Sonic Cinema

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There are some pleasant surprises with the nominees for this year’s Georgia Film Critics Association awards, but also some not-so-pleasant snubs. Here are the nominees, what won, and my thoughts as a voting member. 2022 Georgia Film Critics Association Awards Best Picture “After Yang” “The Banshees of Inisherin” “Decision to Leave” “Everything Everywhere All at Once”– Winner “The Fabelmans” “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” “Nope” “RRR” “Tár” “Top Gun: […]

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If 2021 was audiences dipping their toes back into moviewatching after the lack of theatrical viewing in 2020, 2022 feels like them starting to reassert themselves in terms of what they are interested in. I think we still have one more movie year before Hollywood really starts to get back to normal, as this year saw some delays early (“Morbius”), and the final release of some films that had been […]

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Sonic Cinema Podcast

Hello readers and listeners! With the 25th anniversary of the 1999 movie year, it seemed like a good time to revisit this series, and add some new voices to the conversation. We begin by welcoming back to the podcast film critic and podcaster Morgan Roberts, host of Female Gaze: The Film Club, whom is joining me to discuss the teen rom com, “10 Things I Hate About You”. I hope […]

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Obviously, when you figure in all of the “Class of 1999” episodes, this is closer to episode 190, but I love that, in the basic episode numbering of the podcast, this episode has shown up in this slot. For this discussion, I bring in Darin and Jonny from NostalgiaCast to discuss some classic films they were introduced to as kids, and which gives them that hit of nostalgia, as a […]

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Music News

2008 is one of those years I can see myself looking back on as important and pivotal, not just as an artist but as an individual. I started off the year lost, but ended it found and rejuvenated, creatively and personally. So if the two seem intertwined this year, it’s because I cannot think to recap my artistic journey this year without recounting some of my personal one. My hospitalization […]

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Hello gentle reader, and a hearty Happy Thanksgiving to you. And to my non-American readers, I hope you enjoy watching us celebrate the settling of our nation with oversized balloon characters, football, and overstuffed stomachs. Yeah, most of us don’t get it either. Well, this year has been a crazy one for me on a lot of fronts, but a particularly rich one on the creative one. More on the […]

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