I didn’t do my Critics choice predictions on here, but I’m pretty pleased with their choices. My predictions didn’t fully align, but the CCA has been trying harder and harder to seem like an Oscar precursor by getting it right, so they tend to vote for things that are likely to be nominated, and not necessarily their passion picks. For example, if you follow critics at all, you might have noticed how much most of them adore Challengers. It did not get a Best Picture nomination, over films that are far more divisive among critics, but far more likely to … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 12/12/24

TV Shows Watched: Black Doves: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Skeleton Crew: S1E3 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Shrinking: S2E9 (Apple Plus) with audio description, Cross: S1E4 (Amazon) with audio description, and Call me Ted: S1E4 (MAX) with audio description. Podcasts: None YouTube: I watched a few international films today without audio description, and did watch some videos of other critics talking about them. of the channels I remember, shoutouts to Deep Focus Lens, Spooky Astronauts, and Peter Bradshaw. Movies: Better Man (Screener) WITH audio description, All We Imagine Is Light (Screener) no audio description, Red Rooms (screener) no audio … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 12/11/24

Mother’s Boys: 30th Anniversary- The First And Last Time I Watch This Quick Take: First and last time. I’m a Jamie Lee Curtis fan, and I wanted to check this off my list. This is not a good film. She plays an oddly unlikable person in a thriller where somehow there’s virtually no bloodshed, and she does a weird seduction of her own pre-teen son. Peter Gallagher is here too, and this movie is best left not heard or seen. It may have audio description, but preserve your positive look on Curtis and avoid this mess,. For more, check out … Continue reading Mother’s Boys: 30th Anniversary

TV Shows Watched: Cruel intentions: S1E6 (Amazon) with audio description, The Madness: S1E8 (Netflix) with audio description, What We Do In The Shadows: S6E8 (Hulu) with audio description, The Agency: S1E3 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Get Millie Black: S1E3 (MAX) with audio description, Call Me Ted: S1E4 (MAX) with audio description, and Are you Smarter Than A celebrity: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description Podcasts/YouTube: None Movies Watched: It Ends With us (Netflix) with audio description, Mary (Netflix) with audio description, Nosferatu (screener) no audio description Maybe it is the sheen of awards season, but I did really enjoy what … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 12/10/24

TV Shows Watched: Dune: Prophecy- S1E4 (MAX) with audio description, Somebody Somewhere: S3E7 (MAX) with audio description, The Madness: S1E? (Netflix) with audio description, Girls Gone Wild: S1E1 (Peacock) with audio description, La Machina: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, The Masked Singer: Final Four (Hulu) no audio description, Abbott Elementary: S4E7 (Hulu) with audio description. Podcasts: Still need to listen to The Dark Room. Sorry, Rhys, Alex, and lee. YouTube: Oscar Expert (Globes predictions), Chris Stuckmann (The lord Of The Rings anime movie) Movies: Our little Secret (Netflix) with audio description, Oh Canada (screener) no audio description, Look Into My … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 12/109/24

TV Shows Watched: Earth Abides: S1E2 (MGM Plus) with audio description, Cobra Kai: S6E9 (Netflix) with audio description, Elzabeth: S2E? (Paramount plus) with audio description, and I almost finished a fourth episode. But, my movies list is long…. Podcasts: none YouTube: The Awards Contender: (Worst Best picture Nominees Of The 2010’s) Movies: The Exorcism (AMC Plus) no audio description, Smile 2 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, A Swim Lesson (YouTube) no audio description, and Heretic (Screener) no audio description You can watch A Swim lesson right now on YouTube, being hosted by the LA Times, and being submitted for consideration … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 12/08/24

The Long Game- It’s A Review. Of A Film. I sat on this review for a while. I was hoping to find this with audio description, as I did think there was a little something in this sports drama. The movie centers around a veteran (Hernandez), who takes a job teaching Latino boys in Texas how to play golf, fighting a racist system that sees these boys only as “the help” or caddies. They don’t want these boys playing the sport, and they really don’t even want the decorated Latino veteran plaing either. If it wasn’t for his friendship with … Continue reading The Long Game