as far as print is concerned. … I think we're fast approaching the point where criticism will become, for the most part, a devotion rather than a job.

Guess we're all stuck thinking for ourselves from now on. Good luck out there!