Tubi is often like playing Russian roulette, but there’s more than one bullet in the chamber. The chances are not in your favor. It has offered filmmakers a huge opportunity to get their films onto a platform, but also it becomes like hunting for the Ark of the Covenant. So, when Tubi goes out of their way to brand something a Tubi original, i expect them to roll out the red carpet. break from your normal fast channel strategy, and perhaps seek a sponsor who is comfortable with running an ad at the beginning. Ad supported versions of the services … Continue reading Going in Blind: Worth The Wait

There are some critics who are broadly resistant to the streaming originals produced, with no real intent of a meaningful theatrical release. That’s basically how Netflix handles any film not seeking awards consideration,and therefore havoc, the new tom hardy action film, has to play well on your phone, tablet, TV, or if you are super fancy, home digital projector. It’s a reductive way of looking at film, as if anything not produced explicitly for theatrical release is somehow initially deficient at the start. Of course, anyone who sat through several of HBO’s original movies, or the Hallmark Hall of Fame … Continue reading Havoc

Originally listed for a 2020 debut, this comedy just released this year rather unceremoniously onto video on demand, and later Paramount Plus. I’m sure when you hear that, along with the realization this film has no available audio description, you’d assume it was just another critically underfunded film that just didn’t have it in the budget. My counter to that would be, if the stars of this film, who likely all hand nice paychecks, contributed a little portion they wouldn’t even notice, no matter the budget, they could have collectively made their film accessible. Starring Oscar winners Robert DeNiro, Tommy … Continue reading Going In blind: The comeback Trail

I think everything is always about context, and honesty. While there is a proliferation of critics out there, and the studios likely would like to reign it in by deciding who gets to make it to the party in the first place, they are missing out on the fact that film has changed. The way we watch and access film has shifted, and the spread of critics doesn’t mean noise is winning all the time, it means that people often are able to find critics that speak to them. There’s something in finding yourself in a piece, or in someone … Continue reading Neighborhood Watch

There’s a film out there on video-on-demand, which thanks to Lionsgate, has audio description. I reviewed it a few weeks back on my YouTube channel, and it just isn’t an inspiring film to talk about. It is an Italian werewolf horror, and it is just interesting to think that as Jane Austen Wrecked My Life opens today, this random international title lucked into audio description. There’s a reason, and his name is Christopher lambert. there are quite a few low budget films being pushed out at Lionsgate with actors who are big names, but don’t star in the films they … Continue reading Shadow Of The Wolf

Sometimes I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders. Often, actually, as the lack of blind film critics means that my experiment could either lead to more of me, and inspire others to pursue representation in the field, or studios could have an immediate and negative reaction to my existence. for example, can an extremely niche critic like myself have a place on the Tomatometer when the overwhelming majority of people who seek a score do not use the accessibility I need, or people like me? I am acutely aware that while there are critics circles and guilds … Continue reading Deaf President Now

Yes, technically the title is bleeped, but what do you think the word could be? Four letters, begins with F? Ford? Flop? Foot? From? Only one actually makes sense if you’ve ever had the pleasure (or displeasure) of being stuck in the game of Fuck, Marry, kill. The game usually is three names, and you have to fuck one, marry another, and kill the remainder. It is kind of a very violent twist, as it isn’t just like the one you don’t pick gets to go play some pickleball or whatever else losers do, it is a commitment to murder … Continue reading Fuck, Marry, Kill

Who doesn’t love a good mystery with a twist? 2025 should be the year of The Ruse. We’re in peak true crime, with podcasts on this topic still trending, and continuing to often translate into films or series. 20/20, which once was a newsmagazine at least somewhat comparable to 60 Minutes seems now determined to inundate you with scintillating crimes just redy to spark your inner Jessica Fletcher. We thrive on solving crimes, which is why we have so many shows that all feel like a mystery of the week, from Elzabeth to Will Trent, Tracker to Poker Face, someone … Continue reading The Ruse

The second Steven Soderbergh film of the year, Black Bag centers in the world of espionage and deceit. Who can be trusted? Can the person you share your bed with be trusted, and if so, how far would you go to preserve your own life? Those are the big picture topics at the center of Black Bag, which utilizes heavy hitters like Oscar nominees Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett, alongside some talent seemingly on the right track for that same status. Marisa Abela is a standout, and it is worth mentioning that somehow Pierce Brosnan still has yet to be … Continue reading Black Bag

I’ve watched a disappointing amount of mediocre titles this year being pushed out magicallly with audio description, despite several titles that gained some acclaim and theatrical release still not making room for accessibility.Thus, we must now discuss Fog of War, because there’s audio description available for this title. I’m so glad that the critically acclaimed Eephus couldn’t find audio description, or The Ugly Stepsister, but we’ve got audio description on this WWII paranoia epic. Jake Abel plays a man who returns from war, and is sent on a mission to accompany his new wife (Brianna Hildebrand) to her parents estate … Continue reading Fog of War

Simone Ashley, who proved she was a rising star in Season 2 of Bridgerton, stars in an Amazon romantic comedy with tons of culture and representation, but perhaps not as much humor and charm to properly support Ashley. The film centers around an unmarried woman, for reasons truly unbeknownst to me, makes a bargain with her close family and friends that each one of them can set her up on a blind date, and afterward, she will marry one of them. So, we have to traverse a series of predictably bad dates before Ashley has a self awareness moment about … Continue reading Picture This

A lot changed for me when I went from being able to see, to not, and while it is one of the less impactful truths about who I am now, I’ve seen way more horror films than I used to. I’ve even gone back and watched films I was avoiding for various reasons, like too much gore, or jump scare bonanza’s. I have had brand new appreciation for a genre that I pretty much limited to teen slashers, and horror comedies. Even before losing my sight, I loved a good horror comedy, with films like Tucker and dale Vs Evil, … Continue reading Heart Eyes

Lionsgate is pretty good about making audio description for their releases, but they aren’t necessarily as reliable when it comes to making good films. Last year, they bet everything on a duo that bombed at the box office and ended up hated by critics and audiences with borderlands and The crow. They were also responsible, technically, for letting Magalopolis onto the world. However, when it came time to release a trio of underfunded and poorly marketed dramas during awards season, they had nothing to give White Bird, Small Things Like These, or The Return. All three smacked into the wall … Continue reading The Nighttime World