RIP Eric Dane. I was just having a discussion about disability and accessibility with a student, and I used a few famous and current figures as examples of disability or illness being unplanned, so its best to work to create a more inclusive world, and Eric Dane was the first name I brought up, as his battle with ALS has been so prominent. Seeing those push notifications come through broke my heart. I think the first time I noticed Dane was when he played Multiple Man in X-Man The Last Stand, but I was a hardcore Grey’s fan for the … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 02/19/26

Disney Plus, for me, still doesn’t show S24E4 of American Idol. Apple’s watchlist says if I just used the Hulu only app, I would get to see it, but unlike the previous three episodes, it doesn’t acknowledge that ability on Disney Plus with Hulu. Like, I can find these auditions online. I could try and piecemeal things together. This is just so weird. It’s a problem I would have assumed fixed itself by now, but I guess not. It doesn’t have AD anyway, so maybe the universe is intervening on my behalf. TV Shows Watched: The Diplomat: S3E? (Netflix) with … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 02/18/26

I always keep it real. No bullshit. My bias is always right out there. I never try to hide anything. So, today’s post is gonna get a little weird. First, I didn’t watch American idol today, not due to lack of trying, but because I did what I was supposed to and switched to a Disney/Hulu bundle so I access through the Disney Plus app, and at least until late in the day yesterday, it never showed the new episode. My Apple TV list of shows I’m watching had it, but said I could only view it through Hulu, not … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 02/17/26

So, I run this through WordPress, and they have a daily prompt all the time, which I ignore. I did have to laugh at today’s prompt, thinking how loaded of a question it is. Are you patriotic? Somehow, explaining that feels like the most profound prompt of our time. Oddly, the day after President’s Day. Weird. TV Shows Watched: A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms: S1E5 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Free Bert: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description,Percy Jackson: S2E5 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Last Week Tonight: S13E1 (HBO MAX) no audio description yet, and The Lincoln Lawyer: S4E1 … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 02/16/26

TV Shows Watched: School Spirits: S3E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description,I Love LA: S1E6 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Squid Game: the Challenge: S1E9 (Netflix) with audio description, Breaking Bad: S3E8 (Netflix) with audio description, Have I Got News For You: S4E? (HBO MAX) no audio description, and Elzabeth: S3E8 (Paramount Plus) with audio description School Spirits- everything has changed, and the mystery has deepened. What’s so interesting is the love triangle that Maddie finds herself in with a ghost, and also her best friend, who now finds himself in a very different situation. I feel like the narrator is … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 02/15/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. No audio description exists for this film. it has been a minute. This title came my way during the FYC season, and at the time, it was an effective drop. Tricia Helfer joined my shortlist for Best Actress, but ultimately ended up getting worked off as more titles came my way in November and December. I’m very much a person who wants to reward someone at the top of their game, and not the same few people over and over. there’s no question this is Helfer’s bes performance. Helfer has been a staple in … Continue reading Going in Blind: hello Beautiful

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and I watch films with audio description. This film has audio description from Deluxe, narrated by Jedidiah Barton, featuring William Michael Redman. Prey was excellent. It took a franchise that hadn’t been working, and reinvented it by not being afraid to go into the past. Not only did the Yahweh end up with older technology, but they were up against fighters who had less to work with as well. It meant that skill, cunning, and determination were assets. No choppers to get to, no things to use to blow up the aliens. It was … Continue reading Predator: Badlands

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and I usually watch films with audio description. This has audio description in existence. Mary Brownstein’s directorial debut is nothing short of arresting, demanding, and relentless. It can feel exhaustive at times, as the anxiety builds, but in a very intentional way. Rose Byrne’s performance as a mother on the verge of a nervous breakdown is the performance of her career, and one of the best of 2025. Thank the A24 gods for getting this out there. This became one of my favorite films of 2025, not just through Byrne’s performance, but the unique … Continue reading If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

TV Shows Watched: The Last Frontier: S1E10 (Apple) with audio description, Ponies: S1E3 (Peacock) with audio description, Sheriff Country: S1E7? (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Simon Cowell’s Next Act: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, and Name That Tune: Season Finale (Disney Plus) no audio description The Last Frontier- Fully intend to review at a greater length, but a fine example of how one person who only watched the first episode would have a very different experience than those who stayed. The payoff was well worth it. They did leave the door open a little for a Season 2, but the … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 02/14/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic and this film is available with audio description. Nayadse Renee-Johnson stars. I know, this is hard for people to hear, but believe it or not, the young actress who plays Sara rector in the biopic about her life as a youth is actually, I’m not kidding, starring the little girl that plays Sara. Mind blown. At least three people at Kingdom and Amazon/MGM just had their heads explode. I know this, because despite being an inspirational true story of an 11-year old black girl in Oklahoma fighting racism to become a millionaire supposedly stars … Continue reading Sara’s Oil

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and i typically watch films with audio description. This film has audio description, produced by International Digital Center, narrated by Sri Gordon, available on Netflix. Trapped. Hopeless. I accept my fate each time. I reminisce of Shellly Duvall in The Shining, as she can hear the thwack against the door. only my hell is different, it is the repetitive knock until finally the door shatters, and i hear “Here’s Tyler!” As Tyler Perry never relents it is impossible to miss him. He’s like the equivalent of the needy boyfriend who comes to you asking … Continue reading Joe’s College Road Trip

Happy Valentine’s Day to those of you who are all about love. For the rest of us, welcome to hell. TV Shows Watched: The Traitors: S4E9 (Peacock) with audio description, Man Vs Baby: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Ghosts: S5E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description, The Masked Singer: S14E6 (Disney Plus) no audio description, and A Man On The Inside: S2E9? (Netflix) with audio description The Traitors: I guess making any predictions would inherently be a spoiler with this few contestants remaining. But, the episode has Eric make a choice, a challenge where the Traitors get to test the Faithful, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 02/13/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and Ella McCay is available everywhere with audio description, except Disney plus, the most logical place. I watched when it first released on the platform, and Disney did not provide audio description. Normally, I prefer to watch films with audio description, but since Disney has been taking a very nonchalant approach to accessibility as of late, I figured what better way to point out the gap than with Ella McCay, a film so convoluted it doesn’t just need an audio description narrator, it needs in-film commentary to explain the baffling set of choices made … Continue reading Ella McCay

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and this is available on Amazon with audio description. Relationship Goals are good to have, but sometimes it can be rewarding to simply structure a film in such a way that it supports all the narratives in a perfectly tiered formula.For example, you have the ensemble films, like Love Actually, The Best Man, and Valentine’s Day. Each one puts together a hodgepodge of characters with different backgrounds and stories. The Best Man separates itself by being a romcom where the ensemble, while balanced, are all in the same narrative. We’ve seen this before, from … Continue reading relationship Goals

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic and I typically review films with audio description. By design, this film doesn’t have one. I’d argue that By Design is a movie for no one. It unabashedly discards convention in favor of driving a high concept narrative that is destined to just outright turn people off. The elevator pitch here is essentially that Juliette Lewis is a chair. And Yes, that premise got me to watch this film. I don’t regret it. it has no audio description, it is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen, and is borderline incomprehensible from a … Continue reading Going In Blind: By Design