The Small Screen Diaries: 03/19/26

If you were looking forward to the upcoming season of The Bachelorette, the one ABC proudly positioned with a post-Oscars special,and had their new Bachelorette walking the red carpet, you might be surprised to find out… it just got axed. Days before the premiere of the new season, which ABC has already poured money into, and is said to have completed filming, the series was yanked after video surfaced that supports an allegation against The Bachelorette herself of a domestic violence charge. Yup. That happened. The Bachelorette has higher standards. Now, about those files… TV Shows Watched: Starfleet Academy: S1E10 … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/19/26

This Is Not A Test

Based on a book by Courtney Summers, IFC has released upon the world a YA zombie apocalypse film that is sure to… evoke very little from you. The concept seems promising, in this Breakfast Club meets Dawn Of The Dead format, but the film just doesn’t do anything with it. We do get to see that there is a zombie horde, and the zombies do viciously get to attack from time to time, creating gory moments, but most of this film is five teens locked in their school, as the lone survivors of their community. To be fair, we just … Continue reading This Is Not A Test

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Season 1

This was certainly the most Star Trek I’ve watched since Picard. While I’ve dabbled in all the Paramount Plus offerings, every show ends up losing my interest along the way. At least that wasn’t tru of Starfleet Academy, a show that lost me at the beginning. Critics have praised the show for being radically different, and I’m often on that train as well, because I’d rather watch something take a risk, and fail, than watch something so derivative and yet somehow so awful.So, a film like Joker Folie Aux Deux might not be good, but it certainly was a big … Continue reading Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: Season 1

The Small Screen Diaries: 03/18/26

Mercy is coming to Prime on March 22nd. So, get ready to have some. Mercy. TV Shows Watched: Vladimir: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Shrinking: S3E5 (Apple) with audio description, All’s Fair: S1E7 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Stumble: S1E8 (Peacock) with audio description, Has Been Hotel: S2E? (Amazon) with audio description, How To Get To Heaven From Belfast: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, and The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount) no audio description Vladimir- Rachel Weisz stars in this, and it is a fun little entry. It starts off a bit directionless, so I’m not sure if this is a … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/18/26

His And Hers: Season 1

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic and I watch things with audio description. This has audio description on Netflix produced by Post house. I love Jon Bernthal. I’m almost always on board with any walking Dead alum. Tessa Thompson is one of the brightest talents of her generation, and I’d say in line to get an Oscar nomination in the next five years. the two of them together should be magic, and it kind of is, but not because of them. This review will mention at least one big spoiler. My goal here is to briefly give you a dab … Continue reading His And Hers: Season 1

Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I watch films with audio description, and this film has a track provided by Adrenaline Studios. Theroux is a brave man to assemble a documentary where he passively interviews some of the most toxic masculine influencers in existence, all for our entertainment. I don’t know who any of them are, were, or will be, and I don’t care to know. It was just enough to keep this documentary interesting, but mostly Theroux sinks his own documentary by being too passive in every encounter. he never pushes hard questions, seemingly afraid he’ll lose the interview, … Continue reading Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere

The Small Screen Diaries: 03/17/26

For those looking for Blind Film Critics Society updates, we’ve recorded a podcast version with all the members involved going over our nominees and winners. That now is moving onto the editing stage. When that is ready, i will of course share it here, as well as post the list for those who are too consumed with time to listen to the podcast, or read the transcript. TV Shows Watched: One Piece: S2E2 (Netflix) with audio description, American Idol: S24E8 (Disney Plus) no audio description, Down Cemetary Road: S1E7 (Apple) with audio description, Sheriff Country (S1E9 (Paramount Plus) with audio … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/17/26

The Small Screen Diaries: 03/16/26

Top of the morning to you! It’s St. Patricks day! I used to have a hat that said Kiss Me I’m Irish. It never worked. Make sure to wear your green today, and watch Irish films, perhaps like the excellent Kneecap, or the Hulu original series Say Nothing. The Banshees Of Inishiron is also a solid choice. I’d love to say The Secret of kells, though I’m unaware of that film having audio description. I’ve always heard lovely things about Dairy Girls, and for the horror minded, there’s always Leprechaun, if any audio description exists for it or any of … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/16/26

Splitsville

Disclaimer: I watch films with audio description, and this film has available audio description. Michael Angelo Corvino directs and co-wrote this silly comedy with Kyle Marvin. If you want a fresh look on modern relationships, you can’t get much more modern than this. Marvin and Corvino play friends who get tangled up in relationship drama with their respective partners, played by Dakota Johnson and Adria Arijona, which gets complicated in a web of everyone trying to be open to everything to appease their partners. When Cary (Marvin) gets rather unsettling news from his partner (Arijona), he literally flees the scene, … Continue reading Splitsville

Honey Bunch

disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Initially, I reviewed this film without audio description, because none was immediately available. Following my first review, I was contacted by Shudder, which provided me an audio described version with description by Diffuse. In terms of audio description, IFC/Shudder/AMC Networks has just been really not great. I don’t know how else to say it, except they oddly have a near barren streaming service, despite making audio description for theatrical titles. With honey Bunch, which i believed went straight to Shudder, I wasn’t expecting audio description, as nearly everything else I’ve seen off that platform, … Continue reading Honey Bunch

The Small Screen Diaries: 03/15/26

Recapping The Oscar’s: I got 15 right, 9 wrong. Of the 9 I got wrong, I’m most happy that a female cinematographer FINALLy won after 98 years. Talk about a truly historic moment. Worst Moment: Best Supporting Actor for an image of Sean Penn, who could not have given less of a fuck. Penn respected his film just enough to not launch into anti-awards tirades, but was absent from the awards campaign, and most ceremonies. For someone to get their third Oscar as an actor, Only 7 actors have EVEr achieved three. Katherine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/15/26

Paul McCartney: Man On The Run

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. this film has audio description on Amazon. I’m not a Beatles super fan by any stretch of the imagination. It isn’t that I don’t like them, I just would say that I don’t enjoy them on the level of some. I also feel like I see an extraordinary amount of content about them. Just last year, Disney Plus had another Beatles docuseries, and there was a John and Yoko doc on HBo.We even had the Ringo and friends concert not that long ago. The year prior, we have Beatles 64, and i remember the … Continue reading Paul McCartney: Man On The Run

War Machine (2026)

Description: I’m a blind film critic and I typically watch films with audio description. This film has audio description available on Netflix. This is the same time frame as last year when Netflix released The Electric State, their bloated Russo Brothers project that didn’t spark with critics.This new original, which appears to either be a co-production with Lionsgate, or bought from them, stars Alan Ritchson in a film that should have helped make him a bankable box office star. Unfortunately, he isn’t being given an opportunity to test his box office strength, instead reduced to viewing minutes. The good news … Continue reading War Machine (2026)

All Her Fault: Season 1

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. This TV series has audio description on Peacock. All Her fault is very much one of those shows that comes along, and it makes me give other lessser shows more time in my watchlist, because this show really does get better as it keeps going.Sarah Snook takes center stage as Marissa, the mother to a young boy who is taken, presumably by a nanny that worked for one of the other mothers. Dakota Fanning plays Jenny, the other mother, who joins Marissa in her tireless battle to return her son to her. Marissa’s husband, … Continue reading All Her Fault: Season 1

Melania

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I typically review films with audio description. This film has audio description on Prime Video produced by Deluxe. I’m very open in terms of who I am, and what my bias is. there’s no point in this day and age pretending that we don’t enter into things with some level of bias, even apolitical issues. Sometimes an actor isn’t our thing, or the genre, or we read the book, or maybe we didn’t. My perspective is always blind, but I also openly admit any bias I have. I do not like Donald Trump. This … Continue reading Melania