Variety: Scott Foundas, who has served as Variety’s chief film critic for the past two years, will be leaving the publication and the journalism business to join Amazon Studios as a film acquisitions and development executive. With his appointment effective Aug. 17, he will relocate from New York to Los Angeles to work for Amazon’s recently appointed film chief Ted Hope as the streaming service forges into the feature production and acquisitions business. Foundas joined Variety in 2013 just as the venerable publication was relaunching its weekly edition in a new, enhanced format.