I got my first screener for a 2026 film yesterday, which is not in consideration for a 2025 release. i actually got it a few days ago, but just watched it. Of course, the screener has no audio description, and the distributor is 50/50 on providing it, so I’m waiting to see the listings before declaring it does not exist.

TV Shows Watched: Talamaska: S1E2 (AMC Plus) no audio description, the Bad Guys: Breaking In: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Heated Rivalry: S1E1 (HBO MAX) with audio description, The Morning Show: S4E6 (Apple TV) with audio description, Emily In Paris: S5E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Nobody Wants this: S2E? (Netflix) with audio description

Talamaska- Seems fun. Wish it had audio description. Not really sure what’s happening.

The Bad Guys: Breaking In- When I last brought this to the Diaries, I hadn’t seen the Bad Guys 2, and now that I have, this show is better than the sequel. It would be better if it had the original voice cast, but the mimics are fine. the hippo villain in this episode was more interesting than anything in the sequel. And, the audio description is really good. there’s a scene where just a little smile breaks a character out of a daze, and I thought they did that very well.

Heated Rivalry- the LGBTQ community is al about this, and I don’t get it. I needed a minute to warm up to Heartstopper, but that was because of stylistic choices. Here, I was just bored. Like, I get it, but I think I would have done an entire episode introducing the pair before ever putting them together. We barely know them, and their chemistry is, in my opinion, weak. The AD might be AI. HBo didn’t let me hang around to find out, but the narrator is so flat, and I hate when narration is written where it drops indefinite articles like a, an, or the, right before a noun. It always makes me think the narrator can’t be human, because if I was reading the script, it would throw me off too much to not include them. Here, the Russian guy “smokes cigarette”, which should be “smokes a cigarette”, and I know AD is timing, but if you’re going to use AI, or a flat narrator who sounds like a robot, the totality of the work then feels like it was done by an app. Like no human interacted with it. I have no idea which company did this, or if I’m dragging writers or narrators I know, but I did not like this, and that shouldn’t change anything.

The Morning Show- Looks like a character exited, though as Steve Carell proved in Season 2, just because you don’t work there doesn’t mean you can’t still be on the show, and even this season, there’s such a focus on people who don’t work there anymore, but still find ways of being relevant. The audio description was nice, and supported Greta Lee in her big scenes.

Emily In Paris- This girl isn’t even in Paris anymore. She’s in Rome. But, it was typical Emily, and I liked some of the descriptions, like with her shoes, which becomes important. However, when in Rome, try to squeeze in some of the scenery? That’s why they shoot over there, and why sighted people are drawn to Netflix’s Neverending shuffle of girls being sent to Europe. It is an algorithm they are bleeding dray for a reason, and it isn’t because these actresses are just so interesting. It is the scenery as much as the romance.

Nobody Wants this- Probably the best thing I watched, as Joanne visits a childhood friend to support her boyfriend, and their relationship continues to get sweeter. Jackie tohn did some nice work too. This AD track is pretty much as good as it can be for its format. Here, they aren’t going to beautiful historical places, just other homes, so it is more about supporting acting choices, wardrobe, and necessary visual cues or physical comedy. It does a good job of that, in a dialogue heavy show.