Author: John Stark

Blogger. EIC of macthemovieguy.com. Contributor to mjsbigblog.com and houseofgeekery.com. Previously featured on starpulse.com.
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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Lead Actress in a Sci-Fi or Fantasy Series

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Here we go. Another Top 10 list. This time, I’m finishing off the Sci-Fi Fantasy category before leaping to Limited Series. So far, Ensemble went to The Walking Dead, Supporting Actress went to Sadie Singh from Stranger Things, and Supporting Actor went to Mark Jackson from The orville. Who tops this list? 10 Erin moriarty (The Boys) Amazon 9) Tatiana Maslany (She Hulk) Disney Plus 8) Madison Taylor Baez (Let The Right one in) Showtime 7) Amelia Jones (Netflix 6) Sissy Spacek (Night Sky) Amazon 5) Emma Darcy (House Of The Dragon) HBo MAX 4) Lauren Cohen (The Walking Dead) … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Lead Actress in a Sci-Fi or Fantasy Series

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 01/29/23

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So, an interesting set of shows, some for the first time. How did the new shows stack up? 6) Saturday Night Live (NBC/Peacock) English Audio Description?: No Michael B Jordan is many things, but naturally hilarious is not one of them. I didn’t realize he was directing Creed 3 though, now I’m excited to see what he’s like as a director. Final Grade: B- 5) Alert! (FOX/Hulu) English Audio Description?: No Well, even though the pilot felt intense, it did nothing really to make me feel like I knew what the long term prospects are for this show. I’ll give … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 01/29/23

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38 At The Garden

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Where I Watched it: HBo MAX English Audio Description provided By: 3Play Media Narrated By: James Rodriguez So, the Oscars got this one wrong. This one is the Best Documentary Short I’ve seen this year. For it to have missed out on a nomination actually didn’t surprise me, since the documentary branch is the branch I respect the least. They frequently reject popular documentaries, they turn away from music related ones, and they thought When We Were Bullies warranted an Oscar nomination. This year, they jettisoned many fantastic documentaries from their shortlist including Good Night oppy and Sr. OK, so … Continue reading 38 At The Garden

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Violent Night

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Where I watched It: Peacock English Audio Description?: Yes When you hear john Wick meets Home Alone, you think that’s a crazy combination, but somehow not. Kevin McAllister probably grew up to be a John Wick. By the way, I would totally love to see a Home Alone with Macaulay Culkin as a grown up Kevin McAllister who is a contract killer…but only at Christmas. Also, no more home Alone movies unless Culkin is coming back as the dad, and Catherine O’Hara as Grandma. I’d mention John Heard, but sadly he passed a while back. So violent Night is Santa … Continue reading Violent Night

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Aftersún

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Where I Watched It: iTunes (I really need to get screeners, Jesus) English Audio Description Provided By: Deluxe Narrated By: Marsha Bartenelli Like i said above, Screeners. I’d love to reduce my costs, since this whole thing generates no income. Hah. Anyway, this A24 underdog did recently manage a Best Actor nomination for Paul Mescal, and it is well deserved. Let’s just get that right out of the way. Even if you haven’t seen Aftersún, just trust the process. Even if he wasn’t in my or your top 5, it’s pretty hard to deny that he’s not within range. It’s … Continue reading Aftersún

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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Comedy Series

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So many shows didn’t make this list, from the terrific Ghosts, to Atlanta which won Supporting Actor. This was a hard list to assemble, and slowly doing so left me with some shows that ended that I can never list again, which saddens me greatly. 10) Trying (Apple Plus) 9) The Marvelous Ms Maisel (Amazon) 8) Girls5Eva (Peacock) 7) Only Murders in The Building (Hulu) 6) Breeders (FX) 5) Abbott Elementary (ABC) 4) Mythic Quest (Apple Plus) 3) What We Do In The Shadows (FX) 2) Reboot (Hulu) 1) Hacks (HBo MAX) I feel like my list has some obvious … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Comedy Series

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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Lead Actor in A Comedy

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If I was analyzing my own list, I think my mind would immediately gravitate to Bill Hader not making the cut this time around. I just wasn’t a huge fan of the last season. Henry Winkler was still on my Supporting actor list. Maybe next season? 10) Danny McBride (The Righteous Gemstones) HBO MAX 9) Neil Patrick Harris (Uncoupled) Netflix 8) Donald Glover (Atlanta) FX 7) David Hyde Pierce (Julia) HBo MAX 6) Steve Martin (Only Murders In The Building) hulu 5) Martin Short (Only Murders In The Building) Hulu 4) Ed Helms (Rutherford Falls) Peacock 3) Keegan Michael Key … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Lead Actor in A Comedy

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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Lead Actress in A Comedy Series

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I definitely had to make some tough choices for this list as well. notably, only one of the Dead To Me leads, no Grace OR Frankie, none of the Girls5Eva, or any of the many potentials that could ahve landed here. But, here are my top 10. 10) Selena Gomez (Only Murders In The Building) Hulu 9) Christina Appelgate (Dead To Me) Netflix 8) Rose Byrne (Physical) Apple Plus 7) Maya Rudolph (Loot) Apple plus) 6) Judy Greer (Reboot) Hulu 5) Quinta Brunson (Abbott elementary) ABC 4) Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous ms Maisel) Amazon 3) Sarah Lancashire (Julia) HBo MAX … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Lead Actress in A Comedy Series

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The Too Much TV Roundup- 01/28/23 REDUX

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So, i labeled yesterday’s roundup as representing the 28th, when it represented the 27th. so, now I’m back in line with the correct day of the week. We’ve all been there, right? 11) The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney plus) English Audio Description?: Yes Wow. 11 shows, and I felt the need to put this at the bottom. The sad thing is, I really enjoyed the first season, but watching this season near a close, with the happiness centers starting to have their effect, I realize that the first season was structured better, I was more interested in the plot, and … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- 01/28/23 REDUX

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Till

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Where I Watched it: iTunes Audio Description Provided By: Deluxe I did manage to squeeze this in just before the Oscar nominations, because i assumed the voters hadn’t lost their damn minds. i was prepared to be taken over by a film that i had seen so many visceral reactions from some of my favorite YouTube critics. I believe even one holdout managed to squeeze this in about the same time i did. I’m going to say up front, this film doesn’t get an A from me, but that doesn’t mean i don’t recommend it. Before I talk about anything … Continue reading Till

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The Apology

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Where I Watched It: AMC Plus English Audio Description?: no Another film I’m struggling to remember as I catch up from the barrage of films i watched over Christmas break. It was… a lot. Like, a lot. This is actually loosely a Christmas film, as our lead character (Anna Gunn) is visited by someone from her past with some unnerving news. Most of this film is just two people, although Janeane Garofalo appears in a supporting turn, in case you wondered whatever happened to her. Remember how Hard Candy was basically Ellen (now Elliot) Page and Patrick Wilson, but then … Continue reading The Apology

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A Love Song

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Where I Watched it: iTunes English Audio Description Provided By: A Group of Standup Written By: Ariana Mendez Narrated By: Jason Birmingham This is how you do independent cinema. I hadn’t heard of this until it started to get some minor awards recognition, and then I felt like it should be on my radar. Come to find out, there is actually an audio description track, for a low budget indie drama that made very little at the box office, and you can just call me Sally. Often we think of “do they have the money to pay for audio description?:, … Continue reading A Love Song

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Fall

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Where I Watched It: iTunes English Audio Description Provided By: Deluxe Narrated By: Nicole Sansorella It could be a controversial statement to say that Fall is not for the blind. i mean, we do have accessibility here, and Nicole Sansorella and the team at Deluxe are working overtime to make this make sense, but Fall just doesn’t work. To be honest, this limited location thriller concept has worked better in the past. Granted, every single version of this i can come up with, I was able to see. The Shallows really stands out to me as creating high stakes, and … Continue reading Fall

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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Supporting Actors In A Science Fiction or Fantasy Series

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So far, The Walking Dead won Ensemble for this category, and Sadie Singh won Supporting Actress for Stranger Things. Will either one of those shows repeat here? Or will a new hero rise? 10) Will Patton (Outer Range) Amazon 9) Josh McDermott (The Walking Dead) AMC 8) Jackson Robert Scott (Locke and Key) Netflix 7) Brett Gilman (Stranger Things) Netflix 6) Jensen Ackles (The Boys) Amazon 5) Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) AMC 4) Stellan Skarsgard (Andor) Disney Plus 3) Paddy Considine (House Of the dragon) HBO MAX 2) Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things) Netflix 1) Mark Jackson (The Orville) … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Supporting Actors In A Science Fiction or Fantasy Series

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Best Of 2022: Top 10 Supporting Actress in A Science Fiction or Fantasy Series

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A bit of a data dump and catch up today. After just making the list that put The Walking Dead as the best ensemble of 2022, because it’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to, who will top this list? Am i going for a Walking Dead sweep? 10) Catherine Zeta Jones (Wednesday) Netflix 9) Imogen poots (Outer Range) Amazon 8) Cynthia Addyia Robinson (The Rings Of Power) amazon 7) Patty Guggenheim (She hulk) Disney Plus 6) Emma Myers (Wednesday) Netflix 5) Ruth Cod (The Midnight Club) Netflix 4) Olivia Cooke (The House Of The Dragon) HBo MAX … Continue reading Best Of 2022: Top 10 Supporting Actress in A Science Fiction or Fantasy Series