The Small Screen Diaries: 05/12/25

TV Shows Watched: The Last Of Us: S2E5 (MAX) with audio description, American Idol: S23E17 (Hulu) no audio description, Wandla: S2E3 (Apple Plus) with audio description, you: S5E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Tracker: S2E20 (Paramount Plus) with audio description,Yes cheff: S1E2 (Peacock) with audio description, Ransom Canyon: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, and Last Week Tonight: Most Recent (MAX) no audio description Best Episode: Wandla- I wasn’t a huge fan of the Last Of Us this week, so this is me making that statement. Wandla was consistent with its storytelling from episode 2 to 3, and Eva wasted no time … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 05/12/25

The Small Screen diaries: 05/11/25

TV News: A couple more tidbits on renewals/cancellations. NBC also axed The Irrational,leaving them as the network of slaughter. i couldn’t find any official news on Grosse Pointe Garden Society, but that can’t possibly still be in consideration. I think their only remaining bubble series is Brilliant Minds, among scripted programs. And, it appears ABC hasn’t officially decided on Dr Odyssey either. However, if you are afraid The last Of Us won’t get to finish the story, HBO has already committed to a third season, but Paramount Plus/Showtime is leaving Yellowjackets hanging. Netflix also hasn’t decided on ransom Canyon, and … Continue reading The Small Screen diaries: 05/11/25

Going In Blind: Wellwood

I like supporting independent film. Not necessarily student film, or a gaggle of shorts, but filmmakers who manage to rally a crew and cast together. often picking these titles at random without guidance results in a wide range of results, but now that I get requests for coverage, I get screeners for films no one is really paying attention to. Case in point, wellwood, a creature feature starring Oscar nominee Keisha Castle Hughes. In the PR email I got for this, it mentioned the reality that often horror films that fall off the obvious path have a hard time attracting … Continue reading Going In Blind: Wellwood

The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

Heading into this week, i was close to finishing several shows. So, with some shows wrapping up this week, and a limited number of new shows joining, my list might start to look a bit more like a sane person eventually. New Shows this Week: the last Anniversary (AMC Plus), Tales Of The Underworld (Disney Plus), The Stolen Girl (Disney Plus), Forever (Netflix), Drag Race All Stars (Paramount Plus), and making a return is the Pitt (MAX) after getting awards buzz. Winner: The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) with audio description- it has just been an exceptional final season so far, and … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: The Weekly Rankings

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/10/25

TV News: NBC is wielding an axe! mov out of the way! The network, which just cancelled Suits LA, also killed Lopez Vs Lopez, Night Court, and Found. Those shows were in their third, fourth, and second seasons respectively. Is anyone safe from the Peacock’s death slash? TV Shows Watched: The Bondsman: S1E8 (Amazon) with audio description, The Righteous Gemstones: Series Finale (MAX) with audio description, Survival of The Thickest: S2E7 (Netflix) with audio description, Top chef: Restaurant Wars! (Peacock) with audio description, RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: S10E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Etoile: S1E4 (Amazon) with audio description, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/10/25

Black Bag

The second Steven Soderbergh film of the year, Black Bag centers in the world of espionage and deceit. Who can be trusted? Can the person you share your bed with be trusted, and if so, how far would you go to preserve your own life? Those are the big picture topics at the center of Black Bag, which utilizes heavy hitters like Oscar nominees Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett, alongside some talent seemingly on the right track for that same status. Marisa Abela is a standout, and it is worth mentioning that somehow Pierce Brosnan still has yet to be … Continue reading Black Bag

Another Simple Favor

Another one? the thing about doing favors is that typically at some point we’re even, and you can’t just go around requesting extra favors. So, i think it is quite presumptuous that director Paul Feig believes he has earned another favor from me. I’m not sure what he has done to even the playing field, and I’m starting to worry that our relationship is just one sided. i write about him, he never calls. he never writes. i review a film of his, and just crickets. Now he wants another favor? From me? You’re lucky I really liked the first … Continue reading Another Simple Favor

Behind The Curtain: Stranger Things: the First Shadow

Netflix decided in their infinite wisdom to release a documentary, and make it feature length, that is essentially a self congratulatory propaganda piece designed to make you think their live stage play, Stranger Things: The Long Shadow is destined for Broadway glory. I felt that the Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl concert didn’t do anything substantial, really failed to acknowledge the stage production, and felt like a special feature on a physical disc. This is that, it just has audio description from someone who rarely ever gets praise. So, due to the incredibly basic nature of what this is, … Continue reading Behind The Curtain: Stranger Things: the First Shadow

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/09/25

TV News: NBC surprisingly cancelled Suits LA after one season. Honestly, i figured just on name alone it would get another season, and the formula for rebooting old USA shows has triggered revival news now for Royal Pains. So, I figured the format was working. If I was NBC, i would have worked a deal to have a second season where Harvey became a series regular, to help fuel the audience. I’m not that big of a fan, I’m just surprised NBC didn’t try. I mean, Night Court is still on air… and they reworked it. TV Shows Watched: Tales … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/09/25

Fog of War

I’ve watched a disappointing amount of mediocre titles this year being pushed out magicallly with audio description, despite several titles that gained some acclaim and theatrical release still not making room for accessibility.Thus, we must now discuss Fog of War, because there’s audio description available for this title. I’m so glad that the critically acclaimed Eephus couldn’t find audio description, or The Ugly Stepsister, but we’ve got audio description on this WWII paranoia epic. Jake Abel plays a man who returns from war, and is sent on a mission to accompany his new wife (Brianna Hildebrand) to her parents estate … Continue reading Fog of War

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/08/25

TV News: Not that I was surprised by the news, nor do I cover the show, but if you were waiting with bated breath, NBC did pick up both SVU and the flagship revival of the original law and order for next season. I’m not that surprised. TV Shows Watched: The Studio: S1E8 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Tales Of The underworld: S1E5 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Andor: S2E8 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Deli Boys: S1E10 (Hulu) with audio description, Survivor: S48E11 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Forever: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Battle Camp: S1E5 (Netflix) with … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/08/25

Picture This

Simone Ashley, who proved she was a rising star in Season 2 of Bridgerton, stars in an Amazon romantic comedy with tons of culture and representation, but perhaps not as much humor and charm to properly support Ashley. The film centers around an unmarried woman, for reasons truly unbeknownst to me, makes a bargain with her close family and friends that each one of them can set her up on a blind date, and afterward, she will marry one of them. So, we have to traverse a series of predictably bad dates before Ashley has a self awareness moment about … Continue reading Picture This

Heart Eyes

A lot changed for me when I went from being able to see, to not, and while it is one of the less impactful truths about who I am now, I’ve seen way more horror films than I used to. I’ve even gone back and watched films I was avoiding for various reasons, like too much gore, or jump scare bonanza’s. I have had brand new appreciation for a genre that I pretty much limited to teen slashers, and horror comedies. Even before losing my sight, I loved a good horror comedy, with films like Tucker and dale Vs Evil, … Continue reading Heart Eyes

The Small Screen Diaries- 05/07/25

TV News: Apple’s PR Team was nice enough to email me directly, so i didn’t have to rely upon second hand sources, to tell me that The Studio, their hit new comedy destined for Emmy nominations, has been renewed for a second season. it feels somewhat meta for a TV show about a studio head with the ability to green light project has itself been green lit. Again. TV Shows Watched: Tales of the Underworld: S1E4 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Andor: S2E7 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Dying For Sex: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description,Black mirror: S1E1 (Netflix) with … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 05/07/25

The Nighttime World

Lionsgate is pretty good about making audio description for their releases, but they aren’t necessarily as reliable when it comes to making good films. Last year, they bet everything on a duo that bombed at the box office and ended up hated by critics and audiences with borderlands and The crow. They were also responsible, technically, for letting Magalopolis onto the world. However, when it came time to release a trio of underfunded and poorly marketed dramas during awards season, they had nothing to give White Bird, Small Things Like These, or The Return. All three smacked into the wall … Continue reading The Nighttime World