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If you’ve followed me on here, and social media, over the past year, you know not only how much I’ve come to love Princeton Holt’s sci-fi drama, “2050,” over the past year, and how much it means to me personally. You can read my review here, and you can hear the interview I did with Princeton and writer Brian Ackley about the film below. It made my 10-best list last […]

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As you’ve no doubt noticed under the Sonic Cinema Podcast, I’ve taken a deep dive back into the 1999 movie year. I did so because it was one of the most impactful years in cinema I’ve experienced, and I know I am not alone in thinking that. Big swings were taken from relative newcomers and established masters alike, the blockbuster landscape seemed to hit a turning point, and major surprises […]

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Sonic Cinema Podcast

One of the movies that stood out for me at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival was the Danish horror movie, “Speak No Evil.” As you’ll hear, though, I had a difficult time trying to figure out how best to discuss it for review. So, what I decided to do is give you my spoken thoughts on the movie- which will be well worth checking out when it comes to Shudder […]

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In 2020, Sonic Cinema Podcast alum Marv Dickey was ramping up to start his own podcast, looking at obscure movies from the 1990s. I joined him in a discussion of Steven Soderbergh’s “Kafka”, which has long been a favorite of mine from the director. The podcast never materialized, but Marv has given me permission to share the discussion here. I thought it would be a good way to begin the […]

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