Remember how excited you first were when you found out that Netflix bought the rights to Brian Jacques’ Redwall series, because it might finally get the adaptation it deserves? Netflix still owns the rights, and since the last interested showrunner exited in 2022, there has been no momentum. Netflix is just sitting on these rights. TV Shows Watched: Daredevil: Born Again: S2E2 (Disney Plus) with audio description, American Classic: S1E2 (MGM Plus) with audio description, One Piece: S2E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Twisted Yoga: S1E2 (Apple) with audio description, 56 Days: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description Daredevil Born Again- Matt … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 04/01/26

TV Shows Watched: American Idol: S24E10 (Disney Plus) no audio description, how To Get To Heaven From Belfast: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Shrinking: S3E6 (Apple) with audio description, The Forsyths: S1E2 (PBS) with audio description, Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: S2E5 (Paramount Plus) with audio description American Idol- I would say I was surprised by at least one elimination in the cut from 20 to 14, but I couldn’t remember everyone, and I also remember after each night having a hard time figuring out what a solid bottom three would have been. This is one of the … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 03/31/26

If you liked the Harry Potter trailer, just know that HBO is committed to the franchise. Season 2 is already in preproduction, with scripts being written and commissioned. Disney is basically stuck in the same boat with Percy Jackson, as these are kids, and they’ll grow up really fast. So, since they are based on major franchises, HBO and Disney are trying to stay ahead of the game. Percy Jackson Season 3 was already shooting before Season 2 launched. TV Shows Watched: The count Of Monte Cristo: S1E2 (PBS) with audio description, The Night Agent: S3E4 (Netflix) with audio description, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/30/26

TV Shows Watched: Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Imperfect Women: S1E1 (Apple) with audio description, Top Chef: S24E3 (Peacock) with audio description, SNL: Skarsgard (Peacock) with audio description, Celebrity Jeopardy: S4E3 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Landman: S2E8 (Paramount Plus) with audio description Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen- Excellent audio description. The show is masterful at making you feel very uncomfortable, unsettled, and unnerved, without really showing you much (if any) violence or gore yet. Everything is just in the tone.Possibly a long term problem for this limited series is finding … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/30/26

This came out about the same time as the Buffy reboot was staked at Hulu. I always thought Chloe Zhao was an odd choice for director. I know she says she’s a super fan, but I haven’t been asked to direct an X-men film yet, and I’m pretty sure I could put those directors under the table on x-Men trivia. Sometimes, you don’t need a fan. In every generation, there is a director. My first instinct was Jane Schoenberg, who tipped the hat with I saw The TV Glow. But after seeing this queer horror audacity, I would ask Alice … Continue reading Going In Blind: The Serpent’s Skin

I won’t say this film has no merit or value, but for a film coming from the director of The unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, I think he missed the boat in the Amazon somewhere. This highly meta reboot/remake of the 90’s cult classic is not what you’d expect. that’s probably a good thing, as most remakes struggle to capture what, if anything, made the first film work. So instead of Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn, and Thandiwe Newton stepping into the shoes of Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Lopez, and Jon Voight, they play fresh characters living in … Continue reading Anaconda (2025)

“Get in loser. We’re going shopping.” In the case of the young women in Forbidden Fruits, they are going to work, but don’t mistake this as being a far cry from things you’ve already obsessed over. Fandoms from films like mean Girls, Heathers, The Craft, Jennifer’s Body, The Babysitter, and the oft forgotten Jawbreaker will see the writing on the wall. A clique of girls has their own rhythm, their own hierarchy, and then the new girl arrives. Pumpkin has entered the chat. Somewhere, where malls still exist (the movie was filmed in Toronto), this group of privileged girls have … Continue reading Forbidden Fruits

Coming up this week, Season 2 of Your Friends and Neighbors (Apple) on Friday, Season 3 of XO Kitty (Netflix) on Thursday, and a brand new Real Housewives spinoff, this time in Rhode Island (Bravo) on Thursday. several films drop this week as well, including The Testament Of Ann Lee (Hulu) on Tuesday, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Netflix) on Tuesday, Crime 101 (Amazon) on Wednesday, and the new Pizza Movie (Hulu) on Friday. TV Shows Watched: Vladimir: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Pluribus: S1E7 (Apple) with audio description, High Potential: S2E12 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Heated Rivalry: … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/28/26

Netflix has a new documentary, which I’m sure is a shock to you. What is a shock to me is that while I agree with the sentimentality behind the film, I just don’t think the movie actually functions well as a non fiction work. The Plastic Detox is designed to feature six couples struggling with infertility who detox from plastic, and get the negative side effects out of their system. The problem is, it isn’t just that. The other half of the film is a four alarm documentary on the various dangers and health concerns regarding plastic, how our world … Continue reading The Plastic Detox

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Neon has made the choice to not create or provide an accessible English Audio description track for this film. Typically, blind and low vision moviegoers would use this to get all the visual aesthetics translated through a secondary audio track on an assistive device. I was nervous about Neon’s reliance on International titles going into awards season. it isn’t that they haven’t produced audio description for titles not in the English language. They managed to wake up on Anatomy Of a fall in time to help that get audio description for Oscar season.However, they … Continue reading Going In Blind: Sentimental Value

Earlier this week, you may have noticed that a court ruled against Alphabet and Meta in regards to liability in a civil suit. What’s also interesting is timing. On the same day that verdict hit, I had just finished watching Your Attention Please, which is a documentary exploring the dangers of social media on our youth, and how these companies study scientifically how to keep us online. If we are online, our attention is monetized, in the forms of ads, or even sponsoring content creators already in your feed. This documentary does try and start at the beginning, moving through … Continue reading Going In Blind: Your Attention Please

TV Shows Watched: Free Bert: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Wondla: S3E4 (Apple) with audio description, Shifting Gears: S2E12 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Fall and rise Of Reggie Deakins: S1E3 (Peacock) with audio description, School Spirits: S3E5 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, The Greatest Average American: S1E5 (Disney Plus) with audio description, and The Lincoln Lawyer: S4E3 (Netflix) with audio description Free Bert- Recently renewed for a second season, Bert is making up with the fancy family he made fun of earlier, while encouraging his daughter to pursue a relationship with the boy he knows medically cannot perform. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/27/26

TV Shows Watched: Something Very Bad Is gonna Happen: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Paradise: S2E2 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Pitt: S2E9 (HBO MAX) with audio description, CIA: S1E2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Robin Hood: S1E3 (MGM Plus) with audio description, and The Masked Singer: S14E? (Disney Plus) no audio description Something Very Bad Is Gonna happen- Deeply unsettling, unnerving, and uncomfortable, this new show from the team behind Brand New Cherry Flavor, and The Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things), shows us a wedding that doesn’t look like it ends well, and backs us up five days when … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/26/26

TV Shows Watched: Daredevil: Born Again: S2E1 (Disney Plus) with audio description, One Piece: S2E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Down Cemetery Road: S1E8 (Apple) with audio description, Malice: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description, Dreaming Whilst Black: S2E3 (Paramount) with audio description Daredevil Born Again- I loved that Kingpin’s suit was labeled Iconic, acknowledging that there could very well be blind comic book nerds watching who would know exactly what you mean when you say that. The episode was solid overall, with some really excellent audio description. Even the recap was audio described. Matt is still trying to save New York … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/25/26

TV Shows Watched: American Idol:S24E9 (Disney plus) no audio description, The Forsyths: S1E1 (PBS) with audio description, Finding Her Edge: 4 (Netflix) with audio description, DTF: St Louis: S1E2 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Crutch: S1E5 (Paramount) with audio description, and Last Week Tonight: Monday (HBO MAX) no audio description American Idol- Man, the cuts are going to be brutal. I do wish this show had audio description, so we could know more about these singers, and the other singers already cut, but this was a tight night. I wonder how the voting is going. Keila really shut down everything … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 03/24/26