I think Alex Proyas was my first, official “favorite filmmaker.” “The Crow” had a profound impact on me when I finally watched in July of 1994, and I watched it a ridiculous amount of times when it came out on video. Next to the original “Star Wars” trilogy, I think it’s the movie I’ve owned the most copies of over the years. But Proyas quickly became more than just a […]
When The Plaza in downtown Atlanta closed last March with every other movie theatre at the start of the pandemic, I told myself that, if it reopens on the other side, I would finally take in a midnight screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”. The everlasting icon of all midnight movies, the film that defined the “audience participation” movie event that other films (namely, “The Room”) have co-opted, “Rocky […]
**This podcast was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movies being covered here wouldn’t exist. With so many unknown films right now, what does it mean to have Oscar buzz? Do any films actually have Oscar buzz? In a bit of a change from what I was planning, and what we typically do when it comes […]
**This podcast was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movies being covered here wouldn’t exist. It’s after Labor Day, so you know what that means? Time for me to recount my annual trip to Dragon*Con, the genre convention that takes place in Atlanta. Because of the aforementioned strike, things were a bit different, but I loved […]
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