Y’all, my day yesterday was basically that Cover Up quality check. Don’t expect much here. TV Shows Watched: From: S3E9 (MGM Plus) with audio description, The Beast In me: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, and Elzabeth: S3E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description From- During my break, I left From two episodes shy of being caught up. For whatever reason, Amazon didn’t flip me out of credits this time, and I heard Tristan was doing the narration. Also, an AD team I’ve never heard of. From is one of my favorite shows still active, probably Top 5, and as it inches … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/04/25

I might have lost my damn mind. But, I don’t think I’ve ever had the chance to line up two versions of the same track for the same movie. I don’t know how Netflix will react, so let me just say, Cover Up is an amazing documentary and one of the best of the year. Seymour Hirsch is featured, finally, getting his flowers. He’s like a Woodward and Bernstein, but didn’t get All The President’s Men made about him. Maybe someday, someone will turn his real life crusade for the truth into a narrative feature. Interestingly, Cover Up premiered at … Continue reading Quality Check: Cover Up

TV Shows Watched: Spartacus: House of Asher: S1E1 (Starz) no audio description, Splinter Cell: Death Watch: S1E? (Netflix) with audio description, Starting Five: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description, 911: Nashville: S1E5 (Disney plus) with audio description, The Diplomat: S3E4 (Netflix) with audio description Spartacus- As you would correctly assume, this show is a son of a bitch to watch with no audio description. I also haven’t seen any of Spartacus, but I heard this was a bit of a rewrite, changing something anyway from the previous series. Sort of like a What If? It is violent, and these gladiators love … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/03/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and there’s no known audio description for Unicorns. I often find films like this hard to review, because there’s this whole different side that you don’t really get until the final act, and that is when the film truly soars.As yet another LGBTQ film with no audio description this year, I expected Unicorns to get lost among the Plain clothes and Layla, as films I’d probably enjoy more if I could understand them better. But a lot of the themes that run through Unicorns really popped out anyway, and what started as a seemingly … Continue reading Going In Blind: Unicorns

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and while this film at one point had audio description, it seems to have been lost to the sands of time. Kiss Of The Spider Woman (2025)is based on the Broadway musical Kiss of The Spider Woman (1993), which was based on KISS of the Spider Woman (1985) which earned William Hurt an Oscar,which itself is based on the 1976 novel. My god. Talk about a chain reaction. it is like playing the telephone game, but with film. Bill condon (Dreamgirls) is here to direct, and he’s brought along some star power in Jennifer … Continue reading Going In Blind: KISS Of the Spider Woman

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I’ve been told by at least one person involved in the film that audio description was created for this, though it lives on Mubi currently, where films with audio description go to shed themselves of that AD. Mubi is not an accessible streamer. But, that’s not a problem. I’m blind, but I haven’t always been, and GTA V has one of the longest life spans of any video game in recent memory. Not only did I play it, but I played quite a bit. I’ve also played every other version, and this is one … Continue reading Going In Blind: Grand Theft Hamnet

I’ve got one more of my awards nominations down, as my votes were cast for Critics Association Of Central Florida, and I had the pleasure of voting for many of my favorites. Narrowing down lists was hard, and I did certainly ask myself if there was at least a small possibility someone might vote for that person, so like while I enjoyed Taraji P Henson in Straw, I voted for someone more likely. Even trying to decide my Top 5 Best Picture nominees was tough, as I was pretty sure The Baltimorons is a “me” thing, so I ended up … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/02/25

Disclaimer: I’m an adult. I’m also a blind film critic This will make no sense, but privilege just astounds me. there are people in power, who act like they are somehow marginalized, when they never have been, and control the marginalization of others. Like, who do you think came up with redlining? Why do you think all but one of our Presidents share a common trait. The audacity of privilege, and to pretend you don’t have it, is mind boggling. Here’s the connection to this preschool movie. the reason I bothered to check out Gabby’s Dollhouse was because if I … Continue reading Gabby’s Dollhouse: the Movie

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and this show has audio description, written by Christina Stevens, narrated by Jamie Lemcheck, and produced by International Digital Center. I didn’t really align with the Stranger Things phenomenon right off the bat. Some people get to claim they were champions of a show from its inception,and others along the way. Nevertheless, this show has a permanent place in my history of television and cinema. I had been familiar with audio description, but hadn’t listend to it when I was still sighted, because I didn’t need it. But after losing my vision, I was … Continue reading Stranger Things: Season 5

I’m already making great progress on that resolution. One date down. TV Shows Watched: Stranger Things: S5E8 (Netflix) with audio description, DMV: S1E4 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Celebrity Weakest Link: S1E11 (Disney Plus) no audio description, Death By Lightning: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description Stranger Things- I ahve to do a full review, but props to Christina Stevens for writing an excellent track. I never felt like I missed a beat. Thanks. Yeah, the finale is a bit silly, and they made choices, but no spoilers here. Just in case. It’ll be in the review instead. I wasn’t blown … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/01/26

Starting with tomorrow’s diary, it is that dreaded reality of remembering it is a new year, and actually reflecting that when you type in a date. But you know, I’m going to accidentally slip up. Not this year. My New Year’s Resolution is to get that date change right. If you set small attainable goals… because clearly, we aren’t moving the needle much on the pass through of audio description anytime soon. I just posted my YouTube review of a film yesterday, and someone from the film thanked me for my review and said “Oh by the way, we did … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 12/31/25

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Hallelujah indeed. This film deserves praise simply for presenting Jeff as more than the guy who popularized Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. I watched another documentary earlier this year, where a director was tasked with following a pending production of Turandot, and leaned very heavily on Nessun Dorma, the most overdone aria. Here, I actually got to learn about Jeff’s life, and hear some other music. I wasn’t a fan, not because I didn’t like him, but because I didn’t listen to him. So, exploring his life through his friends, family, and other artists was a … Continue reading It’s Never Over Jeff Buckley

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. This series does have audio description on Peacock. Dear Chat GBT, Your membership to the Writers Guild of America has been denied. the benefit of dropping your show on peacock, on December 27th, is that most outlets have already released their best of and worst of lists. So, unceremoniously dropping all episodes of a new action thriller on a Saturday, caught my attention. This feels like a burn off if there ever was one. But this show has Simu Liu, Melissa Barrera, and Brian D’Arcy James.It can’t be that bad, can it? Here’s the … Continue reading The Copenhagen Test

TV Shows Watched: Hal and Harper: S1E2 (Mubi) no audio description, The Copenhagen Test: S1E1 (Peacock) with audio description, The Chair Company: S1E6? (HBO MAX) with audio description, The Morning Show: S5E6 with audio description, and Nobody Wants this: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description. Hal and Harper- Still exploring Mubi. Mark Ruffalo is in this. I wish Mubi pushed more into the world of AD. The Copenhagen Test- Fuck. This is one of the worst shows I’ve ever seen. I don’t know how it has 71% on Rotten Tomatoes. Good lord. There’s an R word we don’t use anymore, but… … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 12/30/25

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Thankfully, this has audio description. Netflix was in the Oscar race this year with some predictable contenders. They were expected to get Oscar shortlists for The Perfect Neighbor and cover Up, but could they get a third? Sure, and this is that. Seemingly rising to the top in a very crowded Oscar race is a film about how Christian Nationalism nearly destroyed a country. the rise of false prophets using bastardized interpretations of the Bible, to convince people to believe in them, and then after currying favor with the populous, using that to influence … Continue reading Apocalypse In The Tropics