Author: John Stark

Blogger. EIC of macthemovieguy.com. Contributor to mjsbigblog.com and houseofgeekery.com. Previously featured on starpulse.com.
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Night Always Comes

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Cast: Vanessa Kirby, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zack Gottsagn, Stephan James, Randall Park Written By: Willy Vlutain, based on the book. Directed By: Benjamin Caron release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Netflix Audio Description produced By: Descriptive Video Works Written By: Jeff Heck Narrated By: Mocha Owen What is it?: A family deep in poverty has one shot at finding a stable place to live, but when the matriarch (Leigh) blows their money, her daughter (Kirby) is left with the prospect of being kicked out on the street if she can’t come up with 25K by morning. What Works: Some have reacted like … Continue reading Night Always Comes

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The Best Of 2025 So Far: September Edition

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I’m hoping the lull coming from the studios has to do with the fall festivals, because I really haven’t gotten much. And when I do email a studio rep, i just get ignored. I was sent a collection from IFC, which would have been an excellent opportunity for me to try and get existing audio description for some titles where I initially didn’t, but instead I got flat out ghosted. I’ve tried preemptively reaching out to reps for some studios about accessibility, ahead of eventual screeners, and crickets. Still, I’ve seen over 250 films so far, so here’s what I’ve … Continue reading The Best Of 2025 So Far: September Edition

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Karate Kid: legends

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Cast: Ben Wang, Sadie Stanley, Joshua Jackson, Jackie Chan, Ming-Na Wen, Wyatt Oleff, Aramis Knight, Ralph Macchio Written By: Rob Lieberer, based on characters originated in The Karate Kid Directed By: Jonathan Entwistle Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Sony 94 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Pixel Logic Written By: (Need Credit) Narrated By: Laura Post What is It?: An attempt to have the best of all worlds. Karate Kid: legends is a brand new story featuring a teenage boy from Beijing who moves to New York City, where he not only has to leave his troubled past behind, but also Kung … Continue reading Karate Kid: legends

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F1: the Movie

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Cast: Brad Pitt,Damson Idris,Javier Bardem, Carrie Condon, Tobias Menzies, Sarah Nyles Written By: Ehren Krueger and Joseph Kosinski Directed By: Joseph Kosinski Notable Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Louis Hamilton, Joseph Kosinski, Brad Pitt Original Score By: Hans Zimmer Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Apple Runtime: 155 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Pixel Logic studios Written By: (credit Needed) Narrated By: Laura post What Is It?: A professional race car driver (Pitt) near the end of his days of thunder, is offered a long shot chance at redemption, driving in Formula One racing for a team owner (Bardem) he used to race against, … Continue reading F1: the Movie

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/31/25

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TV Shows Watched: From: S3E3 ((MGM Plus) with audio description, Black Mirror: S4E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Foundation: S3E8 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Ginny and Georgia: S2E10 (Netflix) with audio description, Upload: S4E2 (Amazon) with audio description, Ballard: S1E10 (Amazon) with audio description, Breaking Bad: S2E12 (Netflix) with audio description From- This show is brilliant. I loved the stuff happening with Tabitha, and how she begins to believe she never left the nightmare (though I’m pretty sure she did). Meanwhile, Chrissy gets in trouble and needs rescue, and Victor really wants to build a fort. The lore keeps coming. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/31/25

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Fall For Me

John Stark

I’m sure there’s some minimum word count I should be giving to each review, but even a week later, and I can’t stop thinking about this random soft core Skinemax knockoff that Netflix just quietly slipped onto their service. I knew it wasn’t Shakespeare. The audio description isn’t great, as it fails to translate any subtitles, but there’s a sex scene that starts almost immediately with dripping a blood orange’s juice onto the stomach of the female participant. this character, specific enough to indulge in blood oranges, has a closet full of only black t-shirts and white t-shirts. It is … Continue reading Fall For Me

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The Thursday Murder Club

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Cast: Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie, Daniel mays, Henry Lloyd Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Richard E Grant Written By:Katie Brant Directed By: Chris Columbus Studio/Streamer: Netflix Release Year: 2025 Runtime: 121 minutes Audio Description Produced By: VSI Written By: Narrated By: What is it?: When a property owner plans to demolish a retirement community and redevelop it, he didn’t count on the residents being so feisty, and when someone turns up dead, he certainly wasn’t prepared for the Thursday Murder club, a little group of seniors obsessed with true crime and mysteries, … Continue reading The Thursday Murder Club

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The Small Screen Diaries- 08/30/25

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TV Shows Watched: Outlander: Blood of My Blood: S1E5 (Starz) no audio description, The Hunting Wives: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S6E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Two Graves: S1E1 (Netflix) no audio description, The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball: S1E6 (Hulu) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (Amazon) with audio description,Hostage: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description Outlander: Blood of My Blood- Coming in as someone who could see, and now cannot, there are very few things weirder than just listening to people have sex. With no context. The audio description can often having varying … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 08/30/25

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Revival: Season 1

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Cast: Melanie Scrofano, David James Elliot, Romy Weltman, Andy McQueen, Katharine King So, Hudson Wurster, Stephen Ogg, Release Year: 2025 Where To Watch: SyFy/Peacock Audio Description Produced By: diffuse Written By: Narrated By: What Is it? A sleepy town is changed overnight when, inexplicably, everyone who has died in the last few days is revived.This naturally causes a lot of questions about why, and also for public safety. Some are happy to see their friends and loved ones return, and others not so much. But are the revived hiding secrets? What Works: Well, the premise is cool, if it was … Continue reading Revival: Season 1

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The Map That Leads To You

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Cast: Madeline Klein, KJ Apa, Sophia Wylie, Madison Thompson, Orlando Norman, Josh Lucas Written By: Vera Herbert and Les Bohem, based on the novel by JP Monninger Directed By: Lasse hallstrom Original Score By: Sarah Trevino Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Amazon Runtime: 96 minutes Audio Description Produced By: (Need Credit) Written By: (need Credit) Narrated By: (Need credit) What is it?: A young woman (Klein) on vacation in Europe has her trajectory changed when she finds herself connected to a Brit (Apa) who lives in the now, and has no plans for the future. But as her time spent across … Continue reading The Map That Leads To You

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The Life of Chuck

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Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillen, Mark Hamill, Mia Sara, Jacob Tremblay, Matthew Lillard, Benjamin Pajak, Cody Flanagan, Carl Lumbly, David Dastmalchian, Harvey Guillen, Michael Trucco, Q’Oorianka Kilcher, Violet McGraw, Kate Segal, Heather Langenkamp, Nick Offerman Written and Directed By: Mike Flanagan (based on the story by Stephen King) Original Score By: The Newton Brothers Release Year: 2025 Studio: Neon Runtime: 111 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Point 360 Written By: Narrated By: Tansy Alexander What Is it?: Told in reverse chronological order, the film tackles a seemingly average human, and breaks their life up into three parts. We … Continue reading The Life of Chuck

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The Small Screen Diaries: 08/29/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Peacemaker: S2E2 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Chief Of War: S1E6 (Apple Plus) with audio description,The Summer I Turned Pretty: S3E6 (Amazon) with audio description, hitmakers: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Match Game: S5E6 (Hulu) with audio description, Who Wants to Be A millionaire: S4E6 (Hulu) with audio description Peacemaker- Peacemaker is still reeling from his fight at the end of the last episode, and we do touch base with everyone in an episode that doesn’t quite advance the overall arc, but does bring the crew closer together. My favorite moments were Eagley, who I thought might … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 08/29/25

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The Sandman: Season 2

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Cast: Tom Sturridge as Morpheus, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, Patton Oswalt as Matthew The Raven, Boyd Holbrook as The Corinthian, Razane Jammal as Lyta, Kyo Ra as Rose, Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death, Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine, Esme Kreed-Miles as Delerium, Ann Skelly as Nula, Mark Hamill as Merv Pumpkinhead, Stephen Fry as Gilbert, Gwendolyn Christie as Lucifer, Adrien Lester as Destiny, Freddie Fox as Loki, Donna Preston as Despair, Jack Gleason as Puck, Steve Coogan as Barnabus, Barry Sloan as Destruction, John Cameron Mitchell as Hal, India Moore as Wanda, Derek Jacobi as Night … Continue reading The Sandman: Season 2

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Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical

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Directed By: Erik Wiese Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Apple Runtime: 40 minutes Audio Description Provided By: (Need Credit) Written By: (Need Credit) Narrated By: (Need Credit) What Is It?: Charlie Brown and his friends are off to their last summer of camp, which is also Sally’s first. Sally doesn’t understand the draw of going to camp, so Charlie takes it upon himself to make sure she has a fun experience like he always had, until they realize the camp is going to close due to decreasing attendance. Can Charlie Brown and the gang save the camp from closing, and can … Continue reading Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical

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The Truth About jussie Smollett

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Directed By: Gagan Rehill Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Netflix Runtime: 90 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Descriptive Video Works Written by: Lenizelle Narrated By: Jazzy Frizzle What is it?: A mostly centre of the road take on the events surrounding Jussie Smollett and his various court appearances following his allegation of a hate crime targeting him. What Works: In order to pull this off, they needed everyone to show up, and basically everyone did. If you think you’re in for just a really long interview with Smollett, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find that all sides are speaking their truths … Continue reading The Truth About jussie Smollett