Sonic Cinema

Sounds, Visions and Insights by Brian Skutle

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Snooch to the Nooch! Well, with the Oscars finally happening on Sunday, it’s now time for my final look at the nominees, and a look at my final predictions (all nominations listed in order of preference), and whether they’ve changed in the past month. This year has been a frustrating one, moviewatching-wise, as I haven’t really had as much opportunity to keep up with movies the way I normally would […]

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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) Likes: From the looks at the nomination totals for each film (none has less than […]

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Sonic Cinema Podcast

Hello, and welcome to 2020! The Sonic Cinema Podcast makes its 2020 debut with a little critical discussion on the big awards contenders from the 1994 movie year- Robert Zemeckis’s “Forrest Gump” and Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction”- along with the Oscars from that year, and in general. Joining me on the mic is the editor of Death Ensemble, P Owen Fasso, and we have a fun discussion on the subjects. […]

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Hello readers and listeners! I continue through the “Class of 1999” with Paul Thomas Anderson’s follow-up to “Boogie Nights,” his sprawling “Magnolia”. Joining me in discussing the film is filmmaker Jakob Bilinski. As the calendar year of 2019 comes to a close, I had hoped to have every episode for this series recorded and released, as well. Unfortunately, it will not be so. I hope is to have the remainder […]

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