Author: John Stark

Blogger. EIC of macthemovieguy.com. Contributor to mjsbigblog.com and houseofgeekery.com. Previously featured on starpulse.com.
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Pet Sematary (1989)

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Where I Watched It: MAX English Audio Description?: Yes As we all know, every Stephen king book-to-film adaptation has been truly flawless. All are classics. Ride The bullet is probably the best of them all. This was my first time watching Pet Sematary in its totality, though I feel like I definitely did the thing we do as kids when the cable edit of a film like this shows up, and we watch a few minutes of something so we can say we saw it. Fake bravery. Honestly? It’s not really that scary, unless you are afraid of poor directorial … Continue reading Pet Sematary (1989)

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/21/23

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I almost finished a fifth show, but it will have to wait until tomorrow, so another short list for you this day. Also, Fran Drescher wrote a guest column for Deadline.com that is worth a read if you’re interested in hearing from the horses mouth about the Actor’s strike. She’s actually not exaggerating when she says their profession is at risk. The proposed AI rules from the studios, allowing them to scan and own the likeness of talent in perpetuity, could have eliminated most of SAG within just a few years. It’s sad to know that 84% of SAG makes … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/21/23

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Hellfest

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Where I Watched it: Tubi English Audio Description?: Yes Narrated By: William Michael Redmond Around these here parts, we have plenty of these events like the one at the center of Hellfest. Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights brings people in droves. So, I kind of used that as a measuring tool for how this film is set up. The movie opens with our random opening kill. Someone has to die, and it might as well be a poorly developed character. So now we know there is a killer, so we can learn more about our core cast, right? Not so much. … Continue reading Hellfest

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/20/23

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I’m not sure anything major happened in the realm of television yesterday, but I will mention that MAX is rushing The Nun 2 onto the service before Halloween. I was pretty busy, so it’s a short list today. 5) 5) Shelter (Amazon) English Audio Description?: Yes Status: Not Yet Renewed These shows where adults unleash massive conspiracies where teens have to uncover and save the day is just a very odd thing we do in film and television. This show is a lot for these kids. I honestly found more enjoyment in the Phantom auditions, although I call shenanigans. The … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/20/23

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Heist 88

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Where I Watched it: Paramount Plus English Audio Description?: Yes Courtney B Vance, who never seems to get to top line anything, stars in this Showtime original movie inspired by a real bank heist that involved no storming the vault with guns. They just did this at a time long before computer programs and algorithms ran everything, and hijacked some bank transfers. it’s designed to be sleek like Ocean’s Eleven, and perhaps under different circumstances, it might have been. But, there are choices made that keep heist 88 from being an underrated gem. We learn a bit too much up … Continue reading Heist 88

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/19/23

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Yesterday was a mother of a whirlwind. First, i did my happy dance when i saw that Amazon officially renewed Gen-V for a second season. Then, our world crashed down, as the absolutely brilliant The Problem With jon Stewart was cancelled at Apple Plus over “creative differences”. What? Maybe I should cancel Apple Plus and tel them it’s over creative differences. “I’ve decided to go another way.” Someone else had better pick up Jon Stewart ASAP. 8) 8) Dreaming Whilst Black (Paramount Plus) English Audio Description?: Yes Status: Unknown In the second episode, the laughs come mostly from culturally significant … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/19/23

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/18/23

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If you watch TV live on an actual Network, heads up that President Biden is addressing the nation tonight, which will bump your shows back a bit. Adjust any recording DVR plans accordingly. 7) Name That Tune (Hulu) English Audio Description?: No Status: Unknown Hanson, jojo, Steve-O, and Rachael Harris all popped up this time around. jojo was pretty fierce, but struggled with any song made before she was born. Steve-O’s voice sounds awful, but apparently it’s just him ruining it from talking from the wrong place in his body all these years.He’s also really bad at this game. Episode … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/18/23

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/17/23

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Dancing With The Stars certainly took the magic of Disney night to max corporate synergy. Meanwhile, some top Hollywood talent are meeting with the SAG negotiations to see what’s up. Oh, I don’t know… the studios don’t want to negotiate? 12) World On Fire (PBS) English Audio Description?: No Status: Unknown I assumed this was a limited series the first time around, but PBS brought it back apparently without Helen hunt, and far more conversations not in English. This is a war drama with a lot of subtitles I can’t read, so much like AMC Plus’s Daryl Dixon, it is … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/17/23

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/16/23

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Disney Plus is developing Gargoyles into a live action series. So, if you were a fan of Gargoyles in the 90’s, this was the best or worst news you heard all day. 7) Krapopolis (Hulu) English Audio Description?: No Status: Unknown I will concede that this episode was the funniest so far, with a lot of random jokes strung together nonsensically. We had a tribute to Prometheus, the rite of passage to go beat up your deadbeat Cyclops father, and a joke about giving squirrels the wheel instead of humans. I have no idea what this show wants to be … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/16/23

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/15/23

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I haven’t watched it yet, but the new Rick and Morty voice cast premiered last night. Also, I truthfully decided to start watching Step By Step after noticing it on FreeVee, and a few hours later I saw Suzanne Somers died. I’m very weirded out about how that worked out. 9) 9) Fright Crew (Hulu) English Audio Description?: Yes Status: Unknown Eli Roth produced this 10 episode animated show aimed at… I’m not really sure. Eli clearly wants to go hard, so there are some things and themes here that feel targeted for maybe middle school to high school aged … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/15/23

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Backcountry

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Where I Watched It: AMC Plus English Audio Description?: no I think I’ve seen this movie somewhere else with audio description before, but when it floated onto AMC Plus (likely through Shudder), I figured I’d see what’s up. It’s an independent survival thriller where people decide to go camping when they know very little about it and have zero survival instincts. These films would be far more entertaining with survivalists as protagonists. But, it’s basically pointless without audio description. Not that there’s a ton of dialogue, but there is some. That’s really all you get. That plus some sound effects … Continue reading Backcountry

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/14/23

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Best Buy announced they will no longer be selling physical media after this holiday season. That breaks my heart. I have a massive physical media collection of DVD’s and BluRay’s, and before losing my vision, I used to love to hit up Best Buy on Black Friday, run in and grab a ton of new entries to my collection for cheap. Now, I’m all worried about whether or not something has audio description, which shockingly not every disc does. 12) Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers (Disney Plus) English Audio Description?: No Status: Ended It’s not down here because of quality, … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 10/14/23

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10 Titles On Hulu To Frighten You This Halloween

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You guys know the deal. I’m doing ten titles, with priority given to those with audio description. Hulu is the third streaming service I’ve done this year, following Peacock, and MAX. Peacock didn’t make it to 10 audio described, and i needed to fill the list. Will I have to do that again with Hulu? Read on and find out. 1) Antlers (Hulu) Audio Description?: Yes i have seen and reviewed this film prior. I thought it did a good job, especially with the main child lead. It is quite possibly the only film centered around a Wendigo to appear … Continue reading 10 Titles On Hulu To Frighten You This Halloween

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Winnie The Pooh: Blood And honey

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Where I Watched it: Peacock English Audio Description?: Yes. Yes. This movie has audio description. The list of classic films and television shows that can’t get audio description is massive, but slap Winnie The Pooh into a low budget slasher and suddenly, audio description. Maybe we need to add Winnie The Pooh into more things we want to see audio described. Someone has over 10K signatures to get audio description on Gilmore Girls over at Netflix. Perhaps if it was Winnie The Pooh and Gilmore Girls, it would. or, the other option… Gilmore Girls: Blood and Honey. There’s a loose … Continue reading Winnie The Pooh: Blood And honey

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Reptile

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Where I Watched it: Netflix English Audio Description Provided By International Digital Center Narrated By Frankie Corso Written By Dakota Green I’m not a fan of the excuse that something is a slow burn, so that’s why we should forgive the film. Any film being discussed by critics shouldn’t get a pass for feeling longer than it should, or dragging, by simply calling it a slow burn. It’s this overused term, but if the payoff isn’t at the end of the film, then the film fizzled and burnt to nothing. Arguably, that is where Reptile lands. It’s not that Reptile … Continue reading Reptile