What a bizarre show. it is this trainwreck of a combination that forces a Simon Cowell vanity project about himself, with a reality show to find the next One Direction. Simon seems alone in this endeavor, using the camera crew to make him look like a tame pussycat, and a deeply empathetic individual who has a knack for finding excellent talent and being able to predict trends, and create the next One direction. The problem is that no one saw this, so the band created within the show faces an extreme uphill battle in validating Cowell’s prowess as a producer. … Continue reading Simon Cowell’s Next Act: Season 1

It always blows my mind how Michael Mann’s Heat, an exceptional and influential film wasn’t just not nominated in Best Picture, it wasn’t nominated anywhere in any category. In fact, it missed all major precursor awards,despite its critical acclaim and cultural significance. From some of the best written, most well shot sequences, to the dynamic performances by Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro, I’d like to think if we could do it all over again, Heat would make the cut.Crime 101 certainly didn’t fall from the tree, taking a charismatic theif, an aging cop with a fractured family, and a complicated … Continue reading Crime 101

TV Shows Watched: The Testaments: S1E3 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Strip Law: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, The Burbs: S1E5 (Peacock) with audio description, Shifting Gears: S2E13 (Disney Plus) with audio description, The Greatest Average American: S1E5 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Landman: S2E9 (Paramount Plus) with audio description The Testaments- We learn more about Daisy’s past (she’s not Nicole), and about half of the story of how she came to be at the facility. The girls take a field trip to the home of a rather recent married girl to see what it is like to run a … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 04/10/26

TV Shows Watched: The Boys: S5E2 (Amazon) with audio description, The Testaments: S1E2 (Disney Plus) with audio description, Dynasty: The Murdocks: S1E2 (Netflix) with audio description, Monarch: S2E4 (Apple) with audio description, Sunny Nights: S1E1 (Disney Plus) with audio description The Boys- there was a scene where we get “Huey and the gang”, followed by a decent bit of silence before dialogue. I wonder if we couldn’t have listed the six members individually? Was the timing crunch really that tight? Otherwise, I love the Boys, and I loved this episode. Each one so far has ended with a cliffhanger. The … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 04/09/26

TV Shows Watched: The Testaments: S1E1 (Hulu) with audio description, The Boys: S5E1 (Amazon) with audio description, The Night Agent: S3E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Sheriff Country: S1E10 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, The Hunt: S1E3 (Apple) with audio description, and Virgin River: S7E1 (Netflix) with audio description The Testaments- It isn’t as instantly iconic as The Handmaid’s Tale, but it is pretty damn good, especially for anyone who wanted closure from the flagship series but couldn’t get it because of The Testaments. The series centers on Agnes (One Battle breakout Chase Infinity), who you may know as June’s daughter, … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 04/08/26

TV Shows Watched: American Idol: S24E11 (Disney plus) no audio description, Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, Daredevil: Born Again: S2E4 (Disney plus) with audio description, Imperfect Women: S1E2 (Apple) with audio description,and The Forsyths: S1E3 (PBS) with audio description American Idol: Really for the first time, we started to see some of the kids perform just pretty good, but not as good as the others. I think Jesse’s choice was a pure example of that, which is why he was where he was. His Wonder Wall was so mediocre. Hannah has been riding … Continue reading !The Small Screen Diaries: 04/07/26

To see or not to see? I feel like that is the question critics are asking, but somehow feels very different when being asked by a blind film critic. It really puts that clever flip on the classic Shakespeare quote in a whole new light, doesn’t it? One of the many cases where my screener did not have audio description, but simultaneously, I’m not putting on my bumpkin hat and pretending to be unfamiliar with Hamlet. I do find it amusing that this film has apparently been in some form of gestation for over ten years. On one hand, it … Continue reading Going In Blind: Hamlet (2026)

If you’re a fan… FOX picked up Memory of A Killer for a second season. TV Shows Watched: Star Wars: Maul: Shadow Lord: S1E1 (Disney Plus) with audio description,The Count Of Monte Cristo: S1E3 (PBS) with audio description, Ghosts: S5E5 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Finding Her Edge: S1E4 (Netflix) with audio description, and Hijack: S2E7 (Apple) with audio description Maul: Shadow Lord- The weird thing is, I think this show had excellent audio description, but when it comes to Maul and his actual skin color/tattoo hybrid thing he’s got going on, I’m not sure it mentioned the color combination … Continue reading The small Screen Diaries: 04/06/26

I’ll admit, that the concept of doing another 28 Days film this close to 2025’s 28 Years Later gave me strong reservations. it basically was mirroring the release strategy of Renny Harlin’s Strangers trilogy, nothing which should ever be repeated.With director Danny Boyle taking a break again from the series,a new director was needed, and that came in the form of Nia Dacosta, who directed the candyman reboot, but also most recently Hedda for Amazon. Sure, in between she did The MArvels, but I have a feeling there was a lot of studio interference on that one, and with her … Continue reading 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

TV Shows Watched: Pluribus: S1E8 (Apple) with audio description, Invincible: S4E1 (Amazon) with audio description, Detective Hole: S1E1 (Netflix) with audio description, School Spirits: S3E6 (Paramount) with audio description, Simon Cowell’s Next Act- S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, The Last Thing he Told Me: S2E4 (Apple) with audio description, Elzabeth: S3E11 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, and Breaking Bad: S3E12 (Netflix) with audio description Pluribus- Carol, clearly struggling with loneliness, welcomes Zosha back into her life, trying to get her to identify more as an I than a We, and seeing how the aliens have crafted the world around them. … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 04/05/26

The Blind Film Critics Society recently announced their nominations and awards for the 2025 slate of films. While One Battle After Another won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, and Sinners earned the most nominations of any film at the Oscars, the BFCS nominations look a little different. First, eligible titles must have English Audio Description to be considered, which immediately knocked out several Oscar winners and nominees, including Sentimental Value, The Secret Agent, Mr Nobody Against Putin, The Ugly Stepsister, and Little Amelie or the Character of Rain.The BFCS also has a few diffferent categories, trading out more visual … Continue reading The 2nd Annual Blind Film Critics Society Awards

Happy Easter! It’s weird how I think of holidays more on the mass consumption, marketed version, than the religious origin. So regardless of your beliefs, I’m basically wishing that a giant rabbit gave you a basket of candy. My word association to Easter is Bunny. I’m a hundred times more likely to watch hop today than The Passion Of The Christ. Also, this is a big week for TV. The final seasons of both The Boys (Amazon) and Hacks (HBO MAX) premiere, along with the new Handmaid’s Tale spinoff The Testaments (Hulu) which takes Ann Dowd’s Aunt Lydia and gives … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 04/04/26

I’m reviewing this a little late, and on the second viewing, because Fox Searchlight did provide a screener for my consideration back in December, but did not provide audio description.It was hard to rally behind this musical historical drama without the visual context, so I just didn’t review it. thanks to the powers at Disney Plus, I can now testify. This film, which features Amanda seyfried’s best performance in a movie, is just fine. it is fine. Mona Fastvold, who helped her partner Brady Corbett push The Brutalist to Best Picture glory a year before, is now taking control. They … Continue reading The testament Of Ann Lee

TV Shows Watched: Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description, The Pitt: S2E10 (HBO MAX) with audio description, Stumble: S1E8 (Peacock) with audio description, The Beauty: S1E5 (Disney Plus) with audio description, and The Masked Singer: Season Finale (Disney Plus) no audio description something Very Bad Is Going To Happen- Does the dog die? well, not in this episode, but if you need to know the answer to that question before watching the film, remember… taxidermy is abound in the cabin. The episode was very well described, from that prophetic piece of cake she cut … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries: 04/03/26

I’ll say this for Primate right off the bat, you’ll know pretty much in the first five minutes the answer to the question of how gory the film is planning to be. Some films wait until deep in the film, but Primate isn’t about that. it will stare you in the face, and rip that smug smile right off it. You think you know Primate? It is bananas. After the tone setting opening sequence, we learn about how this titular chimpanzee, whose name is Ben, came to live amongst humans to begin with. We are introduced to Lucy (JJohnny Seqoiah), … Continue reading Primate