Hello! I’m getting ready to begin my annual excursion to Atlanta’s Dragon*Con fantasy convention this weekend, but I wanted to do a brief wrap-up of some of the things that stood out this summer in theatres. The video embedded below touches a lot on the year more than just the summer, but a lot of wonderful films from this summer are mentioned, even if a couple of the most popular […]
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Roger Ebert has been gone for six years now. One of my favorite critics, Drew McWeeney, shared a story of his with Ebert on Twitter on his birthday this year. Reading it, I was inspired to rewatch Steve James’s documentary, “Life Itself”, and it feels like an important time for me to watch it. Life and death has been on my mind recently; it always seems to be when it […]
Sonic Cinema Podcast
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 […]