Author: John Stark

Blogger. EIC of macthemovieguy.com. Contributor to mjsbigblog.com and houseofgeekery.com. Previously featured on starpulse.com.
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A Journal For Jordan

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Starring: Michael B Jordan, Chante Adams, Jalon Christian, and Robert Wisdom. Directed By: Denzel Washington Where I Watched It: VOD English Audio Description Available?: Yes Narration Provided By: The Media Access Group Narrated By Ingrid Tudor The Plot: A single mother (Adams) faces the struggle of raising her young son, jordan, by herself after her fiancée died. However, before his passing, he wrote down all of his hopes, dreams, thoughts, and wisdom for his son in a journal, which she reads to him when he’s too young to read, and alter gives it to him when he’s old enough to … Continue reading A Journal For Jordan

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The Too Much tV Roundup- May 19th

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I had a fun little day with some great shows. I feel like overall Thursday’s crop was stronger than Wednesday’s. 1) Reacher (Amazon) English Audio Description Available?: Yes This show is addictive. in Episode 6, every episode has some heart pumping action, and intense sequences. Since I didn’t read the book, and it seems like no one is safe from being killed, other than Jack Reacher, I feel like anyone could die at any time. And that raises the stakes of every episode. This has been one of the most rewarding experiences from a new show I’ve had in quite … Continue reading The Too Much tV Roundup- May 19th

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Senior Year

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Starring: Rebel Wilson, Angourie Rice, Chris Parnell, Mary Holland, Sam Richardson, Justin Hartley, Zoe Chau, Jade Bender, Michael Cimino, and Alicia Silverstone. Alex Hardcastle Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description Available?: Yes Description Provided By: International Digital Center Narration Written By: Ron Rickford Narrated By: Toni Gannon An unpopular girl transforms herself into the most popular girl in school with the hottest boyfriend, captain of the cheerleading squad, and dreams of becoming prom queen. Unless her nemesis Tiffany stands in her way. Or, unless while doing a cheerleading stunt, she collapses and enters a 20 year coma, wakes … Continue reading Senior Year

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The Too Much TV Roundup- May 18th

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Not really a banner day for television watching, though I got at least one season finale out of my way. 1) Minx (HBO MAX) English Audio Description Available?: Yes In episode 6, they are still trying desperately to save the magazine, and are doing so against some pushback, shown in the form of a somewhat cartoonish feminist group, that one of our characters is dragged to on the chance that afterward they’d meet about having her write for Minx. Instead, she gets bombarded with phrases like “all marriage is rape”, which feels like the kind of statement put in there … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- May 18th

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The Tinder Swindler

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Documentary Directed By: Felicity Morris Where I Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description Available?: Yes Description Provided By X Trax Narration Written By: Maury Morrison Narrated By: Thomas Reid Special Note: I wrote this review, and have decided to leave it as is because of the schadenfreude factor for my beloved readers. Yes, I always thought my screen reader was saying the word “Tender”, and not “Tinder” and at no point did that seem odd to me, like I needed to check my spelling. Because, the guy is being tender… in his seducing these women. So that made sense. But, … Continue reading The Tinder Swindler

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The Too Much TV Roundup- May 17th

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Welcome back to some quick rankings and reviews of the shows I’m watching, and where they are landing on my list.As always, those without audio description will be noted. 1) The Rookie (ABC/Hulu) English Audio Description Available?: Yes I love the guy that does the narration for this. I don’t know who it is because what’s listed at the very beginning sound like two corporations, and not a guy. But whoever he is, he has made this season of The Rookie so entertaining. He reads everything with a level of excitement that makes you feel like you’re watching a show … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- May 17th

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Our Father

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Documentary Directed By: Lucy Jordan Where i Watched It: Netflix English Audio Description Available?: Yes Description provided By: international Digital Center Narrated By: Brian The Plot: A Blumhouse production, the film follows a group of adults who slowly realize, through the advent of DNA sites like Ancestry and 23 and me, that the fathers they all grew up with is not their father. As they all slowly start to uncover the truth, the result is more shocking and disturbing than a simple answer like “we used a donor”, “You’re adopted”, or something still life altering, but relatively normal. no, all … Continue reading Our Father

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Old

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Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Rufus Sewell, Alex Wolff, Thomasin McKenzie, and Embeth Davidtz. Directed By: M Night Shyamalan Where i Watched It: HBO MAX English Audio Description Available?: Yes Description Provided By: The Media Acccess Group Narrated By: Roy Samuelson The Plot: On a remote beach, a group of random strangers have all won a random trip to a swanky resort, where a quick day trip to an isolated part of the island leaves them trapped in a place where time moves at its own speed, and these strangers start aging rapidly. Can they escape before it’s too … Continue reading Old

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The Too Much TV Roundup- May 16th

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Despite actually having to work at my job yesterday (Yes, i still have one of those), I still managed to knock out a fair amount of programming. Who earned the top spot from this random assortment? 1) Bridgerton (Netflix) English Audio Description Available?: Yes You know, i never quite commend Bridgerton for all the great audio description, but this is top notch. Lots of comments about heaving bosoms, which when you think about how many watch this program for the escapist romantic entanglements, makes a certain kind of description really appropriate. Plus, with such a wide ensemble, I somehow never … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- May 16th

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Sneakerella

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Starring: Chosen Jacobs, Lexi Underwood,and Deyvn Nakoda. Directed By: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum Where i Watched It: Disney Plus English Audio Description Available: Yes Narration By?: So, Disney put the break to send me onto a new title right after the names were announced. But that’s not the major problem. I don’t want to disrespect those that wrote and narrated by attempting to spell their names. if anyone is more familiar with them, but I honestly didn’t even know where to start with those names. The Plot: It’s Cinderella, except it’s not. Cinderella is now El (Jacobs), a teenager who is … Continue reading Sneakerella

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The Lost City

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Starring: Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Brad Pitt, Divine Joy Randolph, and Oscar Nunez. Directed By: Aaron and Adam May Where I Watched It: Paramount Plus English Audio Description Available?: Yes Narrated By: Darren Polis The Plot: Did you see Romancing The Stone? Well… Sandra Bullock is an author who would much rather be writing books about history, but no one would read those, so she incorporates her knowledge into trashy romance novels that are a huge hit, due in part to her cover model (Tatum), who she assumes is an idiot. But when her newest book starts talking … Continue reading The Lost City

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The Too Much TV Roundup- May 15th

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I’m about to reveal that I’ve been catching up on some shows. I always admit I’m a bit behind… but one of these shows started back in November. 1) The Walking Dead (AMC) English Audio Description Available?: No This show, now in its 11th and final season, is one of my favorite shows of all time. For the time I’ve been blind, which has been for a handful of seasons now, I have to go out of my way to navigate a way to watch this show. I used to watch this show with a group of friends on XBOX, … Continue reading The Too Much TV Roundup- May 15th

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Weekend At Bernie’s

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Starring: Jonathan Silverman, Andrew McCarthy, Terry Kiser, and Catherine Mary Stewart. Directed By: Ted Kotcheff Where I watched It: Amazon English Audio Description Available?: Yes Description Provided By: SkyNet Narrated By: A Terminator The Plot: Two guys (Silverman/McCarthy) work a job at an insurance company where they discover some fraud. When they report it to their boss, Bernie (Kiser), at first he seems angry, then invites them to his mansion for the weekend as a celebration. Unbeknownst to them, it was his fraud, and he’s hired a hitman. Unbeknownst to Bernie, the hitman has actually been contracted to kill Bernie, … Continue reading Weekend At Bernie’s

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The Too Much tV Roundup- May 14th

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This felt like a really good day full of some good television, for the most part.Trying to figure out who got the top spot was a big challenge this day. 1) Reacher (amazon) English Audio Description Available?: Yes Look, I’m behind. I know. I didn’t rush on Reacher since it got a second season renewal almost immediately. So this was Episode 5 for me, and I seem to keep getting surprised by this show. The stakes keep changing, the bar keeps getting reset, and Reacher is by far one of the best new shows I’ve seen in a long time. … Continue reading The Too Much tV Roundup- May 14th

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Top Gun

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Starring: Tom Cruise, Anthony Edwards, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Tim Robbins, Tom Skerrit, Michael Ironside, John Stockwell, Rick Rossovich, and Meg Ryan. Directed By: Tony Scott Where i Watched It: Paramount Plus (though I see it’s also now on Netflix) English Audio Description Available?: Yes Description Provided By: Pixel Logic Narrated By: Brad Perry Audio Description Note: I watched this a few weeks back, and now Netflix is pushing this on me. It may have swapped streaming services. The Plot: Top Gun is actually a school where they take the most elite pilots and train them to be the best. … Continue reading Top Gun