TV Shows Watched: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: S1E1 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Squid Game: The Challenge: S2E? (Netflix) with audio description, The Chair Company: S1E8 (HBO MAX) with audio description, The Chosen Adventures: S1E? (Amazon) with audio description, The Rookie: S8E1 (Disney plus) with audio description A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms- I wonder how many people started this and turned it off in the first minute. The thing about starting off a series with your lead shitting his brains out against a tree, is that we will never forget that moment. its why you don’t know … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/19/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I was able to watch this with audio description from International Digital Center. it is possible to get excited about the reteaming of certain actors, for example, the good old Walter Matthau and jack Lemmon duo. Grumpy Old Men absolutely worked for them, and I loved the sequel as well.They tried extending the magic of their reunion with an ill advised The Odd Couple 2 and also out To Sea. Both are for die hard Matthau and Lemmon fans. It took us a while to even get a true pairing of Al Pacino and … Continue reading The Rip

Happy MLK Day. Celebrate it because it still matters. TV Shows Watched: Starfleet Academy: S1E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Star Wars Visions: S2E3 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Lowdown: S1E8 (Disney Plus) with audio description, SNL: Ariana grande (Peacock) with audio description, and Breaking Bad: S3E7 (Netflix) with audio description Starfleet Academy- Paul Giamatti clearly read the scripts, because his hammy over the top performance matches what the show is, while others try and make the show something it isn’t We see a young boy, Caleb, have his mother ripped away from him, he grows up to be … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/18/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I’m unaware if the film has audio description or not. Faith based cinema has come a long way. I distinctly remember back when I was in high school, and the Omega Code was this sensation. We were told just how amazing it was, and it even spawned a sequel, Meggido. I’ve seen both. Casper Van Dien could only act for people who didn’t know any better. Now, actors sign up for faith based films on a regular basis. Michael Chiklis just did The Senior for Angel studios, Zachary Levi headlined The Unbreakable Boy, and … Continue reading Going In Blind: Hazel’s Heart

TV Shows Watched: the Traitors: S4E5 (Peacock) with audio description, the Pitt: S2E2 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Tracker: S3E5? (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Landman: S2E3 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, The morning Show: S4E9 (Apple) with audio description, Matlock: S2E? (Paramount Plus) with audio description The Traitors- Again, thanks for the great audio description. I’m in therapy now as the two most interesting characters left. One of whom I would have enjoyed seeing in the final four, and the other is that wildcard you have to keep around as long as possible. Is five episodes enough? Without spoiling … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/17/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Neon chose to not create an audio description track for this film. Winner of two Golden Globes, Secret Agent is another tour de force from Brazil, as it enters this years Oscar race as the official selection from their country. Last year, Brazil’s I’m Still Here managed to get a Best picture nomination, as well as win the International Feature category. Can they repeat? i say, I think it is a tour de force, because while I’m Still Here was distributed by Sony Pictures classics, Neon snapped up Secret Agent after it won two … Continue reading Going In Blind: Secret Agent

TV Shows Watched: the Traitors: S4E4 (Peacock) with audio description, All’s Fair: S1E3 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Heated rivalry: S1E3 (HBO MAX) with audio description, The Night Manager: S1E1 (Amazon) no audio description, The Masked Singer: S14E2 (Disney Plus) no audio description, Loot: S3E10 (Apple Plus) with audio description, and A Man on The Inside: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description The Traitors- I’m shocked they couldn’t focus their attention on the banishment they’ve been trying to do. I’m a little surprised at who the Traitors chose to murder, and I’m keeping this all light and spoiler free. though the … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/16/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I usually watch films with audio description, but I’m unaware if Shuffle has any existing audio description. Living in Florida, it just really is a realm of possibilities. We truly do like to break new ground, and redefine what is is to be winning in this modern age. We truly are masters of creation. Why do you think the President lives in Florida? think about it. If you were to hear that a man was arrested after getting into a bare knuckle fight with a police officer in a wal-Mart parking lot, that could … Continue reading Going In Blind: Shuffle

It’s a pithy amount. What can I say? Work. TV Shows Watched: Boots: S1E? (Netflix) with audio description, Bat Fam: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description Boots- This is a really solid show. I’m sad netflix doesn’t have the flexibility to let shows thrive over word of mouth. This was definitely in their Top 10 for a while.It hit the top 10 in its second week, and from what I can find has just shy of 10 million viewers. The scary thing is that if Netflix was willing to axe Boots with those numbers, the second season of A Man On … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 01/15/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I did not have access to available audio description for this title. While it isn’t a factor in my actual grade, one has to wonder if right now, cops behaving badly is a film that will rake in the audience.In the midst of what is at the very least the tragic and unnecessary loss of life of 37 year old Renee Gold, and at best a critical failure of our system, a strong representation of denial of Vivian rights, and a textbook example of excessive force that lead to the death of a mother … Continue reading Going In Blind: Night Patrol

TV Shows Watched: Fallout: S2E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Tomb Raider: S2E3 (Netflix) with audio description, Book-ish: S1E1 (PBS) no audio description, Percy Jackson: S2E3 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Haunted Hotel: S1E9 (Netflix) with audio description, Emily In Paris: S5E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Nobody Wants this: S2E7 (Netflix) with audio description Fallout- A much better description of the DeathClaw, but it relies upon the conventional size of a doorframe for size relativity. technically, the first time we saw it was out in the open in the last episode, and based on what it does to a car, it … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/14/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. to my knowledge, there is no audio description for this title, though I’d be happy to hear one. As a member of Film Independent, I get emails about various projects all the time, especially during awards season. I must have gotten at least four Sheepdog emails, and it was an effective marketing tool, because they made it seem like this little indie that could was the undiscovered gem of the year. As with most indies, I’ve come to expect that no audio description exists, although I’ve recently had two different titles where someone involved … Continue reading Going In Blind: Sheepdog

I hope you enjoyed the replacement for the diary yesterday, as I just couldn’t find the time to watch anything on TV. If you ignored it, it is stealthily my best of 2025 in film lists, with only audio described titles listed. I did squeeze in some TV on Tuesday. TV Shows Watched: Ripple: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Down Cemetary Road: S1E3 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Robin Hood: S1E2 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Best Medicine: S1E1 (Disney plus) no audio description, and The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description Ripple- I’m trying to circulate shows … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 01/13/26

Welcome. I didn’t want to drop off the face of the planet yesterday, but I straight up did not have time. I also work at a school, and yesterday was the first day, and my God. plus, we have a musical that auditioned, which consumed my time. Even my free time was spent absorbing that show to be better prepared for the audition. Now, those of you who read me or these things regularly likely know I also have a YouTube (YouTube.com/macthemovieguy), and not everything that I post there makes it here, and vice versa. Quite frankly, I just do … Continue reading The Small Screen Diary substitute: 01/12/26

For those of you eagerly anticipating the 2nd Annual Blind Film Critics Society nominations, we did meet and vote yesterday. An announcement at a later date. I’m proud of our nominations, and our growing membership. TV Shows Watched: Mr Scorsese: S1E5 (Apple) with audio description, High Potential: S2E8 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Simon Cowell: The Next Act: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Murdoch: Death In The Family (Disney Plus) with audio description, Has Been Hotel: S2E3 (Amazon) with audio description Mr Scorsese- finishing out the last 25 years of his career, from Gangs Of New York to Killers Of … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/11/26