Sonic Cinema

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 […]

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 […]

We begin our October of terror with an anniversary discussion. Joining me in P Owen Fasso of Death Ensemble, and we delve into his favorite horror franchise of all-time with “The Omen” Trilogy. In the prep for this podcast, I ended up rewatching the 1976 original the night Richard Donner passed away, and this was my first time watching the “Damien: Omen II” and “Omen III: The Final Conflict”. I […]

Are there some movies whose reputation transcends their need to be seen? To a certain extent, I believe there are. Welcome to the next episode of “Established Classics” for the Sonic Cinema Podcast, where I look at some of those films from Hollywood’s “Golden Age,” and see if that reputation stands up to modern viewings. Joining me is actor Timothy J. Cox, and we continue with Frank Capra’s “Mr. Smith […]