Sonic Cinema

**If you haven’t seen the “How to Train Your Dragon” films, beware of spoilers below about all three films.** I loved Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois’s “How to Train Your Dragon” immediately when I saw it in 2010. It was a wonderful piece of storytelling and animation that hooked me in immediately, and in the same way their 2002 Disney film, “Lilo & Stitch,” did as it established an unlikely […]

**This is intended as a deep dive look at the themes and stories of M. Night Shyamalan’s “Eastrail 177” trilogy. Spoilers are revealed for all three films, so tread carefully if you have not seen “Unbreakable,” “Split” and “Glass.” The prospect of a trilogy of films starting with M. Night Shyamalan’s “Unbreakable” had been on the table since before “Signs” came out in 2002, and we would occasionally get teases […]

Is Orson Welles’s career in movies JUST “Citizen Kane,” or is there more to take in? Joining me to discuss that question, and help answer it, is DW Lundberg of the NostalgiaCast podcast, who has a particular affinity for Welles. In addition to “Citizen Kane”, we also discuss “Othello” and “The Trial”. I hope you enjoy! Episode 84 – DW Lundberg and I on Orson Welles Viva La Resistance! Brian […]

For the latest episode, Brian breaks down his favorite films of the 2021 Atlanta Film Festival, as well as shares interviews with filmmaker Bo McGuire (“Socks on Fire”) and ATLFF Assistant Director Cameron McAllister. I hope you enjoy! Episode 83 – Atlanta Film Festival 2021 2021 Atlanta Film Festival – The Reviews “Alive” “Raspberry” “At the Ready” “Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It” “Strawberry Mansion” […]