Sonic Cinema

This past Thursday, I took in quite a different cinematic experience than I’ve ever had before when I went down to the Plaza Theater in downtown Atlanta to watch “Crispin Hellion Glover’s Big Slide Show (Part 1).” Unfortunately, I missed “Part 2,” which was on Wednesday, but it’s probably for the best; this was already […]

Well, there were quite a few surprises as the nominees were announced this morning. Let’s get to it. Best Picture Oscar’s Final Nine “Hugo” “Midnight in Paris” “The Descendants” “The Artist” “The Help” “Moneyball” “The Tree of Life” “War Horse” “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” (Haven’t Seen) Likes: The fact that there are nine nominees […]

Hello one and all. Well, it is that time of year again, when bloggers and puntits try to guess what a group of 5000-plus filmmakers decide what the “best” that cinema had to offer this past year. This year has a lot of wrinkles (namely, how Best Picture nominees will be limited to only films […]

If I were to use one word to describe my philosophy as a film critic, it would be fair. What does this mean? Fundamentally, I would like to think that it means I look at each film on its own merits, and while I attempt to be as objective as I can, I’ll be the […]

As Dragon*Con drew to a close this year, rain was pouring down in Atlanta. Compared to year’s past, it was kind of a letdown, but a fitting way for Con to end. Monday, September 5 This Labor Day is the first one in my three years of going to Dragon*Con in which I planned a […]

After the relative disappointment of Saturday, my mood about the weekend began to get less jovial, and more “I can’t wait for this to be over.” The weather on Sunday and Monday did not help this mood any. Thankfully, the day had plenty in store in terms of activities to do, celebrities to meet, and […]

Another October, and another month-long “festival” of horror for your intrepid film critic. But unlike many years before, this wasn’t a celebration of the wide variety of quality in horror cinema the past century has given us, rather a celebration, it turns out, of the genre’s finest. Some films didn’t quite make the playlist: for […]

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again– there’s just too much damn stuff that goes on at Dragon*Con. Between the different tracks of programming, dealer rooms, the Walk of Fame, and Saturday morning’s parade, how can one person get the full Con experience? God bless Felicia Day. As I’m sure you’re aware by […]

More so than the past couple of years, Atlanta’s own Dragon*Con, the annual sci-fi/horror/fantasy convention that takes place of Labor Day weekend each year, seemed to go by way too fast. Before I knew it, it was Sunday night, and I was in my last block of short films, and on Monday, the feeling of […]

Hello everyone, and welcome to my third entry in this series where I look at my hopes, dreams, and eventually some reviews, on Blu-Ray discs. In the first blog, I discussed my hopes for a future “Crow” box set, while blog #2 looks at my desire to see Marvel’s road to “The Avengers” feature immortalized […]