Well, the nominations are set. The question is which ones will pan out into Oscars. The Oscar telecast is on March 2, with Ellen DeGeneres (“Finding Nemo”) hosting. Best Picture Oscar’s Final Nine “American Hustle” “Captain Phillips” “Dallas Buyers Club” “Gravity” “Her” “Nebraska” “Philomena” “12 Years a Slave” “The Wolf of Wall Street” (Haven’t Seen) […]
It’s that time of year again. Unfortunately, I’m still missing a lot of movies on my “have watched” that could have an effect on these, but it will be updated as we go along. Keep in mind– this is me basically filling out my own, personal Oscar ballot in all the “major” categories. Other people […]
“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.” “The Wolf of Wall Street.” “Saving Mr. Banks.” “The Act of Killing.” “Nebraska.” “”Inside Llewyn Davis.” “Dallas Buyers Club.” “Frozen.” “Carrie.” “The Fifth Estate.” “The Counselor.” “Her.” “August: Osage County.” “Philomena.” “The Great Gatsby.” “The Art of Killing.” “Blue is the Warmest Color.” These are just a handful of […]
With Spike Lee’s great biopic, I finish up my fifth year of “A Movie a Week” reviews, and it’s been quite a year. I’ve been behind most of the year, as life has been busy for me. Very busy. On the one hand, I started a great relationship with a wonderful woman at the start […]
This is the 10th time I’ve focused my October movie watching on horror movies. That’s kind of surreal to consider, actually. However, even more surreal was something that happened around the middle of the month that has thrown off my routine in a big way. The long and short of it is this: my father, […]
This was my fifth year going to Atlanta’s annual geek convention, and based on the comments seen online during the course of the convention, it seems as though many people are at a crossroads when it comes to D*Con. This year, I was as well, but for different reasons that didn’t really have anything to […]
This summer, I kept a pretty steady pace in my moviewatching up until late June, when I ended up with a backlog of big movies to watch longer than even those of summer’s past. Truth be told, however, this has been a really busy one between work and my first romantic relationship, which also led […]
Hello all. It’s time to bring back my multi-list “Movie 250” blog after a could of years away, this time, with some new lists, along with some changes to some old lists. I hope you enjoy! Brian Skutle www.sonic-cinema.com 20 Best Movies 1. “Vertigo” (1958; Alfred Hitchcock) 2. “2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968; Stanley Kubrick) […]
It feels like I’ve had a busy year thus far musically, but the truth of the matter is, I really haven’t had much I’ve done. That’s not really true, of course, as I released two long-awaited albums: “Storytelling” and “Arpeggiations & Atmospheres”, both of which had been completed in 2011. The reasons for their delay? […]
A profound sense of sadness overcame me in early April as I contemplated the death of Roger Ebert. Part of it came from the fact that I would never be able to meet him, which I so hoped to do at some point, but more than that, I would never be able to read anything […]
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