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Hello readers and listeners! My ambitious series, looking back at the 1999 movie year, continues with one of two returns to the podcast for Death Ensemble editor, P Fasso, as we discuss the interesting horror sequel, “The Rage: Carrie 2”. I hope you enjoy! “Class of 1999” – “The Rage: Carrie 2” Read Brian’s print […]

Hello readers and listeners! My ambitious series, looking back at the 1999 movie year, takes a slight left turn as I continue my kaiju discussion with Matthew Saliba as we discuss “Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris”. I hope you enjoy! “Class of 1999” – “Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris” Read Brian’s print review of “Gamera […]

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 […]

Hello readers and listeners! My ambitious series, looking back at the 1999 movie year, continues with one of two returns to the podcast for Death Ensemble editor, P Fasso, as we discuss Peter Hyams’s religious action thriller, “End of Days”. I hope you enjoy! “Class of 1999” – “End of Days” Read Brian’s print review […]

Hello readers and listeners! I take a break from the “Class of 1999” series, which will continue soon, as I take a deep dive into the history of Japan’s beloved kaiju, Godzilla, and the many iterations of him over the years, with friend and filmmaker Matthew Saliba. I hope you enjoy! Episode 50 – Matthew […]

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 […]

Hello readers and listeners! My ambitious series, looking back at the 1999 movie year, continues as filmmaker Brian Ackley and I take a very deep dive into the mind of Spike Jonze’s “Being John Malkovich.” I hope you enjoy! “Class of 1999” – “Being John Malkovich” Read Brian’s print review of “Being John Malkovich” here. […]

Hello readers and listeners! In the latest episode, I will be wrapping up 2018 with a rundown of the 10 Best Films I saw last year, as well as some final thoughts before the Oscars on Sunday. For more on the Oscar nominations, you can find them at the Sonic Cinema Patreon with a $3/month […]

**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 […]