Truthfully, nature documentaries are not my most favorite thing in the world. Every year, around Earth Day, the streamers all start circling each other like they’ve entered some kind of Planet Earth Thunderdome. This year, Netflix rolled out A Gorilla Story at nearly the exact same time Disney Plus launched their annual “look how beautiful and terrifying nature is” feature, and much like two alpha silverbacks crashing into each other over territory, only one really walked away with my attention. Sorry Josh Gad. Not everything is better in summer. Slight edge to A Gorilla Story. The documentary follows a clan … Continue reading A Gorilla Story (2026)

I have certainly reviewed films and been the first to do so for Rotten Tomatoes, asking them to create a page for the film. However,in every instance, there’s always been an IMDb page to link to. This is the first time I’ve watched a film with apparently no IMDb page, or one the algorithm can find. So weird. Heavy Healing, which like every other doc at Reel Abilities, landed with audio description. It is largely about how music you wouldn’t naturally find soothing, actually is for so many people. This manages to get a lot of musicians involved from various … Continue reading Reel Abilities Film Festival 2026: Heavy Healing

What an appropriate title, even though I’m not entirely sure it fits the film, or tells you anything about this coming of age tale, but it definitely is appropriate for a subset of reasons. One of my readers looped me in a conversation on the lack of nuance anymore about being average, or being (as the kids say) “mid”. If someone asks me “How was it?”, I feel like “It was OK” gets dissected into my tone, body language, inflection, and beaten to death until the person who asked has the binary answer they are looking for, which is “should … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Midway Point

I’m finally getting around to Dream Touch Believe, with hesitancy, because while I did like the documentary, it also was my least favorite. I’ve tried marinating on why. Structurally, it is a sound, heartfelt work. A daughter is directing a film following her father’s life. Michael Araagelo, a fine art creator, who hasn’t let blindness or missing limbs lost in Vietnam stop him from creating art. I’m blind, so this should hit me hard, which at times, i related. he talks about early on, how people would try to show him things, and he kept thinking how unnecessary since he … Continue reading Reel Abilities Film Festival 2026: Dream Touch Believe

DollI feel like I trudge through Shudder titles every year hoping to land the Late Night With The Devil, Oddity, Birth/Rebirth, or Good Boy, the films that transcend the typical horror slop that seems to traverse to Shudder on a regular basis. I’ve done some films a kindness, and not reviewed them, partially because they didn’t have audio description, and partially because I just don’t have the time to review hundreds of films without audio description.However, Dolly does have audio description, and it is even readily available on the AMC Plus platform. How about them apples? Dolly is like if … Continue reading Dolly

Admittedly, if I had been accosted prior to screening this with the need for an immediate answer to the question “Who is Linda Perry, and what is she known for?” I would have struggled. I know she’s a musician, unquestionably, but attaching her to a song? A band? I couldn’t have done it. That isn’t a deal breaker for me, as last year I fell in love with Janis Ian through her documentary, and I truthfully didn’t know she existed. I’m not a music critic, it is less weird for me to have gaps in my knowledge of musicians than … Continue reading Going In Blind: Linda Perry: Let It Die Here

Finding Her Edge is one of those shows where I completely understand why it exists, why Netflix greenlit it, why it already got renewed for Season 2, and why there’s probably a subsection of viewers curled up on their couch calling this their comfort show. I get it. I really do. This just absolutely was not for me. And that should be normalized. No one likes everything, and as much as I love to be a cheerleader for things I like, I do have to come here from time to time and say, this didn’t do it for me.It might … Continue reading Finding Her Edge: Season 1

Apex is an interesting title for this movie, because if we’re talking about the food chain of cinema, this thing is definitely not sitting at the top. It’s more like a dingo running around acting tough. Dangerous enough, sure. But an actual apex predator? Not quite. Still, I didn’t hate this thing. There’s actually a decent survival thriller buried in here somewhere, especially once the movie stops trying so hard to foreshadow itself. That’s really the biggest issue with Apex. The opening scenes with Charlize Theron and Eric Bana practically tell you exactly where the movie is eventually heading once … Continue reading Apex