When we think of movies and “reboots,” we think of taking old franchises, and polishing them off into something new for a younger generation, and hoping to tap into the nostalgia of the original audience for the material, as well. But, I think there’s another type of reboot that cinema can provide, and it’s a more personal one. Actually, I would say it is more of a recharge. Like with […]
News
Over the past couple of years, Twitter has been the main social media site I go to to converse about movies, and I’ve had the opportunity to engage with many film critics and fans from a wide age range from around the world- I’ve even brought some of them onto the Sonic Cinema Podcast. I’ve also become aware of bloggers and YouTubers who deal a lot in news, but seem […]
Sonic Cinema Podcast
This is an episode that requires a bit more of an introduction than I normally give podcast episodes. Back in 2021, I wrote about what it was like watching the movies with my mother that she wanted to watch. When I made that post, I didn’t expect to be rushing her into assisted living after a hospital visit a few months later. With her dementia progressing, I knew it was […]
As we’ve moved through the podcast, and guesting on podcasts, I’ve realized a lot of what I focus on in terms of these discussions are things and movies that I really want to talk about, and with people I want to talk about them with. We are at that point with a film that is one of my very favorites about the struggle to create. It is Spike Jonze’s “Adaptation.”, […]