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As Alex Proyas’s “The Crow” has turned 25, it’s occurred to me that the film is that lightning bolt moment for me, like “Star Wars” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “The Dark Knight” are for other people. “The Crow” is where my movie enjoyment turned into unadulterated love for the art form, and […]

By Friday morning, my sleep schedule was back to normal, and my insides were feeling relatively healthy again. It was time to not only get working on some of the things I’d put off during my two days of illness, but to get ready for the last three days of the Atlanta Film Festival. Friday, […]

As the Atlanta Film Festival transitioned into the week, my approach changed, as well. During the day, the Atlanta Film Society had a selection of panels for their Creative Conference. While I was definitely interested in some of those, I had personal responsibilities I had to take care of during the day, so I would […]

The first weekend of the Atlanta Film Festival went by like a bullet for me, and I didn’t even have half as busy a weekend planned as I typically do during DragonCon. That’s because what I did have was basically a gauntlet Saturday and Sunday, as well as responsibilities each night I never really have […]

There were a couple of firsts for me last night. It was my first time attending the Atlanta Film Festival. It was my first time covering an event as a member of the press. It was not, however, my first time visiting the famed Plaza Theatre on Ponce de Leon in downtown Atlanta- I’ve done […]

I called Sonic Cinema covering the upcoming Atlanta Film Festival a “pretty big thing” when I announced it here a couple of weeks ago. Now that I’m looking at the schedule of screenings, I might have undersold the “big” part of that. I’m not even thinking about the workshops as part of the Creative Conference […]

In the preparation of looking forward to my Oscar podcast, Patreon rewards and blogs in general for Sonic Cinema, it occurred to me that it had been a while since I have posted some of my all-time lists. Going through them, working on fine-tuning them, I felt it was time to do so again. Patrons […]

Over the years, I have only had one experience at a film festival. It was in 2002, and it was strictly in a fan capacity, as I made a trip to Birmingham, Alabama one Sunday afternoon to watch the world premiere of Amber Benson’s lovely comedy, “Chance”, which also included a Q&A after the fact […]

**If you haven’t seen the “How to Train Your Dragon” films, beware of spoilers below about all three films.** I loved Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois’s “How to Train Your Dragon” immediately when I saw it in 2010. It was a wonderful piece of storytelling and animation that hooked me in immediately, and in the […]

**This is intended as a deep dive look at the themes and stories of M. Night Shyamalan’s “Eastrail 177” trilogy. Spoilers are revealed for all three films, so tread carefully if you have not seen “Unbreakable,” “Split” and “Glass.” The prospect of a trilogy of films starting with M. Night Shyamalan’s “Unbreakable” had been on […]