Sonic Cinema

Sounds, Visions and Insights by Brian Skutle

News

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

This is an episode I’ve been looking forward to for a while. After a long hiatus, I welcome back to the podcast my friend- and original Yahoo With a Microphone commentator- Ronnie Haynes. While the primary cinematic discussion centers of Kevin Smith’s “Clerks” films, we also discuss our friendship and cosplaying Jay and Silent Bob, as well. (You can see several pictures of us in cosplay in the YouTube video […]

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Given the timing of the podcast’s latest episode, it should not surprise you that the topic is my adventures at DragonCon this year. I also discuss what this time of year means to me now. I hope you enjoy! Episode 157 – DragonCon 2024 Thanks for listening, Brian Skutle www.sonic-cinema.com You can also listen to the Sonic Cinema Podcast Below: Apple Podcasts

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Music News

So let’s see here, in 2008 America’s elected its’ first African-American president, both a comic book movie (“The Dark Knight”) and an animated film (“Wall-E”) are being talked about as legitimate Best Picture contenders, gas not only hit an all-time high ($4-plus a gallon) but also dropped as far as it went down, and a neo-con MILF moosehunter from Alaska made it onto the Republican undercard as a Vice Presidential […]

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Hello one and all. It’s been too long since I’ve really been on a significant musical role, but what can I say? Circumstances changing can bring forth great inspiration. Work is bustling on a new album. Well, not new in terms of the idea for it, but in the sense that it hasn’t been released yet. The title will be “Beyond the Infinite: A Musical Odyssey”, and it’s a work […]

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