Spider-Noir: Season 1
Growing up as a kid, I could have probably never dreamed of the way nerd culture would become so widely accepted and break into the mainstream with all of these comic book adaptations constantly arriving. Not only did we get a Spider-Man film with Tobey Maguire in the early 2000s, but they kept making them. They followed with The Amazing Spider-Man, and when the Marvel Cinematic Universe became a reality, they introduced him all over again with Spider-Man: Homecoming. But they weren’t content with just Spider-Man. They expanded into the Spider-Man universe, making a trilogy of Venom films while trying, … Continue reading Spider-Noir: Season 1
Going In Blind: Test
If we’re going to be incredibly reductive, then Test is probably going to be known as the gay bodybuilding movie. Or at least the gay bodybuilding movie of 2026. Let’s face it. Muscular men posing on stage, covered in oil, is far more intertwined with queer culture than some people probably realize, especially when you put it that way. But Brock Yurich doesn’t settle for making a movie that’s content to exist because of its aesthetic. Drawing from his own experiences in the bodybuilding world, he wrote a screenplay that uses that environment as the backdrop for something much more … Continue reading Going In Blind: Test
Avatar: Fire And Ash
I suppose I should start this by admitting that I didn’t experience Avatar: Fire and Ash the way James Cameron probably intended. I didn’t see it on the biggest screen imaginable. I waited until it arrived on Disney+, and then I watched it on my phone. Well, “watched” is a strong word for a blind film critic. I can’t see the screen anyway, so the size of it doesn’t really matter to me. What did matter was finally getting to experience it with the absolutely tremendous audio description track produced by Deluxe and narrated by William Michael Redman. This is … Continue reading Avatar: Fire And Ash
The Small Screen Diaries: 07/17/26
The Emmys, which chose a non-comedian to host, are now dropping categories so they can have more skits and music performances in the live telecast. What I always look forward to at the award ceremony for the best in television every year, are those banger music performances. Unless they are gonna rock out to some familiar TV theme songs, they can eat my shorts (something I learned from television). TV Shows Watched: Silo: S3E3 (Apple) with audio description, Nemesis: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Scrubs: S10E9 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Invincible: S4E7 (Amazon) with audio description, Ted: S2E6 (Peacock) … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/17/26
Scrubs: Season 10
A lot of time has passed since the premiere of Scrubs, and yet still no one has taken Zach Braff up on the offer to be Superman, to bleed the irony from his role as J.D. in a show whose theme song is recognized for repeating, “I’m No Superman.” Zach Braff, of course, has gone on to have quite a career because of Scrubs, both in front of and behind the camera. And the show’s creator, Bill Lawrence, has also found tremendous success, most recently with the Emmy darling Shrinking. The rest of the returning cast includes Donald Faison, Sarah … Continue reading Scrubs: Season 10
Obsession
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but YouTube has arrived. It took a while, but all of a sudden it seems like YouTube is front and center this year, thanks to a couple of directors sending their creative goods into cinemas, including Kane Parsons, who leapt from YouTube into Backrooms, as well as Markiplier, who self-distributed his Iron Lung film earlier this year. While these directors are not the first to make the leap from YouTube, last year Chris Stuckmann finally released Shelby Oaks, and the RackaRacka duo has already broken through with Talk to Me and Bring Her Back. … Continue reading Obsession
The Small Screen Diaries: 07/16/26
TV Shows Watched: Mating Season: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, The Bear: S5E5 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Spider-Noir: S1E8 (Amazon) with audio description, Star City: S1E6 (Apple) with audio description, Tracker: S3E16 (Paramount) with audio description, Life Larry and the Pursuit Of YUnhappiness: S1E2 (HBO MAX) with audio description, and The Hawk: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description Mating Season- A pretty cute episode that sends up the Fox and the hound. I appreciated this, and the audio description… is really a hard sell for this show, but it does try. It wants to be good, but these characters never … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/16/26
The Small Screen Diaries: 07/15/26
TV Shows Watched: X-Men 97: S2E5 (Disney Plus) with audio description,Margo’s Got Money Troubles: S1E7 (Apple) with audio description, Unchosen: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, The Fall And Rise Of Reggie Dinkins: S1E8 (Peacock) with audio description, Scarpetta: S1E6 (Amazon) with audio description, SNL: Will Ferrell (Peacock) with audio description X-Men 97- A corrupted AD track. I already reached out to Deluxe, but what was there was woefully inadequate, and clearly missing chunks. The opening credits where we hear the cast, not described. Also, Morph changes into more than just Scott Summers and Silver Samurai. Deluxe is aware, I’m sure … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/15/26
The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball: Season 1
When I first sat down to see what Hulu and Disney+ were doing with The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, I honestly didn’t expect to watch all 20 episodes of the first season. But I did. Every single one of them. I can’t say I remember every episode perfectly because I watched them over a stretch of time instead of binging the whole thing in one sitting, but next season I’ll probably do exactly that. At only about 11 minutes per episode, you’re really looking at around three and a half to four hours for the entire season, which makes … Continue reading The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball: Season 1
Dead Calm (1989)
I chose Dead Calm randomly this year because of the passing of Sam Neill. While looking through his filmography to rank my favorite performances, I realized the biggest omission on my part was Dead Calm. Of all the films I hadn’t seen, this was the one that stood out as the most essential. So in honor of Sam Neill, I’m finally reviewing the 1989 psychological thriller Dead Calm, directed by Phillip Noyce, who would later go on to direct Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Bone Collector, and Salt. That’s a pretty solid résumé. Dead Calm is … Continue reading Dead Calm (1989)
Going In Blind: The Floaters
I actually ended up watching two summer camp movies in the same day, because it’s summer, so it’s the perfect season to release summer camp movies. When else would you put them out? Christmas? That doesn’t make any sense. Of course movies set at summer camp are going to come out in the summer, which means I’m probably going to end up reviewing them in the summer. By chance, I watched two back to back, and while both were surprisingly good, I did like The Floaters just a little bit more. Ironically, neither one has audio description. The Floaters stars … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Floaters
The Small Screen Diaries: 07/14/26
TV Shows Watched: The Westies: S1E2 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Widows Bay: S1E7 (Apple) with audio description,XO Kitty: S3E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Sheriff Country: S1E15 (Paramount) with audio description, Daemons Of The Shadow Realm: S1E7 (CrunchyRoll) with audio description, The Comeback: S1E12 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Life, LArry, and the Pursuit Of Unhappiness: S1E1 (HBo MAX) with audio description, The daily Show: Monday (Paramount) no audio description The Westies- If you like mafia style crime dramas, and have MGM Plus, you should be watching this. The second episode follows the gang as they try and make it … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/14/26
Going In Blind: Camp (2026)
I went to camp exactly one time as a kid, and that was enough for me. It wasn’t a theater camp, a band camp, or a Bible camp where everyone shared some common passion. It was just an outdoors camp with hiking, activities, and all the things parents think build character. Maybe they do. I just never felt the urge to go back. Camp, the new Canadian film from Avalon Fast, takes a very different approach to the idea of summer camp. This isn’t a place where kids learn archery or horseback riding. It’s a camp for troubled youth, and … Continue reading Going In Blind: Camp (2026)
The Small Screen Diaries: 07/13/26
Obviously, RIP Sam Neill, the iconic actor whose presence was felt across so many different films, notably The Hunt For The Wilderpeople, In The Mouth Of Madness, Dead Calm, Event Horizon, The Hunt For Red October, The Piano, The Horse Whisperer, and of course Jurassic Park. Yes, Sam, they do run in herds. TV Shows Watched: House Of The Dragon: S3E4 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Your Friends And Neighbors: S2E7 (Apple) with audio description, The Dinosaurs: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Will Trent: S4E14 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Westies: S1E1 (MGM Plus) with audio description, and The … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 07/13/26
The Boroughs: Season 1
I still can’t imagine a world in which The Burrows doesn’t get another season. I mean, what is going on at Netflix? Why was this show canceled so quickly? How do you land a science fiction series starring Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Clark Peters, Denis O’Hare, and Bill Pullman and not have audiences flock to it? If I were running Netflix, I’d chalk it up to some strange anomaly and keep promoting The Burrows, figuring maybe May just wasn’t the right month for its premiere. The funniest part is that the animated Stranger Things series got picked up … Continue reading The Boroughs: Season 1