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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/27/25

John Stark

TV Shows watched: outlander: Blood of My Blood: S1E9 (Starz) no audio description, House Of Guinness: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, English teacher: S2E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Rick and Morty: S8E3 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Dexter: S6E4 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Pop culture Jeopardy: Last Quarterfinal (Amazon) with audio description, The Rainmaker: S1E4 (Peacock) with audio description, and South Park: Season 27E4 (Paramount Plus) no audio description yet Outlander: Blood Of My Blood- The main four characters are once again in the same location, and there are a bunch of other Scottish people around doing things I’m … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/27/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/26/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Peacemaker: S2E6 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Marvel Zombies: S1E3 (Disney plus) with audio description,Wayward: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, the Summer I Turned Pretty: S3E10 (Amazon) with audio description, My Life With the Walter boys: S2E6 (Netflix) with audio description, celebrity Weakest Link: S1E1 (Hulu) no audio description, The Daily Show: Monday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, and Who wants to Be A Millionaire: S4E8 (Hulu) with audio description Peacemaker- I’ve heard this is game changing. Considering I’ve recently seen Superman, I’m not sure something can be that game changing when the thing that came before … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/26/25

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Swiped

John Stark

Cast: lily James, Dan Steven’s, Ben Schnetzer, Myah’la, Jackson White, Joely Fisher, Written By: Bill Parker Directed by: Rachel Lee Goldenberg Studio/Streamer: 20th Century Fox/Hulu release Year: 2025 110 minutes Audio description Produced By Deluxe Written By: narrated By: (Need Credit) What is it?: unofficially based on the true story of Whitney Wolfe Herd who was instrumental in the creation of Tinder and Bumble, pushing dating apps onto your phone, and also fighting against a system controlled by men,which ultimately crushes her, leaving her to create Bumble. What Works: lily James is good in this, certainly having more to do … Continue reading Swiped

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Alien earth: Season 1

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Cast: Sydney Chandler as Wendy, Alex Lawther as joe Kermit, Samuel Blenken as Boy Cavalier, Timothy Olyphant as Kirsch, Adarsh Gaurav as Slightly, Erana James as Curly, Lily Newmark as nibs, Jonathan Ajayi as Smee, David Ridschol as Arthur, Kit Young as Issac, Babou Ceesay as morrow length: 8 episodes Created by Noah Hauley Studio/Streamer: FX/Hulu Release Year: 2025 Audio description Provided By: (Need Credit) Written By: (Need Credit) Narrated By: (Need Credit) What Is it?: The first television series adaptation to launch from the Alien franchise which started with Ridley Scott in 1979 and spawned 7 sequels, and two … Continue reading Alien earth: Season 1

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/25/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Gen V: S2E4 (Amazon) with audio description, Marvel’s Zombies: S1E2 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Twisted Tale Of Amanda Knox: S1E6 (Hulu) with audio description, House Of Guinness: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The Girlfriend: S1E4 (Amazon) with audio description, Black rabbit: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, and Name That Tune: S?E2 (Hulu) no audio description Gen V- Hamish Linklater has been a great cast addition as Cypher, this new head of the school who is really hard to decipher. What are his powers? Does he even have any? You’ll know by the end of this … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/25/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/24/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Alien earth: S1E8 (Hulu) with audio description, Marvel Zombies: S1E1 (Disney Plus) with audio description,Haunted Hotel: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, The Lowdown: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, Hotel Costiera- S1E1 (Amazon) with audio description, and Only Murders In The Building: S5E4 (Hulu) with audio description. Alien earth- I’ve been generally positive on this show, minus episode 5 which was deeply flawed in every way. This finale is a hot ass mess. You can see how Noah Hauley, who gained FX’s favor for bringing us the anthology series Fargo, has no idea what to do in a … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/24/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/23/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: High Potential: S2E1 (Hulu) with audio description,Platonic: S2E8 (Apple Plus) with audio description,The Runarounds: S1E4 (Amazon) with audio description, Red Fish Blue Fish: S1E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Black Mirror: S4E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Next Gen Chef: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description,Last Week tonight: most Recent (HBO MAX) no audio description High Potential- With Jimmy Kimmel back, so is Hulu/Disney content. So, I caught up with the Season Premiere of High Potential, which I was disappointed to find out was using the same AD team as last year. Although, I’ve heard worse, from this narrator and … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/23/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/22/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Gen V: S2E3 (Amazon) with audio description, Task: S1E3 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Ginny and Georgia: S3E4 (Netflix) with audio description, and Twisted Metal: S2E9 (Peacock) with audio description Gen V- Since I know narrators don’t always get to see what they are describing, I find it funny thinking about a narrator just sitting in their recording studio, preparing to read a line, and they see that they have to describe a head coming out of a butt. Thanks to shows like Gen V and The Boys, we’re breaking new grounds constantly on “how do we … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/22/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/21/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Daryl Dixon: S3E3 (AMC Plus) with audio description, From: S3E5 (MGM Plus) with audio description, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf: S1E5 (Amazon) with audio description, Have I Got News for you: S3E3 (HBO MAX) no audio description, Tulsa King: S3E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, and The paper: S1E5 (Peacock) with audio description Daryl Dixon- My addiction is the Walking dead. While I don’t think the first two seasons of the show were amazing, this third season seems at conflict with itself. it does everything from retread, to completely ignore character structures that have been set up … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/21/25

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The Top 10 Worst Best Actress Wins Of All time

John Stark

Once again, I’m doing my current list of the 10 wins I find the most egregious. I do hope to slowly plug the holes in some of the older years and less celebrated performances, but for now, I didn’t pick anything I didn’t have a strong opinion on. So, get ready for ten HOT takes. The way I list, is the year of release of the film, but the Oscars are the next year. So for example, if a movie came out this year, I would list it as 2025, but the ceremony is technically 2026. ##1- Elizabeth Taylor (Butterfly … Continue reading The Top 10 Worst Best Actress Wins Of All time

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Eleanor The Great

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Cast: June Squibb, Erin Kellyman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht, Rita Zohar, Will Price Written By:Tory Kamen Directed By: Scarlett Johansson Release Year: 2025 Studio: Sony Pictures Classics *Audio Description Exists, But Was Not Provided* What Is it?: Eleanor (Squibb) has been through a lot in her 90+ years on this earth, but one thing she can’t claim is to have been in certain places where she never was. After her best friend and roommate passes, Eleanor moves in with her daughter and grandson, and ends up striking up a friendship with a journalism student who finds Eleanor’s story of surviving … Continue reading Eleanor The Great

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Superman

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Cast: David Corenswet as Clark Kent/Superman, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luther, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Wendell Pierce as Perry White, Maria Gabriela De Faria as The Engineer, Nathan Fillion as Green Lantern, Isabella Merced as Hawkgril, Edi Gathegi as Mr Terrific, Alan Tudyk as Gary, Bradley Cooper as Jor-El, Pruitt Taylor Vince as pa Kent, Neva Howell as Ma Kent, Mikaela Hoover as Kat, Christopher McDonald as Ron Troupe, Frank Grillo as Rick Flagg Sr, Beck Bennett as Steve, with Michael Ian Black, Anthony Carrigan, Michael Rooker, Pom Klementieff, Trevor Newlin Written and Directed … Continue reading Superman

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/19/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: the Peacemaker: S2E5 (HBO MAX) with audio description, My Life With the Walter boys: S2E5 (Netflix) with audio description, Haunted Hotel: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The Summer I turned Pretty: S3E9 (Amazon) with audio description, The Daily Show: Thursday (Paramount Plus) no audio description, Breaking Bad: S3E1 (Netflix) with audio description Peacemaker- Instead of spoiling through recap, let me say how nice it was to wake up to Alex reminding me that it was a great day to be a nerd, since I could see Superman and peacemaker on the same day. And, yes, I am … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/19/25

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The Small Screen Diaries: 09/18/2025

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: gen V: S2E2 (Amazon) with audio description, Black Rabbit: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, Next Gen Chef: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, The girlfriend: S1E3 (Amazon) with audio description, red Fish Blue Fish: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, The paper: S1E4 (Peacock) with audio description, and The morning Show: S4E1 (Apple Plus) with audio description Gen V- The very special guest this episode is Deep, who makes a brief appearance at a frat hazing ceremony. Otherwise, our trio of heroes decide after all that school is the safest place, so they return to take classes on anti-woke … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 09/18/2025

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The Small Screen diaries: 09/18/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Gen V: S2E1 (Amazon) with audio description, Mindhunter: S2E2 (Netflix) with audio description, and Sausage Party: S1E7 (Amazon) with audio description. I actually did watch other shows. I watched Alien Earth in the morning. I also watched The Great North on Hulu. I always watch jeopardy at night, I just don’t put it in the diary, kind of not like putting the News here either. I did not watch jeopardy last night either, as it airs on an ABC affiliate. Yesterday, Disney made the decision to “indefinitely” pull jimmy Kimmel from their lineup, and I have “indefinitely” … Continue reading The Small Screen diaries: 09/18/25