Sonic Cinema

This year, Sonic Cinema has been busy, meaning I have been busy. Another year of DragonCon. Another year of voting in the Georgia Film Critics Association, this time with more screening, and screener, opportunities. Another year of podcasts, built almost entirely out of my massive attempt to look back at the 1999 movie year with friends and filmmakers. And another year of “A Movie a Week,” with a realization that […]

I’ve done “Best of the Decade” lists for both the 1990s and the 2000s. You won’t find the one for the ’90s on any blog here because that was when my writing was mailing list-only. (And you won’t see me digging it up for publication here because it was kind of crazy.) If you were to go back and see my blog for the 2000s here, you’ll see a pretty […]

To close out 2021 on the Sonic Cinema Podcast, we finish our look back at the 1996 movie year with a pair of podcasts. Normally, we look at horror movies in October, but with Phil Fasso, that’s a year-round job. In the first episode of this duet, we look at three horror films that had big impacts on viewers, and one that probably should be better know. Listen to us […]

Twenty years ago, the first part of Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy was released, and the world of cinema changed forever. Joining me in discussing the films, and their impact, are friends Jeff Darden and Eric Sansone, the latter of whom had a role to play in the movies. I hope you enjoy! Episode 96 – Discussing “The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy Check out all of Sonic […]