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Alma And The Wolf

John Stark

Cast: Ethan Embry, Li Jun Li, Jeremy Harris Written By: Abby Miller Directed By: Michael Patrick Jann Release Year: 2025 Audio Description produced By: Written By: Directed By: What Is it?: A somewhat functional cop (Embry) has a run in with Alma (Li), who mentions that they attacked her dog, and is covered in blood. He begins to investigate this reported wolf attack, only for things to get stranger, and his son goes missing. What Works: Not much. Ethan Ebry was an actor I grew up with, and really wanted Hollywood to do more with. Somehow, for some reason, Embry … Continue reading Alma And The Wolf

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Everything’s Going To Be Great

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Cast: Bryan Cranston, Allison Janney, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Jack Champion, Simon Rex, Chris Cooper, Laura Benanti Written By: Steven Roger’s Directed By: Jon S. Baird Release Year: 2025 Audio Description Produced By: Alpine Group Written By: Narrated By: Tansy Alexander What Is it: A teenager (Ainsworth) attempts to come of age, but isn’t quite sure in which direction. he’s disgusted by the word vagina, but also isn’t certain which way he leans. His troubles are exasperated somewhat by his absurdist upbringing as the youngest in a theatrically minded family, whose patriarch (Cranston) eats, sleeps, and breathes theatre, while his once … Continue reading Everything’s Going To Be Great

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Descendent

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Cast: Ross Marquand, Sarah Bolger Written and Directed By: peter Cilella Studio: RELJ Release Year: 2025 Runtime: 96 minutes Audio Description Provided By: Audio Eyes Written By: Micah Grossman Narrated By: Nicole Cyrille What Is it?: A man (Marquand) facing impending fatherhood must deal with the possibility that he has just experienced an extraterrestrial encounter. Between his own personal demons clouding how he feels about fatherhood, and his obsession with his experience that he also decides to keep a secret, we watch as he slips in and out of what is real, and what isn’t. Can he put the past … Continue reading Descendent

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East Of Wall

John Stark

Cast: Porschia Zimiga, Tabitha Zimiga, Jennifer Ehle, Scoot McNairy, Jesse Horson, Clay Pateneaude Written and Directed By: Kate Beaucroft original Score By: Lucas Frank and Daniel Meyer R’Keefe Studio: Sony Pictures Classics Release Yeaar: 2025 Runtime: 97 minutes Audio Description produced By: the Media Access Group as WGBH Studios Written By: Narrated By: Emily Hooks What Is it?: An experimental indie of sorts, which has the director using almost entirely a cast of local South Dakotans playing versions of themselves. A cast of nearly entirely green actors tell a story about a trio of women across generations trying to make … Continue reading East Of Wall

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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone anymore

John Stark

Cast: Directed By:Shoshannah Stern Release Year: 2025 Audio Description Provided by: DeCapta Written By: Narrated By: Julian Strauss What Is it?: another terrific disability documentary that also premiered at Sundance this year (along with Deaf President Now), which centers on matlin, her rapid rise to Best Actress Winner, and the presssure of being the face of the movement. Her life had ups and downs, but her Oscar afforded her the opportunities to blaze new paths for others to follow. Matlin talks candidly about her career, her personal demons, and what it is like to be the first (and only) Best … Continue reading Marlee Matlin: Not Alone anymore

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Going In Blind: Zombie Con

John Stark

Cast: Manny Luke, Erin Aine, Punkie Johnson, Christian Casillas, Carlo Mendez, Nichole McAuley Directed By: Kyle Valle Release Year: 2018 There is no audio description available for this title. What Is it?: A group of cosplaying friends find themselves in the middle of an actual zombie apocalypse. What Works/What Doesn’t Work: I struggled ethically on reviewing this title. I’m on the Tomatometer, and I’m getting some cold calls from really indie films. Someone in Germany has a short, another horror title wants me to review their film but doesn’t have audio description. I had a back and forth with a … Continue reading Going In Blind: Zombie Con

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Fixed

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Featuring The Voices Of Adam devine, Kathryn Hahn, Idris Elba, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, Bobby Moynihan, Michelle Buteau, River Gallo Written By: Genndy Tartokovsky, Jon Vetti, Steve Greenberg, Rich Lufrano Directed By:Genndy Tartakovsky Streamer: Netflix Release Year: 2025 Runtime: 88 minutes Audio Description By: Written By: Narrated By: What is it?: Bull (Devine) is a young pup just starting to mature and get to the point of sexual maturity. he has a thing for the Afghan next door, Honey (Hahn), who is a pure bred show dog. When Bull realizes his owners are about to clip his balls, he takes … Continue reading Fixed

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Going In Blind: Push

John Stark

Cast: Alicia Sanz, Raul Castillo, David Alexander Flynn Written and directed By: David Charbnier and Justin Powell Studio/Streamer: Shudder Release Year: 2025 There is no known audio description for this title. What Is it?: A pregnant realtor, trying to sell a murder house, is unexpectedly attacked by a crazed individual. to make things worse, not only does she have to survive, but she’s also in labor. What Works: Theoretically, the premise. There was some nice music, sometimes. what Doesn’t Work: Shudder, despite producing audio description for many of its theatrical releases, hasn’t quite figured out how to do it for … Continue reading Going In Blind: Push

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Apollo 13: 30th Anniversary

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Cast: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Miko Hughes, Chris Ellis, Xander Berkeley, Clint Howard, Ray McKinnon, Christian Clemenson, Brett Cullen, Roger Corman Written By: William Broyles Jr Al Reinert based on the book Lost moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger Directed By: Ron Howard Original Score By: James Horner Notable Producers: Brian Grazer Studio: Universal release Year: 1995 runtime: 140 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Deluxe Written By: Narrated By: Ron Snow What Is it?: the true story of thee astronauts who were headed to the moon, when a mechanical failure changed … Continue reading Apollo 13: 30th Anniversary

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Abraham’s Boys

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Cast: Titus Welliver, Brady Hepner, Judah Mackey, Jocelin Donahue Written and Directed By: Natasha Kermani, based on characters created by Bram Stoker Original Score By: Brittany Allen Studio: RELJ/Shudder Release Year: 2025 Audio Description Provided By: Audio Eyes Written By: Sean Boggs Narrated By: Nicole Cyrille What Is It?: Abraham Van Helsing has left his pst behind him, moved his wife Nina, and their two sons all the way across the world to California, hoping to escape evil. But, evil is everywhere. Maybe evil followed them. Maybe… it never left them. I don’t normally hit big spoilers in my reviews, … Continue reading Abraham’s Boys

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The Ballad of Wallis Island

John Stark

Cast: Tom Basden, Tim Key, Sian Clifford, Akemnji Ndifornyen, and Carey Mulligan. Written by: Tom Basden and Tim Key, based on the short film. Directed By: James Griffiths Original Score By: Adem Ilhan Studio: Focus features Release Year: 2025 Audio Description produced By: Written by: Narrated By: what Is It?: A musician takes a high paying gig to supposedly play a concert for a small crowd on Wallis island. When he arrives, he realizes just how small the audience will be, and his benefactor has booked another act, forcing a reunion of a musical duo that broke up years ago. … Continue reading The Ballad of Wallis Island

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Freakier Friday

John Stark

Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Vanessa Bayer, Stephen Tobolowsky, Maitreyi Ramakrkrishnnan, Christina Vidal, Haley Hudson, June Diane Raphael Written By: Jordan Weiss, Elyse Hollander, based on characters created by Leslie Dixon and Heather Hach, and a book by Mary Roger’s Directed By: Nisha Ganatra Original Score By: Amy Daugherty Studio: Disney Release Year: 2025 *Note: Special shoutout to Regal, without whom I would not have been able to view this film without audio description. Your consistency for broken audio description equipment is unmatched. If Disney would like me … Continue reading Freakier Friday

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Freaky Friday (2003)

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Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon, Chad Michael Murray, Harold Gould, Stephen Tobolowsky, Christina Vidal, Ryan Malgarini, Haley Hudson, Willie Garson Written By: Heather Hawke and Leslie Dickson, based on the novel by Mary Roger’s Directed By: Mark Waters Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Release Year: 2003 Audio desProduced by: Deluxe Written by: Narrated By: what is it?: A remake of the original, and the book, which has a mother, Tess (Curtis) switch places with her daughter Anna (Lohan), as Tess’s pending nuptials to a new man in their lives (Harmon) looms. But is he really the reason they … Continue reading Freaky Friday (2003)

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Freaky Friday (1977)

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Cast: Jodie Foster, Barbara Harris, John Astin, Dick Van Patten, Written By:Mary Roger’s (based on her own book) Directed By: Gary Nelson Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Release Year: 1977 Runtime: 98 minutes Audio Description Produced By: Deluxe Written By: Narrated By: What Is it?: A mother (Harris) and daughter (Foster) believe they would have it so much easier if they were in each other’s shoes, so something freaky happens, and they swap bodies. Now, they’ll spend a day living the life they thought they wanted, only to realize the grass isn’t always greener. What Works: I was born after this, … Continue reading Freaky Friday (1977)

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The Phoenician Scheme

John Stark

Cast: Benecio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Rupert Friend, Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, f Murray Abraham, Riz Ahmed, Bryan Cranston, Charlotte Gainesborg Written By: Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola Directed By: Wes Anderson Original Score by: Alexandre Desplat Studio: Focus Features Release Year: 2025 Audio Description Provided By: Written By: Narrated By: What Is it?: A death prompts a rush for control of what he left behind, causing one of the parties (del toro), to traverse the globe finding ways of manipulating others into slowly helping him gain majority control. Along the way, he’s accompanied … Continue reading The Phoenician Scheme