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Fall For Me

John Stark

I’m sure there’s some minimum word count I should be giving to each review, but even a week later, and I can’t stop thinking about this random soft core Skinemax knockoff that Netflix just quietly slipped onto their service. I knew it wasn’t Shakespeare. The audio description isn’t great, as it fails to translate any subtitles, but there’s a sex scene that starts almost immediately with dripping a blood orange’s juice onto the stomach of the female participant. this character, specific enough to indulge in blood oranges, has a closet full of only black t-shirts and white t-shirts. It is … Continue reading Fall For Me

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The Thursday Murder Club

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Cast: Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie, Daniel mays, Henry Lloyd Hughes, Tom Ellis, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, Richard E Grant Written By:Katie Brant Directed By: Chris Columbus Studio/Streamer: Netflix Release Year: 2025 Runtime: 121 minutes Audio Description Produced By: VSI Written By: Narrated By: What is it?: When a property owner plans to demolish a retirement community and redevelop it, he didn’t count on the residents being so feisty, and when someone turns up dead, he certainly wasn’t prepared for the Thursday Murder club, a little group of seniors obsessed with true crime and mysteries, … Continue reading The Thursday Murder Club

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The Small Screen Diaries- 08/30/25

John Stark

TV Shows Watched: Outlander: Blood of My Blood: S1E5 (Starz) no audio description, The Hunting Wives: S1E6 (Netflix) with audio description, Dexter: S6E1 (Paramount Plus) with audio description, Two Graves: S1E1 (Netflix) no audio description, The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball: S1E6 (Hulu) with audio description, Pop Culture Jeopardy: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (Amazon) with audio description,Hostage: S1E3 (Netflix) with audio description Outlander: Blood of My Blood- Coming in as someone who could see, and now cannot, there are very few things weirder than just listening to people have sex. With no context. The audio description can often having varying … Continue reading The Small Screen Diaries- 08/30/25

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Revival: Season 1

John Stark

Cast: Melanie Scrofano, David James Elliot, Romy Weltman, Andy McQueen, Katharine King So, Hudson Wurster, Stephen Ogg, Release Year: 2025 Where To Watch: SyFy/Peacock Audio Description Produced By: diffuse Written By: Narrated By: What Is it? A sleepy town is changed overnight when, inexplicably, everyone who has died in the last few days is revived.This naturally causes a lot of questions about why, and also for public safety. Some are happy to see their friends and loved ones return, and others not so much. But are the revived hiding secrets? What Works: Well, the premise is cool, if it was … Continue reading Revival: Season 1

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The Map That Leads To You

John Stark

Cast: Madeline Klein, KJ Apa, Sophia Wylie, Madison Thompson, Orlando Norman, Josh Lucas Written By: Vera Herbert and Les Bohem, based on the novel by JP Monninger Directed By: Lasse hallstrom Original Score By: Sarah Trevino Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Amazon Runtime: 96 minutes Audio Description Produced By: (Need Credit) Written By: (need Credit) Narrated By: (Need credit) What is it?: A young woman (Klein) on vacation in Europe has her trajectory changed when she finds herself connected to a Brit (Apa) who lives in the now, and has no plans for the future. But as her time spent across … Continue reading The Map That Leads To You

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The Life of Chuck

John Stark

Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillen, Mark Hamill, Mia Sara, Jacob Tremblay, Matthew Lillard, Benjamin Pajak, Cody Flanagan, Carl Lumbly, David Dastmalchian, Harvey Guillen, Michael Trucco, Q’Oorianka Kilcher, Violet McGraw, Kate Segal, Heather Langenkamp, Nick Offerman Written and Directed By: Mike Flanagan (based on the story by Stephen King) Original Score By: The Newton Brothers Release Year: 2025 Studio: Neon Runtime: 111 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Point 360 Written By: Narrated By: Tansy Alexander What Is it?: Told in reverse chronological order, the film tackles a seemingly average human, and breaks their life up into three parts. We … Continue reading The Life of Chuck

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The Sandman: Season 2

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Cast: Tom Sturridge as Morpheus, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, Patton Oswalt as Matthew The Raven, Boyd Holbrook as The Corinthian, Razane Jammal as Lyta, Kyo Ra as Rose, Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death, Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine, Esme Kreed-Miles as Delerium, Ann Skelly as Nula, Mark Hamill as Merv Pumpkinhead, Stephen Fry as Gilbert, Gwendolyn Christie as Lucifer, Adrien Lester as Destiny, Freddie Fox as Loki, Donna Preston as Despair, Jack Gleason as Puck, Steve Coogan as Barnabus, Barry Sloan as Destruction, John Cameron Mitchell as Hal, India Moore as Wanda, Derek Jacobi as Night … Continue reading The Sandman: Season 2

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Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical

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Directed By: Erik Wiese Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Apple Runtime: 40 minutes Audio Description Provided By: (Need Credit) Written By: (Need Credit) Narrated By: (Need Credit) What Is It?: Charlie Brown and his friends are off to their last summer of camp, which is also Sally’s first. Sally doesn’t understand the draw of going to camp, so Charlie takes it upon himself to make sure she has a fun experience like he always had, until they realize the camp is going to close due to decreasing attendance. Can Charlie Brown and the gang save the camp from closing, and can … Continue reading Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical

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The Truth About jussie Smollett

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Directed By: Gagan Rehill Release Year: 2025 Studio/Streamer: Netflix Runtime: 90 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Descriptive Video Works Written by: Lenizelle Narrated By: Jazzy Frizzle What is it?: A mostly centre of the road take on the events surrounding Jussie Smollett and his various court appearances following his allegation of a hate crime targeting him. What Works: In order to pull this off, they needed everyone to show up, and basically everyone did. If you think you’re in for just a really long interview with Smollett, you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find that all sides are speaking their truths … Continue reading The Truth About jussie Smollett

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Washington Black: Season 1

John Stark

Cast: Ernest Kingsley Jr., Eddie Karanja, Tom Ellis, Sterling K Brown, Rupert Graves, Billy Boyd, Ntare Guma Mbho Mwine, Charles Dance Streaming Service: Hulu Length: 8 episodes Audio Description Produced By: Credit Needed Written By: Credit Needed Narrated By: Credit Needed What is it?: The story of an aspiring inventor, from his days as a slave, to becoming an apprentice, who then became a pirate, and then got to see the world. But at what cost?! What Doesn’t Work: I usually like to lead with the positive, but I struggled with Washington Black, which seems to have been given infinite … Continue reading Washington Black: Season 1

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The Surfer

John Stark

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Finn Little Written By: Thomas Martin Directed By: Lorcan Finnegan Release Year: 2025 Audio Description Provided By: Deluxe Written By: Narrated By: William Michael Redman What is it?: Simplistically, a man (Cage) is at a beach in Australia with his son (Little), and would like to go surfing, but a gang of locals refuse to let him surf. So it becomes one mans quest to surf… even if it kills him. What Works: All the acting is great. Cage is finally used in a film that requires his talents, instead of some basic crap like … Continue reading The Surfer

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Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

John Stark

Cast: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Esai Morales, Angela Bassett, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Nick Offerman, Janet McTeer, Hannah Waddingham, Tremmell Tillman, Shea Wiggham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Cary Elwes, Katie O’Brien Written By: Christopher McQuarrie and Erik Jenderesen, based on the TV series Mission: Impossible Directed By: Christopher McQuarrie Notable Producers: Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg Studio: Paramount pictures Release Year: 2025 Runtime: 169 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Icon Group Written By: Need Credit Narrated By: Anthony Hanson what is It?: It’s the final countdown. Your mission, should you choose to … Continue reading Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning

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Smoke: Season 1

John Stark

Cast: Taron Egerton, Jurnee Smollett, Greg Kinnear, John Leguizamo, Rafe Spall, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Anna Chlumsky Series Created By: Dennis Lehane Streaming Service: Apple TV + Length: 9 episodes Audio Description Provided By: Written By: Narrated By: Roy Samuelson What Is it?: An arson investigator (Egerton) is stuck in a town that seems to have two arsonists he can’t catch. he gets help from a detective (Smollett), who has been sent downstream for personal reasons, relegated to arson. She has a past with arson herself, having survived one as a child. Together, they must figure out … Continue reading Smoke: Season 1

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Eenie Meanie

John Stark

Cast: Samara Weaving, Carl Glossman, Andy Garcia, Steve Zahn, Jermaine Fowler, Marshawn Lynch, Randall Park, Elle Graham Written And Directed By: Shawn Simmons Studio/Streamer: 20th Century Fox/Hulu Release Year: 2025 Audio Description provided By: Credit Needed Written By: credit Needed Narrated By: Credit Needed What is it?: A young woman (Weaving) is pulled back into the life she left, because her ex-boyfriend is a tool, and she’s just gotten some news from the doctor regarding her future. Refusing to let him be killed by a crime boss (Garcia), she jumps behind the wheel for a heist that should pay back … Continue reading Eenie Meanie

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Going In Blind: Locked

John Stark

Cast: Cast: Bill Skarsgard, Anthony Hopkins Written By: Michael Arlen Ross based on the film 4X4 Directed By: David Yarovosky Release Year: 2025 There Is no Known Audio Description In Existence For This Film What Is It?: A man (Skarsgard) breaks into a fancy new car that is far more high tech than he could have ever imagined, and becomes trapped in a torture chamber on wheels, as the car’s owner (Hopkins) is determined to teach him a lesson. What Works: Keeping in mind, I’m a blind film critic, and this film assumes I could follow the film just like … Continue reading Going In Blind: Locked