Just in case you need reasons to be excited for this week, we mark the return of American Idol (will it finally have audio description?), Bridgerton, Shrinking, and School Spirits, along with the premiere of the new Marvel show Wonder Man. TV Shows Watched: Talamaska: S1E3 (AMC Plus) no audio description, The Mighty Nine: S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description, Murdaugh: Death In The Family: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description, Star Search: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, and Landman: S2E4 (Paramount Plus) with audio description. Talamaska- As someone who is struggling through Interview With A Vampire,I’m familiar enough with the series … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/25/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I get offered a lot of random titles looking for coverage. I vaguely remember being offered this film in the middle of awards season, which is a terrible time for every little film. Not only are there a ton of new films, but Oscar qualifying runs, and studios sending us complete slates of films for consideration. If you are a tiny film in November or December, you should send links in October. No later. So, after this film dropped in December, it returned to me. Why has no one written or reviewed this? Not … Continue reading Going In Blind: Down River

Giving absolutely no context, I had a very lovely two hour conversation yesterday with some new voices, and familiar ones I respect a lot, about an upcoming film. I’m excited to be part of a team shepherding this thing through, as disability centric projects are kinda important, certainly here. I got to hear someone speak I’ve only ever known of, but never met, and oddly, I know I’ve reviewed content of theirs, and I certainly was pretty sure I’ve said good and bad things. It was nice to put a name to a voice, and hopefully I can talk more … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/24/2026

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. I’m unaware of this film having any available audio description. I get these little films floating my way from time to time, and I know they don’t have audio description. Or, at least in this country. this is a film popping out of New Zealand which is a recounting of a real life tragedy, where a mine collapsed on its workers, and the surviving family members had to fight to get the corporation that owned the mine to do the right thing. Melanie Lynskey, who through her career has more than done enough to … Continue reading Going In Blind: Pike River

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. This film does have audio description available. Somewhere in here, there’s a decent and inspiring true story of a boy who suffers burns on 100% of his body, and recovers, triumphing over adversity. An inspirational story for the ages. I’m not sure where that film went, or is, but supposedly it is playing a game of Where’s Waldo, where the good film is lost in a sea of ableism. Why did you have to make it so weird? Like, why is this so weird? The film starts with our protagonist, as an adult, being … Continue reading Soul On fire

TV Shows Watched: The Traitors: S4E6 (Peacock) with audio description, Sheriff Country: S1E6 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, I Love LA: S1E5 (HBo MAX) with audio description, The Masked Singer: S14E3 (Disney Plus) no audio description, and A Man On The Inside: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description Special Shout Out to Disney, for hiring someone to be in charge of accessibility for Disney Plus, who found it too difficult to make sure Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere could launch with audio description. Stay classy, Disney. Drawing creativity from diversity? Sure. Performative. Actually making it important enough to make sure your … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/23/26

Disclaimer: No Audio description was provided to me for this film. I’m a blind film critic. If you would like a different outcome, send an accessible screener. I first saw H is for Hawk back in November, when it was trying to break into the Oscar race. A lot of those films that are just now sliding into theaters totally missed out on awards. H Is For hawk is just one of them, but Dead Man’s Wire, Pillion, Rosemead, and some others just didn’t hitt a chord. This one comes from Roadside Attractions, in partnership with Lionsgate. the funny thing … Continue reading Going In Blind: H is For Hawk

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. This movie had audio description from the Icon group. We had a few Stephen King adaptations this year, didn’t we? Well, one more can’t hurt, right? I mean, is The running Man really such a teflon product it can’t be remade by Edgar Wright with Glen Powell taking over for Arnold Schwarzenegger? Actually, yeah, we didn’t need this,. Despite the 110 million price tag, this listless remake (or adaptation depending on how you view it), is disappointing. It also isn’t one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. it strives to be so incredibly … Continue reading The Running Man (2025)

Oscar Nominations yesterday. 16 for Sinners, none for Wicked For Good. But here in the blind community, we’re gonna pitchfork until Neon adds audio description to their two Best Picture nominees. For the past couple of years, we have had audio description for every title. The last time we did not was also Neon, with Parasite. Stop fucking the Oscars for us, Neon. Sentimental Value has nine nominations. That means only 8 Picture, 4 director, 4 Actor, 4 Actress, 4 Supporting Actor, and 3 Supporting Actress nominees have audio description. One company fucked the Oscars. Casting is 4/5, Original Screenplay … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/22/26

TV Shows Watched: Fallout: S2E6 (Amazon) with audio description, Star Search: S1E1 (Netflix) no audio description, and Runaway: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description Fallout- In my opinion, I think we maybe could have done more with the mutant. I don’t know. I feel like there’s some decent description there, but I can’t shake the feeling of being met halfway. It’s the same feeling I’ve had with the first interaction we had with that DeathClaw. I think the AD team leans on hopeful progressive description, meaning that they give us enough for now, but intend on continuing to explore how the … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/21/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and while Tubi liked it enough to put Original on it, they didn’t love it enough to put audio description on it. Tubi, the boyfriend who asks you to move in, assuming it absolves him from never having to propose. They don’t make them like they used to. That is a bit of a misnomer, because they do, but time forces evolution. As we continue to invent things, reshape the worlds we live in, and push mankind further down the road of evolution, the art of film changes shape. Sometimes slowly, sometimes abruptly. For … Continue reading Going In Blind: How To Lose A Popularity Contest

TV Shows Watched:The Abandons- S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Will Trent: S4E2 (Disney plus) with audio description, Stumble: S1E3 (Peacock) with audio description, Ponies: S1E1 (Peacock) with audio description, The Sisters Grimm: S1E6 (Apple) with audio description The Abandons- I really want to know what Kurt Sutter has to say on this. He left three weeks before filming ended, so I wonder if the reason this show feels incoherent at times was that he wasn’t involved in post, or if those three weeks with someone else at the helm killed the show, or whether or not he was the problem. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 01/20/26

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. This series has audio description on HBO MAX, narrated by Dave Wallace. I don’t even really know what to say. if I had reviewed this based on the pilot, it certainly doesn’t reflect the series as a whole. Tim Robinson is an acquired taste, but he can be very rewarding. I was critical of Friendship, because I wanted to see his character flip more of a switch when Paul Rudd’s character entered, and he’s basically already obnoxious, a victim of Billy Madison syndrome. It’s that belief that you came here for a very specific … Continue reading The Chair Company: Season 1

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