Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic.You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Not to brag, but I’m a pretty big fan of the first Black Phone film. It was in my Top 10 of 2022, and I believe I had Mason Thames and Scott Derickson in my top 10 for both Actor and Director. I wasn’t a big fan of horror before losing my sight, but The Black Phone is certainly one of the films that I’m glad I got to experience, because I don’t know if I would have otherwise. Probably, … Continue reading Black Phone 2

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and the director of Hot Tub Time Machine didn’t put audio description on this. Perhaps, it is time to use that machine, and go back and add the description? What happens when a liberal democrat makes a documentary about a conservative republican? In these times, in this political climate, I’m sure the mountain felt a lot steeper to climb. Even being able to have any kind of conversation or discourse when we’ve never been so divided. But, Steve Pink decided to follow adam kenzinger around for his final days in Congress, and document how … Continue reading Going In Blind: the Last Republican

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Where we’re going, we don’t need roads. I’m in the middle of Oscar season, and I know you want this review. The first film set a record at the time for Apple, and I had to review that. I wasn’t a fan. Still, I find myself, as many do, with giant men, tears streaming down their eyes, saying “Sir. Could you please review the family Plan 2?” I aim to please. I’m not sure this film does, but I do. Mark Wahlberg, who has abandoned all hope of being a big screen star, returns … Continue reading The Family Plan 2

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and to the best of my knowledge, this film does not have audio description. It’s that time of year when I’m getting a barrage of screeners. Everyone wants awards attention and votes. I had to take the time out when a rep offered me Lilly, because it stars Patricia clarkson. I knew nothing. I didn’t IMDb the film until after. then, I saw this thing is just floating on Netflix. It just has such a low profile, I’m not sure anyone noticed. When I asked my Alexa device about it, she thought first I … Continue reading Going In Blind: Lilly

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and you can’t handle the truth. We just have to remake things. it’s this compulsion we have in Hollywood, to not let any franchise die, even if there is no franchise. It’s why we have so many variations on An Affair To Remember and The shop Around The Corner. Here, the nod is deliberate, though the film is nothing like its predecessor. It was disappointing to see Jay Roach as the director here, because he’s fared much better in comedy.here, it feels like he’s not really sure what is funny anymore, so he recruited … Continue reading The Roses

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic, and there’s still no crying in baseball. What is it to be an artist? that’s something this French animated feature is looking to find out as it explores the life of Marcel Pagnol. I didn’t know who that was. But, that’s OK. we can’t know everyone, and certainly not everything about them. In a year that also gave us a look into the making of Breathless, it would seem the spotlight is on French filmmakers. This film goes an interesting route, finding Marcel in the twilight of his career, working on a memoir. He’s … Continue reading A Magnificent Life

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Belen is Argentina’s submission for the International Oscar at the 98th Academy Awards, and is being distributed by Amazon. However, Amazon did not pay for English audio description, only a dub was available. I’m actually glad they did make a dub available at least, because I could follow this legal drama at least somewhat. I was planning on writing a scathing takedown of a corporation whose founder made enough money to launch his own space program, yet Belen can’t get audio description as Amazon’s lone International Oscar play.It was submitted for my consideration a … Continue reading Going In Blind: Belen

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. it is a small world after all. Rarely do I give credence to the fact that I ahve a “local audience”, so when I get a screener for something playing out of my market, i still put it up, because blind people are everywhere. They don’t congregate in Orlando. Although, we do have theme parks, so I can understand should you choose to do so. I spent some of my formative years in Florida, which meant I went to Disney, quite a bit. One of my super specific childhood memories only I have, and … Continue reading Going In Blind: Stolen Kingdom

Disclaimer: I’m a blind film critic. Welcome to Earth. Spoilers? I feel like a spoiler warning is necessary, even as I try to dodge the twists and turns, but it is nearly impossible to discuss what does and doesn’t work without grazing it at least. If you want a cut to the chase on this, for a low budget horror movie with only four cast members, it does a mostly fine job.Could it have been better? sure. Getting more into it, the film opens on a couple being hunted in the woods by someone. It doesn’t work out well for … Continue reading Bone Lake

It’s time to attend the tale of three friends, faced with the prospect of fame, battling against the artistic preservation of their craft, and the idea that through all of this, they will have each other. Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along has been brought to the big screen, taken from the live staged Broadway revival. It is such an interesting year to get Merrily we Roll Along just a month after Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, which took us all the way back to the beginning of the golden age of Rodger’s and Hammerstein, and the end of Lorenz Hart. … Continue reading Merrily we Roll Along