One of the most exciting things about being on other people’s podcasts for me is adapting to their format. Mine is fairly straightforward- some episode types have their own specific format, but it’s generally a conversation to be had. The more podcasts I’ve been on in the past few years, the more you see the different ways people approach discussing film, and that is a wonderful thing. Starting in 2021, […]
Every so often, I find myself thinking back to a discussion I had with Jason from the Binge Movies podcast. A couple of years ago, I joined him on a Patreon-exclusive episode of his series, The Anti-Vault, where we look at a film of the guest’s choosing that received negative critics and audiences scores on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie we discussed was Alex Proyas’s 2009 film, “Knowing”. Early on in […]
Hello readers and listeners! It’s time, once again, to dive back into the movie year of 1999, and this is a fun, silly movie to finish off the summer with. The film is Renny Harlin’s “Deep Blue Sea”, and joining me in discussing it is podcaster Robert Yaniz Jr. of Crooked Table Productions and the Back to Bluey podcast. You even get a brief cameo from my wife, Meredith. I […]
In this episode of the podcast, we take a left turn into anime, and a long-running manga character and a couple of their adventures. The character is the colorful and arrogant but wonderful Lupin the 3rd. Bringing two of the character’s adventures- “Jigen’s Gravestone” and “Goeman’s Bloody Spray”– to the podcast is fellow podcaster Robbie Sherman, whose show- Conversations with Robbie Sherman– I was on earlier this year. I hope […]
It’s ironic that, in my 10th year of doing the “Movie a Week” column, not only was I on point with regards to keeping up with the stated idea of reviewing an older movie a week more often than not, but that I also feel like, moving forward, it might be in my best interest to not stress over keeping up with it in 2019. The reason is simple- I […]
Ok, so I’m going to be blunt about this- 2017 was a fucking disaster for my “Movie a Week” series. This is not a reflection on the films that were watched and reviewed, but in how chaotic my life got, and how it got in the way of doing this series on a regular basis. From January on, this run was a mess in terms of staying on schedule, so […]
Octobers had a special place in my musical career for a lot of years. Now, I bring that full-circle. The COVID-19 pandemic has been surprisingly robust for me, as I was able to focus a lot on Sonic Cinema even when movie theatres shuttered back in March, and film release schedules became barren. In May, I decided to take advantage of this as a composer. I finally completed recording (in […]
Sonic Cinema started out as an idea, primarily, for my musical works, and I would write movie reviews from time to time. Of course, over time, the balance has been reversed, and this site is very much a site for my discussion on film, with an area for the music I’ve written over the years. And you know what? That is perfectly fine. Movies have become my love, and music […]
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