**This article originally ran on the horror blog Death Ensemble as an induction of The Predator into the site’s “Hell of Fame.” It is reposted here, along with some postscript to discuss Shane Black’s “The Predator” in the context of what it brings to the creature.** The name Kevin Peter Hall is not one that many people know, but those that know his name no doubt think of it with […]
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With the coming of DragonCon this weekend, my movie summer ends. Here is a brief video summary where I, for the fifth or sixth time today, inexplicably forgot to single out Bo Burnham’s delightful “Eighth Grade”- with Elise Fisher in my favorite performance of the year- as well as Jeremiah Kipp’s terrific short film, “Slapface,” along with “Avengers: Infinity War,” Chris Esper’s “Imposter,” Ari Aster’s “Hereditary” and Ron Howard’s “Solo: […]
Sonic Cinema Podcast
Ahead of The Criterion Collection’s upcoming box set of his films, I finally decided to watch Wong Kar-Wai’s “In the Mood for Love.” Here with me to discuss it is filmmaker Christopher DiNunzio. I hope you enjoy! Episode 79 – Christopher DiNunzio and I on “In the Mood for Love” You can read my print review here. Viva La Resistance! Brian Skutle www.sonic-cinema.com You can also listen to the Sonic […]
In this episode of the podcast, it’s a bit of a crossover. I welcome to the podcast Jason from the Binge Movies podcast. We first introduce the concept behind Binge Movies before bringing a bit of that show’s format to the Sonic Cinema Podcast as we discuss “Trancers”, “Leviathan” and “Popcorn”. I hope you enjoy, and I’ll be guesting on an episode of Binge Movies that will be released in […]